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Biomass News
Dec 19, 2018
In a recent press release Valmet has announced that it has finalised a contract with Arauco. The contract requires Valmet to deliver pulp drying and baling, a recovery boiler and a biomass boiler for Arauco’s MAPA project.
The delivery will be part of Arauco’s major investment that aims to expand current production capacity and build a new pulp production... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2018
According to London South East, John Laing Environmental has acquired an anaerobic digestion asset in Yorkshire.
The company is reported to have bought Biogas Meden for £16.2 million (€14.6 million). London South East states that John Laing Environmental acquired the AD plant from a subsidiary of environmental infrastructure fund, BayWa Renewable Energy. According... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2018
In a long-awaited Resources & Waste Strategy report, the UK government has outlined a comprehensive new plan for recycling a range of materials, including food waste. The 25 year environment plan pledges to leave the environment in a better condition for the next generation.
The new strategy states that it wants to promote UK-based recycling and export less waste to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2018
Three compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling stations have been built along Ontario’s highway 401, according to news outlet NGT News.
The stations are located at Flying J and Husky travel centres in North America. NGT News reports that the facilities have been built in partnership with Clean Energy Fuels Corp and Union Energy Solutions.
CNG will be conveniently accessible... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2018
India’s minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, announced that an estimated 5,000 compressed biogas (CBG) plants were to be built across the country by 2023, Business Today reports.
The plants, extracting biogas from agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste, will have an approximated annual capacity of 15 million tonnes.
Following... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 17, 2018
Research from Durham University has suggested that the increasing use of bioenergy could be just as damaging to global biodiversity as climate change.
Durham University researchers have suggested that familiar UK species including red squirrels, hedgehogs and red grouse could be affected by the increasing use of bioenergy. Researchers use palm oil production having a detrimental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2018
The World Biogas Association (WBA) has announced that it will launch a report on the global market potential of biogas during the inaugural World Biogas Summit 2019 in July.
The potential for growth in biogas markets in different regions across the world as well as on a global scale will be outlined in the report. It will build on a series of pre-existing WBA reports.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2018
Hawai’i Gas, the state’s ‘only’ regulated gas utility company, announced that it has commenced operations at a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility sited at the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant in ‘Ewa Beach, Honolulu.
As a collaboration between Hawai’i Gas and the city of Honolulu, the facility converts sewage waste-derived biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2018
The UK Government’s forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy will “require separate food waste collections”, according to Minister for Investment Graham Stuart MP.
Stuart was discussing the forthcoming strategy at the ADBA National Conference 2018 in central London. He explained that universal food waste collections would be included in a bid to reduce... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 12, 2018
Fire crews responded to two structural fires located at the back of a mill in Nova Scotia, Canada, owned by Canadian pellet manufacturer Great Northern Timber Resources, according to a report in local news outlet The Chronicle Herald.
Chief of the local Upper Musquodoboit fire department Robert Kay said that the source of the fire could not be determined, only that five... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2018
Canada-based waste-to-energy company Anaergia announced that the construction for ‘North America’s largest’ organic waste-to-energy facility, the Rialto Bioenergy Facility (RBF), has begun.
The facility itself will be built in Rialto, a city 50 miles east of Los Angeles, California.
According to a press release, the RBF functions as a solution to two... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 11, 2018
UK-based specialist engineering group Pressure Technologies announced that it has entered into a binding letter of intent (LOI) with Canada-listed Creation Capital to sell PT Biogas Holdings, the holding company for its bioenergy subsidiary Greenlane Biogas, for €12.3 million.
“The global outlook for renewable natural gas (RNG) has improved again throughout... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 11, 2018
The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has announced it has begun the process of recruiting a chair to lead it into its second decade.
A new position in the association, replacing the chief executive position, the chair will be responsible for leading the association’s strategy, developing its business plan, representing the association at... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 10, 2018
A new multi-landmark report has been released by government-led, multi-stakeholder initiative Biofuture Platform detailing how biofuels and bioproducts ‘must play an integral role’ in the future of the global energy transition.
Entitled Creating the Biofuture: A Report on the State of the Low Carbon Bioeconomy, the report uses models and scenarios outlined... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 10, 2018
Three months ago a strong earthquake hit Hokkaido in Japan. The Japan News reports that this meant a large numbers of trees had fallen by landslides, leading to an increase in the number of people using them for biomass.
The fallen trees are to be used for renewable energy by turning them into fuel for stove heaters and biomass power generation. The Japan News say... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 10, 2018
Larry Bagnell, a parliamentary member for the Canadian territory of Yukon announced alongside Canada’s minister of Natural Resources a multi-year investment of €1.25 million ($1.43 million) for a forestry initiative in Yukon.
According to a Natural Resources Canada release, the initiative will result in ‘greener’ heating solutions, job creation as... [Read More]
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