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Leading renewable energy company Drax Group and Japanese shipping company MOL Drybulk are working together to reduce the emissions and fuel costs associated with shipping biomass by deploying wind power technology on its vessels. The companies plan to facilitate the development of wind-powered vessels to transport bulk cargoes of Drax’s wood pellets to its customers in Japan, where the…
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Italian company Ecospray and Germany-based Ruhe have signed new agreements for the supply of two biomethane plants and three CO2-liquefaction plants for customers of Green Line Liquid Anlagenbau, which is an affiliated company of Ruhe Group. The construction of a complete system for pre-treatment, upgrading, liquefaction of biomethane and the liquefaction of CO2, with associated storage…
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The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) has published a draft resolution on reducing the requirements for the molar fraction of oxygen in natural gas from 0.02 mol.  percent to 0.2 mol.  percent – for biogas access to the gas transmission system (GTS) and up to 1.0 mol.  percent – for biogas access to gas distribution systems (GDS). By this resolution, the…
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Marvel Power Group (Marvel), a woman-owned clean energy advisory firm, is celebrating its 3rd anniversary by expanding its brokerage services to Canada and Europe. In addition to covering new geographies, Marvel will also begin structuring deals for CO2, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon offsets and hydrogen. In Q1 2022 Marvel closed its first term deal with a Canadian counterparty,…
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On July 5, British Office Taipei and the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC, co-hosted the fourth UK-Taiwan Energy Dialogue to discuss ports for offshore wind industry and biomass energy, and pathways to reach net zero by 2050. The Dialogue was attended by John Dennis, representative at the British Office Taipei and Wand Mei-Hua, minister of Economic Affairs, and was chaired by…
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LPG can still play an important role in helping Europe to tackle its air pollution problem as an off-grid heating fuel and autogas if it is given a chance, panellists said during the European LPG Congress in Barcelona in June. Poor air quality is the single largest environmental health risk in the EU, with particulate matter (PM) alone responsible for more than 300,000 premature deaths in the…
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Trillium has recently announced a partnership with Chautauqua Green Energy and CGE Ventures to expand its renewable natural gas (RNG) offerings. The deal will convert gas from the Chautauqua County landfill in Chautauqua, New York, into 100 percent RNG and be sold across Trillium’s network of owned and operated CNG stations. Ryan Erickson, vice president of Trillium, said: “Trillium is…
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The official launch of the new Midlands Bioenergy Development Project (MBDP) took place in the Tuar Ard venue in Moate, Ireland, recently. The MBDP is focused on encouraging and mentoring new bioenergy sector start-ups as part of the Just Transition in the Midlands region. Bioenergy is a sector that exists in relationship with a wide range of fields and topics, such as energy costs and…
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have identified a bacterium that can convert agricultural waste into industrial enzymes. Bacillus sp PM 06 that researchers Sathyanarayana N Gummadi, faculty – biotechnology department and Rekha Rajesh, a research scholar, isolated, could hydrolyse very low-cost waste without pre-treatment. There has been international interest in…
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EQTEC has selected energy and built environment engineering firm Wood as its partner for the design and deployment of a clean waste-to-hydrogen solution during phase two development of a multi-technology waste-to-energy project at Southport Hybrid Energy Park. The pair will jointly develop a refuse-derived fuel to-clean hydrogen solution combining EQTEC’s syngas technology with Wood’s…
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On behalf of the Victorian Government, Sustainability Victoria is delivering $10 million to encourage investment in the state’s bioenergy sector – the biggest ever Victorian grant funding investment in bioenergy. The Waste to Energy Fund: Bioenergy will support projects that create bioenergy from organic waste. The output of which may be electricity, heat, gas or liquid fuels. The fund is…
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Sulzer has supported Fulcrum BioEnergy, to complete the construction of the world’s first commercial-scale production plant that will convert municipal solid waste (MSW), or household waste, into renewable transportation fuels.  The plant will convert approximately 175,000 t (159,000 t) of MSW into approximately 11 million gallons (41.6 million litres) of renewable synthetic crude oil…
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Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the US Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a new pilot programme created under President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the development of biobased products that have lower carbon footprints and increase the use of renewable agricultural materials, creating new revenue streams for farmers.  This…
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After investing €10 million over the past two years to improve its environmental performance, Lafarge France’s La Malle plant, located in Bouc Bel Air, is continuing its emissions reduction strategy by investing nearly €1 million in its equipment.  Ot said the objective is to welcome a new sulphur-free fuel from the circular economy as well as wood fines, and to reduce sulphur…
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