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Oct 11, 2022
Technology group Wärtsilä has announced it will supply a BioLNG plant in Tervete, Latvia. The order was placed by AS Agrofirma Tervete, who will utilise the plant to upgrade, polish, and liquefy biogas from agricultural waste into bioLNG. The order was included in Wärtsilä’s order intake in September 2022. Wärtsilä will provide its Puregas CA50LBG for removal of CO2 and hydrogen sulphide…
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Oct 3, 2022
Ross McKenzie, director of international affairs at Drax, spoke to Bioenergy Insight about the company's expansion into new international markets, and its plans for its UK plant in Yorkshire. Drax recently announced it had agreed the acquisition of Princeton Standard Pellet Corporation. What are the benefits of this? "This acquisition adds another pellet plant to our portfolio in Canada, where…
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Oct 10, 2022
The expansion of the biogas sector in Germany is progressing at a slow pace despite strong demand in the heating segment with newly installed biogas capacity projected to be around 65 MW in 2022, according to the industry association Biogas e.V, reported Renewables Now. As many as 120 new biogas plants should be connected to the grid this year, but when excluding the capacity of those that will…
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Oct 10, 2022
Kenya is setting up standards that will pave the way for the commercialisation of biogas, a move that will offer cheap energy for consumers in the wake of the high cost of LPG and generate revenue for producers, according to Business Daily Africa. Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) said it is working on the norms for the packaging of biogas, which is the only thing that has been missing in the…
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Oct 10, 2022
In a bid to promote manufacturing of biomass pellets or briquettes to be used for co-firing with coal in thermal power plants or even independently in industrial units using fossil fuel, India's Central Pollution Control Board has generated a plan to provide subsidy to manufacturers according to The Economic Times. The CPCB planned a fund of Rs 50 crore to be provided as subsidy to manufacturers…
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Oct 7, 2022
The Irish Bioenergy Association's (IrBEA) 21st national bioenergy conference will take place on 11 October at the Lyrath Hotel in Kilkenny. Bioenergy is uniquely placed in providing a solution to the current challenges which Ireland faces in terms of energy security and indigenous supply. IrBEA said it looks forward to welcoming a wide and diverse range of stakeholders to this flagship…
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Oct 7, 2022
Following a BBC Panorama investigation, which accused Drax of cutting down "environmentally-important forests", Will Gardiner, Drax Group CEO, has released a statement regarding the firm's biomass sourcing. He said: "As the world’s leading producer and supplier of sustainable biomass, Drax is committed to ensuring the biomass we source delivers positive outcomes for the climate, for nature and…
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Oct 7, 2022
Divert, an impact technology company "on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™", has announced a 10-year renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with bp worth approximately $175 million. Under the new agreement, bp expects to purchase RNG generated from three Divert facilities in development in California, Pennsylvania, and Washington, which would offset 36,905 metric tons of carbon…
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Oct 7, 2022
Greater Commercial Lending (GCL), which provides loans to businesses and organisations in under-served and rural communities, has completed $25 million in long-term financing to help develop and build dairy biogas digesters and a biogas pipeline for the Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy Digester Project located in Stanislaus County, California. The financing has been arranged as a loan guaranteed by…
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Oct 7, 2022
The German government is laying the foundations for the sustainable use of biomass from forestry, agriculture and waste management. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Federal Ministry for the Environment presented key points on 6 October to ensure sustainable biomass production and use in Germany that is consistently…
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Oct 6, 2022
An Ayrshire green energy firm has unveiled a plan to process up to 20,000 tonnes of distillery byproduct – and turn it into gas, according to the Daily Record. Grissan Carrick is seeking permission to install the infrastructure to support the venture at their site in Grangestone Industrial Estate, Girvan. If approved, work would begin to build a concrete containment ‘bund’ to house two…
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Oct 6, 2022
Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International intends to explore the conditions to carry out a directed share issue of approximately SEK 320 million (the "Directed Share Issue"). The Directed Share Issue is conditional upon Scandinavian Biogas' board of directors resolving to issue new shares and that the board resolution is approved by a subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting. The Directed Share…
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Oct 6, 2022
In collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the United States hosted the first-ever Clean Energy Workshop and Pacific Women in Energy Conference from October 4-6 in Suva to support the Pacific Islands’ clean energy transition and climate adaptation efforts. Led by U.S. Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Laura Lochman, the…
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Oct 5, 2022
The European Commission and industry leaders that are committed to the green energy transition launched  the Biomethane Industrial Partnership (BIP) on 28 September. This new public-private partnership  was announced in the REPowerEU Plan and it aims to support the achievement of the target to increase annual production and use of biomethane to 35 billion cubic metres by 2030. This will reduce…
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