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Jul 3, 2019
LPG industry aims for 100% transition to bioLPG by 2040
Biogas News
Jul 4, 2019
The UK Government has awarded £26 million (€29 million) to nine carbon capture projects in a bid to accelerate the rollout of the technology.
Among the projects is what would be Britain’s biggest carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project to date, at Tata Chemicals Europe’s soda ash and sodium bicarbonate manufacturing plant... [Read More]
Features
Jul 4, 2019
Faced with evolving legislation, ever-changing market forces and mounting environmental pressures, the life of a biomass operator is rarely straightforward. But with challenge, often comes opportunity, believes Gary Moore, director of global business development at Untha Shredding Technology. He has consulted with firms on the ‘front line’ to hear where the... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 4, 2019
2019 Awards winners were revealed across 14 categories in a ceremony on 3 July that celebrated industry excellence in the UK and worldwide.
The crème de la crème in the anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas industry gathered at the AD & Biogas Industry Awards Ceremony 2019 in Birmingham to celebrate those organisations and individuals who demonstrated outstanding... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 5, 2019
Scots are recycling more food waste than ever with the total volume and its associated carbon savings leaping by more than 40% in recent years, according to reports published by Zero Waste Scotland.
Findings from the Scottish anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas sector survey 2017, as well as the Scottish composting sector survey 2017, show a significant rise... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 5, 2019
Canfor Pulp Products has announced it will be implementing phased summer curtailments in July and August at its Intercontinental and Northwood NBSK pulp mills in Prince George, British Columbia (BC). This is due to a significant deterioration in market conditions, in combination with fibre supply constraints and higher fibre costs resulting from recent sawmill curtailments... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 11, 2019
TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory (TÜV SÜD NEL) has joined a research consortium under the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR) that aims to improve the accuracy and durability of meters for renewable gases, such as biogas, biomethane, hydrogen and syngas.
As renewable gases tend to have different physical characteristics... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 11, 2019
Anellotech’s MinFree™ technology, an innovative, patent pending biomass pretreatment process has been demonstrated to significantly reduce the mineral (ash) content of loblolly pine at a 20 metric tonnes/day scale. Month-long trials converting this MinFree™-treated, low-mineral pine into aromatics (BTX) at Anellotech’s Bio-TCat™ process... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 11, 2019
A biomethane plant near Pontefract in West Yorkshire is set to meet the energy needs of around 6,000 homes, thanks to a 3km directionally drilled pipeline installed under farmland by Energy Assets Utilities (EAU).
The facility will create methane from chicken litter, food waste and organic matter produced by local farms and will purify the gas to the required specification... [Read More]
Features
Jun 14, 2019
Following the Government’s announcement to make the UK the first G7 nation to legislate for net-zero emissions, biomass industry leaders are now calling on ministers to urgently take heed of key findings from the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) newly-published Bioenergy Strategy report, and recognise biomass as the most fit-for-purpose, proven solution... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 18, 2019
Yesterday saw the formal launch of the latest phase of Supergen, UK Research and Innovation’s flagship programme to deliver coordinated research on sustainable energy generation, supply, distribution and use.
The four research hubs that comprise the energy programme will welcome members of parliament, policy makers and industry representatives to the meeting hosted... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 18, 2019
Specialist energy from waste funder Privilege Finance has announced £90 million (€100 million) of investment to fund 14MW of new green energy projects so far in 2019, enough to power approximately 28,000 homes.
Once built and running at full capacity, these projects will be converting 175,000 tonnes of food waste which would otherwise have ended up in landfill,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2019
Smithfield Foods announces the construction of new biogas gathering systems in Missouri and Utah, which bring the company steps closer to delivering renewable natural gas (RNG) to communities in multiple states using manure from its hog farms. Detailed in its recently released sustainability report, Smithfield’s manure-to-energy projects are part of Smithfield... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 19, 2019
By swapping contractors for an in-house team, and offering better quality cake, Severn Trent is signalling a step change in its biosolids offering.
Bioresources logistics manager for Severn Trent, Joseph Stack, explains that the company has insourced the Farm Liaison team. “We’re now able to talk directly to farmers about what they want and have invested in... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2019
Monica Normark is the new acting head of the biorefinery technology at clean-tech company Sekab E-technology, as of June 2019. She has been with Sekab E-Technology for two years, working primarily with developing technology for large scale production of biofuel and renewable fuel.
“Everything you can make with crude oil can be made using biomass instead, which of... [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
