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Jun 9, 2017
ADBA responds to UK’s ‘hung’ parliament
Biogas News
Jun 12, 2017
Biogest is set to build its fifth gas-to-grid biogas plant in the UK. The company, which is already supporting eighteen plants in the UK with its biological and technical service, is also expanding the network of service contracts it has in the country.
When completed, the new plant will have an output of 1,400 standard cubic metres of biogas per hour, corresponding to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 12, 2017
UK based innovators in waste-to-energy technology SEaB Energy are expecting to secure new investment at the Clean + Cool trade mission.
Along with twenty other UK based cleantech companies, Southampton-based SEaB will join the Clean + Cool entrepreneur mission visiting San Francisco from 10th to 17th June 2017. Clean + Cool Mission 2017 is backed by Innovate UK,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 12, 2017
Biogas Products, a UK-based biogas technology maker, has developed a biogas upgrading plant which will enable farms with existing anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to generate biogas to help heat buildings or produce fuel for vehicles.
According to the West Midlands-headquarted company, the plant uses an enhanced water scrubbing technology, eliminating the need for tall... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 13, 2017
Pellet producer Enviva has stated that its Florida-based Cottondale plant incurred minor damage due to a fire at the facility on 10 June, 2017. However, the company has also stated that operations have now resumed.
In a press statement, Enviva said the fire occurred in a conveyor belt on the morning of 10 June, causing minor damages. After a thorough inspection, the company... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 13, 2017
Waste management company Veolia is helping Quorn Foods advance their sustainability goals by delivering energy using combined heat and power (CHP) technology.
As the first global brand in their sector to achieve Carbon Trust certification of its carbon footprint figures, Quorn Foods will now be able to guarantee the energy needs of the production facilities and reduce... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 13, 2017
The UK-based Carbon Trust has launched a new collaborative initiative, the Energy Systems Innovation Platform (ESIP), to bring together prominent energy companies Centrica, Dong Energy, SSE, Scottish Power, Statoil and Wood Group – clean energy, to solve key issues currently preventing a more effective transition to a low cost and low carbon energy system.
Collectively,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 13, 2017
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has launched its WBA Global Bioenergy Statistics report for 2017. The report claims that across the world, bioenergy remains the biggest source of renewable energy.
A number of key findings are unearthed by the report. Most significantly, the global supply of biomass increased to 59.2EJ in 2014, a 2.6% rise on the previous year. In... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 14, 2017
US-based waste-to-energy company Covanta has signed a new agreement with the Delware County Solid Waste Authority (DCSWA) for sustainable waste disposal at its Delaware Valley energy-from-waste facility located in Chester, Pennsylvania.
The company explained that the five year agreement, which includes extension provisions, continues a 25-year partnership between Covanta and Delaware... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 14, 2017
Geopolitical complexities are often connected to issues of energy security, and according to a new statement from the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), developments in the Middle-East could be bad news for the UK.
Several Gulf countries have recently cut their ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region by supporting Islamist groups.... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 14, 2017
In 2016 installation in Spain of biomass equipment for thermal use and biomass stoves set a record in terms of the number of units installed, yet in terms of actual installed power 2016 was actually lower than 2015.
Although more biomass equipment was installed in Spain than ever before in 2016, this equipment only had a total power capacity of 1000MW. In 2016, the installed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2017
A new biogas power plant is to be built in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality will use the new facility to produce electricity for the city’s rail system, claims Turkish news site Milliyet, who cited Gaziantep’s mayor, Fatima Sahin.
According to Renewables Now, the electricity produced by the facility is estimated to satisfy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2017
Most community biogas plants in Thiruvananthapuram are ‘dysfunctional’, according to an article from the Times of India.
Eight out of 14 biogas plants in the city are currently not operational, according to a newly released report from the city’s health committee. The report also claims that the city’s corporation has failed to frame annual maintenance... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 16, 2017
At the UK’s Glastonbury festival, a portable toilet has been installed to turn festival goers’ urine into energy.
‘Pee Power’, developed by scientists at the Bristol Bioenergy Centre BBiC in the Bristol Robotics at the University of the West of England, has already been shown to be capable of powering lights and charging mobile phones. At Glastonbury,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2017
A Scottish biomass specialist is set to unveil its UK expansion plans this week, at the Royal Highland Show.
Uphall-based Scot Heat and Power is expanding its core offering of highly efficient wood chip/wood pellet-fuelled boilers across multiple Scottish depots. Recently, the company established a new base in Windermere, Cumbria, which it believes will become the lynchpin... [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
