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May 4, 2023
Enviva reports “difficult and disappointing” Q1 2023 results
Biogas News
May 3, 2023
Vespene Energy (Vespene), a biogas renewable energy developer, and Viridi Energy (Viridi), a full-service renewable natural gas (RNG) platform, have today announced the launch of their first joint pilot site with a municipal landfill in Marathon County, Wisconsin, US.
The companies said they are using highly efficient energy generation equipment to convert the naturally... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 3, 2023
Samaiden Group has signed an agreement with two Cambodian companies and a Malaysian firm to develop a biogas project in the Preah Sihanouk province in Cambodia.
Samaiden announced its indirect wholly-owned Samaiden Energy (Cambodia) Co Ltd had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with: Mong Sotheary Trading Co Ltd (MST); Management Venture Asia (Cambodia)... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 3, 2023
Bioenergy Devco (BDC), the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, a leader in the design, engineering, construction, financing and anaerobic digestion operation, has been approved to negotiate a public-private partnership agreement to build an organics recycling facility by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA) in the US.
The partnership between BDC and MCUA... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 2, 2023
Verbio North America Holdings Corporation has announced the signing and closing of a purchase agreement with Mercuria Investments US, Inc. to acquire South Bend Ethanol, LLC, an operating ethanol plant located in South Bend, Indiana in the US.
This will be Verbio's second US production facility, following the commissioning of its plant in Nevada, Iowa.
The company said... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 2, 2023
Enexor Bioenergy (Enexor), based in Tennessee, US, has been awarded a demonstration grant from the US Department of Defense's (D0D) environmental security technology certification programme (ESTCP).
The funding will be utilised to demonstrate Enexor's Bio-CHP system at a US Navy installation, to convert organic and plastic waste into renewable energy.
The primary goal... [Read More]
Policy News
May 2, 2023
Last month Poland's government published the first draft of new legislation designed to facilitate the preparation and development of agricultural biogas projects.
The new Biogas Act aims to significantly increase the number of biogas plants, with the government seeing advantages in biogas' flexibility and ability to generate electricity over a greater part of the year... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 2, 2023
Reverion, the climate tech start-up for renewable energies, has raised €8.5 million to accelerate the production of its biogas plants.
Investors in the round include UVC Partners, Green Generation Fund, Extantia Capital, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures and biomethane trader Landwärme.
This capital will be utilised to expand the production of 100 kW and 500 kW biogas power... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 28, 2023
Bioenergy Insight spoke to Petter Jacobsen, chief commercial officer of Antec, ahead of his presentation at the International Biogas Congress & Expo.
Antec is a Norwegian company, and it was founded on a new method of biogas production, which consists of an anaerobic digester that combines two known technologies – biofilm and plugflow. Jacobsen said the goal is... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 28, 2023
The Lenzing Group, a provider of specialty fibres for the textile and nonwovens industries, has signed a contract for the acquisition of a 43 MW biomass power plant from ENERGIE 42 Beteiligungs, located in the Heiligenkreuz business park in Austria.
The execution of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, and is expected in the second quarter of 2023.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 28, 2023
The world-leading certification scheme to guarantee high-quality wood pellets, ENplus®, has reported 13.3 million tonnes of certified pellets in 2022, while the certified production this year is projected to surpass 14 million tonnes*.
“In 2022, the pellet market was heavily affected by the energy crisis. The pellet prices increased all over Europe and some countries... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 28, 2023
Anaergia has secured a contract to provide its technologies, engineering and process design for a new facility that will convert food processing waste into renewable energy at PepsiCo’s Simba Chips plant in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The new facility will allow this food processing operation to reduce its emissions and manage waste sustainably, reduce operating costs... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 27, 2023
BMW Manufacturing has extended its partnership with Amerisco Inc for an additional eight years. Amerisco constructed a 9.5-mile pipeline from the Palmetto Landfill to Plant Spartanburg in the US on behalf of the automotive firm.
Two decades ago, BMW Manufacturing began using recycled methane gas from a local landfill to provide electricity and hot water for the plant.
It... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 27, 2023
Ofgem has commissioned a probe into biomass firm Drax's adherence to sustainability rules, the Financial Times reported.
The UK energy regulator has tasked US consultants with examining Drax over its use of biomass, having launched an investigation into Drax in 2022, according to documents procured via a Freedom of Information application.
A Drax spokesperson told... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 27, 2023
Scandinavian Biogas has released its Q1 '23 results, reporting an increase in the volume of energy sold by 3.1% to 88.1 GWh, from 85.4 GWh during the same period last year. Total revenue has increased by 32.3%, to SEK 130.1 (€11.4m), from SEK 98.4m (€8.6m) in Q1 '22.
The company further reported its operating EBITDA margin as 6.4% (3.9% for the same period in 2022),... [Read More]
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Unilever has begun using biomethane derived from palm oil waste to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its largest facility in Indonesia, marking the country’s first commercial biomethane offtake
A renewable energy company in Brown County, Wisconsin, US, has sought bankruptcy protection after struggling with years of financial and operational setbacks
U.S. landfill biogas facilities are achieving record levels of energy capture and investment, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the American Biogas Council (ABC)
