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Dec 3, 2018
European bioenergy production could triple by 2050
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]
Other News
Dec 6, 2018
The UK aims to double the ‘size of the impact’ of the bioeconomy by 2030, according to the Government’s newly published Bioeconomy strategy: 2018 to 2030.
Defining the bioeconomy as “the economic potential of harnessing the power of bioscience”, the strategy outlines the approach government, industry and the research community will take. The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 16, 2018
Finnish energy technology developer Valmet announced that it will be supplying a biomass-fired boiler plant to fellow Finland-based electricity and heating company Elenia Lämpö Oy for its power plant in Hämeenlinna, Finland.
According to Valmet, the investment will allow Elenia Lämpö to raise the share of used renewable fuels in the city’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2018
According to local news outlet The Herald, Harare City Council is going to revive the Mbare biogas project as the city attempts to become smarter and greener. A new investor is required for the construction of the proposed $100 million (€87.7 million) waste-to-energy plant at the Pomona Dumpsite in Zimbabwe.
Kudzai Kadzombe, Harare’s Environment Management Committee... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 19, 2018
ReEnergy has closed down its biomass-fuelled 37 megawatt electricity plant in Fort Fairfield, Maine, local media are reporting.
Opened over 30 years ago and situated close to the Canadian border, the facility employs 21 people. Its feedstock is, according to ReEnergy’s website, sustainably harvested forest residue material and mill residue. This biomass is used to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2018
Norway-based cruise operator Hurtigruten announced that it will be the ‘first’ cruise company to power its ships with liquefied biogas fuel (LBG) from 2021, Cruise and Ferry reports.
“What others see as a problem, we see as a resource and a solution,” said Daniel Skjeldam, Hurtigruten CEO.
“While competitors are running on cheap, polluting... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 20, 2018
A pilot study from the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) demonstrated that raw human excrement could ‘potentially’ be converted to a reusable fuel and a nutrient rich fertiliser, according to a press release.
The study, described by BGU as ‘groundbreaking’, was published in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
It details how scientists from BGU’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2018
According to the Manila Standard, Metro Pacific Investments has earmarked PHP 1 billion (€16.7 million) to develop biogas facilities for Dole Philippines in Mindanao.
Metro Pacific is to work with Surallah Biogas Ventures to design, construct and operate the facilities for the fresh fruit producer.
The new facilities aim to complement Dole Philippines’ existing... [Read More]
Product News
Nov 21, 2018
CPL Activated Carbons has trebled its capacity for reactivating ‘amber list’ spent carbons from industrial purification processes.
The Wigan, UK based supplier of activated carbons, mobile filtration systems and spent carbon reactivation services has completed a major expansion of its Immingham facility.
According to a company statement, activated carbons are... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 22, 2018
Multinational commercial catering and food service company, Elior has announced in a press release that its partnership with sustainable biofuel producer Bio-bean has saved 36 tonnes of coffee waste from going to landfill.
The partnership began in 2016, when waste coffee grounds started to be collected from various Elior sites across the UK. Once collected, the waste coffee... [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
