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Jul 2, 2021
ReGenerate JV acquires biomass plant in Georgia, US
Biomass News
Jul 2, 2021
Drax has agreed to acquire a 20% minority interest in Alabama Pellets, the joint venture (JV) which owns the Demopolis and Aliceville pellet plants, increasing its total interest in the firm to 90%.
Drax will acquire the stake from The Westervelt Company for $29.7 million (€25 million) cash consideration. The move, expected to be completed in July, will increase its... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 1, 2021
Bright Biomethane has acquired Greenmac, a Dutch biogas upgrading technology specialist, from The Rootselaar Group.
Greenmac specialises in the design and turnkey supply of biogas upgrading systems with more than 30 years of experience in the field of membrane and amine technology. Additionally, Greenmac holds a strong service and maintenance organisation with an installed... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 1, 2021
From 1 October 2024, the UK will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned.
The move forms part of ‘ambitious’ government commitments to transition away from fossil fuels and decarbonise the power sector to eliminate contributions to climate change by 2050.
This brings forward the deadline to phase out coal from the UK’s energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 1, 2021
AD operator BioteCH4 has teamed up with Plastipak, a rigid plastic packaging producer and recycler, to deliver a low-carbon solution to power one of its facilities.
Clean Tech, wholly owned by Plastipak, is a leading UK polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic re-processor, recycling more than 80,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET bottles and packaging per year, collected... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 1, 2021
Avolta, a renewable energy firm focused on RNG projects, and its regional development partner, Atlas Global Holdings, have broken ground on two projects in Arizona.
The two projects at the Butterfield and Milky Way dairies outside Phoenix will use anaerobic digestion (AD) to convert manure into biogas, which is then upgraded to RNG.
“Avolta is pleased to expand... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 1, 2021
DMT Environmental Technology will inject biogas into the higher pressure local transmission systems (LTS) network in the UK using Hexel One plastic pipework.
DMT has partnered with Cadent and Storengy, a subsidiary of ENGIE, for the project.
LTSs are the ‘pillars’ of the national gas grid network in the UK, said DMT, and distribute gas from offtakes to towns... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 1, 2021
Australian firm Sweetman Renewables is in advanced negotiations with forest and plantation owners regarding the supply of biomass residues.
Sweetman, based in New South Wales, has attracted “strong interest” from sawmills keen to provide the company with plenty of biomass to produce domestic renewable energy, including green hydrogen and for export, according to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 1, 2021
Global action to deliver negative emissions technologies is falling far short of what is required to address the climate crisis, a new study has warned.
Research by the newly-formed Coalition for Negative Emissions, conducted with knowledge and analytical support from McKinsey & Company, states that to limit global warming to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels as... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 30, 2021
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has urged the UK Government to recognise the value that waste wood biomass adds to the UK’s efforts to decarbonise when developing its Biomass Strategy 2022.
In its response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) call for evidence consultation, the WRA stressed that there is a limit to the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 30, 2021
Gasum has partnered with FlixBus to supply biogas for its new bus operating between the capitals of Sweden and Norway.
The bus, operating between Stockholm and Oslo, is a Scania vehicle and will start operating on its new route at the beginning of July.
As a 100% renewable fuel, biogas supports FlexiBus’ climate strategy. FlixBus’ owner FlixMobility is known... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 30, 2021
Energy technology firm Baker Hughes has invested in Electrochaea, a company developing novel proprietary biomethanation technology.
Through its investment, Baker Hughes will enhance its broader carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) portfolio and provide an integrated solution for customers across the CO2 value chain to enable the production of low-carbon synthetic natural... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 30, 2021
PIC Group has been awarded the operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement for the Eagle Valley Clean Energy Biomass plant in Gypsym, Colorado, by Eagle Valley Clean Energy.
Under the terms of the $8 million (€6.7 million) O&M agreement, PIC Group, a global power and energy service provider, will provide a standards-based approach to O&M services, along... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 30, 2021
A simple tool that allows users to calculate how much bioenergy they can produce from biomass is being launched by UK researchers.
The easy-to-use tool - Bioenergy Mass-Energy Balance Model - developed by researchers from the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University allows the user to experiment virtually with different biomass materials... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 29, 2021
Delta Biofuel has shared proposals for a $70 million (€58.8 million) biomass fuel pellet facility in Louisiana, US.
Governor John Bel Edwards and Delta Biofuel’s CEO Philip Keating announced that the company is evaluating Iberia Parish in Louisiana for the planned renewable fuel plant. The facility would produce biomass fuel pellet made from residual sugarcane fibre,... [Read More]
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VisionEdgeOne (VE1) has completed its investment in Italian biomethane platform RE2Sources, becoming a joint-controlling co-investor alongside European mid-market infrastructure manager Arjun Infrastructure Partners
The identical facilities, planned for Haugaland, Trøndelag and Innlandet, are scheduled to come online in 2027–28
Renewable energy finance firm Global NRG Advisory has announced two capital-raising initiatives worth a combined £313 million ($395 million) to support new sustainable energy infrastructure in the United Kingdom and United States
