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Mar 27, 2017
Waste to energy facility for up to 90,000 homes proposed in Quezon City
Biogas News
Mar 28, 2017
Waste to energy firm Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) will build a 33,000 tonne per year dry anaerobic digestion facility in San Luis Obispo, California. The project is being financed by a Design, Build, Finance, Own Operate deal from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
HZI say that the new plant is set to be the first Kompogas project in the US. It will be completed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 28, 2017
A proposed new biomass plant in the South West of England has caused controversy in the village where it is set to be built.
Residents of Woolavington, Somerset, have voiced their opposition and concerns about the new wood chip fuelled biomass plant. In particular, they argue that they have not received enough information about the new development. The proposal, by SHAL... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2017
A new research project has been set up to investigate how Germany’s biogas plants will operate after 2030, when the majority of the country’s 9,000 facilities are going to stop receiving state subsidies.
Germany’s federal environment agency has commissioned the German biomass research centre (DBFZ) to carry out the research. DBFZ claims that Germany’s... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 29, 2017
A stalled attempt to revive a biomass project in Vermont has seen the developer take his case to the state’s Supreme Court.
In 2010 a bid was launched to build a wood-chip burning power plant close to the border between Connecticut and New York. The project had to be put on hold in 2014 following the withdrawal of one of its major financers.
Ted Verrill, owner of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
US based landfill gas industry O & M contractor and engineering company ENERGYneering Solutions Inc. (ESI) have signed a supply and service contract for Topsoe’s proprietary HiPerFuel landfill gas conditioning solutions. The HiPerFuel unit will deliver high-purity fuel gas for an ESI landfill gas power plant in Washington State.
The contract is the first deal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 28MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to the Meliadine Gold Mine project in Canada, owned by Agnico Eagle Mines.
The order includes five Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines running on light fuel oil (LFO) or natural gas. Wärtsilä's scope includes the power generation and CHP equipment supply,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
BioHiTech Global, a US waste management technology company, has announced that it acquired a 17.2% equity interest in the nation's first resource recovery facility utilising a proprietary mechanical biological treatment (MBT) technology for the disposal and recycling of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW).
BioHiTech, through its interest in Apple Valley Waste Conversions,... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 30, 2017
Brexit is generating inertia and squeezing the growth of the renewable energy sector, according to Rachel Nutt, Tax Partner and head of Renewable Sustainable Energy at business advisors’ MHA MacIntyre Hudson.
Nutt believes Brexit is creating a challenging and uncertain time for renewable businesses. “Brexit, and the resulting lack of announcements about future... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
Malaysia-headquarted renewable energy group Green & Smart Holding saw a 181% increase in net profit for the year ended 30 September 2016, helped by the group maintaining and increasing its biogas contracts.
Net profit increased 181% to RM9.9m (€2.08m) last year, compared to RM3.5m the year before.
Revenue increased 260% to RM67.38m, compared to RM18.70m the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 20, 2017
Vietnam has huge potential to produce renewable energy from biomass-based sources, according to a new report for the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA).
Vietnam.net reported that the VEA said that this could amount to up to 1 billion kWh in 2020 and 6 billion kWh in 2050 from waste, Vietnam.net said, with a total amount from biomass and waste of up to 9 billion kWh in 2020... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 20, 2017
Finland-based energy group Fortum has announced that a joint venture to build an energy-from-waste, combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Lithuania is moving forward and construction will start in the autumn.
The €160 million project, based in Kaunas, will have electricity generation capacity of 24MW and thermal capacity of about 70MW. It is a joint venture between... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 20, 2017
Italy-based FCA Research Centre has announced that it is testing the use of sewage-based biomethane in a Fiat Panda car.
The road test will take several months over 80,000km.
The car was delivered to the Cap Group, a company managing water supply, sewerage and wastewater treatment for the Metropolitan City of Milan, to assess - with the participation of the FCA Research... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 21, 2017
US-based Sandia National Laboratories is working with three industry partners to commercialise what it describes as a distributed power system that can produce cheaper, cleaner, more efficient electricity.
The labs signed three-year cooperative research and development agreements with Peregrine Turbine Technologies of Wiscasset, Maine, Xdot Engineering Analysis of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 21, 2017
Feminine hygiene products, incontinence pads and millions of nappies currently sent to landfill by commercial organisations and public bodies could now be turned into clean energy by a new mechanical process called Lifecycle unveiled earlier this week.
Hygiene product waste is one of the largest contributors to UK landfill.
According to hygiene waste disposal company PHS... [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
