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INEOS-produced bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) has been used to create the world’s first fully sustainable gas pipeline. Installed by French gas utility network operator, GRDF, the pipeline only uses the low-carbon footprint polymer, according to INEOS. Installed in Clermont Auvergne Métropole, in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand, the pipeline has been installed as part of a…
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Condor Energies Inc., a Canadian based energy transition company, has received a natural gas allocation from the government Kazakhstan. The gas allocation will be used as feed gas for Condor’s first modular liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility. The feed gas will be liquefied to produce up to 350 tonnes per day (210,000 gallons per day) of LNG, which can fuel approximately 125 rail…
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The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Waste and Recycling Committee has approved an option to commission the building of two dry anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the North West of England - the first of their kind in the country - as part of its Biowaste Management Strategy. The Strategy will now be submitted to the GMCA for full approval. Dry AD is a well-established technology…
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The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, has today approved the Development Consent Order (the DCO) for Drax Power Limited’s (Drax) plans to convert two of its biomass units at Drax Power Station to the carbon removals technology bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Drax Power Station currently has four biomass generating units and produces…
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The mid-term evaluation of the Green Deal on emission-free work sites shows that almost all of the interim targets of the agreement have been reached in Finland, according to the country's government. Electrification of machinery is a key tool to completely phase out fossil fuels. According to an evaluation, 93% of respondents considered that the interim targets are being reached in full or…
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Tan Delta Systems, a global disruptor in real-time oil quality monitoring, has announced the appointment of Nick LaBar as VP of business development for North America. LaBar will cover the whole of the US and Canada territories for Tan Delta, with a focus on all industry sectors. In a biogas plant in Germany, annual savings of €3,000 per engine have been achieved by using Tan Delta technology…
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Wales-based waste-to-hydrogen company Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) has demonstrated the viability of producing hydrogen gas from syngas generated from the gasification of waste. The company recently secured almost £4 million (€4.6 million) in government funding to make its biomass and waste-to-hydrogen plants even greener by using carbon capture. Waste-to-energy processes rely on an…
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Cheshire West & Chester Council in the North West of England has approved plans by EET Hydrogen for the first large-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production plant (HPP1) in the UK, located at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Consisting of two plants (HPP1 and HPP2), the hydrogen hub will enable local industrial and power generation businesses to switch from fossil…
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Reliance Industries has confirmed it intends to invest in renewable energy and green hydrogen in Tamil Nadu, India. Chairman Mukesh Ambani made the announcement on 7 January, during an address at the Tamil Nadu Gloval Investors Meet-2024, reported The Economic Times. "Reliance has made a commitment to invest in renewable energy and green hydrogen in Tamil Nadu. We will collaborate closely with…
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The UK government is expected to approve a multi-billion-pound CO2 carbon capture scheme that will bolt two carbon capture plants onto Drax's four generating units in North Yorkshire, reported The Telegraph. Drax said this would help it become the world's first cabon-negative power station, and that it would make the organisation a hub of the UK's first zero-carbon industrial cluster - known as…
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Trade associations Eurogas and the Natural and bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA Europe) have agreed to combine their resources for more efficient representation of gaseous fuel use in the European transport sector, effective from 1 January this year. The move comes in light of the recent Green Deal legislative package, which the organisations said has confirmed the increasing importance of…
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Anaergia has announced the entry into a definitive agreement for a sale of US$15.6 million (€14.2 million) of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investment tax credits generated by its subsidiary, Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility Holdco. The investment tax credits for qualified biogas property were generated from the project built by RIBH’s subsidiary in Johnston, Rhode Island. The ITC…
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Electricity produced from renewable sources accounted for more than half of Germany's electricity supplies, reaching 56% in 2023, according to the Federal Network Agency. A year earlier, the figure was 47.4%. An increase in rainfall benefited hydro-electric power plants, following droughts experienced in 2022. They generated 16.5% more energy than in the previous year. Onshore wind farms…
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) is increasingly contributing to the circular economy for UK businesses, and the by-products of the process are helping to achieve sustainability goals, according to experts in water and wastewater management Alpheus Environmental. The company has calculated that the three key AD plants it manages in the UK produces enough methane from biogas as a byproduct to heat over…
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