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Mar 8, 2018
Business news: Balmoral Tanks acquires pipework specialist
Biomass News
Feb 1, 2018
Scottish energy users will receive advice on low-carbon, environmentally friendly energy alternatives from biomass specialists re:heat.
The Scottish Government and Forestry Commission Scotland have appointed the Northumberland based company to provide “impartial technical and specialist commercial” information to consumers through the Wood Fuel Support Service... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 1, 2018
A report by climate change policy think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende shows that renewables generated more energy than coal in 2017.
According to their calculations, renewables as a whole were up from 29.8% to 30% of the EU’s energy mix in 2017. Hydroelectricity was the only green source that was down, at 9.1% from 10.9% in 2016. The numbers come from EUROSTAT... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 2, 2018
A $115 million bionenergy research centre has opened at the University of Illinois in the US.
The new Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation had its opening ceremony on the 1 February 2018. A collaboration between the University’s Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment, the facility... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 2, 2018
John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) has invested in the Icknield Farm anaerobic digestion plant in the UK.
According to JLEN, a listed environmental infrastructure fund, the investment consists of the provision of a debt facility to repay existing loans, as well as acquisition of a minority equity stake from private individuals who were the project’s developers... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2018
An anaerobic digester and biogas treatment plant at an Australian abattoir has commenced commercial production.
According to a statement from ReNu Energy, the independent power producer who’ll operate the facility, revenue flow from the Goulburn Bioenergy Project has commenced and will ‘ramp up’ as biogas production increases.
Located at the Southern... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2018
German company EnviTec has commenced work on a new biogas facility in Shanxi, 500km southwest of Beijing. The recent ground-breaking ceremony marked the beginning of EnviTec’s fifth biogas project in China.
Shanxi Shenmu New Energy will be responsible for operating the 1,570Nm3 biogas plant following its completion at the end of 2018, and will also handle all construction... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 5, 2018
Biomass and forestry management business Active Energy has announced that its first commercial CoalSwitch plant in Utah, US, will have its official opening this week.
According to Active Energy, CoalSwitch is “unique, high-calorific, high bulk-density, advanced biomass pellet that behaves just like coal, albeit with all the environmental benefits of clean... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 6, 2018
UK based real estate investment trust LXi REIT has announced its acquisition of the Stobart biomass storage and processing plant in Rotherham, Yorkshire.
LXi REIT has acquired the freehold interest on the facility in a sale and leaseback transaction. According to a statement from the company, the purchase price is £3.4 million (€3.8 million).
The biomass facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 7, 2018
Biogen has announced the acquisition of Tamar Energy, one of the largest anaerobic digestion owners and operators in the UK. According to a statement from Biogen, the acquisition has created one of the largest independent anaerobic digestion platforms in the country.
The combined group operates 13 AD plants and six composting sites across England, Scotland and Wales, combining... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 8, 2018
A study published in the journal Nature has found that removing subsidies for fossil fuels will have less of an impact than previously thought. Other scientists have insisted that the removal of economic support for fossil fuels is still a necessary step towards a carbon-free economy.
The paper says that the demand for energy is just too high for cutting subsidies to have... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2018
Reforms to the UK’s Renewable Heat Incentive have finally been laid before Parliament, ending months of indecision and confusion. The RHI is a government scheme designed to incentivise the generation of heat from renewable sources. It directly affects the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry.
According to a statement from the UK’s Anaerobic Digestion... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2018
Denmark’s biogas industry has the potential to create 20,000 new jobs and generate 16 billion kroner (€2.1 billion) of exports, according to new analysis.
Exports of biogas technology from Denmark are expected to reach growth of at least 100% by 2035, but could exceed expectations and rise to as much as 900%, The Local reports. The analysis was performed by... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2018
The trade association for the US biogas industry, the American Biogas Council, has responded to the passing of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.
Passed on 9 February, the legislation only includes a one year retroactive extension of the Production Tax Credit for biogas and biomass through 2017. However, similar credits for other renewable technologies, such as solar and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2018
Local press is reporting that the NGO, Biogas Taita, is working with the community to reduce fuel costs and increase the use of the cleaner burning fuel.
The system uses anaerobic digestion to generate the gas, which is then used for cooking and heating in households. The project suffered from poor availability of information about biogas, with some families fearing that... [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
