Jan 8, 2025
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Jan 8, 2025
It’s the new year and Bioenergy Insight is hard at work preparing for this year’s International Biogas Congress and Expo, which takes place on 24-25 June at the Hotel Plaza in Brussels.
The European biomethane sector expects €25 billion in private investments by 2030, according to European Biogas Association analysis. The market’s huge potential means that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 7, 2025
Kanadevia Inova, a global leader in solutions for the energy transition and circular economy, has announced the acquisition of London-based Iona Capital Limited (ICL), along with a portfolio of 11 renewable gas plants in the UK and a substantial pipeline of projects globally.
The acquisition accelerates the evolution of the Kanadevia Inova business beyond a business sevelopment,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 7, 2025
Petrobras launched its first call for proposals for the acquisition of biomethane on 6 January.
The company said this initiative is aligned with its objectives of decarbonising its operations and performing with a robust and competitive portfolio of gas offerings with products containing a lower carbon footprint.
The initiative foresees the receipt of offers for firm... [Read More]
Features
Jan 7, 2025
Maurice Markerink, managing director of EnviTec Plant Construction, and Stefan Laumann, head of gas upgrading go into detail about the EnviThan gas upgrading system.
EnviTec – a family-owned business – is Germany’s largest biogas producer, as it owns and operates 80 plants there and 7 abroad. It covers the entire value chain for biogas production, including the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 6, 2025
Dairygold Co-operative Society has received planning permision approval for a biomass plant in Mitchelstown, County Cork in Ireland.
The works will involve a single-storey woodchip boiler building, with a parapet height of 16.236 metres, and a stack height of 24.735 metres above ground level.
Over 30 conditions accompany the planning permission - including limiting the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 6, 2025
Balti Biometaan OÜ and OÜ Selja are planning to build a modern green gas plant in the Selja area of Estonia.
The aim of the project is to produce biogas from local raw materials (biodegradable waste, waste of agricultural origin and biomass of various origins), purify green carbon dioxide from it, and obtain biomethane as the final product.
The final location of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 6, 2025
CM Biomass has appointed Simon Plagborg as its new CEO, effective today (6 January).
Since December, Ask Michael Munck has been the interim CEO for CM Biomass, one of the world’s largest suppliers of wood pellets and biomass.
Ask Michael Munck will reassume his position as Group CFO at CM Biomass.
“We were looking for a profile that had the right commercial and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 3, 2025
RENOVA's Tokushima-Tsuda biomass plant in Japan resumed regular operation on 22 December, and is continuing stable operation.
The facility, which is owned by its consolidated subsidiary Tokushima-Tsuda Biomass Power Plant G.K., is powered by wood pellets and palm kernel shells.
The facility began operations in December 2023, but experienced operational problems the following... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 3, 2025
Brazil’s Orizon Valorização de Resíduos has agreed a US$43 million (€41.7 million) financing deal with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB) to construct a biomethane plant, reported BN Americas.
The plant, which will be located in Pernambuco state, is in the advanced construction stage.
With a capacity of 130,000m3/d and the company has a contract with Copergás... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 3, 2025
The Irish government's COFORD Council for Forest Research and Development has published a paper that recommends future policies to support an expanded role of forest-based biomass.
The paper, entitled "Forest Based Biomass and Modern Bioenergy, Moving to Net Zero", complements and rounds out an earlier series of COFORD statements on the role of forests and forest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 2, 2025
Anaergia's Canadian subsidiary, Anaergia DB Inc., has entered into an integrated technology supply contract with PepsiCo Alimentos to provide its high-efficiency digestion technology and integrated biogas conditioning and upgrading technology at PepsiCo’s food production facility in Funza, part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá, Colombia.
The biogas system supplied... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 2, 2025
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has launched its Solid Biomass Capacity Statement (SBCS) report.
The objective of this report is to demonstrate the potential of the sector to deliver decarbonised heating solutions using solid (woody) biomass to a wide variety of heat users across the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Speaking at the launch, Seán... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 20, 2024
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic has announced a new scheme of support for local companies to produce energy from biomass.
Under the specific objective of promoting renewable energy, the government allocated 500 million Czech koruna (€20 million) in the framework of the Operational Programme Technologies and Applications for Competitiveness (OP... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 20, 2024
Ence has closed the acquisition of a biomethane generation plant in the municipality of La Galera (Tarragona).
The facility, which extends over five hectares, is designed to produce up to 50 GWh of biomethane per year, with its corresponding sustainability certificates.
The company has also signed a 15-year agreement with a major gas trading company for the sale of the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 20, 2024
Estonian dairy giant Halinga OÜ plans to construct and operate a combine biogas and gas upgrading plant from EnviTec Biogas.
The contract that has just been signed envisages the completion of the construction project in the municipality of Langerma in Pärnu County in spring 2026.
“We are proud to be able to use our expertise once again to support our customer in... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 20, 2024
Bioenergy Insight wishes a happy and restful festive period to all of our readers, subscribers and advertisers.
Thank you for supporting us, and we look forward to resuming activity on 2 January 2026.... [Read More]
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