Aug 8, 2023
Goldman Sachs invests in Synthica Energy
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2023
A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) is studying ways to generate renewable energy from dairy farm waste to charge electric vehicles.
Wei Liao, a professor in MSU’s Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) and the director of MSU’s Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center (ADREC), led a demonstration workshop on 19 July... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2023
BioEnergy, a German company that provides technology and engineering design for biomass-based gas plants, has entered the Indian market in partnership with a Noida-based start-up, Gruner Renewable Energy (GRE).
A welcome & greetings ceremony was held in Nagpur, India, on 5 August, which invited partners, attendees, media representatives and guests.
The ceremony commenced... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 8, 2023
A biomass plant in Teesside, North East UK, backed by Macquarie has secured emergency funding of £80 million (€92 million) to avert an “imminent cashflow crisis”, reported The Times.
The Tees Renewable Energy Plant has raised additional funding as it seeks to relaunch operations following delays and setbacks to the £1 billion (€1.1 million) project.
The plant... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 7, 2023
Sumitomo Corporation has signed an agreement with Axens North America, a bioethanol technology provider, and Allotrope Partners, a US clean energy advisory and investment firm, for a joint project to study the commercial production of bioethanol derived from woody biomass in California state.
According to Sumitomo, bioethanol is currently gaining a reputation on a global... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 7, 2023
Insolvency proceedings for biogas trader bmp greengas were initiated on 1 August, with a restructuring plan to occur "due to the dramatic change in the procurement situation" - as a result of market shifts and the fall-out from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This meant that the firm was unable to meet its obligations to its customers.
The Association of Municipal Companies... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 7, 2023
Saipem, a leading company in the engineering, drilling and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and Stockholm Exergi, the district of Stockholm's energy company, have signed a Letter of Intent for a large-scale CO2 capture plant to be installed at Stockholm Exergi's existing bio-cogeneration plant located in the Swedish capital.
Saipem's... [Read More]
Features
Aug 7, 2023
WM, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Veriflux, a US EPA-funded technology platform, have demonstrated that food and organic waste can be tracked from restaurants, cafeterias and other sources to the point where it is used to offset the consumption of fossil fuels.
A four-month pilot project in 2022 overcame multiple data, logistic and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2023
Renewable energy company Sunview Group Bhd has aborted plans to venture into the biogas renewable energy industry after it terminated the proposed acquisition of Provectus Bioenergy Sdn Bhd.
Provectus Bioenergy is engaged in the operation of generation facilities that produce electric energy.
In a bourse filing on 3 August, Sunview stated that the termination was a result... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2023
Global sustainable energy producer EDL and key project stakeholders Republic Services, NW Natural Renewables and Pennant Midwest have commenced operations at the Limestone Renewable Natural Gas Facility (RNG) near Youngstown, Ohio in the US.
EDL has upgraded an existing landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) power plant to an RNG facility near Republic Services’ Carbon Limestone... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 4, 2023
Japan’s Nihon Toyo and Vietnam’s Power Engineering Consulting JSC 2 (PECC2) have agreed to cooperate in a trial production of biomass pellets, reported Vietnam News.
Nihon Toyo, a subsidiary of Japanese giant Toyo Group, and PECC, a part of national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN), will cooperate in establishing a production line deploying a high-temperature, high-humidity... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 3, 2023
IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, has signed an agreement with the government of Switzerland to start the second phase of the Sustainable Cities programme, which supports green urban infrastructure development in emerging markets.
IFC’s Sustainable Cities programme provides assistance to subnational governments and private sector partners, helping them... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2023
UGI Energy Services, has acquired GHI Energy (GHI), a Houston-based renewable natural gas company.
GHI is a leading renewable natural gas (RNG) marketer in California, a state with one of the most robust carbon credit trading programmes in the US.
GHI is primarily focused on providing vehicle fleets with RNG by coordinating supply from a portfolio of sources across the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 3, 2023
A Bloomberg investigation said that Drax idled one of its generating units at the North Yorkshire power plant for a significant period in 2022, during a time when soaring energy prices placed immense pressure on household bills.
The unit earns a fixed subsidy levied on energy bills, and if Drax had kept the unit running, it would have been obliged to repay approximately... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 2, 2023
Enerdyne Power Systems, a Landfill Group Company based in Charlotte, North Carolina in the US, commenced operation of a project collecting and upgrading landfill gas into pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Twin Chimneys Landfill in Honea Path, SC on 31 March 31,.
The Twin Chimneys Power Producers (TCPP) project is the first RNG project to reach commercial... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 2, 2023
EQTEC, a global technology innovator powering distributed, decarbonised, new energy infrastructure through its waste-to-value solutions for hydrogen, biofuels and energy generation, has announced completion of steam-oxygen gasification tests.
The tests were carried out in partnership with the Energy from Biomass and Wastes (ERBE) team, part of the Laboratoire d'Etudes... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 2, 2023
A White Rose was visible on Drax Power Station’s 350ft-tall cooling towers on Tuesday August 1, to celebrate Yorkshire Day.
The gesture saw the renewable energy company join with other businesses and community groups across the county to mark the annual event.
Drax Power Station is the UK’s single-largest renewable power generator, producing enough renewable electricity... [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
