Jul 3, 2023
Gasum opens new gas filling station in Växjö, Sweden today
Biomass News
Jul 3, 2023
KEW Technology has secured over £4.4m (€5.1m) of funding to take its successful research into waste-to-hydrogen technology solutions into ‘real-world’ demonstration at its Sustainable Energy Centre facility in the West Midlands, UK.
The award from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero’s Hydrogen BECCS (Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) Innovation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 3, 2023
Czechia's largest compressed natural gas (CNG) retailer Bonett has opened its 10th CNG filling station in Prague. It is a public self-service station with non-stop operation on Bělohorská Street in Vypich, in the western part of greater Prague.
The CNG stand is part of an existing filling station for conventional fossil fuels and thus expands its portfolio of fuels... [Read More]
Features
Jul 1, 2023
Until recently, the emphasis in most biogas projects has been on utilising methane, its primary energy component, writes Tobias Eckhof, project engineer at Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure GmbH. With the increased use of biogas in the form of biomethane, carbon dioxide can now be effectively harnessed as a by-product of biogas upgrading.
Instead of being viewed as a waste... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 30, 2023
Biomass producer Enviva has broken ground on its forthcoming Epes plant under construction in Sumter County, Alabama in the US.
Enviva has been active in Sumter County since its initial assessment of the site in 2018.
In 2020, Enviva acquired over 300 acres in the Epes Industrial Park, located next to the Tombigbee River in Sumter County, to build its largest wood pellet... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 30, 2023
EverGen has announced the successful drawdown of $15 million (€13.8m) under the first tranche of the previously announced $31 million (€28.5m) syndicated senior term loan from Roynat Capital (Roynat) and Export Development Canada (EDC), providing EverGen with financial certainty to fund the Fraser Valley Biogas core RNG expansion project currently under construction.
“This... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 30, 2023
Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, has announced a $10 million (€6.9m) contribution to BioLesna Carbon Technologies LP, a joint venture between BC Biocarbon and Dunkley Lumber Ltd., for a new biorefinery in Carrot River, Saskatchewan.
The contribution comes through the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program, which aims... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 29, 2023
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has reacted with disappointment to the publication of the UK’s Climate Change Committee’s latest progress report to Parliament.
The association said it was alarmed by the UK Government’s continued lack of leadership and commitment to anaerobic digestion (AD), an industry that could reduce the UK’s greenhouse... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 29, 2023
Musser Biomass and Wood products, a division of family-owned and -operated Musser Lumber Company based in Virgina, US, will invest $7.5 million (€6.8m) and create ten new jobs to expand its operation in Wythe County.
The expansion will more than double production of dried hardwood chips and sawdust the company supplies to composite decking manufacturers, plastic extrusion... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 29, 2023
The Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has released a new report focused on actionable pathways for deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at scale.
The report – Taking Root: A Policy Blueprint for Responsible BECCS Development in the United States – outlines how BECCS can advance decarbonisation needs by providing the permanent removal of greenhouse... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2023
Montauk Renewables Inc has announced it will develop a renewable natural gas (RNG) project at a municipal waste landfill site in Irvine, California.
The company said the project will be undertaken by its subsidiary Bowerman Power at the Frank R. Bowerman waste landfill site.
The project represents Montauk's second waste-to-energy initiative in Orange County, alongside... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 28, 2023
India's Power Ministry has decided to benchmark the prices of biomass pellets used for co-firing in thermal power plants (TPPs).
The decision comes due to the evolving market conditions for biomass pellets and requests received from stakeholders including TPPs, pellet manufacturers, farmers, bankers etc, according to the Ministry.
“The benchmarked price shall take... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2023
Spain plans to double its 2030 targets for biogas and green hydrogen production, according to a draft of the energy ministry's updated climate strategy seen by Reuters on 28 June.
The new plan increases the Spanish government's energy and climate ambitions across the board, setting higher goals for solar and wind power, among others.
Energy is a hotly debated topic in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2023
Apeiron Bioenergy (Apeiron), a leading integrated global player in bioenergy, raised S$50 million (€33.8m) on 23 June, through the issuance of a 5-year senior unsecured green bond guaranteed by Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility, a trust fund of the Asian Development Bank (CGIF), and an ASEAN+3 initiative to develop local currency bond markets.
Rated AA by S&P... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2023
The Dutch government has committed to increasing subsidies for the production of hydrogen from renewable sources of energy, known as "green hydrogen", by €1 billion next year and another €3.9 billion euros in the years after, according to Reuters.
The Netherlands aims to have the capacity to produce at least 4 gigawatt of green hydrogen in 2030 and double that amount... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 27, 2023
Japanese power utility Chubu Electric Power plans to invest in a 2MW Yahaba biomass-fired power generation plant in northern prefecture Iwate, aiming to begin commercial operations by January 2026, reported Argus Media.
Chubu and domestic material supplier Inabata agreed to finance Furusato FIC Energy, the developer of the power plant, on 27 June. Chubu did not disclose... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 26, 2023
The UK government has once again delayed releasing a strategy to outline its vision for the role biomass will play in the country’s energy system, reported Bloomberg.
Climate change minister Graham Stuart said the UK's biomass strategy could be delayed for another three weeks - as late as 20 July.
It was first announced in November 2020 and was scheduled to be published... [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
