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Nov 26, 2020
UK’s Tees Valley to welcome second waste-to-energy plant
Pellets News
Nov 26, 2020
Operations at Pinnacle Renewable energy’s facility in Houston, British Columbia, have been temporarily suspended following a fire.
According to Pinnacle, operations were suspended as a result of a ‘fire-related event’ on 25 November in the facility’s dryer area. The company reported that three employees sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital as... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 24, 2020
Swedish state-owned energy firm Vattenfall and Midlothian Council in Scotland have formed a joint venture to deliver low-carbon energy projects across the area.
The first project under the new energy services company (ESCo), a 50/50 joint venture, will be a low-carbon district heating network supplying Shawfair, a new town which will be built in the north of the council... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2020
Québec’s government has unveiled its plans for a green economy, incorporating renewable natural gas (RNG) and green hydrogen.
Québec Premier François Legault and the Minister of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Laval Region, Benoit Charette, unveiled the province’s 2030 Plan for green Economy (2030 PGE).
Along... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2020
UGI Corporation’s subsidiary, UGI Energy Services, has invested in New Energy One HoldCo, part of the team developing a utility-scale RNG project in Idaho, US.
The Idaho RNG project is being developed by Sevana Bioenergy, an affiliate of New Energy One HoldCo and Meridiam, a global independent investment Benefit Corporation and asset manager of sustainable public... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 24, 2020
Hive Energy, iLive Sustainable Development, and Partners for Innovation have partnered to establish Coega Biomass Centre – Africa’s largest wood pellet export facility.
The company, funded by Hive Energy, based in the UK, has taken over and will restore the existing non-operational plant in Port Elizabeth. The project is expected to deliver 100 direct jobs and 700... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2020
Aemetis Biogas, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Aemetis, has been awarded $7.8 million (€6.56 million) in matching grants through the 2020 California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Dairy Digester Research and Development Programme (DDRDP).
The firm was awarded approximately 50% of the total projects awarded in the 2020 DDRDP grant cycle. The DDRDP provides... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2020
Bio-LNG makes carbon-neutrality a reality for EU transport, according to a joint paper published today.
The European Biogas Association (EBA), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), the Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association and SEA-LNG published a joint paper which demonstrates the concrete benefits of using bio-LNG to decarbonise hard-to-abate transport sectors through... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2020
Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas project will see thousands of homes and business in Sydney using green gas for heating, cooking, and hot water.
Energy infrastructure company Jemena has signed an agreement with Sydney Water to generate biomethane at the Malabar Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in South Sydney.
The zero-carbon emission biomethane gas will be... [Read More]
Features
Nov 23, 2020
IES Biogas is investing heavily in the Southeast Asian biogas market. The Italian arm of Snam Group spoke to Bioenergy Insight about the region’s potential.
Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions. To support its development, access to affordable, secure, and sustainable energy will be crucial over the coming years.
The International... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2020
Norwegian energy firm TrønderEnergi has become the largest shareholder in Scandinavian Biogas (SB), a major biogas producer in the Nordics.
As an industrial owner, TrønderEnergi will provide a long-term perspective and support the growth ambitions of SB. As part of the agreement, SB becomes approximately 97% owner of its Norwegian subsidiary Biokraft Holding.
TrønderEnergi,... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 20, 2020
SUEZ and bp have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the feasibility of the UK’s first carbon capture and storage project from energy-from-waste (EfW).
The Net Zero Teesside Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) project plans to capture up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, the equivalent to the annual energy use of over 3 million UK... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2020
Construction of Connecticut’s first biogas dairy digester system is almost complete.
The new facility at Fort Hill Farms in Thompson will recycle food waste and manure into renewable energy and soil products. Once complete, the digester is expected to produce 550 kW of electricity and reduce 25,000 tons of organic waste annually.
The project is progressing thanks... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2020
Village Farms Clean Energy (VFCE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Village Farms, has renewed and extended its contract with the City of Vancouver under which VCFE receives landfill gas captured by the city’s landfill site in Delta, British Columbia.
The 20-year extension, with an option for an additional five-year extension, will begin on the start-up of the Delta RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2020
CenterPoint Energy in Minneapolis, US, has received approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to open its natural gas distribution system to locally-made RNG.
RNG is produced by recycling biogas derived from organic materials such as agricultural waste, wastewater, and commercial food waste.
Earlier this year, CenterPoint Energy submitted the proposal... [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
