Jul 7, 2023
Redington Foundation installs biogas plants in Tiruvallur, India
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]
Biogas News
Jul 3, 2023
Energy company Gasum continues to expand its gas filling station network across the Nordics, with its latest addition situated in Växjö, south central Sweden, opening today (3 July).
The new liquefied filling gas station provides renewable liquefied biogas (LBG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG), both of which the reduce CO2 emissions compared to conventional fuel, Gasum... [Read More]
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]
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The funding, worth €76 million, was arranged through their joint venture QGM with the backing of a banking consortium comprising BNL BNP Paribas, Banco BPM and Mediocredito Centrale
Egypt is pressing ahead with a new biogas initiative in Beni Suef Governorate aimed at converting agricultural and animal waste into renewable energy
Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
