Aug 25, 2023
Logan County, CO, receives Bioeconomy Development Opportunity status
Other News
Aug 25, 2023
Sugar Valley Energy, a subsidiary of California Ethanol & Power LLC (CE+P), and STARS Technology Corp, have announced a collaboration agreement to deploy hydrogen production technology at SVE’s planned, fully permitted 160-acre sugarcane ethanol biorefinery, bioelectric, biogas and wastewater treatment facility in Imperial Valley, California in the US.
The SVE-STARS... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 25, 2023
The French Ministry of Energy Transition has commissioned the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to develop and operate registry and auctioning services for biogas Guarantees of Origin (GOs), as well as registry services for biogas production certificates.
In coordination with the Ministry, EEX will launch the biogas GO registry on 1 October 2023, taking over from the French... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 24, 2023
A fire broke out at a biogas plant in Malaga on 22 August, the first of its kind in Andalusia, reported Euro Weekly News.
The fire at the Agroenergia de Campillos SL biogas plant only affected the existing raft on the infrastructure, and was controlled quickly and efficiently by firefighters, according to the city's council.
"The situation is completely under control... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2023
A new state-of-the-art biomethane refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) has entered construction in Aylesford, Kent in the UK.
The facility will be capable of fuelling more than 500 trucks per day and saving almost 60,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
The station is a joint venture between CNG Fuels, the infrastructure arm of ReFuels, and Foresight Group, a sustainability-led... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2023
The West Lombok Regency community in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Indonesia, is set to begin construction of a biogas plant that can treat local agricultural waste from corn production.
The plant is slated to begin operating in 2025, and it is hoped it will replace imported LPG gas products, reported Newsbase.
The compressed biogas (CBG) plant is being built by PT Kaltimex... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2023
Biokraft's newly built liquefaction plant, connected to its biogas plant in Södertörn, Sweden, has delivered its first batch of bio-LNG.
The shipment consisted of 34 tonnes of bio-LNG to be used by trucks in northern Europe.
A filled container holds 17 tonnes of bio-LNG, which Biokraft said is enough for fossil-free driving with a fully loaded long-haul truck for approximately... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2023
Biogen, an owner and operator of green energy anaerobic digestion (AD) plants, has acquired a portfolio of five operating plants from The Ingenious Group.
The acquisition expands Biogen’s generation capacity and increases its footprint of green energy AD plants across the UK.
Financial details of the transaction are undisclosed.
Biogen produces renewable energy and... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 23, 2023
Leading water and wastewater asset management company, Alpheus Environmental, has secured a five-year extension to its original three-year contract with the Glenmorangie Distillery in Tain, Scotland. Alpheus has managed and maintained wastewater treatment at the Distillery since 2020.
Alpheus was awarded the initial contract based on its experience with anaerobic digestion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 23, 2023
The Port of Tyne has entered a contract with Drax for a strategic collaboration that aims to ensure an uninterrupted supply of sustainably sourced biomass pellets to Drax Power Station in Selby, North Yorkshire.
The four-year agreement envisions the transportation of up to one million tonnes of biomass pellets annually.
The pellets will be transported from the Port of... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 22, 2023
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with CapeOmega Carbon Storage, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapeOmega AS, to acquire the 40% participating interest held by CapeOmega in the CO2 storage exploration license ExL004 (the Luna project).
Located 120km offshore Bergen, Norway, in 200m water depth, ExL004 covers an area of 453 sq.km. It is adjacent to the license where... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2023
Testing has begun for a major project that aims to reduce the environmental impact of ammonia emissions from livestock, and potentially lead to hydrogen production.
Ammonia-harvesting technology has been installed at the pig farm running the trials under the PigProGrAm scheme, which is backed by £600,000 (€703.1k) of funding from the UK government.
The project brings... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 22, 2023
Ibirapuera Park, an urban park in São Paulo, Brazil, has received a new recycling centre, reaching the 'zero waste' mark.
The initiative includes the process of sorting and shredding the park's prunings and vegetation to utilise as biomass that becomes a renewable energy resource.
In addition, the waste from the park can be used as an alternative source of energy... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 21, 2023
In 2022, EU wood pellet consumption hit a new record of 24.8 million metric tons (MMT) mainly due to increased residential use, according to a report compiled by the European Union.
It further estimated that EU demand is expected to grow to 25.6 MMT this year, based on a further expansion of the residential markets supported by Member State (MS) incentives, and the implementation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2023
Severn Trent Green Power (STGP) has received the go-ahead from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to finalise its proposed acquisition of Andigestion Limited. The move follows a detailed Phase 1 investigation.
The acquisition will bring an additional 45GWh of energy generation output every year, according to STGP.
It will also give STGP new reach into Southwest... [Read More]
Features
Aug 21, 2023
Patrick Pozzi, managing partner at Superior Pellet Mills, tells Bioenergy Insight about the company’s revamping, an altered business strategy and how the US government could provide thought-through subsidy programmes for smaller companies.
Superior Pellet Mills is based in Montana in the US, at a site that had previously been run by Eureka Pellet Mills — which started... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 18, 2023
Anaergia has entered into inter-related agreements with entities managed by Arjun Infrastructure Partners (Arjun) to immediately terminate its obligations relating to approximately $145 million (€133.3 million) in loan obligations owing to Arjun.
The agreement includes a lender option to require purchase by Anaergia for the six build-own-operate assets in Italy.
This... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
