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Aug 21, 2020
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has secured a £770,000 (€860,000) grant for essential work to link Bradford’s Alternative Fuel Centre to the gas network. The work on the facility in Bradford, UK, will bring the development of a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station one step closer, by linking it to the local gas transmission system operated by NGN. Ofgem provided the Network…
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Aug 20, 2020
Major US grocer Kroger has outlined its new stakeholder priorities and operational improvements in its environmental, social and governance (ESG) 2020 report. In its ESG report, Kroger highlights the firm reduced retail food waste generated by 4% in 2019 and improved food waste diversion from landfill by 5%. Since introducing its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative in 2017, the firm has…
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Aug 19, 2020
UK Power Networks has launched a new project to promote decarbonised heat and help communities reach net-zero. The electricity distributor is launching a ‘first-of-a-kind’ project to help local communities map out their net-zero carbon future. The Heat Street initiative will take a data-driven look into the future to help local authorities in London, the south and east of England plan…
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Aug 19, 2020
DP Clean Tech has signed an exclusive agreement with NorthTec in Italy to market DP’s advanced biogas solutions – ADOS Mill and SEDI Tank. According to DP, Italy has an established biogas industry which is among the more developed in Europe. It has been given a major boost by recent subsidy initiatives from the Italian Government to promote the development and production of…
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Aug 19, 2020
Cambi has agreed to deliver a thermal hydrolysis plant to the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission’s (WSSC) Piscataway Bioenergy Project. The new plant will be located 20 kilometres south of the DC Water site and treat sewage sludge from five wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland, US. The Piscataway Bioenergy Project will…
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Aug 19, 2020
Veolia has outlined plans to increase the rollout of solutions to combat climate change, including low carbon and renewable energy, in its Impact 2023 report. The company’s latest sustainability strategy reveals it is currently managing over two million tonnes of reclaimed material, but planning to expand its ‘pioneering’ new technologies that lower resource use. Backed by a planned…
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Aug 18, 2020
Waste Knot Energy has secured funding to build its first alternative fuel pelleting plant in Teesside, UK. The funding from Gresham House’s British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) will enable the firm to produce an alternative fuel to replace coal and pet-coke, reducing emissions. The facility will produce Waste Knot’s branded pellets – Green Knot pellets - using non-recyclable waste…
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Aug 18, 2020
Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) has secured an order for a biomass-fired boiler in France. The firm will supply the 65 MWt boiler to NOVAWOOD, a company formed through a partnership between ENGIE Solutions, Novacarb, and French railway firm SNCF. The NOVAWOOD project began in 2014 with talks between Novacarb, Engie, and SNCF, followed by talks at local and national levels. Operating…
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Aug 18, 2020
The UK Government has opened a £10 million (€11 million) fund to kick-start green innovation across Scotland’s distillery industry. Thanks to this new support, distilleries will be able to harness energy sources such as biomass, low-carbon hydrogen, and repurposed waste to power their operations. Currently, there are 133 malt and grain distilleries operating in Scotland making up…
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Aug 17, 2020
An open letter signed by more than 50 organisations is advocating for renewable gas to be prioritised as part of Australia’s Technology Investment Roadmap. The letter, co-authored by Bioenergy Australia and the Australian Hydrogen Council, outlines the common ground for renewable gas market development with a diverse cross-sector backing the call on government to recognise the potential of…
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Aug 17, 2020
Waste wood from the construction of a major hydroelectric project in Labrador, Canada, will be used as biomass fuel. During the construction of the Muskrat Falls project, an 824 MW hydroelectric generating facility, a ‘significant amount’ of timber was cut down. Now, it being chipped and shipped to companies in Europe and the US for use as a biomass fuel. According to a report by The…
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Aug 17, 2020
“In Lithuania, the share of biomass in residential district heating has increased from 30% to 70% over the last five years” Bioenergy plans and developments across Scandinavia and the Baltics appear well-equipped to capitalise on any post-COVID-19 surge in public support for clean energy to replace fossil fuels. In the midst of coping with the devastating human impact of the global…
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Aug 17, 2020
UK rail firm Eversholt Rail and Alstom, a multinational rail company based in France, have invested a further £1 million (€1.1 million) in its hydrogen trains. In 2019, the firms unveiled the design of a new hydrogen train for the UK market. Named ‘Breeze’, the train is a conversion of existing Class 321 trains, re-engineering some of the UK’s ‘most reliable rolling stock’ to…
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Aug 14, 2020
US firm Anheuser-Busch, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global brewer AB InBev, is transitioning more than 180 trucks to renewable natural gas (RNG). In 2014 and 2015, the firm converted 160 diesel-fuelled trucks in Houston and St Louis to fleets powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. As the next step to achieve its 2025 sustainability goal of reducing carbon emissions across its value…
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