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May 28, 2021
Gasrec is celebrating a milestone achievement after collecting the 10,000th tanker load of LNG from the National Grid facility on the Isle of Grain (Grain LNG), east of London. Demand for LNG in the road transport sector has rocketed in recent years as operators continue to seek out environmentally-friendly alternatives to diesel. The off-grid industrial sector has also seen strong growth for…
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May 28, 2021
EnviTec Biogas and Liqvis have signed an agreement for the supply of bio-LNG. EnviTec Bioenergie Güstrow, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EnviTec Biogas, will start supplying Liqvis with bio-LNG from the third quarter of next year. From autumn 2022, bio-LNG will be produced at the biogas plant in Güstrow. To date, this plant has been used to produce biomethane and is now being converted to…
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May 28, 2021
Volvo Cars’s manufacturing facility in Torslanda, Sweden, is now ‘climate-neutral’. Volvo Cars counts a manufacturing site as fully climate-neutral when it registers no net increase in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere as a result of the electricity and heating used by the plant. The Torslanda facility, the company’s oldest site, has been powered by…
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May 27, 2021
The UK is setting an example to the rest of the world in transitioning from coal to net-zero using bioenergy, according to the authors of a new report. ‘Electric Insights: Q1 2021: Britain’s Transition from Coal to Biomass to BECCS’, an independent report by academics from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights, has shown that the UK is the largest user of sustainable…
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May 27, 2021
The Koehler Group is planning to fully convert its plant in Oberkirch, Germany to biomass. The €60 million project will enable the firm to produce the energy it needs for its paper production operations with wood chips, green waste and mill residue. This means the fuel will be CO2-neutral, as well as a renewable raw material sourced from the region. Koehler’s CEO, Kai Furler, said:…
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May 27, 2021
Ronja Capital II, Stette Invest and Kjølås Stansekniver have collectively acquired a 23.3% stake in Norwegian biogas company, Hyperthermics. Hyperthermics delivers compact systems that work as ‘boosters’ in biogas production, as well as systems that produce saleable proteins from different types of biomass. The technology was developed to increase biogas yields and increase plant…
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May 27, 2021
BayoTech and IBMS Group will launch the UK’s first renewable hydrogen project using biomethane from food waste as a feedstock. The project will produce 1,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day to fuel zero-emission vehicles in London and Surrey. The partnership timed its public debut to support the launch of the CBI’s ‘Seize the Moment’ initiative and to emphasise the role of…
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May 26, 2021
Australian energy infrastructure firm, Jemena, is calling for a renewable gas target to help achieve the country’s net-zero goals. Jemena’s managing director, Frank Tudor, said a renewable gas target would likely replicate the success of the renewable energy target (RET) which helped to spur the development of renewable technologies in the electricity sector. “This is the jump-start…
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May 26, 2021
Hive Energy has acquired 50% of Dutch green energy company, DBG Group, to develop biogas projects. This partnership marks UK-based Hive’s latest progression in its mission to create transformational change for a cleaner future through partnering with circular economy companies. In the first waste-to-energy project of the partnership, the companies will process 270,000 tonnes per annum of…
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May 26, 2021
Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority in Utica, New York, has recovered 11.5 million pounds (approximately 5,750 tons) of food waste since its launch in 2019. The $3.4 million (€2.7 million) Food2Energy facility opened in May 2019 and recovers food waste, which makes up 22% of all municipal solid waste sent to landfill, furthering the region’s goal to conserve landfill space, energy, and…
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May 26, 2021
Glennon Brothers, a third-generation family timber processing firm, has entered into an agreement with SHV Energy to buy Balcas. Balcas operates a sawmill in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, producing quality sawn timber products for the fencing, landscaping, agricultural, construction, and pallet and packaging sectors. The company also operates two renewable energy plants…
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May 25, 2021
Leyline Renewable Capital has partnered with PurposeEnergy to convert Ben & Jerry’s dairy waste into clean water and power. Leyline, a provider of pre-construction debt and equity capital for renewable energy development, will facilitate the development of the SAINT project in St Albans, Vermont, that will anaerobically convert industrial food waste, including Ben & Jerry’s’…
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May 25, 2021
Biffa will acquire the collections business and certain recycling assets of Viridor Waste Management for £126 million (€145 million). The transaction marks another significant step forward in Biffa’s growth strategy as a leading enabler of the UK circular economy. On completion, the deal will see Biffa acquire Viridor’s network of 15 industrial and commercial (I&C) depots for…
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May 25, 2021
The UK Government has given a £166.5 million (€192 million) cash injection to the development of green technology. The multi-million-pound investment, awarded to innovators, business, academics and heavy industry across the UK, will accelerate the delivery of the game-changing technologies needed to further drive the UK’s climate change ambitions while creating over 60,000…
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