Jan 9, 2024
Waga Energy signs RNG agreement for Indiana landfill site
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Jan 8, 2024
The UK government is expected to approve a multi-billion-pound CO2 carbon capture scheme that will bolt two carbon capture plants onto Drax's four generating units in North Yorkshire, reported The Telegraph.
Drax said this would help it become the world's first cabon-negative power station, and that it would make the organisation a hub of the UK's first zero-carbon industrial... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 8, 2024
NOVEC Energy Production Halifax County Biomass, a South Boston energy company, has renewed the Operation and Maintenance Agreement (O&M Agreement) with PIC Group for its Halifax County 49.9MW biomass power station until 2026.
Under the terms of the O&M Agreement, PIC Group will be fully responsible for day-to-day operation and maintenance services of the biomass... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2024
Reliance Industries has confirmed it intends to invest in renewable energy and green hydrogen in Tamil Nadu, India.
Chairman Mukesh Ambani made the announcement on 7 January, during an address at the Tamil Nadu Gloval Investors Meet-2024, reported The Economic Times.
"Reliance has made a commitment to invest in renewable energy and green hydrogen in Tamil Nadu. We will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 5, 2024
London-based Renovare Fuels has announced a £9 million (€10.4 million) biogas-to-biofuel plant at a waste site in County Derry, Northern Ireland.
The Craigmore operation will convert biogas from landfill into biofuel, with Renovare stating it will be a first for Europe, supplying multinational petrochemical and airline companies.
Set to open this year, it is expected... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 5, 2024
Mississippi State University has received a grant from the US National Institute of Food and Agriculture for over $610,000 (€558,000) to take foundational steps toward producing viable fuels from agricultural waste.
The grant was awarded to El Barbary Hassan, department professor and scientist in the university’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Hassan and his... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2024
Trade associations Eurogas and the Natural and bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA Europe) have agreed to combine their resources for more efficient representation of gaseous fuel use in the European transport sector, effective from 1 January this year.
The move comes in light of the recent Green Deal legislative package, which the organisations said has confirmed the increasing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 4, 2024
Gail India and Trualt Bioenergy, which are state-owned, will set up ten compressed biogas (CBG) plants with an investment of more than USD$72 million (€65.7 million), according to a joint statement released on 3 January.
The ten plants will be 51% owned by Trualt, with the remaining equities held by Gail.
The investment will be funded through a combination of debt... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 4, 2024
MAIRE has announced that NextChem (Sustainable Technology Solutions BU), through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, has been awarded a new contract by ENGIE to carry out a pre-feed for the gasification and methanation of the waste wood as well as the implementation of a carbon capture unit for the Salamandre project in the Normandy region.
This award follows the successful... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2024
Anaergia has announced the entry into a definitive agreement for a sale of US$15.6 million (€14.2 million) of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary, Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility Holdco.
The investment tax credits for qualified biogas property were generated from the project built by RIBH’s subsidiary in Johnston, Rhode... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 3, 2024
Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PT PLN said that optimising biomass with co-firing technology at coal-fired power plants enabled the reduction of 1.05 million tons of carbon emissions, and the production of 1.04 terawatt hours of clean energy, throughout 2023, according to Antara.
PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo stated that the company had been developing... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2024
Electricity produced from renewable sources accounted for more than half of Germany's electricity supplies, reaching 56% in 2023, according to the Federal Network Agency.
A year earlier, the figure was 47.4%.
An increase in rainfall benefited hydro-electric power plants, following droughts experienced in 2022. They generated 16.5% more energy than in the previous year.
Onshore... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 3, 2024
Bord na Móna's Edenderry power plant in Ireland moved from peat-fired electricity to biomass last week, meaning it no longer harvests bogs for fuel, reported the Irish Independent.
The plant is the last of Ireland's peat-fuelled plants to adopt an alternative fuel source.
In 2018, Bord na Móna promised a focus on cleaner operations.
“Five years ago, Bord na Móna... [Read More]
Features
Jan 3, 2024
Last September, Bioenergy Devco (BDC), the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, received permitting approval for construction of its organics recycling facility at its Bioenergy Innovation Center in Seaford, Delaware in the US. Shawn Kreloff, BDC CEO, tells Bioenergy Insight more.
BDC collaborates with businesses, communities and governments to address the challenge... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 2, 2024
ArcelorMittal has commissioned a plant that processes waste wood into bio-coal, suitable for its blast furnace process at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium.
This is a first for the European steel industry, according to the organisation. It estimates a reduction of annual carbon emissions by 112,500 tonnes, with the Torero plant converting 88,000 tonnes of waste wood into... [Read More]
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Jan 2, 2024
Anaergia has announced that all interim conditions in respect to its previously announced equity investment of C$40.8 million (€27.9 million) have been satisfied.
Last month, Marny, through a wholly owned subsidiary, agreed to subscribe for an aggregate of 102,000,000 units of the Company at a price of C$0.40 per Unit with each Unit consisting of one subordinate voting... [Read More]
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Jan 2, 2024
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is increasingly contributing to the circular economy for UK businesses, and the by-products of the process are helping to achieve sustainability goals, according to experts in water and wastewater management Alpheus Environmental.
The company has calculated that the three key AD plants it manages in the UK produces enough methane from biogas as... [Read More]
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The funding, worth €76 million, was arranged through their joint venture QGM with the backing of a banking consortium comprising BNL BNP Paribas, Banco BPM and Mediocredito Centrale
Egypt is pressing ahead with a new biogas initiative in Beni Suef Governorate aimed at converting agricultural and animal waste into renewable energy
Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
