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Feb 13, 2019
$10.1 million invested into Canadian biomass cluster
Biogas News
Feb 13, 2019
Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), sets out the role that AD can play in helping Scotland meet its climate-change and waste targets.
On my occasional forays north of the border, I’m always struck by two things: Scotland’s incredible natural beauty and the sheer determination of its people to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2019
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association’s chief executive Charlotte Morton has written to the UK Treasury and Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) requesting that government funding be made available for the fast-tracking of separate food waste collection.
In the letters, Morton highlighted the need for funding towards local... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 15, 2019
International industrial gas and services provider Air Liquide has released its 2018 financial results.
The company highlights the development of its biomethane sector in the 2018 report, with five new production units being developed. The units were located in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Air Liquide also developed new biomethane investment decisions... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 15, 2019
Both US-based natural gas provider Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and biogas producer Calgren announced that renewable natural gas (RNG) from Calgren’s dairy anaerobic digester is being injected into SoCalGas’ pipeline network.
According to the release, the project marks the ‘first’ time that carbon-negative RNG produced from cow manure... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 18, 2019
Three renewable electricity trade associations have announced the launch of the RFS Power Coalition.
According to a release, the Biomass Power Association (BPA), the American Biogas Council (ABC) and the Energy Recovery Council have formed the coalition in order to get the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a law passed by Congress in 2007.
The law itself... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 17, 2019
In the UK government’s recently published 2019 Clean Air Strategy, it outlines plans regarding environmental policy and legislation, including what it describes as the ‘air quality impacts’ of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme.
The RHI is an initiative intended to encourage the use of biomass boilers in urban areas.
“The government recently... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 17, 2019
According to Bloomberg, The European Investment Bank (EIB) is being sued over a Spanish loan that climate lawyers are claiming will damage the environment.
Bloomberg reports that not-for-profit environmental advocacy group, ClientEarth has filed the lawsuit as it wants European Union judges to determine if the EIB breached its own renewable energy-financing criteria.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 17, 2019
According to Airport World, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is to become the US first airport to be heated entirely by renewable natural gas.
The Port of Seattle has announced its Request for Proposals that is calling for renewable natural gas service to supply Sea-Tac Airport’s boilers and bus fuelling system.
Arlyn Purcell, director of Aviation Environment... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 18, 2019
US research university Dartmouth College (Dartmouth) announced that it is seeking proposals to construct a biomass energy heating facility and transmission system to replace the institution’s existing central heating system.
This marks a major step in the university’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions and transition to renewables by 2025.
According to a... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jan 21, 2019
According to the Portland Press Herald, a driver of a wood pellet tractor-trailer lost control in Sidney, Canada and crashed into a guardrail.
The tractor-trailer crashed last week on Interstate 95’s northbound lanes after its driver fell asleep at the wheel. The Portland Press Herald states that no other vehicles were involved or damaged and that there were no reported... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 23, 2019
UK fuel supplier Gasrec announced in a press release that British online supermarket Ocado has launched a £3 million (€3.4 million) investment into a natural gas refuelling station at its Hatfield Customer Fulfilment Centre.
According to Gasrec, Ocado now leads the industry with 20% of its Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) fleet now powered by blended biomethane as... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 24, 2019
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has announced the launch of its Call for Evidence report into the future of UK bioenergy.
According to the association, the report, Bioenergy Strategy, follows the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) estimation that bioenergy’s contribution to the UK’s total energy could more than double by 2050.
Bioenergy Insight... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 24, 2019
Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, Amarjeet Sohi, announced a $589,629 (€518,599) investment in three Indigenous projects in British Columbia to create jobs and boost local economies. The release was published on news outlet Cision.
Two of these investments will be utilised to research the possibility of using biomass to heat and power local Indigenous... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 25, 2019
An abandoned biogas plant site in Margao, India which caught fire was being used as a dump yard for thermocol and styrofoam fish crates, local news outlet Herald reports.
The biogas plant site was previously owned by the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SFPDA).
The dump caught fire for an undisclosed reason and within 15 minutes, had disintegrated the eight... [Read More]
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New documents unearthed by GMB indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027.
The cuts could represent more than 30% of the site’s 465-strong workforce
GreenValue GmbH has advised Balance Erneuerbare Energien on the acquisition of a biogas plant portfolio spanning Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — with a combined thermal input capacity of 46 MW.
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Ireland is backing five research teams with €2.6 million to tackle some of the biggest challenges in renewable gas — from biomethane production using macroalgae to AI-powered digital twins of gas infrastructure.
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