Oct 16, 2024
Gasum opens Norway’s largest biogas station in Bærum
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]
Biomass News
Oct 11, 2024
Qemetica Soda Polska, a soda ash producer company, has secured funding to convert a coal-fired boiler to biomass at its Inowrocław plant in Poland.
The funding is coming from Poland's National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.
The conversion is one of the main elements of the company's strategy in energy transformation and will allow the reduction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 11, 2024
The World Biogas Association BRAZIL Congress 2024, organised by the World Biogas Association (WBA) on 1 October, emphasised Brazil’s position as a leader in the global energy transition, focusing on the immense biogas potential yet to be explored.
The event represented a historic milestone for the Brazilian biogas industry and marked the start of the development of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 10, 2024
CycleØ Group, an end-to-end biomethane platform that builds, owns and operates plants across Europe has announced its intention to make a significant investment in new biomethane plants in Ireland.
The group, which has a portfolio of hundreds of biogas/biomethane installations in more than 40 countries globally, stated its intention to initially build four new agri-based... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 10, 2024
Consultation has been launched on plans to develop an agricultural anaerobic digestion facility on an area of land east of the A162, near Sherburn-in-Elmet in North Yorkshire, England.
ENGIE is proposing the facility which would support the agricultural community through partnerships with local farmers and provide green energy to the wider community, enough for 5,200... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 10, 2024
A new report has expressed concerns about the safety of Southeast Asia's tropical forests, following the rise of the wood-to-energy sector.
The report, which is called 'Unheeded Warnings: Forest Biomass Threats to Tropical Forests in Indonesia and Southeast Asia', looks at how energy policies in Indonesia, Japan and South Korea push what it calls a 'false climate solution'.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 9, 2024
In mid-2024, a new biomethane injection point was added to Amber Grid's transmission network in the Radviliškis district, Lithuania, connecting a biomethane plant owned by the Agrokoncernas group of companies.
This connection is the second biomethane injection point in the Lithuanian gas transmission network and marks a significant milestone in the development of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 9, 2024
Initially set at €350 million, Greenvolt Group has successfully upsized its syndicated financing to a total of €400 million, following strong interest from the financial community.
This increase was supported by two additional banks, including a new corporate lending partner, bringing the total number of international lenders in the facility to eight.
At first, the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 9, 2024
Swedish agricultural cooperative Lantmännen announced it has identified biogas as a growth area and is now establishing Lantmännen Biogas.
Lantmännen has organic residual streams from its own operations, the values of which can be maximised by being used as a raw material for biogas production.
With a high focus on resource efficiency and sustainability, Lantmännen... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 8, 2024
Renewable energy company Evero has announced its two CCS projects have both passed the 'deliverability assessment' in the UK Government’s Hynet Track 1 expansion process.
This lays the foundation for the delivery of two large-volume Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) facilities operational by 2030.
The news follows the government giving the go ahead for a £22bn investment... [Read More]
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Kruger Inc. has announced a $23.75 million investment in an innovative demonstration project for carbon capture and reuse at its Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières
By the first half of 2025, Kanadevia Inova will complete construction of a biomethane plant, powered by agricultural byproducts in the province of Cuneo, Italy
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