Dec 18, 2019
Three firms collaborate on biomass and solar project in Papua New Guinea
Biomass News
Dec 16, 2019
Pinnacle Renewable Energy, one of the world’s largest producers of wood pellets, has entered into a three-year fibre supply agreement with Alkali Resource Management (ARM). Under the agreement, ARM will process, store and deliver biomass from harvest residuals to Pinnacle for use at its Williams Lake facility in British Columbia, Canada.
ARM, a forest management company,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 16, 2019
The Renewable Energy Association has branded comments made by a report criticising the sustainability of biomass as “disingenuous”. Climate thinktank Sandbag has claimed that biomass “risks accelerating climate change”, and that heavily subsidised plans to cut carbon emissions will result in a “staggering” amount of tree cutting.
Sandbag’s report found... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 13, 2019
Environmental infrastructure funding company JLEN has acquired a 70% equity stake in anaerobic digestion and waste collection firm Bio Collectors Holdings (BCH). Through its subsidiary companies, BCH holds the rights and operational assets that make up its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and its Bio Collectors waste collection business.
BCH is based in Merton, south... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2019
Potholes in Cornwall, UK will be fixed by machines powered by biomethane. Construction firm Cormac is trialling the new equipment powered by biogas derived from cow manure.
Cornwall Council has been working with local clean energy company Bennemann to convert one of its road-surfacing machines to run on biomethane. According to a report by Cornwall Live, during the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 12, 2019
Biorefining start-up Chrysalix Technologies has won significant funding from the EU to scale-up its business. The company uses waste wood and agricultural by-products as well as sustainably-grown biomass to produce biofuels, biomaterials, greener chemicals and bioplastics.
Its BioFlex process separates the various naturally-occurring components of wood – lignin, cellulose... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2019
Virginia, US-based utility company Dominion Energy has teamed up with Vanguard Renewables on a nationwide partnership to dairy waste into renewable natural gas.
The $200 million (€179.6 million) partnership will see Dominion Energy owning numerous projects currently under development in the US states of Georgia, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, as well as market... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2019
Scania Denmark is offering customers trial rentals of its compressed biogas G 410 truck. According to the company, despite the clear advantages of anaerobic digestion to create biogas for transport, customers are “reluctant” to make the switch to biogas. The biogas truck available to rent from Scania is a 4x2 tractor the company says suits “the many common transport... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2019
Biogas industry leaders have formed a global partnership to provide “state-of-the-art, turnkey technology solutions” for turning organic waste into renewable energy and organic fertilisers.
The Integrated Biogas Alliance will be one of the largest global partnerships of its kind. Its founding members include AB Energy (Italy), Greenlane Renewables (Canada), Eisenmann... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 10, 2019
Energy firm Drax, which runs the UK’s largest power station on biomass and coal, has outlined plans to become carbon negative by 2030. The company’s ambition will depend on a negative emissions policy and investment framework for new technologies like bioenergy, alongside carbon capture and storage.
If Drax reaches its goal, it will mean the company removes more... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 6, 2019
The decarbonisation potential of biomass is "still overlooked" in the UK, according to the Biomass Heat Works! campaign. The statement follows the announcement that the Rural Services Partnership (RSN) – an organisation which champions rural causes – will work alongside the campaign to further the nation’s decarbonisation agenda.
Forming part of the RSN, which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 5, 2019
U.S. Gain, a renewable natural gas company, has agreed to purchase dairy-based renewable natural gas (RNG) from Brightmark Energy.
Earlier this year, Brightmark Energy announced major investments at dairy farms across the US, including in Madison, Wisconsin, Washington, New York, Yakima County and Byron. With the help of Brightmark Energy, these dairy farms will produce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 5, 2019
Canadian biofuels firm Iogen Corporation has congratulated Threemile Canyon Farms and Equilibrium for the successful opening of the only dairy manure renewable natural gas production facility in Oregon, US.
The facility, located near Boardman in Oregon, uses manure from 33,000 dairy cows to feed an anaerobic digestion (AD) system, followed by a biogas clean-up system... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 4, 2019
Enough energy was generated from biomass plants in Yorkshire, UK last year to power nearly three million homes, according to new research. A report by the Yorkshire Post cites the data by the JPIMedia Data Unit, which found that plant biomass now accounts for more than a fifth (21%) of the UK’s renewable energy nationwide, second only to wind power.
According to the... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 4, 2019
Global carbon dioxide emissions have risen slightly this year, despite a shift away from the use of coal. According to research by the Global Carbon Project, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will increase by 0.6% in 2019. The rise is due to the increased use of oil and natural gas.
The data showed there was a strong rise in emissions in 2018, almost 3%, with strong demand... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 3, 2019
Specialist bioenergy funding provider Privilege Finance has launched a ‘manifesto’ for renewable energy from waste. The manifesto outlines the company’s vision for shaping a future whereby the UK is energy self-sufficient and sends zero food waste to landfill.
“In the current election campaign, the green agenda has been at the front of peoples’ minds like... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 3, 2019
Wood pellet producer Enviva has received a permit to build a new facility in Alabama, US. The firm released a statement thanking the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for its approval, which will pave the way for 85 full-time jobs alongside a further 180 jobs in logging, transportation and local services, and 300-400 jobs during the construction of the plant.
The... [Read More]
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Despite covering 40% of national gas consumption, Lars Kaspersen, chief executive of Biogas Danmark warns: "The tempo in expansion does not match the need."
The company actively captures CO₂ from biogas and the whisky industry and is now scaling up operations internationally
The announcement, made by Mackenzie County Reeve Josh Knelsen, marks what the company describes as a first-of-its-kind project in Canada, utilising wildfire-damaged wood to produce clean energy as an alternative to coal
