Brightmark RNG, a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. and Brightmark, has delivered the first gas at its Lawnhurst site in Western New York. The previously announced partnership owns project companies across the US to produce and market dairy biomethane (RNG). Lawnhurst Farm is one of three farm partners in Western New York involves in the Helios Project. Each has... [Read More]

Biomass boiler specialist NerG has been commissioned to deliver a 200 kW biomass boiler system for a National Trust property in England. Wightwick Manor, a Victorian property in Wolverhampton, will use the biomass boiler to heat the entire site, including the major itself, the shop and café, and will provide carbon savings of around 85 tonnes per year – a reduction... [Read More]

Scandinavian Biogas has extended its agreement with Dutch gas distributor Rolande on deliveries of waste-based bio-LNG. Rolande supplies customers with vehicle gas via a network of 20 petrol stations across the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It is mainly trucks that are refuelled with LNG and bio-LNG. For Scandinavian Biogas, the volume of the agreement replaces... [Read More]

Anaergia has acquired two Danish subsidiaries that will build, own, and operate (BOO) a major new anaerobic digestion facility in Denmark. The new facility in Tønder will convert agricultural waste into RNG. Anaergia expects the facility to produce 1.4 MMBtu of RNG per year, which would make it one of the largest plants of its kind in the world. It will produce approximately... [Read More]

Ramky Enviro Engineers has inaugurated India’s largest landfill gas-to-compressed biogas (CBG) plant. The facility at Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste in India’s Telangana State, was inaugurated on 27 October. The project is focused on the conversion of landfill gas into CBG for use as a vehicle fuel. Ramky Enviro Engineers manages approximately 6 million... [Read More]

San Joaquin Renewables (SJR) has secured $165 million (€142 million) for its flagship RNG project. The company reached an agreement with Cresta Fund Management and Silverpeak Energy Partners to invest the funds in developing and constructing a biomass RNG project near McFarland, California. Frontline BioEnergy, a waste and biomass gasification solutions provider,... [Read More]

CNG Fuels, the UK’s largest supplier of alternative low-carbon fuels for HGVs, has announced plans to host hydrogen fuel trials across its network. The trials will take place in CNG Fuels’ public access biomethane refuelling stations to support the future decarbonisation of HGVs. A new branch of the company, HyFuels, has been established to identify the best... [Read More]

A new renewable biogas-fuelled boiler at Chertsey sewage works in Surrey, UK, means the town’s waste is now being treated without the use of fossil fuels. Thames Water, which owns and runs the site, is eliminating more than 70,000 litres of diesel every month by using biogas – a by-product of the sewage treatment process – as it looks to reach net-zero carbon... [Read More]

Bioenergy infrastructure firm Delorean Corporation has commenced construction at a bioenergy project in Victoria, Australia. The DEVO project is located in the agricultural area of Stanhope and co-located at Waranga Green Energy (WGE) Piggery. The plant will receive local organic food and agricultural waste streams that would otherwise be destined for landfill and process... [Read More]

Bright Biomethane will deliver a membrane biogas upgrader for Ontario-based Berq RNG, marking the company's first RNG project with a Canadian company. With the realisation of this project, a biogas plant with a CHP system for heat and power production at a remote dairy farm will be converted into RNG production site. No gas distribution net is in place at the project... [Read More]

In our September/October edition, we asked a handful of industry experts one question – what can the biomass industry do to win over sceptics? This response is by Seth Ginther, executive director of the US Industrial Pellet Association. Forging consensus within countries and among the community of nations may be the greatest challenge to tackling the climate crisis.... [Read More]

BioNorth Energy has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the Fort St James Green Energy Project in British Columbia. BioNorth Energy is a joint venture between the Arrow Group, the Nak’azdli Development Corporation (NDC - arm of Nak’azdli Whu’ten), and low-carbon infrastructure developer, Nexus Program Management Group (Nexus PMG). The primary asset is a... [Read More]

JK Cement has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL) - India’s largest biomass aggregation and densification company. The MoU, valid for 10 years, is part of JK Cement’s goal to decarbonise its operations and aims to significantly scale up the use of biomass-based and alternate fuels as a replacement... [Read More]

Barwon Water and six local councils in Australia have partnered to transform food, garden, and commercial waste into renewable energy and fertiliser. The company has signed a Heads of Agreement with the councils to explore opportunities for a Regional Renewable Organics Network (RON) at its Black Rock Water Reclamation Plant in Connewarre and the project has received... [Read More]

Scottish whisky distillery Bunnahabhain is set to become Islay’s first distillery with a net-zero distillation process with the help of biomass. The distillery is installing a £6.5 million (€7.7 million) biomass energy centre – powered entirely by spent malt and forest biomass (wood chips) sourced from low-value timber felled 15 miles away. The combination... [Read More]