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Dec 19, 2018
UK anaerobic digestion plants sold for €14.6 million
Biomass News
Jan 2, 2019
Drax has announced that it is set to play a larger role in Great Britain’s energy system after purchasing Spanish company Iberdrola’s portfolio of flexible, low-carbon and renewable assets.
The completion of the power plant purchases cost Drax £702 million (€779 million) and is set to increase the company’s electricity generation capacity by... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 3, 2019
According to Thomson Foundation Reuters News, the Pakistani port city of Karachi is introducing cleaner-running buses that will be powered by biomethane.
The international Green climate Fund is aiding the project, helping Karachi launch its zero-emission Green Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The network will consist of 200 biomethane fuelled buses. The biomethane is to be made... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 7, 2019
Californian public agency Yuba Water Agency announced that a new biomass facility near Camptonville, California will be receiving a $185,000 (€161,372) grant from the agency.
The funding itself will help the Camptonville Community Partnership secure a power purchase agreement with California utility firm Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
“Biomass is a hot... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 29, 2018
Biomass has potential as an energy source in Georgia, according to Natia Turnava, the country’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development.
Georgia Today reports that at the closing conference of the EU Public Service Twinning project ‘Strengthening Sustainable Forest Management in Georgia’ Turnava said, “In Lithuania, biomass is recycled... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 30, 2018
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods are working together in order to ‘transform’ the future of sustainable energy and agriculture by announcing their Align Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project.
The RNG project will capture methane emissions from hog farms and then convert them into renewable energy that will later be used to heat and power residential homes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2018
Finnish gas company Gasum announced that it is expanding the processing chain at its plant in the city of Turku.
Sludge from the Turku region wastewater service provider is processed at Gasum’s Topinoja biogas plant, converting the waste feedstock into biogas and recycled nutrients.
Following the completion of the expansion project, the Topinoja biogas plant will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 30, 2018
Gas Networks Ireland has announced its new renewable gas project, GRAZE. The project aims to inject large volumes of renewable gas into the natural gas network and has been shortlisted for €8 million of funding under The Climate Action Fund.
According to Farm Ireland, the GRAZE Gas project cost a total of around €29 million and is also part of a larger investment... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2018
The American Biogas Council (ABC) has released a statement addressing the results of the fourth National Climate Assessment.
The report outlines how climate change could affect the US. It highlighted how climate change could transform the region and impose demanding costs, potentially posing a threat to the health of American citizens.
“The Climate Assessment’s... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 3, 2018
Ahead of the COP24 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, new research on biomass potential claims it can be a ‘key solution’ in climate change mitigation.
According to the recently published researched, the amount of domestically available biomass that is used for bioenergy in Europe can triplicate within sustainable and environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 3, 2018
Lithuanian renewables company Modus Energy has completed four biogas projects in Belarus with investment totalling €17.6 million, according to a report by The Baltic Times.
This new investment marks a stepping stone in Modus Energy’s investment focus on Belarus, as well as Poland and Spain.
Funds were partially provided by the Modus Group, an international conglomerate... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 3, 2018
Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), sets out how the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry can thrive despite the uncertainties of Brexit and climate change
The real test of a resilient and sustainable industry is its ability to survive through tough times – and goodness knows we’re living... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 3, 2018
A PhD researcher from Brunel University London has won Santander’s University Entrepreneurship Award for his ground-breaking modular wastewater treatment system. Brunel student, Tom Fudge and cofounders Llyr Williams and William Gambier, won the competition and collected the £25,000 (€28,000) award on behalf of WASE.
There are currently 2.3 billion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 5, 2018
In a recent press release Haven Power has announced that 19th century cricket venue, Edgbaston Cricket Ground in the UK is to be upgraded so that it is solely powered by renewable energy.
A two year deal to supply the cricket ground’s energy has been agreed by long-standing energy brokers Amber Energy. A part of Drax Group, Haven Power will be providing the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 6, 2018
Grow Compost of Vermont has announced its new partnership with Maine-based company, Agri-Cycle, according to Vermont Business Magazine.
In an attempt to divert large volumes of food waste getting sent to landfill, the partnership will use the waste to provide feed for animals, healthy soils and energy creation through anaerobic digestion. Vermont implemented EPA’s... [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
