Japanese city gas utilities intend to introduce a framework of "clean gas certificates" for e-methane and biogas in the fiscal year 2024-25 to aid acceleration in carbon neutrality, according to a top official at the Japan Gas Association. Japanese city gas utilities view the introduction and expansion of e-methane and biogas as among key steps to decarbonise the country's... [Read More]

A prosecution against the owners of the UK's largest power station has been dropped by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it has been announced. The UK's Health and Safety Executive, the government agency responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health and safety, had alleged failings at the plant. These related to workers' exposure... [Read More]

Essar Group has announced the formation of Essar Energy Transition (EET) to help drive the creation of the UK's leading energy transition hub in North West England. The company said it will invest a total of $3.6 billion (€3.4bn) in developing a portfolio of low carbon energy transition projects over the next five years. Of this, $2.4bn (€2.2bn) will be invested... [Read More]

Bio Capital has announced its East London Biogas plant (ELBL) has won a tender to process 50,000 tonnes of local food waste in 2023, with plans to increase this to 60,000 tonnes in 2024. This agreement sees ELBL building on its extant partnership with Essex County Council. The arrangement will save 45,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year through the production... [Read More]

Workers at Drax power station in North Yorkshire - one of the largest in the UK - staged their first strike of a planned nine on 20 February. Further strike action over a separate dispute was announced on 23 February, as Unite the union said energy workers employed by Drax Hydro Limited, who operate power stations across Scotland, have voted for strike action in a dispute... [Read More]

EnviTec Biogas has announced the completion of a new 1,800 sqm production building for its EnviThan containers at its site in Saerbeck, Germany - doubling its production capacity. In the recently opened building, up to six more plants can be manufactured simultaneously, in addition to the six existing manufacturing bays. According to Jürgen Tenbrink, chief technical... [Read More]

Drax Group (Drax) has released its full year financial results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2022, reporting a strong performance. Its total profit after tax was £83 million (€94.2m), an increase of 50.9% from 2021, where profit after tax from continuing operations was reported as £55m (€62.4m). The firm further reported a robust result in earnings before... [Read More]

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired biogas project Envio Biogas in Tønder, Denmark, from Anaergia - the Canada-based company that develops large-scale facilities to convert organic waste into renewable energy. The transaction was completed through CIP's CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I) - marking the fund's first investment. CIP said this is a... [Read More]

SUEZ has received the go-ahead to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in the North West of England, after Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's Planning and Highways Committee approved the plans last week. Part of a network of proposed facilities, the Darwen Anaerobic Digestion Facility would turn food waste into green energy, could create jobs in the town... [Read More]

The European Commission needs to reform its electricity market design to place a value on flexible balancing power capacity for the EU to achieve its net zero targets and improve energy security, according to a new study from technology group Wärtsilä. With the European Commission having engaged in a public consultation for the electricity market design, Wärtsilä... [Read More]

SNP MP Martyn Day visited the UK’s largest waste wood-powered biomass plant to understand the critical role of biomass in producing renewable energy. The Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and East Falkirk was shown around RWE’s £300 million (€340.2m) biomass combined heat and power (CHP) facility at Markinch in Fife, Scotland. The tour took place on 10 February,... [Read More]

Genesis Energy has successfully completed a biomass burn trial as it looks at alternative fuel options for Huntly Power Station, the company announced on 21 February. The objective of the week-long trial was to prove the technical viability of operating a Rankine unit solely on biomass. That was achieved with a Rankine running only on biomass for several hours, Genesis... [Read More]

Choosing the correct material for your AD tanks demands longer-term thinking, writes Jonathan Smith of Balmoral Tanks. The finer details of tank material selection for anaerobic digester tanks can result in longer-term performance risks should you get it wrong. The challenge is what you think you know versus what you really should know. If we start with the generic position... [Read More]

Shell Petroleum NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Nature Energy Biogas A/S (Nature Energy). The acquisition was announced last November. By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell has acquired the largest producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Europe, its portfolio of operating... [Read More]

Denmark's Eurowind Energy has thus far been primarily dedicated to supplying local and global renewable needs for renewable energy with electricity generated by wind turbines and solar PV. But the company said there is still a need for gas in industries that cannot be electrified. It is therefore including biogas within its remit, as a new competence centre has been established,... [Read More]

Chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, has said the state government will leave "no stone unturned" to transform the area's stubble-burning challenges into wealth-creating opportunities, according to The Statesman. “Stubble and water management is the need of the hour. Haryana has taken commendable steps to reduce the cases of paddy straw... [Read More]