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Jul 16, 2018
Report looks at getting the most from biomethane in California
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2018
Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced that it has secured an order to build a 75MW biomass plant in Kanda City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As part of the deal, SHI has established a joint enterprise Nippon Steel and Sumkin Engineering. The order for the biomass plant has come from Kanda Biomass Energy.
According to a statement from SHI, the primary feedstock for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2018
The recent AD & Biogas Industry Awards Ceremony 2018, hosted by the UK Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), and the World Biogas Association (WBA), saw 16 companies acknowledged for innovations in the AD sector.
Awards were presented at a black tie event at the end of the first day of the UK AD & World Biogas Expo 2018 in Birmingham.
Among... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2018
AEBIOM, the European Biomass Association, has rebranded to Bioenergy Europe. According to an announcement, the new corporate identity is aimed at giving a ‘clearer, more united voice to Europe’s first source of renewable energy’.
Bioenergy Europe puts the rebrand down to bioenergy’s consistent industrial success and growing importance to the European... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2018
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Short Term Energy Outlook for July.
Total renewables consumption is forecast to grow over the next couple of years, according to the EIA figures. While total consumption was 11.016 quadrillion (British Thermal Units) in 2017 (up from 1o.256 quadrillion BTU in 2016), it is expected to reach 11.383 quadrillion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2018
Arensis has opened its new UK Alternative Energy Biomass Testing Laboratory in Andover, Hampshire.
In 2017 the company acquired the Verdo Renewable pellet plants in Andover and Grangemouth, giving Arensis capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of renewable heating pellets per annum.
The grand opening event marked the debut of the Entrade E5 biomass-to-energy power system CHP... [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]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2018
In a bid to demonstrate how compressed natural gas can slash road transport emissions, CNG Fuels, supermarket chain Waitrose and Cambridge University are set to collaborate on a pioneering large scale study.
CNG Fuels is opening a renewable biomethane refuelling station as part of the project, which will be used by 58 Waitrose and John Lewis trucks. Cambridge University... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2018
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued proposed volume requirements for 2019 under the Renewable Fuel Standard programme calling, among other things, for a 30% increase in biogas related fuel.
381 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel are called for the in the proposed rule by 2019. EPA estimates that the majority of this – 358 million... [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
