Oct 18, 2024
Vision RNG secures $207 million financing from HASI
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2024
ANGI Energy Systems, a Vontier company and North American supplier of refueling equipment and systems for compressed gases, is expanding its European footprint and supporting the growth of its hydrogen, biomethane and compressed natural gas (CNG) business with the appointment of David Muckle as European Managing Director.
As the largest provider of compressed natural... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 18, 2024
Furusato FIC Energy, a joint venture of Chubu Electric Power, Inabata & Co., and Furusato Mokuzai Logistics K. K. has started construction work on the Yahaba Biomass Power Station.
The facility is a wood-fired biomass plant to be built in Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate Prefecture in Japan, which will generate 1,990 kW of electricity mainly from forest timber offcuts... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 18, 2024
The UK Conservative Party is now opposing Drax's plans to fit its Selby biomass station with Beccs (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technology, reported The Times.
Although the Conservatives had previously approved the proposals, Claire Coutinho, shadow net zero secretary, said the case for the scheme 'simply unravelled' on closer inspection.
She said: “We... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 17, 2024
Byont, a leading European biogas producer across the Benelux region, has secured a significant equity investment from Asterion Industrial Partners to invest into biogas plants across Europe.
Asterion is an independent investment management firm focusing on European infrastructure with over €4bn assets under management.
Benelux biogas producer Byont has received a significant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 17, 2024
DN AGRAR Group, the largest integrated livestock farm in Romania, and BSOG Energy, an energy company focused on developing biomethane plants across Romania - owned by Black Sea Oil & Gas -have signed a cooperation agreement.
The agreement will result in the largest biomethane production facility in Romania, with a total capacity of up to 15 MW.
DN AGRAR will supply... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 17, 2024
Energy supplier Vattenfall has cancelled its plans for a biomass plant in Diemen, Netherlands.
Instead, the Swedish government-owned entity is looking to other options.
These include geothermal energy and residual warmth, according a cooperation agreement between Vattenfall and several municipalities - as well as the provinces of Noord-Holland and Flevoland.
Project... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 16, 2024
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the construction of a 50-megawatt (MW) class woody biomass-fired power plant in the city of Hyuga, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
The Hyuga biomass plant, developed by a consortium led by MHI as part of a full turnkey solution for engineering, procurement, and construction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 16, 2024
ENGIE continues to increase its biomethane production capacity in Europe with the acquisition of a new unit in Belgium, the Group's first biomethane production facility in the country.
Following on from its recent acquisitions in the Netherlands and England, this strategic purchase from the Schelfhout family is in line with the Group's objective of building a European... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 16, 2024
Nordic energy company Gasum has opened a biogas filling station west of Oslo, significantly expanding its biogas infrastructure in Norway.
The biogas filling station, built in cooperation with landowner Eiendomsspar, offers compressed and liquefied biogas in response to an increased demand for sustainable fuels in Norway.
The Skui station is Gasum's seventh LBG filling... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2024
Asda is investing in two new bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) refuelling facilities, as the retailer aims to continue reducing overall carbon emissions.
Working closely with Gasrec – a fuel provider for commercial vehicles in the UK – the new refuelling facilities in Warrington and Dartford in England now mean Asda has 13 fully operational bio-LNG stations strategically... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2024
Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK) has hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an anaerobic digester (AD) at its engine plant in Deeside, North Wales (TMUK-D).
Construction will start on the new waste-to-energy plant next month and when complete will supply TMUK-D with green electricity and gas directly via underground cabling and piping, replacing... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 15, 2024
The New York Stock Exchange will delist Enviva’s stock by October 22, reported Lesprom.
This marks the company's decline, following a 2022 market valuation of almost $6 billion.
Enviva's financial difficulties emerged from a failed bet on pellet prices, which ultimately caused its bankruptcy and wipted out shareholders.
Initially, the company had offered shareholders... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2024
Bioenergy Insight learns more about the recently announced partnership to develop four RNG projects in the US.
Bright Renewables is a global technology provider for biogas upgrading systems, CO2 liquefaction plants, and Bio LNG & Bio CNG solutions. Its US head office is located in Vancouver, Washington, and it has sold around 35 biogas upgrading units in the country.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2024
Repsol has started supplying liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled vessels Salamanca and Santoña at the LNG-bunkering terminal in Santander (Spain).
This is the first test of its kind for the two companies, consisting of the supply three truck-loads, totalling 60 tons of bio-LNG, and it is the first supply of its kind in Spain.
The use of... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 14, 2024
Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of €44,546,484 in investment aid to 12 projects under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP).
Moreover, by a decision supported by the Ministerial Finance Committee on 3 October, €28,048,200 was granted to Nordic Ren-Gas Oy for a large demonstration project on new energy technology.
"It... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 11, 2024
Erex held a ground-breaking ceremony for its biomass plants in Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam on 4 October.
The biomass plants were identified as priority projects in Vietnam's 8th National Power Development Plan, with their implementation being approved in April.
Each plant will possess 50MW of generation capacity.
They will process around 500,000 t/yr of wood residue,... [Read More]
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The funding, worth €76 million, was arranged through their joint venture QGM with the backing of a banking consortium comprising BNL BNP Paribas, Banco BPM and Mediocredito Centrale
Egypt is pressing ahead with a new biogas initiative in Beni Suef Governorate aimed at converting agricultural and animal waste into renewable energy
Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
