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Aug 13, 2018
Enviva announces new Japanese and European contracts
Other News
Aug 13, 2018
The August edition of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook has been published, revealing forecasts on renewables consumption in the US.
Biomass generating capacity for the electric power sector is expected to hit 7,363 megawatts by the end of 2018, up from 7,313 megawatts in the previous year. The projected figure for 2019 is... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 13, 2018
Nordmethan, a company in the Weltec Biopower group, has taken over an insolvent biogas plant in Südergellersen, Lower Saxony. According to a statement, the company plans to ‘modernise the technical and operational overall concept’ of the 2.2MW plant.
The plant was built in 2009, and expanded in 2014. The AD facility used horse manure as a feedstock, and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2018
John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) has added to its anaerobic digestion portfolio with the acquisition of a new plant.
The listed environmental infrastructure fund has acquired Merlin Renewables, located in Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire UK for £18.1 million. The facility has a thermal capacity of 5MWth and, according to a JLEN announcement, predominantly... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 21, 2018
Major UK energy supplier Drax has switched on the fourth biomass generating unit at its power station in North Yorkshire, marking a significant step in what it claims to be Europe’s largest decarbonisation project.
Back in June this year, Drax took the coal-fired generating unit offline in preparation for its conversion to running on sustainable biomass. Three of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2018
Three Canadian companies have been selected to advance technologies that improve the business case for the on-farm production of renewable natural gas in British Columbia.
The companies have been selected by Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and BE Bioenergy Network (BCBN) as finalists in the ARCTIC Innovation challenge. They will receive funding and support to advance... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 28, 2018
A new joint venture between Raízen and Geo Energética will create ‘the world’s first’ commercial scale plant to use the sugar cane by-products vinasse and filter cake as feedstocks in biogas production and power generation, according to a statement from the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Geo Energética claims to currently... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 28, 2018
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has signed an agreement with Clean Energy to power the airport’s vehicle fleet with renewable natural gas (RNG).
The agreement will see Clean Energy provide the airport with its Redeem band of RNG, which the natural gas provider claims is the ‘first renewable and commercially available vehicle fuel made entirely... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 24, 2018
The Philippines’ Department of Trade has approved a proposal for a Bioenergy Innovation – Incubation Hub and Co-Working Space /Product Testing Centre. The new Shared Service Facility (SSF) will come under the operation and supervision of Mariano Marcos State University’s National Bioenergy Research and Innovation Center.
With a proposed budget of almost... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 24, 2018
Major British power generator Drax has reported its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2018.
Although the company’s full year expectations remain unchanged, results from the first half of the year were impacted by two unplanned outages.
Drax currently runs Europe’s biggest biomass-fuelled power station, near Selby in Yorkshire. As part of a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2018
Upgrading biogas to biomethane, for injection into the gas grid or for use as a vehicle fuel, is one of the most efficient uses of biogas. There are several upgrading methods available and in 2012, a new solution came onto the market: highly selective membrane technology.
However, the progress of biomethane in the UK has been halted due to uncertainty over the incentive... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2018
Foresight has announced the purchase of the 2.5MW anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on the Isle of Wight, a move the company says demonstrates its ‘appetite’ to aggregate operational AD assets.
Located in Arreton, the 24 acre site that converts biogas to biomethane has been purchased by Foresight in a multi-million pound deal. Having already established... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2018
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has set out a proposal to close the country’s Feed-In-Tariffs (FITs) scheme.
In the proposal, the scheme would be closed to new applications after 31 March 2019. Feed-In-Tariffs are the UK government’s subsidy scheme for generation of renewable electricity from small-scale low-carbon installations.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2018
Air Liquide has held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its landfill gas (LFG) to renewable gas (RNG) purification plant in Walnut, Mississippi.
The new biomethane production plant is located in the Northeast Mississippi Landfill (NEML) site, which is owned by Northeast Mississippi Solid Waste Management Authority and operated by Waste Connections, a national... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2018
The City of Toronto has announced plans for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) to grid project at a solid waste management facility.
In collaboration with Enbridge Gas Distribution, the City will begin installing new equipment at the Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility later in 2019. This equipment will transform raw biogas from Toronto’s ‘Green Bin’... [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
