Jul 21, 2020
Greenlane, SWEN Impact Fund sign joint venture
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2020
Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has started powering two of its largest Los Angeles-area facilities with Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells.
The switch to fuel cells will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollutants and the cost of power, in addition to providing reliable electricity independent of the power grid.
To produce electricity, Bloom Energy’s... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 20, 2020
Drax Group is part of a ‘ground-breaking’ carbon recycling project set to transform the UK’s food production systems.
REACT-FIRST is the UK’s first-ever scalable route to the sustainable generation of protein by capturing the carbon dioxide (CO2) from bioenergy generation. The scheme has launched with £3 million in financial support from the UK Government and... [Read More]
Features
Jul 20, 2020
Danish energy firm Ørsted has moved almost entirely away from coal, thanks to wood biomass. In this article, Ørsted’s Carsten Birkeland Kjær explains how the company is utilising wood chips to reduce carbon emissions.
Using wood biomass for energy generation has allowed Ørsted to almost fully move away from coal. To ensure significant carbon savings, the biomass... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 17, 2020
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has entered into talks with data centre development specialist TechRE regarding the Uskmouth power station development in Wales, UK.
The firms are exploring options to locate edge and hyperscale data centres within the power station development. It is proposed that power could be delivered through a private wire network under a long-term power... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 16, 2020
Enviva has completed the acquisition from its sponsor of Enviva Pellets Greenwood Holdings which, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns a wood pellet production plant in Greenwood, South Carolina.
In connection with the Greenwood acquisition, Enviva’s sponsor has assigned five long-term, take-or-pay off-take contracts with ‘creditworthy’ Japanese counterparties... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2020
The Pallet Network (TPN), based in Sutton Coldfield, UK, has launched an innovative recycling scheme saving “substantial amounts” of waste from going to landfill, reducing its members’ costs and taking a major step in lowering the firm’s carbon footprint.
TPN’s new end-of-life pallet scheme will enable members to return pallets and other waste wood to the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 15, 2020
The Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio) has teamed up with Lithuanian online biomass trading platform Baltpool.
Baltpool is a biomass exchange operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland and, via partners in Denmark and Finland, has 452 members. It is based on an auction principle where buyers and sellers anonymously meet to trade biomass.
Svebio and Baltpool... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 15, 2020
The US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) has expressed disappointment that a recent European court ruling regarding the inclusion of biomass in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is being appealed.
A group of six individuals and NGOs first filed a lawsuit in 2019, claiming that the use of forest biomass increases greenhouse gas emissions. The European Court... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 15, 2020
Northumbrian Water will use gas generated from the sewage it treats to help power one of its largest sites via a £9.5 million (€10.4 million) gas-to-grid plant.
The firm’s new plant at Bran Sands Regional Effluent Treatment Works in Teesside will significantly reduce the site’s running costs and see enough biomethane to fuel 5,000 homes injected back into the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2020
An Australian water company has received one of the highest innovation accolades in the country’s water sector for its waste-to-energy plant ‘ReWaste’.
Yarra Valley Water received the award at the Australian Water Association National Awards for its food waste anaerobic digestion facility, which was the first of its kind in Victoria when it opened in 2017.
Since... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2020
Börger’s pumps have been used at a food waste-to-energy facility in London.
Arjun Infrastructures’ facility, which was developed and is now managed by low-carbon energy firm 2OC, generates 17 MW of renewable energy from food waste and also utilises fats, oils and greases.
Built by J. Murphy and Sons, the plant sees 75 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity sold... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 14, 2020
Alabama Pellets, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Renewable Energy, has signed an agreement with the State of Alabama to provide incentives for job creation under Alabama’s Job Act incentives programme.
Pinnacle holds a 70% interest in Alabama Pellets with The Westervelt Company and Two Rivers Lumber Co, each holding 20% and 10% respectively.
The incentives relate specifically... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 13, 2020
A coalition of UK local leaders, including Conservative majors and major energy firm Siemens, have joined forces to lobby the UK Chancellor to pledge £5 billion (€5.56 billion) towards renewable energy.
The UK 100 group says unlocking private sector investment would net a return of £100 billion (€111.2 billion) to support the UK economy, including potentially... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 13, 2020
Hawaiian firm Honua Ola Bioenergy has condemned a decision by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject its proposal to provide electricity to Hawaiian Electric Co.
The company says the move will lead to the loss of more than 200 jobs on the Hu Honua project, which uses wood chips to generate energy.
In a statement, Honua Ola said the decision will result in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 10, 2020
Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas, has signed a CAD$2.4 million (€1.56 million) contract with Brazilian sugar mill operator Grupo Cocal.
Grupo Cocal (Cocal) refines sugar and produces ethanol biofuel from sugarcane. Greenlane Biogas will supply its pressure swing adsorption (PSA) biogas upgrading system for this first-of-a-kind renewable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 10, 2020
Czech vehicle manufacturer ŠKODA AUTO (Škoda) is using biomass and other renewables to support its low-carbon goals.
The group’s Vrchlabi component plant is set to become the first carbon-neutral Škoda site in the world. The plant has so far saved carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by converting the high-tech factory to use renewable energy, helping to reduce emissions... [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
