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The American Biogas Council has released the names of the finalists for the 2017 Biogas Industry Awards. According to a statement from the American Biogas Council, this year’s shortlist represents biogas projects and innovations which are both exceptional individually and also examples for replication in future biogas projects. The final winners of the awards are set to be announced at a…
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A new 15MW anaerobic digestion (AD) facility has opened in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. According to a statement, the new facility, opened by Olleco, the renewables division of ABP Food Group, will produce enough sustainable energy to power 12,000 homes. ABP has invested £22 million (€24.7 million) in the project. The new AD plant is located next to the Arla dairy, allowing it to become…
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The Walloon government has decided to cancel its call for tenders for a biomass power plant in Wallonia, Belgium. The Walloon government is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium. In May 2016, the Walloon government announced plans to support a 200MW biomass plant and launched a call for tenders. However, on 12 October, 2017, L’Echo…
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A number of important figures surrounding the bioenergy industry have reacted to the UK government’s new Clean Growth Strategy. Greg Clark, the UK’s Business and Energy Secretary, published ‘The Clean Growth Strategy: Leading the way to a low carbon future’ on 12 October. Highlighting the current state of play in UK energy sector, the strategy also lays out a plan for…
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Hong-Kong based China Everbright International has signed a supplementary concession agreement with the Public Utility Management Bureau of Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, to invest in and construct a waste-to-energy plant worth around RMB780 million (€100m).  The development, entitled Yixing waste-to-energy project phase II, will be constructed on a build-operate-transfer basis with a…
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The European Pellet Council (EPC) has announced a record year for its wood pellet quality scheme, with over 8.1 million tonnes certified worldwide in 2016. According to a statement, EPC is anticipating 9.2 million tonnes of wood pellets will be certified by the end of 2017. A network in the European Biomass Association, the EPC is in charge of the ENplus wood pellet management programme, which…
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Findings from AEBIOM, the European biomass association, confirm that bioenergy is among the most effective options to achieve Europe’s clean energy transition. AEBIOM published its 2017 Statistical Report on 17 October, shortly before the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee is set to vote on sustainability criteria for bioenergy. According to a statement from AEBIOM, the report…
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Resource management company GENeco has launched a vehicle called the Bio-Bee that collects commercial food waste and runs on the same material in Bristol, UK.   With Bristol among 40 places in the UK that consistently exceeds air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide, the Bio-Bee demonstrates a real alternative to diesel RCVs and HGVs by running on clean biomethane, according to…
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A new membrane has been developed that makes more effective the process of separating methane from CO2. This process is crucial in making natural gas and biogas suitable for use Methane is never found in its pure form. Natural gas, for instance, always contains a large amount of carbon dioxide. Industry generally uses membranes that act as molecular sieves to purify this natural gas (i.e. remove…
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Gas made from domestic waste, energy crops, agricultural waste, food waste and sewage could heat up to 15 million homes in the UK every year by 2050, according to a new study just published by Britain’s largest gas distribution network. Titled The Bioenergy Review, the report was commissioned by Cadent to estimate how much of the UK’s energy demand could be met by renewable gas. The…
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Bioenergy is one of the most scalable, cost-effective and flexible sources of renewable energy, according to the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), who have released more than 100 documents including data sets and project reports from its bioenergy programme. The ETI is a public-private partnership between global energy and engineering companies – BP, Caterpillar, EDF, Rolls-Royce and…
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One of the world’s largest plant science research institutes has received a five year, $16 million (€13.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to enhance the use of sorghum for bioenergy. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre will use the funding to build on earlier research using the model grass, green foxtail (Setaria viridis). The latest project will aim to…
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German flowmeter specialist Krohne has announced a new flowmeter specially designed for use with biogas. The OPTISONIC 7300 Biogas ultrasonic flowmeter is able to measure both wet and dry biogas compositions, and continues a growing trend of fluid handling equipment being designed with biogas application in mind. Flowmeters operating on the ultrasonic principle require particulates or bubbles in…
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Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is set to acquire Puregas Solutions, a Sweden based provider of turnkey biogas upgrading solutions. The acquisition agreement was reached in early October. Puregas utilises a CApure process to covert raw biogas into biomethane and renewable natural gas. The company has subsidiaries in Germany, Denmark, the UK and USA. According to a statement from…
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