Aug 6, 2020
Drax, GB Railfreight extend biomass transport contract
Biogas News
Aug 5, 2020
Australian firm Hazer Group has made its final investment decision to proceed with the $17 million (€10.3 million) Hazer Commercial Demonstration Plant (CDP) project.
The project will be built at the Western Australian Water Corporation’s Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and produce up to 100 tonnes of low-emissions hydrogen annually, using biogas collected... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2020
Duke Energy, headquartered in North Carolina, US, has partnered with SustainRNG to harness renewable natural gas (RNG) on dairy farms.
Sustain RNG, an RNG developer in the agriculture sector also based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will engineer, finance, construct, and operate RNG sites in collaboration with dairy farmers. By capturing and processing methane from farms... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2020
US-based Enviro-tech company CleanBay Renewables has partnered with Kiewit Corporation, a major engineering and construction firm.
Through the partnership, Kiewit will design, engineer and build CleanBay’s Westover bio-refinery, which will recycle more than 150,000 tons of chicken litter annually using anaerobic digestion (AD) to create renewable natural gas (RNG).
Without... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2020
Millions of litres of beer that expired during Australia’s COVID-19 lockdown has helped to boost renewable energy production at a wastewater treatment plant.
Digesters at SA Water’s Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in South Australia boosted production to 654 megawatt-hours in a single month. The unused beer from local breweries was repurposed on-site and... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 4, 2020
Energy-from-waste (EfW) should not be demonised, according to the UK Environmental Services Association (ESA).
According to a statement by the ESA, EfW serves a “vital public sanitation function” in the UK and is a complementary part of a rapidly-evolving, holistic waste management system invested in by the recycling and waste management sector.
The ESA claims... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 4, 2020
UK-based biomass firm Active Energy has received the necessary permits to complete its plant in North Carolina, US.
The company received the construction and air permit for its CoalSwitchTM plant in Lumberton from the NC Division of Air Quality. With the issuance of the permit, Active Energy can commence the final stage of planning and construction for its plant, targeting... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2020
Dominion Energy Utah and the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) have signed a joint cooperation statement aimed at reducing air pollution and improving energy efficiency.
The partnership will explore the use and development of “innovative programs and technologies” associated with natural gas development, including renewable natural gas (RNG), alternative fuels,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 3, 2020
Grants for the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) are helping to create jobs, fight climate change, and reduce wildfire risk near its community.
To date, FESBC’s grants have supported the removal of 64,000 cubic metres (m3) of debris from forest fires (slash) and over the next two years, the figure will rise to 200,000... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2020
EnviTec Biogas has received a new order for a 1 MW biogas plant in Greece.
The new plant in Agios Athanasios in the Thessaloniki regional area will use silage, food waste, and wet manure. The facility is the second project in Greece for the German biogas firm.
EnviTec Biogas, along with the future plant owner - a logistics firm in the food industry – designed the... [Read More]
Features
Aug 3, 2020
The town of Jevnaker harnesses bio-CNG with DMT Clear Gas Solutions.
Given the recent 25th anniversary of the 1994 Olympics Winter Games, DMT Clear Gas Solutions has been reflecting on its project with Hadeland og Ringerike Avfallsselskap (HRA) — one of the first biogas upgrading facilities in Norway. This project paved the way for other renewable natural gas (RNG)... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 3, 2020
Enviva has completed the acquisition of an industrial-scale wood pellet production plant in Georgia, US, and associated contracted terminal capacity in Savannah, Georgia.
The firm’s growing operational footprint across the US southeast now includes nine wood pellet production facilities and five deep-water export terminals across Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 31, 2020
SecAnim, a UK provider of safe and secure collection and disposal services for the farming and meat production industry, has unveiled a new processing facility.
The new animal by-product processing plant is located at its renewable energy and recycling facility in Widnes, Cheshire. The ‘world-first’ operation completes the firm’s two-stage site regeneration plan,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 31, 2020
Gasum’s operating profit was 21% down year on year, according to the company’s second-quarter report, but demand for biogas is increasing.
The firm’s operating profit was reported at €17.5 million compared to €22.1 million in 2019. Its operating profit margin in the reporting period H1 was up by 1.6% to 5.8%, compared to 4.2% in 2019. Gasum Group said that... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 31, 2020
Drax Group has hailed a “robust” first half of the year, despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The firm’s adjusted EBITDA is up 30% compared to 2019, including the estimated £44 million (€48.8 million) impact of COVID-19. The company said its full-year adjusted EBITDA would include an estimated £60 million (€66.5 million) impact from the pandemic.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2020
Biorefining firm ORLEN Południe, of the ORLEN Group, has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to build 20 agricultural biogas plants based on “innovative” Polish technology.
The plants would enable the management of substrates from farms and their processing into electricity and biomethane. ORLEN Południe has signed a LOI on cooperation at the Ministry of Agriculture... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 30, 2020
A survey conducted by ENplus®, a certification scheme for wood pellets, found that 75% of certified producers have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two out of three companies are already planning the introduction of new pellet prices for end-users, according to the organisation.
The goal of the survey was to gather data on the current impact of... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
