ReFood’s commercial director, Philip Simpson, outlines some of the company’s innovative work, as well as the climate in the UK. ReFood is a food waste recycler that operates across Europe. In the UK it provides collection and disposal services to hundreds of businesses operating across the food supply chain, recycling 480,000 tonnes of food waste every year at our... [Read More]

The Georgia Public Service Commission is set to vote on a proposal enabling Georgia Power to add almost 80 Mw of biomass power to its facilities, with three power purchase agreements (PPAs). In 2022, Georgia Power released a request for proposals, seeking up to 150 Mw of additional biomass capacity. In response it received proposed PPAs with combined 77.9 Mw of capacity. These... [Read More]

As part of their Green Energy Sully project, Meridiam, Dalkia and Swiss Krono France have inauguarated their energy plant. The primary goal was to reduce CO2 emissions, with two new low-temperature dryer belts installed, powered by a biomass plant. Dalkia chose to work with VYNCKE to supply this plant. The Green Energy Sully project addresses a triple challenge at the... [Read More]

Brazil's Senate is set to vote on a bill requiring thermoelectric plants to use biomethane as part of their fuel mix commencing 2026, according to a report by Senator Veneziano Vital do Rêgo. According to Estadão, the bill's inclusion of flexible thermoelectric plants, which are activated during water crises, follows negotiations in the country's Senate Infrastructure... [Read More]

Following a thorough review of operating conditions, including the persistent challenge accessing economic fibre, ongoing financial losses, weak lumber markets and increased US tariffs, Canfor Corporation announced the closure of its Plateau and Fort St. John operations located in northern British Columbia. These closures will impact approximately 500 employees and will... [Read More]

px Group, a Teesside-based infrastructure solutions business, has been awarded an operations and maintenance contract by green energy solutions company Gren at its combined heat and power station in Nottingham, England. The 6.8MWe biomass-fired combined heat and power station is designed to provide sustainable green electricity for over 10,000 homes. px Group will have... [Read More]

Anaergia Singapore, a subsidiary of Anaergia, has been selected to design and build the Jeju Bio Energy Biogas Plant in Jeju Island, South Korea. Based on the initial specifications, the award amounts to approximately C$25 million, and it is subject to a number of routine conditions, including the client obtaining final financing for the project. The Facility is expected... [Read More]

Ukraine is set to launch seven biomethane projects by the end of this year, with an annual production capacity of 111mn cubic metres, according to Heorhiy Heletukha, head of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine. The announcement was made during an online event, where Heletukha detailed the upcoming projects across several regions of Ukraine. The largest of these is the... [Read More]

Jim Thomson, vice chair & US power, utilities and renewables leader at Deloitte delves into the organisation’s recent report A ripe time for municipal gas and waste renewable natural gas partnerships Deloitte recently released a new report that highlights how renewable natural gas (RNG) can revolutionise the landscape for public gas utilities. Over a year ago,... [Read More]

1Vision Biogas AB - a joint venture between St1, HitecVision and Aneo - has acquired St1 Nordic Oy's biogas assets. Earlier this year, 1Vision Biogas announced 100% ownership of Biokraft International AB, a leading liquefied biogas producer in the Nordics. 1Vision Biogas is integrating the two entities into one company with the ambition of becoming the leading biogas... [Read More]

The Melbourne Water and John Holland-KBR Joint Venture has won an Earth Award for an innovative biogas handling system that supports the conversion of sewerage treatment gases into electricity, providing around 30% of the energy needed for Melbourne's Eastern Treatment Plant (ETP). The Civil Contractors Federation Victoria Earth Awards is an annual event that recognises... [Read More]

Gensol Engineering Limited, in partnership with Matrix Gas & Renewables Ltd has secured a contract worth ₹164 crore to develop India’s first bio-hydrogen project, reported Energyworld. The consortium emerged as the lowest bidder for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the project, which will convert 25 tons of bio-waste into 1 ton of hydrogen... [Read More]

Energy company Gasum is collaborating with Hapag-Lloyd to supply their container vessels with liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) during a two-year tender period. Earlier this year, Hapag-Lloyd, one of the world’s leading container shipping companies, won the first tender by the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) for ocean shipping based on waste-based bio-LNG... [Read More]

bp America's Cherry Point Refinery in Blaine in Washington State will receive a federal grant of $26,763,504 to build infrastructure and buy equipment to allow it to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time, using renewable biomass feedstocks. bp estimates being able to produce 10 million gallons of SAF per year. The large federal grant was awarded... [Read More]

Socogas has announced it will open its first plant for biomethane production. The company has acquired a plant in Sorbolo-Mezzani in Italy, which already produces biogas, and will be converted into biomethane with a capacity of 400 cubic metres per hour and installed power of 1.7mW. Agricultural biomass will be supplied from companies local to neighbouring territory. The... [Read More]

The production of biogas totalled 3,310 terajoules (TJ) in the last year, according to Statistics Finland. Of this amount 2,940 TJ was consumed and the remaining 370 TJ (11%) was flared, reported Daily Finland. The amount of biogas delivered from production plants to consumption declined by 1% compared to 2022. Biogas production on landfill collection sites dipped by... [Read More]