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The technique makes turning the waste into a useful product more feasible by reducing temperature and pressure requirements.
Syngas is an intermediate material before being refined into end-use products like synthetic natural gas and methanol.
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory used switchable polarity solvents (liquids that switch polarity in the presence…
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Process developed for ‘dry’ digestion of solid waste into biogas
A scientist in Sweden has developed a process for the dry digestion of organic waste into biogas in two different types of reactors.
According to a statement from the University of Boras, doctoral research student Regina Jijoho Patinvoh’s research results reveal that a simple reactor of textile materials works well…
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Europe is ‘one step closer’ to a single biomethane market, following the submission to the European Commission of an application for an administrative system designed to facilitate cross-border transactions of renewable gases.
Members of the European Renewable Gas Registry announced on 15 December that they’d applied to the European Commission to recognise the ERGaR RED…
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China has announced a five-year plan to convert the country’s northern cities to clean heating through to 2021, according to Reuters, citing Chinese state media. The announcement comes amid a worsening heating crisis in the country.
The plan sees the government make “concrete arrangements” for heating in the northern cities, the Securities Times reports. Biomass heating is one…
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Although renewables accounted for the vast majority of new EU power capacity in 2016, there are signs that the transition away from fossil fuels has lost some momentum in the past two years.
Biofuels makes up the bulk of renewable energy use in the transport sector, according to newly released European Environment Agency (EEA) figures. Progress in that sector as a whole has been slow however,…
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Canada’s first closed-loop and fully integrated organics waste management system has started accepting its first waste, which will be converted into renewable biomethane gas.
Operated by waste-to-product company Renewi, the facility in Surrey, British Columbia is apparently the largest of its kind in North America. It has the capacity to process 100% of the city’s organic waste over a…
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A waste-to-biogas plant funded by a framework agreement between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the government of Belarus has started operation in the city of Baranovichi.
According to an EBRD statement, the new biogas power plant is expected to achieve significant energy and cost savings, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the volume of sludge. Complying with…
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has awarded an investment grant to explore the possibility of producing biogas from industrial waste water.
A €12.4 million investment subsidy has been awarded to Finnish energy company Gasum, which is evaluating the potential of producing biogas at a large scale from industrial waste waters emitted from the Stora Enso Nymölla Pulp and Paper…
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Following the denial of federal funding, the Lake Babine Nation’s plan to build a biomass plant have been shelved, according to local media.
Project manager Bernard Patrick told BC Local News that he hoped the lack of funding for the second phase of the project would prove to be just a temporary setback.
“We are still hopeful… [the Lake Babine Nation] council is still in…
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The waste-to-energy facility is due to begin operation in 2018. The building was completed with University of Hull input in the hopes of increasing access to education about renewable energy.
A key element of the new, £200m energy from waste power plant ‘Energy Works’ has been completed, paving the way for new research into renewable energy technologies.
Spencer Group, a…
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The facility uses anaerobic digestion as an alternate source of energy, running independent of the National Grid multiple times in 2017.
Veolia, the global resource management company is now helping Scottish Water to achieve the target of energy self-sufficiency at its Seafield Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) the largest treatment works in the east of Scotland. Veolia has increased the…
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A new woodchip fuelled biomass boiler is to be installed in the District of Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada, according to the Clearwater Times.
The new biomass boiler will be installed in the North Thompson Sportsplex, and could supply heat to nearby buildings. According to the Clearwater Times, the new wood chip fuelled system will be similar to one already installed at a nearby community…
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A biogas plant close to the town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland has been recognised in the Sustainable Ireland Awards.
The Tully Quarry plant produces biogas from 100% chicken litter. Built by biogas technology specialists Xergi, the facility has won the award for best project in the energy production category.
Plant director Kevin Fitzduff, from the company Stream Bioenergy, accepted the Best…
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In a paper by Texas A&M scientists, biochar shows potential for increasing efficiency of the anaerobic digestion of animal manure.
Biochar is a charcoal material composed of agricultural by-products, including manure, crop residues and grasses. The substance can be used as a fertiliser and as a filter to remove contaminants from water and wastewater, including antibiotics, pesticides and…
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