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Jan 20, 2022
Europe sees record-breaking year for biomethane production
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2022
Councils in Surrey, UK could save around £4 million (€4.8 million) if all of the region’s food waste was recycled.
More than half of all food waste that could be recycled in Surrey, 50,594 tonnes, UK ends up in general waste every year.
New data by the Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) shows that if the waste was recycled instead, an additional £4 million... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 20, 2022
Lahti Aqua and Lahti Energia in Finland have signed an agreement to utilise heat contained in treated wastewater in district heating.
Heat will be recovered at a heat pump to be built in connection with the Ali-Juhakkala wastewater treatment plant. The facility will be built by Lahti Energia, which will also be responsible for the plant’s operations once it is completed.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2022
Macquarie Capital has launched a new platform that develops, operates and invests in RNG infrastructure projects. Its first project, in Wisconsin, has already reached financial close.
The new platform, Aerogy, delivers a suite of innovative energy solutions through project development, financing, construction and commercial operation, as well as project expansions with... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 19, 2022
Action must be taken on energy bills after inflation rose by 5.4% in the UK, according to the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA).
The REA recently published a six-point plan to help tackle the crisis, with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warning that rising energy bills could ‘devastate’ the budgets of families on the lowest incomes. The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has appointed Grant Budge as chief executive-elect.
Budge will succeed Charlotte Morton, who will gradually withdraw from her ADBA chief executive role to focus on her position as the head of the World Biogas Association (WBA).
Budge holds a MEng (Hons) from Imperial College London, an MBA from Leeds University... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
Valmet’s automation system will be installed at a pioneering biogas plant in the Baltics.
The plant will be the first in the region to utilise household and commercial biowaste.
Built by BioWOIMA Finland in the city of Tallinn, Estonia, the facility will produce biomethane for the natural gas network and fuel for CNG-powered vehicles. The resulting biofertiliser... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
Veolia Carbon Clean is celebrating its first project milestone in India and a new corporate identity.
The joint venture (JV) was established in December 2020 between carbon capture solutions firm Carbon Clean and resource management company Veolia. The JV aims to reduce industrial CO2 emissions and help India achieve its climate goals through the development of a series... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
UK firm Keenan Recycling has acquired the food waste bin collection arm of JNL Waste Services.
This acquisition, including new trucks, will strengthen Keenan’s food waste collection service in the Midlands, Northamptonshire and East Anglia, introducing new customers to the company and enhancing its fleet.
Against the backdrop of Brexit, Covid and HGV driver shortages,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
BioConstruct has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Cologne-based electricity trading company, Next Kraftwerke.
Under the agreement, Next Kraftwerke will market 40,000 MWh of biogas electricity in the first quarter of this year. BioConstruct will deliver the electricity from its own biogas plants and its customers’ facilities. A total of 86 biogas CHPs are... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 18, 2022
Asia remains the strongest growth market in the global solid biomass-to-power industry, according to a new report.
ecoprog, a German consultancy specialising in environmental and energy technology, shared the findings in the 12th edition of its annual Biomass to Power report.
In 2021, the global biomass power plant asset increased by around 120 plants with a combined... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 18, 2022
A project to install a biomass heating system at a hospital in British Columbia (BC) has received $400,000 (€280,200) in funding.
The First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF) is providing funding to projects in Indigenous communities throughout BC to work towards a low-carbon future. The fund helps to develop clean energy projects in areas such as biomass,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 18, 2022
Ag-Grid Energy has broken ground on its fourth biogas-to-electricity project in Connecticut.
Hytone Ag-Grid, in partnership with Hytone Farms, would be Ag-Grid’s fourth dairy digester in the north-eastern US and will begin construction in March. The facility will be operational this autumn and will produce around 4.5 million kWh of renewable electricity annually,... [Read More]
Features
Jan 17, 2022
Several major fires at biomass facilities in recent years have been caused by spontaneous combustion. Here, Derek Stuart, global product manager at AMETEK Land, explores early detection methods to keep supplies (and people) safe.
Wood pellets have many desirable properties when used as fuel: they are sustainable, energy-dense, have low moisture content, and are easy... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 17, 2022
Reports suggesting that volatility in gas and electricity markets is the result of the clean energy transition are “misleading”, according to Fatih Birol, executive director at the International Energy Agency (IEA).
In recent weeks and months, natural gas and electricity prices have reached record highs, most notably in Europe and some major Asian markets, causing... [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
