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Aug 18, 2017
Mexican scientists convert prickly pear cactus to biogas
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Aug 21, 2017
A consortium led by Macquarie has completed the acquisition of the UK’s Green Investment Bank.
Macquarie Group (Macquarie), Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5) and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) have paid the UK government £2.3 billion to purchase the institution, which was set up in 2012 to fund renewable and low-carbon projects.
According... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2017
Sweden has launched a ‘Bioenergy Day’ to promote how bioenergy is benefitting the country.
The day was unveiled on 21 August. It is specifically aimed at educating the national media on the benefits of bioenergy.
The Swedish bioenergy day is part of a broader pan-European campaign coordinated from Brussels by Aebiom that will be replicated in most EU-28... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 21, 2017
Glennmont Partners has completed the £150 million refinancing of the Sleaford Renewable Energy plant.
Located in Lincolnshire, UK, Sleaford REP is a 40MWe straw-fired biomass plant. In operation since 2014, the plant is operated by Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). It provides free heat to the local community under long-term offtake contracts.
Glennmont... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 21, 2017
Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) has announced substantial additions its portfolio by acquiring 20 assets from the UK Green Investment Bank.
The assets included as part of the transaction are four biomass and waste-to-energy facilities, 15 anaerobic digestion plants and a materials recovery facility, which combined have a generating capacity of more than 70MW.
BIG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2017
The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain.
The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges.
Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2017
A company operating an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Plaistow, West Sussex has gone into administration, according to the West Sussex County Times.
Crouchlands Biogas, based in Dunsfold, Surrey, will continue to trade the business and retain its 11 staff as it seeks new investment and ownership, administrators FRP Advisory told the West Sussex County Times.
Since 2010,... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2017
Greenbelt Resources Corporation has received “Eco Friendly Technology” registration for its ECOsystem process.
Greenbelt claims that the certification gives the company a greenlight to offer its waste-to-energy process as a solution available to address Indonesia’s food waste challenge. Indonesia is the world’s second biggest ‘food waster’... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2017
Recently released research shows that a shift to biogas in southern India helped revive some of the region’s forests.
Published in July’s edition of the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, the new study describes how forests in south India that had become degraded due to excessive fuelwood extraction recovered after villagers living nearby switched to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 9, 2017
A biomethane fuelled double-decker bus is set to hit Bristol’s roads from 21 August.
The renewable, sustainable biomethane gas will be created from a feedstock of household food waste.
Local bus operator First West of England will use the new biogas double-decker as a ‘pathfinder’ to assess how well the new bus copes with the demands of city-wide operations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 9, 2017
Cenex, the UK’s ‘first’ centre of excellence for low carbon technologies, has announced its involvement in the UK’s largest trial of biomethane fuelled lorries.
The ‘Dedicated to Gas’ trial will see large fleet operators including Kuehne + Nagel, Wincanton, ASDA, Brit European, Howard Tenens and Great Bear, trial the effectiveness of... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2017
Former US Vice President Al Gore has arrived in the UK to address how the perils of climate change can be overcome as he promotes his new documentary An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.
The film is a follow-up to his blockbuster 2006 global warming film, An Inconvenient Truth. It was a massive box office hit. His new film hammers home the same message as his first... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 10, 2017
The Almond Alliance of California has called for increased funding from the Farm Bill in order to help develop bioenergy outlets for almond biomass and byproducts in the state.
Kelly Covello, president of the Almond Alliance of California, explained to a Farm Bill listening session in Modesto that the legislation was important to the almond industry in the areas of trade,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 11, 2017
A combined solar and methane power plant is set to commence operations in southern Australia. The facility, built on a landfill site, is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.
The new project will generate approximately 2000 megawatt hours of renewable electricity each year, enough to power more than 345 homes in the local area.
Northern Adelaide Waste Management... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 11, 2017
EnviTec Biogas Service UK has strengthened its offer across the UK under a landmark agreement with diesel engine specialist MAN Rollo.
The new union sees EnviTec Biogas Service UK developing a service package for MAN Rollo – a global supplier of MAN engines.
Signed at the UK AD & Biogas and World Biogas Expo 2017 in Birmingham recently, the agreement will lead... [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
