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Oct 19, 2021
Weltec takes over biogas plant manufacturer AD AGRO
Biomass News
Oct 19, 2021
Ohio, US-based Babcock & Wilcox’s (B&W) renewable segment has agreed to to jointly develop a biomass-to-hydrogen clean energy project in Victoria, Australia with Port Anthony Renewables.
The project will utilise B&W’s BrightLoop™ technology. Once completed, the plant is expected to be part of the largest green hydrogen hub in southeastern Australia.
BrightLoop... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 19, 2021
Rio Tinto, a multinational metals and mining corporation, is developing innovative new technology to deliver low-carbon steel using sustainable biomass in place of coal.
Over the past decade, Rio Tinto has developed a laboratory-proven process that combines the use of raw, sustainable biomass with microwave technology to convert iron ore to metallic iron during the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2021
Irish natural gas distribution and supply company, firmus energy, has partnered with Granville Eco Park to decarbonise its fleet.
Firmus energy will initially use a jointly branded van, currently being fuelled by Granville’s renewable biomethane gas produced at its anaerobic digestion plant in Dungannon to showcase the sustainability credentials of CNG technology,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2021
Vitol will acquire a minority equity stake in Waga Energy, collaborating on landfill RNG projects.
The arrangement between Dutch energy and commodity trading company Vitol and Waga Energy, which specialises in RNG recovery from landfill waste, forms part of the equity sale associated with Waga Energy’s current IPO on Paris Euronext.
Two billion tonnes of waste... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2021
SoCalGas’ biomethanation reactor system will be used to help produce renewable energy as part of a power-to-gas demonstration at a dairy digester in Maine.
The power-to-gas process converts renewable electricity into hydrogen. The biomethanation reactor converts the hydrogen and biogenic CO2 into methane that can be used on-site or injected into the grid. The system... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2021
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) is the first utility in Maryland to gain regulatory approval for the use of RNG in its gas distribution system.
Approval of BGE’s RNG tariff from the Maryland Public Service Commission comes as Maryland’s first RNG plant, owned and operated by Bioenergy Devco, nears completion in Howard County.
Bioenergy DevCo’s food... [Read More]
Features
Oct 18, 2021
A look at how to reduce fines — the broken pieces of wood pellets — and improve pellet quality, with Biomass Engineering & Equipment.
It’s no secret: fines lower pellets’ value. Too many fines can result in a customer or port authority rejecting a supply of pellets altogether. These concerns are why manufacturers do their best to screen their pellets. But,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 15, 2021
EQTEC has signed an agreement for the proposed acquisition of a 5 MWe project in Greece.
The agreement concerns a project in Drama, north-eastern Greece, and was made through the recently established EQTEC Synergy Projects, a joint venture (JV) between EQTEC and its Greek strategic partners, German EPC company ewerGy (operating in Greece via its local partner, ECO Hellas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2021
Food waste recycler Warrens Group is lobbying local authorities in the North East of England to turn food into fuel.
The Environmental Bill is set to mandate household food recycling by 2023. Warrens is working to ensure North East councils are at the forefront of implementing the service and making strides towards the UK’s 2050 net-zero goal.
By starting conversations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2021
From the start of October, six cities in Finland will use vehicles fuelled by biogas to transport wastewater sewage sludge and biowaste.
The six cities in the outer zone of the Uusimaa region – Hanko, Hyvinkää, Lohja, Loviisa, Porvoo and Raasepori – will transport the sludge and waste collected by waste management company Rosk’n Roll Oy Ab to the Gasum biogas... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 15, 2021
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) and the US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) have slammed a recent report by think tank Chatham House, which the organisations claim misrepresents well-established carbon accounting methodologies for the use of biomass in energy.
The report found that US-sourced wood pellets burned in the UK were responsible... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2021
Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, officially opened the country’s first bio-LNG plant on 14 October.
The plant was developed by Nordsol, Shell and Renewi and will produce an estimated 3.4 kilotons of bio-LNG annually – enough for 13 million kilometres of driving - preventing approximately 14.3 kilotons of fossil CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Nordsol’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2021
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announced that the construction of its landfill RNG pipeline project in Ohio has been completed.
The firm’s subsidiary, Aspire Energy, constructed the 33.1-mile pipeline, which will transport RNG generated from Noble Road Landfill in Shiloh to Aspire Energy’s pipeline system, displacing ‘conventionally produced’ natural gas.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2021
Australian firm Blue Lake Milling will offset almost all its monthly energy costs by converting oat husks into bioenergy.
The company completed construction of its $8.1 million (€5.1 million) biogas plant last week, the Border Chronicle reported. The facility will generate enough bioenergy to power both the plant and nearby homes.
The mill processes more than 24,000... [Read More]
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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
