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Aug 23, 2022
St1 and Borås Energy and Environment begin a close collaboration in liquid biogas production in Sweden
Biomass News
Aug 22, 2022
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed concerned officials to prepare a bioenergy policy that will promote biofuel production in the state, according to Social News.
Yogi said that, as per the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, efforts to promote bioenergy projects, like compressed biogas (CBG), biocoal, ethanol and biodiesel, have yielded positive... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 22, 2022
Toowomba Regional Council (TRC) will reduce its methane emissions by around three million cubic metres a year and produce about $3 million worth of carbon credits over seven years when the biogas electricity generating plant at Wetaller Water Reclamation Facility begins operating in mid-September, according to Country Caller.
In a first for Queensland, methane recovered... [Read More]
Features
Aug 22, 2022
Following a 10-year analysis of the scale of methane leakage at almost 1,000 AD plants across the UK and Europe, Tim Elsome, general manager of biogas specialists FM BioEnergy, outlines why now is the ideal time to tackle unidentified biogas leaks — and how to protect your plant, profits and the planet.
Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants are designed to convert... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 19, 2022
LG Chem, a leading global diversified chemical company, and ADM, a global leader in nutrition and biosolutions, held a signing ceremony on 15 August launching two joint ventures for U.S. production of lactic acid and polylactic acid to meet growing demand for a wide variety of plant-based products, including bioplastics. Pending final investment decisions, the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 19, 2022
An innovative, space-saving technology to develop fast-growing plants without soil could revolutionise the UK's bioenergy market, according to researchers from the University of Surrey. The soilless cultivation technology has been awarded £4m from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Surrey’s project... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 19, 2022
Tokyo-based firms Mitsui Chemicals and Teijin jointly announced that they will become Japan’s first companies to develop and market biomass-derived bisphenol A (BPA) and polycarbonate (PC) resins, that will support efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout product lifecycles - according to Chemical Engineering.
The... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 18, 2022
Palisade Real Assets has acquired 100% of Malaby Biogas, a UK-based organic waste anaerobic digestion technology plant located in Warminster, Wiltshire.
Malaby has been operating since 2012, processes between 500-600 tonnes of organic waste per week and provides around 2,500 houses with renewable power. It was also the first plant in England to be certified by the Anaerobic... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2022
Funding for researchers at Cranfield University to look at new ways to generate hydrogen energy from biomass has been announced by the UK government.
The technology would allow biomass – organic products such as wood, grasses or used brewery hops - to be used to generate hydrogen while capturing CO2 emissions at the same time.
Rather than being burned, the biomass... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2022
Leading composting and waste-management specialist, Biowise, has been awarded funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as part of Phase One of the Hydrogen BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture & Storage) Innovation Programme.
The Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme supports technologies which can produce hydrogen from biogenic feedstocks... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 17, 2022
US President Joe Biden signed a $750 billion (€737.1bn) healthcare, tax and climate bill into law on 16 August.
During the signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, Biden said the Inflation Reduction Act is "one of the most significant laws in our history".
Addressing Democrat members of Congress and administration officials, he stated: "With... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2022
A new report from The Centre for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and Graduate School entitled “Rethinking Manure Biogas: Policy Considerations to Promote Equity and Protect the Climate and Environment” analyses the utilisation of manure anaerobic digesters to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture operations.
"Manure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2022
Punjab’s New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora has said Asia's largest compressed biogas (CBG) plant - which was commissioned in April this year - has started commercial production in Sangrur, India, according to The Hindu.
Anora said the plant - which has a total capacity of 33.23 tonne CBG per day - had started production of CBG, which... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 16, 2022
Swedish firm Cortus Energy has been a partner with the Mariposa Biomass Project regarding a plant for co-generation in Mariposa County, California, US since 2016.
Cortus said it is "not prepared to start the project now due to other more nearby opportunities", and so its participation in the Mariposa Biomass Project has been terminated.
However, the firm "will seek... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2022
The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act by the Senate and the US House of Representatives - it passed the latter on 12 August with a majority of 13 (220-207). All Democrats voted in favour and all Republicans opposed the act, and it will be heading to president Joe Biden for signature.
The bill's passage would... [Read More]
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Tages Capital SGR, an asset manager specialising in alternative investment funds in private markets, has announced the completion of the acquisition of a portfolio of two greenfield biomethane production plants
TotalEnergies has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with HitecVision, a Norwegian investment company specialising in energy, for the sale of 50% of Polska Grupa Biogazowa (PGB) for an enterprise value of €190 million
Sumitomo Corporation and reNIKOLA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of bioenergy (biogas and biomethane) projects in Malaysia and Indonesia
