Apr 29, 2019
Valmet to deliver automation technology to Asian biomass power plant
Biomass News
Apr 26, 2019
Ikea Industry, part of the Inter Ikea Group, is the world’s largest producer of wood furniture. The furniture manufacturer has 39 production sites including the Stepnica site in Poland.
An important Ikea Industry principle is not wasting a single piece of wood: all wood used for the products is sawn so that unnecessary waste is minimalised. Residual wood from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 25, 2019
Alternative fuel systems provider Quantum Fuel Systems has partnered with Quantitative BioSciences (QBI) on a new dairy biogas project in Modesto, California.
Under the agreement, QBI will purchase Quantum’s newest ten Virtual Pipeline trailers for use in the biogas facility, which has received funding from the California Energy Commission.
The project is being developed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 24, 2019
The UK-based Alvan Blanch, post-harvest processing machinery and industrial drying systems manufacturer, has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2019 in the ‘International Trade – Outstanding Achievement’ category. The awards, announced Tuesday, are the most prestigious business accolades within the UK.
This is the third time that the company... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 24, 2019
British Columbia’s Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) has announced approval in principal for an agreement under which FortisBC will purify and inject landfill gas into its distribution network as renewable natural gas (RNG).
FortisBC will purchase landfill gas from the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill in Prince George. The facility currently generates... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 23, 2019
Tennessee-based waste-to-energy gasification firm Aries Clean Energy announced that its Aries Green biochar product has earned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label as well as a biochar certification from the International Biochar Institute (IBI).
The verification of the product’s biobased content is administered through the USDA’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
The start-up created by Spanish pipeline company Enagás, BioEnGas, announced that it has signed an agreement with independent investment manager Suma Capital to develop biogas from efficient waste recovery.
According to the release, the objective of the joint agreement is to develop and construct a group of biogas plants in Spain.
Over ten projects in various locations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
Canadian provider of water and wastewater treatment technology Ovivo has announced the acquisition of Westech Industrial, which operates as Varec Biogas.
Based in Stafford, Texas and Huntington Beach, California, Varec Biogas designs, services and distributes biogas safety and handling equipment for municipal waste management and other industrial applications.
“We... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has announced that the first of its 67 new biogas double decker buses entered service on 15 April.
NCT has invested £20 million (€23 million) in the new biogas vehicles, while an additional £1.12 million (€1.29 million) from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles will be used to expand the biomethane refuelling station... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 16, 2019
Malaby Biogas will celebrate the 7th anniversary of operations at its Bore Hill Farm biodigester in Warminster, UK in May 2019.
In 2018, the biodigester became the first English anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to gain approval under the new AD Certification Scheme (ADCS), which recognises high levels of operational, environmental, and health and safety performance.
Since... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 16, 2019
The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded $1.5 million (€1.3 million) under its Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources.
Two companies have each been awarded $750,000 under the initiative, which was established in December 2018 to support the development of emerging technology companies in the forest resource sector.
In addition to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 15, 2019
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed that growth in electricity generated from biomass has ended in the last two years.
Electricity generated from biomass totalled 70.6 million MWh in 2018, contributing 2% of total US electricity generation.
After growing from 2004 to 2014, the EIA’s data results showed that in 2018, biomass electricity generation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 15, 2019
Case Construction Equipment has revealed the world’s first biomethane-powered wheel loader at this year’s Bauma event in Munich, Germany.
Known as ProjectTETRA, the wheel loader runs entirely on alternative and renewable fuel, described by the company as a ‘pragmatic solution for the construction industry’.
The biomethane-powered engine, which has... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2019
San Francisco-based waste and energy development company Brightmark Energy has launched a dairy waste to biogas project in Washington, US.
Located in Yakima County, the project will convert 150,000 gallons per day of dairy waste from 7,000 cows into 160,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG), according to the company.
The project is being developed by Augean Renewable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 11, 2019
Dutch health and nutrition company Royal DSM has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its vitamin production facility in Sisseln, Switzerland, after switching to biomass.
The power plant, which will be operated and maintained by energy company Engie and Swiss energy provider ewz, will save 50,000 tons per year of CO2 emissions.
The facility produces DSM’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 10, 2019
Car manufacturer Seat announced that it will be launching a project converting organic waste into biomethane in Barcelona.
According to the release, the Life Methamorphosis project uses five steps: recycling, transforming, refining and compressing, refuelling, and ‘driving off’.
“With all the organic waste that is generated we can produce enough biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 9, 2019
US firm Symbion Power has announced engine-based power plant specialist Clarke Energy as the preferred bidder for two power plants in Rwanda which will generate biogas from beneath Lake Kivu.
According to the release, Clarke Energy will deliver approximately 25 of General Electric’s (GE) 3MW gas engines to Symbion Power’s Kivu 56 and KP1 power plants which... [Read More]
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued a call to accelerate innovation in biomass and other bio-based sectors as a way to reduce Europe’s environmental footprint and dependency on imported resources
The Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Coalition has welcomed the inclusion of key clean energy incentives in the United States’ newly passed federal budget reconciliation package - officially titled the One Big Beautiful Big Act
Waga Energy has secured a CA$25 million (approximately €16 million) project finance loan to refinance three of its operational sites in Québec, Canada
