Apr 29, 2016
Renewable energy trade body urges UK government to support biomass heat industry
Biogas News
Apr 28, 2016
A UK anaerobic digestion (AD) energy farm in Hampshire has secured £13 million (€16.7m) of funding from the HSBC bank to expand.
Andover-based Yelspa of Apsley Farms will use the HSBC funding to expand its AD plant, which will capture CO2 to use in the food and beverage industry.
Yelpsa comprises of a 1,050ac farming operation in the heart of Hampshire and,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 28, 2016
The government of the Dominican Republic has inaugurated a 30MW biomass plant, the first one connected to the country’s National Interconnected Electric System (SENI).
The San Pedro BioEnergy co-generation plant uses sugarcane bagasse as feedstock, and its construction was carried out by Spain's Cobra Group over a period of two years.
Empresa... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 27, 2016
Weltec Biopower, a bioenergy developer from Germany, is working to complete two anaerobic digestion projects in the UK, one in Northern Ireland and one England.
Weltec is currently building a 500kW plant for an agricultural enterprise near Strabane, Northern Ireland.
The plant's two stainless steel digesters (3,573m³ and 4,903m³) will be fed with 24,500 tonnes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 26, 2016
Xylem, a water technology company, has launched a new biogas support system – the Flygt BIS 1 biogas support system - specially adapted for the wall-mounting of submersible mixers in biogas digesters.
“Biogas digesters have a sealed cover which means accessing the tank to change the mixer position is difficult,” said Eilert Balssen, market manager Biogas... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 25, 2016
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said it lent more than £1 billion to support UK customers’ sustainable energy projects in 2015, more than doubling lending from 2014 in a third consecutive year of growth for the sector.
The record £1bn confirms RBS’s position as the largest lender to the UK renewable energy sector and comes as the bank ramps up... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 22, 2016
Canada-based wood pellet producer Viridis Energy is up for sale.
The company had earlier failed to meet a lender's deadline to pay debts owed by one of its subsidiaries.
Viridis appointed US biomass industry consultancy FutureMetrics as the sales representative of the company and its three subsidiaries.
In a statement, FutureMetrics said that the company will either be... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 22, 2016
Energy giant Drax faced protests during its annual general meeting in London over its use of public subsidies to support its coal and wood-burning power station.
Protesters came to the Drax power station site near Selby, North Yorkshire on 20 April, 2015. They also campaigned outside the company’s AGM in London on the same date, with banners stating ‘axe... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 21, 2016
Waste management firm Veolia has unveiled a new technology to help wastewater treatment sites increase the amount of biogas output they produce through the anaerobic digestion (AD) process.
Wastewater treatment plants process large amounts of sludge through anaerobic digestion, AD, with the resulting biogas used to generate electricity using combined heat and power, CHP,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 21, 2016
The UK has the potential to increase its production of biomethane in the future and improve resource efficiency, according to a report published by the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
In the report, the trade body said that the UK could produce the equivalent of more than 45 liquified natural gas (LNG) by tankers' worth of biomethane, or 40 TWh, per year by 2035.
By... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 20, 2016
Finnish technology firm Valmet will supply a wood pellet heating plant to electricity firm Helen Oy's Salmisaari power plant.
The wood pellet plant will enable Helen to increase the use of bio fuels in district heat production in Helsinki. The new plant helps the city of Helsinki to meet its aim of increasing its production of renewable energy.
The start-up of the heating... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 20, 2016
Finnish utility Fortum has called for a clear EU-level sustainability criteria for biomass and a transition to a market-driven system in place of complex subsidy systems.
The state-run firm unveiled its views in its latest Energy Review series. Fortum said the uncertainty regarding biomass-related regulatory policy has increased in the EU, which adds instability to the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2016
Malaysian waste management company Cenviro will be using DONG Energy’s waste-to-energy technology after signing an agreement with the Danish firm.
DONG Energy’s technology is called REnescienece. This uses enzymes to convert food waste and organics household waste constituents into biogas.
Thomas Dalsgaard, executive vice president in DONG Energy, said: "Malaysia... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 19, 2016
French industrial gas group Air Liquide has announced the commissioning of 12 biogas purification units in the last 12 months in Europe.
With these new units, Air Liquide triples its biogas purification capacity on the European continent.
Overall, Air Liquide has designed and deployed worldwide 50 biogas purification units in order to transform biogas into biomethane and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 19, 2016
Two anaerobic digestion (AD) businesses, based in West Midlands of England, have showcased their technology to local MP, Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC.
On a recent visit to Stoneleigh, the Kenilworth and Southam MP learnt how the businesses were supporting the local economy and jobs.
By building and supplying AD technology to British farmers across the UK, Stoneleigh Park-based... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 19, 2016
A cross-party group of MPs has said that the UK government would probably abandon the EU’s biomass land policy if it was not committed to it by EU law.
The group, part of the Environmental Audit Committee based in the UK, published its views in a House of Commons report entitled ‘EU and UK Environmental Policy’.
The report comes as the UK prepares for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 18, 2016
Green Energy UK, an independent energy supplier, has become the first energy firm in Britain to supply only renewable green gas to its customers.
In a statement, Green Energy said it will now only supply its customers with gas from biomethane from anaerobic digestion plants.
Doug Stewart, chief executive of Green Energy UK, said: “Supplying 100% renewable gas and... [Read More]
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