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Roadgas, a key supplier of natural gas and bio-methane vehicle refuelling station infrastructure and Scania’s UK partner based in Nottingham has recently appointed David Rix as its new Managing Director.
Having founded the company in 2007 Richard Barski announced his decision to retire following 37 years in the industry.
Richard revealed: “It is with real delight that I…
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Policy makers in the UK are being called on to review the impact grants for crop based renewable energies, such as anaerobic digestion and biomass, are having on the countryside.
The National Sheep Association, the association for the UK’s sheep industry, has voiced concerns over the pressure AD and large scale biomass burners exert on forage stocks, suggesting a ‘rethink’ may…
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European stakeholders involved in the wood chips sector can now review and comment on the main elements of Bioenergy Europe’s (formerly AEBIOM) proposed woodchip certification guidelines.
Since the start of 2018, Bioenergy Europe has been ‘actively’ working on a quality scheme for woodchips ‘at the international level.’
Named ‘GoodChips’, the…
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Major Finnish gas producer Gasum has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management assignment for the Topinoja biogas plant expansion in Turku, Finland to international consulting and engineering firm Pöyry.
Gasum’s biogas project in Turku involves both the expansion and modernisation of the Topinoja biogas plant, as well as the construction of a biogas upgrading…
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A food waste-to-energy plant in Wiltshire has become the first in England to be certified under the Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme (ADCS).
The Bore Hill Farm Biodigester in Warminster, Wiltshire is run by Malaby Biogas and processes inedible food waste to create biofertiliser and renewable heat and power. According to a statement it generates enough electricity to power 2,500…
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Flintshire County Council has approved plans for a new biogas from waste plant in Wales, which will supposedly produce up to 2 megawatts of energy from 182,000 tonnes of municipal waste.
Consultancy firm Pegasus Group secured the permission on behalf of Logik Strategic Land, who will build the biogas facility on a former Gaz De France power station.
“The plant will bring more than…
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Global energy group ENGIE has taken a 13% minority stake in HomeBiogas, a company working in the field of household biogas solutions.
HomeBiogas is an Israeli startup that ‘transforms household biowaste into energy’. According to the company’s website, its off-grid HomeBiogas 2.0 small size biogas digester is able to produce up to two hours of cooking gas every day solely from…
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An innovative technique could help breakdown fats, oils and grease (FOG), allowing greater quantities of the methane rich material to be used in biogas digesters.
Cooking oil, grease and other wastes are a growing problem. They clog pipes, are harmful to wildlife, and can congeal into massive ‘fatbergs’ which block sewage systems.
However, FOG also has significant potential as a…
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Enviva Partners has reported its financial results for the second quarter 2018, and announced two major contracts in Europe and Japan.
The company has reported net second quarter revenue of $132.1 million, a 3.6% or $4.6 million increase year on year with the second quarter 2017.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2018 was $21.1 million, compared to $23.3 million for the corresponding…
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The August edition of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook has been published, revealing forecasts on renewables consumption in the US.
Biomass generating capacity for the electric power sector is expected to hit 7,363 megawatts by the end of 2018, up from 7,313 megawatts in the previous year. The projected figure for 2019 is 7,526 megawatts.
Of this…
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Nordmethan, a company in the Weltec Biopower group, has taken over an insolvent biogas plant in Südergellersen, Lower Saxony. According to a statement, the company plans to ‘modernise the technical and operational overall concept’ of the 2.2MW plant.
The plant was built in 2009, and expanded in 2014. The AD facility used horse manure as a feedstock, and sold digestate as…
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John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) has added to its anaerobic digestion portfolio with the acquisition of a new plant.
The listed environmental infrastructure fund has acquired Merlin Renewables, located in Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire UK for £18.1 million. The facility has a thermal capacity of 5MWth and, according to a JLEN announcement, predominantly produces biomethane to be…
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Major UK energy supplier Drax has switched on the fourth biomass generating unit at its power station in North Yorkshire, marking a significant step in what it claims to be Europe’s largest decarbonisation project.
Back in June this year, Drax took the coal-fired generating unit offline in preparation for its conversion to running on sustainable biomass. Three of the site’s six coal…
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Three Canadian companies have been selected to advance technologies that improve the business case for the on-farm production of renewable natural gas in British Columbia.
The companies have been selected by Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and BE Bioenergy Network (BCBN) as finalists in the ARCTIC Innovation challenge. They will receive funding and support to advance their technology…
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A new joint venture between Raízen and Geo Energética will create ‘the world’s first’ commercial scale plant to use the sugar cane by-products vinasse and filter cake as feedstocks in biogas production and power generation, according to a statement from the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Geo Energética claims to currently be the only company to use…
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