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Jul 31, 2023
Indian government’s unified biogas registration tool deemed a success
Policy News
Jul 31, 2023
Harbour Energy, operator of the Humber-based Viking CO2 transportation and storage network and partner in the Acorn CCS project in northeast Scotland, has welcomed the news that both projects have been awarded Track 2 status as part of the UK Government's CCS cluster sequencing process.
The announcement marks an important milestone for the two projects, allowing them... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 28, 2023
New research by leading consultancy, Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of Drax Power Station in the UK, has found that the renewable power station plays a significant role in the economies of Selby and Ainsty, Yorkshire and the Humber and the UK.
The report, utilising data from 2021, calculated that the North Yorkshire site, including its supply chain, contributed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2023
West Biofuels has received $1.5 million (€1.3m) in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the sustainable use of forest products while promoting innovation and bolstering local economies.
The Woodland, California-based company engineers, procures, and constructs (EPC) and operates and maintains biomass facilities.
Approximately $1.2m... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2023
Allotrope Partners (Allotrope), Axens North America (Axens) and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) have agreed to develop a joint study for a commercial plant producing cellulosic bioethanol utilising the Axens Futurol™ process, produced from woody biomass through Allotrope Cellulosic Development Company (ACDC), a project development company based in the State of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2023
VARO Energy (VARO) has announced the successful placement of a $165 million (€150.1m) green loan, the first in the company’s history.
The green loan, part of a wider $3.33 billion (€3bn) financing announced separately today, will partly refinance VARO’s acquisition of the Bio Energy Coevorden (BEC) biogas manufacturing facility.
The green loan represents an important... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 27, 2023
BBVA, a leading financial institution in ESG, has joined Suma Capital to expand its track record and expertise in responsible investments. To do so, it will invest €300m in Suma Capital’s third sustainable infrastructure fund, SC Climate Impact Fund III.
BBVA's investment will focus upon the energy transition, circular economy and waste management for the production... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2023
NorthStar Clean Energy has awarded Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) a contract to undertake a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) engineering study at its power plant in Filer City, Michigan in the US.
The study is the first phase of a commercial-scale project, as Northstar Clean Energy seeks to convert the coal-fired plant to utilise biomass fuel, and to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2023
The conversion and assembly work at Germany's largest integrated bio-LNG plant with bio-CO2 liquefaction - BioEnergie Park Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - has just been completed, announced EnviTec Biogas.
The company is now ready to begin the plant's operation.
"Now that the last component, the 300,000-litre LCO2 tank made of pressure vessel steel, has been... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 26, 2023
The UK government’s long-delayed document detailing its plans for the role of biomass in the economy is now planned to be published in the coming weeks, reported Bloomberg.
It was first announced in November 2020 and was scheduled to be published at the end of 2022, until being postponed to the second quarter of this year.
It had widely been expected to be released... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2023
HYRO - a joint venture between RES and Octopus Energy Generation – has submitted a planning application to Flintshire County Council in Wales for its Coleshill Green Hydrogen Project.
The scheme is one of two projects located on existing Kimberly-Clark sites that aim to assist the roll out of this source of power for industrial businesses.
The Coleshill Green Hydrogen... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2023
Japan's Sumitomo said it and Sharjah National Oil Corp (SNOC) will study a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at a mature gas field in the United Arab Emirates, reported Reuters.
Japan, which is actively pursuing a green energy transition, is promoting its green technology in the Gulf countries, as the region aims to turn from the world's biggest oil producer... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 25, 2023
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €850 million French measure to support ArcelorMittal France in partially decarbonising its steel production processes.
The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while helping to end dependence on... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2023
Sewage biogas produced in Manchester is set to become a sustainable feed source for graphene and hydrogen production, due to a pioneering partnership between Levidian and United Utilities.
The UK government-funded collaboration is a first for the UK's water industry and will see Levidian’s innovative LOOP technology used to decarbonise biogas created within the wastewater... [Read More]
Features
Jul 24, 2023
Quality control and the protection of the certification scheme's value remain key priorities, explains Dobromir Yankov, marketing manager at Bioenergy Europe, in the association's regular column for Bioenergy Insight.
When ENplus® was launched over a decade ago, the pellet market was in an early phase of development that lacked a specific set of requirements, quality... [Read More]
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The conference was opened by Swedish MEP Emma Wiesner (Renew Europe), who underlined bioenergy’s key role in achieving Europe’s energy and climate ambitions
Gasum, in partnership with REMA Distribution, has today inaugurated a new biogas filling station for liquefied biogas (LBG) at REMA Distribution’s facility in Vinterbro, south of Oslo
The agreement, concluded under Singapore’s new 'biomethane sandbox' launched by the Energy Market Authority and the Economic Development Board on 27 October, is designed to pilot biomethane imports for power generation and industrial use
