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May 10, 2021
Yarra Valley Water’s waste to energy facility has processed 100,000 tonnes of food waste, enough to fill 40 Olympic sized swimming pools. The emissions saved are equal to removing more than 45,000 cars from the road in Victoria, Australia, for a year, with enough renewable electricity produced to power Yarra Valley Water’s head office for 11 years. This major milestone follows the…
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May 10, 2021
A US cheese company will build a new state-of-the-art cheese and whey protein processing plant and produce biogas in Dodge City, Kansas. Hilmar Cheese Company, founded in 1984, is one of the world’s largest producers of US-style cheese and whey products. The new facility is expected to create 247 new jobs and represents $460 million in capital investment. The project is estimated to bring a…
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May 10, 2021
Brightmark broke ground on the Caballero Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project on 4 May. The project includes the construction of new anaerobic digesters at Caballero Dairy Farms, an 8,800 animal farm in Eloy, Arizona. On completion of the project, the digesters are expected to generate 214 MMBtu of RNG daily. The gas will be delivered into the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline owned by Kinder…
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May 7, 2021
Carbon Clean has joined forces with BayoTech to develop on-site hydrogen with carbon capture solutions. Carbon Clean, a leader in cost-effective CO2 capture and separation technology, signed a memorandum of understanding with BayoTech, to explore commercial opportunities targeted at hydrogen and carbon capture and utilisation deployment. Initially, the companies will work together on a…
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May 7, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels has announced new RNG contracts as fleets across the US and Canada increasingly continue to adopt clean, low-carbon fuel to power heavy and medium-duty trucks. The company has reported new fuelling agreements across the US, in Los Angeles, Portland, British Columbia, and Florida. “Fleets are learning that RNG, together with natural gas engine technology, is a proven…
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May 7, 2021
Renewable Energy Ireland (REI) has published 40by30, a roadmap to achieve 40% of heat from renewable sources in Ireland by 2030. The plan was developed by XD Consulting on behalf of REI with advice from organisations working in district heating, bioenergy, heat pumps, renewable gas, and geothermal. The plan would reduce Ireland’s CO2 emissions by 7% annually, in line with the Climate Action…
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May 7, 2021
Arla and its farmers are closing the loop on the renewable electricity produced on-farm, keeping the power generated within the company value chain. While some of the company’s dairy farmers engage in biodiversity projects and others provide manure for biogas, many of Arla’s cooperative farmers generate green electricity for their own farms and the public grid, through biogas, wind, and…
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May 7, 2021
Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new ‘satellite’ pellet plants in Arkansas. The three plants are together expected to produce around 120,000 tonnes of sustainable biomass pellets annually from sawmill residues, supporting the company’s plans to increase self-supply to its power station in Yorkshire, UK. Drax will begin construction of the first plant later this…
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May 6, 2021
The Raízen biogas power plant in Brazil now generates energy using agricultural by-products. The Penetron System – including PENETRON ARC, an innovative acid-activated coating specifically designed for anaerobic and biogas conditions – was specified to ensure a waterproof and durable solution for the Guariba plant’s concrete structures. The $28 million (€23 million) project in the…
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May 5, 2021
New Zealand Forest Service said it aims to turn forestry waste into a potential biomass source. The government agency will also be working on a business case with help from global investment consulting service Indufor Asia Pacific Ltd. “Establishing a biofuels industry in New Zealand will require significant investment, so we’re moving ahead with developing the business case for this…
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May 5, 2021
Scandinavian Biogas Fuels is investing 170 million krone (€17 million) in a liquid biogas plant in Skogn, outside Trondheim.The company already has the world's largest plant to produce liquid biogas on the site in Norway. The plant will be operational in the third quarter of 2022 and will produce 35 GWh of biogas. Skogn has been supplying liquid biogas since 2018. Skogn will supply the…
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May 4, 2021
In North Carolina, US, a lumber manufacturer opted for a container-based silo from Biomass Engineering & Equipment to store its biomass feedstock. The history of Oaks Unlimited goes back as far as the Appalachian hardwoods the company mills. Delcy Pryor, grandfather of the company’s current president, Joe Pryor II, began milling white oaks in North Carolina in the 1960s to produce…
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Apr 30, 2021
BrewDog has teamed up with DMT Environmental Technology to reduce emissions at its site in Ellon, Scotland. At many breweries, the rinse water is used in the brewing process is purified and reused. The wastewater treatment plant at the BrewDog HQ bio-plant will reduce the water usage of the brewery by 50%. A waste stream containing sludge is released during this purification process. This…
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Apr 30, 2021
ReEnergy Biomass Operations and Ember Infrastructure have entered into a joint venture to create a new bioenergy platform. The new company will be named ReGenerate Energy and will be led by experienced team members from both ReEnergy and Ember. The company will acquire an ownership interest in ReEnergy’s two biomass plants in Maine – ReEnergy Stratton and ReEnergy Livermore Falls – and…
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