Jul 11, 2023
Carbon Capture Scotland to capture and reuse CO₂ from Iona Capital’s AD plants
Biomass News
Jul 10, 2023
Airex Energy, Groupe Rémabec and SUEZ have announced a collaboration that will create Canada's first industrial biochar production plant in Port-Cartier, Québec.
The first phase of the plant will be finalised in 2024, with an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes per year.
By 2026, annual production capacity is expected to triple, making it the largest biochar... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 10, 2023
Nordic energy company Gasum is expanding its biogas portfolio by acquiring two thirds of the shares in Swedish company Liquidgas Biofuel Genesis AB. Liquidgas Biofuel Genesis owns and operates a biogas upgrading plant in the city of Helsinborg in southern Sweden.
The plant’s other owner, with one third of the shares, is Nordvästra Skånes Renhållningsbolag AB (NSR),... [Read More]
Features
Jul 10, 2023
ZwitterCo is a membrane technology company that enables the treatment and reuse of the world’s toughest wastewaters. Chris Drover, CTO and co-founder, tells Bioenergy Insight more.
ZwitterCo’s products enable water resiliency for its customers, so that they can continue to operate and expand without being constrained by available resources, Drover said. In many cases,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2023
As part of its corporate social responsibility initiative, Redington Foundation has installed 67 biogas plants at Kuruthanamedu village and renovated one pond at Thandalacherri village near the warehouse operations of ProConnect Supply Chain Solutions (a wholly owned subsidiary of Redington) in the Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India.
The project aims to promote... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 7, 2023
The US Department of Energy 's (DOE) 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) - a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector - shows clean energy jobs increased in every state in 2022.
Clean energy jobs grew by 3.9%, adding 114,000 jobs nationally, increasing to over 40% of total energy jobs.
Clean energy technologies,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2023
bp has expanded its investment in bioenergy as bp ventures committed $10 million (€9.1 million) in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower-carbon fuels, such as bio-methanol.
WasteFuel deploys anaerobic digestion (AD) and methanol production methods to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2023
Regionalwerke AG Baden (RWB) and Recycling Energie AG celebrated the start of operations of the CO2 liquefaction facility in Nesselnbach, Canton Aargau, with a ceremony and invited guests from politics and business on 4 July.
Hitachi Zosen Inova developed the plant for turnkey delivery on behalf of operating company CO2 Energie AG. It is a significant milestone on the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2023
Kent County Bioenergy Facility, a subsidiary of Anaergia, has been awarded a US$5 million (€4.6 million) grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission in support of developing the Kent County Bioenergy Facility, a world-leading project in partnership with the Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW).
The project is designed to increase recycling, reduce Kent... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 6, 2023
ArcelorMittal has announced that CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has been selected as the winner of its inaugural XCarb™ Accelerator Programme, securing a $5 million (€4.6 million) investment through ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ Innovation Fund.
ArcelorMittal launched the XCarb™ Accelerator Programme in mid-2022.
The programme – a search for the best companies and brightest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2023
ETW Energietechnik (ETW), which is headquartered in the German city of Moers, has built a biomethane plant in Rittershoffen, in Alsace. The plant was built in cooperation with construction company Rytec, based in Baden-Baden, Germany.
The plant went into operation in February this year, and possesses a processing capacity of about 700 normal cubic metres of raw biogas... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 5, 2023
The International Energy Agency brought together key stakeholders and experts at a two-day policy forum in Vilnius, Lithuania, to discuss decarbonisation pathways and the potential of renewable heat solutions.
The event in the Lithuanian capital, attended by representatives from all five Eastern Partnership countries of the EU-funded EU4Energy programme, showcased how... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2023
Cocal started the construction of a new biogas plant in Paraguaçu Paulista, Brazil this month, reported CE Noticias Financieras.
The project will be an updated version with better efficiency gains, as compared to the plant located in Narandiba - the company's pioneer that began operations in early 2022.
The expectation is that the second biogas plant will commence production... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 5, 2023
Bruks Siwertell Group has signed an acquisition contract for North American heavy machinery specialist, West Salem Machinery (WSM), effective from 1 July 2023.
The Oregon-based engineering and manufacturing company will continue to operate under its current name as a separate internal division within Bruks Siwertell Group.
“We could not be more delighted to bring WSM... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 4, 2023
A new report entitled BECCS Done Well, which presents 30 conditions for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), was released yesterday (3 July).
Will Gardiner, CEO of Drax Group, invited Jonathon Porritt, environmental campaigner, to convene a High-Level Panel to conduct an independent inquiry into bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).
The panel,... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 4, 2023
The Municipality of Tjörn on the Swedish West Coast has announced it will develop a facility for local energy consumption that is fossil-free and carbon-negative, in partnership with Wallhamn and Boson Energy.
The first phase of the project will see an investment of €100 million, and the full project is expected to reach approximately €450 million with all phases... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 4, 2023
Two circular biomass boilers have entered operation at olam food ingredients’ (ofi’s) cocoa processing factories in the Netherlands and Germany, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The boilers use cocoa shells, a by-product of the production process, as fuel to generate steam, which in turn powers the crafting of cocoa ingredients from ofi’s brand, deZaan, at its... [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
