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Dec 3, 2024
“Overcoming financial and policy challenges will enable growth in biomethane production capacity”
Biomass News
Dec 3, 2024
Dentons has advised Engie on its acquisition of a majority stake in Ávila Eco Energías, the developer of a biomass-powered district heating network in the city of Ávila, reported the Iberian Lawyer. The project, which is nearing completion, represents a significant addition to Engie’s portfolio of sustainable energy infrastructure and aims to become a benchmark for... [Read More]

Biomass News
Dec 2, 2024
Denmark's United Shipping and Trading Company (USTC) has increased its shares in CM Biomass. USTC first bought a majority share in the wood pellet and biomass supplier in 2021, with a strategy of increasing its shares in CM Biomass in the years to come. In spring last year, USTC increased its ownership from 60% to 67%, and now it has acquired an additional 22% of shares. That... [Read More]

Biogas News
Dec 2, 2024
Mitsubishi Electric collaborated with Orbital Gas Systems to help redevelop a specialist integration unit. Sourcing a direct alternative to natural gas at scale is not yet feasible, according to Mitsubishi Electric. That is why supplementing supply at a local level with biomethane is becoming an increasingly popular solution. The benefits of biomethane are well known... [Read More]

Biomass News
Nov 29, 2024
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, has announced that its MegaMax catalyst has been selected for a China biomass gasification-to-green methanol project. The plant will use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up to 250,000 tons per annum of green methanol in two phases by 2027. Construction of the first plant phase began in... [Read More]

Biogas News
Nov 29, 2024
On 27 November, a biogas plant was officially inaugurated at the New Wing Prison in Beau Bassin, Mauritius. This facility is supported by the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) and the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC). This project, initiated by the Mauritius Prison Service in collaboration with Association Kinouété and facilitated by the technical... [Read More]

Policy News
Nov 29, 2024
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted Nortegas Group a framework financing of up to €80 million to enable group subsidiary Nortegas Renovables to finance the construction of biomethane plants in Spain and launch a digital operations centre. The EIB and InvestEU-financed project will enable the development of the first phase of Nortegas Renovables' strategic... [Read More]

Biomass News
Nov 28, 2024
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) developer Firefly Green Fuels has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sanepar - one of Brazil’s largest water and sanitation companies. This strategic partnership enhances Firefly’s access to sustainable feedstock for biofuels production while expanding its footprint into the growing Brazilian and Latin American markets. Through... [Read More]

Biogas News
Nov 28, 2024
Gases are uniquely positioned to ensure the affordability, security and sustainability of Europe’s energy system, according to a new report by Frontier Economics. The report, entitled Ensuring Resilience in the European Energy Transition: Strategic Use of Gases to Deliver EU Climate Ambition, was commissioned by industry body Eurogas. The findings demonstrate the importance... [Read More]

Biogas News
Nov 28, 2024
An accident at a biogas plant on Funen Island, Denmark, has resulted in two deaths, reported Xinhua. Local police confirmed that several others sustained serious injuries. The accident took place at Flemlose Biogas Plant, which is about 200km west of Copenhagen. Danish police confirmed the accident was linked to the collapse or partial collapse of a silo and its roof. The... [Read More]

Biogas News
Nov 27, 2024
CalBioGas Hilmar, a joint investment between Chevron U.S.A., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio), have completed the central processing facility for their dairy biomethane project in Merced County, California. CalBio brings technology and expertise to help local dairy farmers capture methane from dairy manure in anaerobic digesters... [Read More]

Biomass News
Nov 27, 2024
Unibep will invest €20.1 million in Zgorzelec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, as part of a consortium with Energika Zbigniew Szamałek Sp. Komandytowa. This will be Unibep's fifth biomass heating plant. An agreement was signed on 20 November for the implementation of the project, entitled: "Integrated network for innovative transformation and decarbonisation of... [Read More]

Biogas News
Nov 26, 2024
The Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RWM) and Waga Energy have announced the signing of an agreement to implement an RNG production project at the Hébertville-Station engineered landfill site (ELS) in Quebec. Waga Energy will collaborate with the RWM, which manages the ELS serving 50 municipalities and the Mashteuiatsh community. This partnership... [Read More]

Features
Nov 26, 2024
Marc Fetten, founder and owner of GreenGasUSA, tells Bioenergy Insight about the company’s approach, growth and partnership with Wayne-Sanderson Farms. Fetten founded GreenGasUSA (GreenGas) four years ago, with the mission of reducing as many carbon emissions as possible via the production of renewable natural gas (RNG), and other renewable energy commodities. Today,... [Read More]

Biomass News
Nov 26, 2024
Marubeni Corporation has completed construction of its Aichi Tahara Biomass Power Plant in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The plant is a wood-fired biomass plant with a generating capacity of 74,950 kW, and is expected to generate approximately 530 million kWh of electricity per year. Commercial operations are commencing today (26 November). Construction began in February... [Read More]

Biogas News
Nov 25, 2024
Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, England, is expanding its food waste collection services to residents today (25 November). The local authority is working with the Surrey Environment Partnership, in line with the UK government's 'Simpler Recycling' legislation. From April 2025, all waste collection authorities in England must have a weekly collection of food waste... [Read More]

Biomass News
Nov 25, 2024
A group of Caribbean scientists and environmentalists are working to transform sargassum into biofuel, reported the BBC. In 2011, huge amounts of the seaweed entered Caribbean beaches - bringing a pungent odour as it rotted. Seven years later, Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley said sargussum was a national emergency. The scientists recently launched one of the world's... [Read More]


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