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Renewable Energy India Expo 2022, which is scheduled for later this month will bring investment opportunities worth Rs 800 crore (€1.5 million) for the biogas sector, the Indian Biogas Association (IBA) said on Thursday.
IBA is an industry association comprising operators, manufacturers and planners of biogas plants. Renewable Energy Expo (REI) is scheduled for September 28-30, 2022 at India…
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Beam Suntory said on 14 September it is aiming to produce more Jim Beam bourbon while cutting back on its greenhouse gas emissions.
The company, which is owned by Japanese parent Suntory, said it would invest $400 million in renewable energy systems while boosting bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery.
The Booker Noe distillery in Boston, Kentucky, will see capacity increase by…
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The US Department of Energy (DoE) has selected The Yolo County Central Landfill (YCCL) for an award of $1.5 million to improve the current science and infrastructure to turn waste streams into clean, renewable fuel, reported Davis Enterprise.
The DOE grant to the YCCL — one of only 15 nationwide — focuses explicitly on community-scale resource and energy recovery from organic wastes.
The…
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The European Parliament voted today (14 September) to recognise primary woody biomass as a renewable energy source. This is consistent with its prior classification under both the first Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and RED II.
Primary woody biomass is an essential renewable energy source for meeting the ambition sought by the EU Parliament to increase renewable energy to 45 percent by 2030,…
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Non-binding offers (NBOs) for Danish biogas company Nature Energy are due to be submitted at the end of this month (26 September 2022). Last month, it was reported that energy majors including BP and Shell were pondering making bids.
An investment consortium consisting of Davidson Kempner, Pioneer Point Partners and Sampension are in the process of selling Nature Energy - formerly known as…
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Although the Vietnamese government hoped for deeper biomass energy investment through a previously-introduced feed-in tariff (FiT), some experts advise that a new one must be coupled with other legal incentives to ensure a more significant share in the country’s energy mix, according to Vietnam Investment Review.
Since 2020 the Vietnamese government has applied FiT for biomass electricity…
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On 13 September the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $178 million for bioenergy research to advance sustainable technology breakthroughs that can improve public, health, help address climate change, improve food and agricultural production and create more resilient supply chains.
The funding intends to support cutting-edge biotechnology research and development of bioenergy crops,…
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The state of Uttar Pradesh in India's government has announced the formulation of a bioenergy policy, which is designed to regulate the production and demand-supply of biofuel.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced the implementation of a bioenergy production framework as a means to offer cheaper fuel options and to cater to soaring energy demands, using technologies such as biogas,…
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The developer behind plans for a biogas plant on the outskirts of Keynsham in the UK has withdrawn its appeal, reported Keynsham Voice.
The proposal for an anaerobic digester facility on the Queen Charlton Quarry site was unanimously rejected by Bath and North East Somerset Council planning committee in March 2022.
Resourceful Energy Aerobic Limited (REAL) proceeded to announce its plans to…
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The Municipality of Bar in Montenegro plans to build a plant for the production of electricity from biogas from the Možura regional landfill, reported Balkan Green Energy News. It has presented a feasibility study for converting biogas into electricity at the Možura sanitary regional landfill.
Preliminary analysis showed that a facility of one megawatt (MW) could be installed.
The local…
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The City of Omaha in Nebraska, US is moving forward with a plan to turn human waste into green energy, and expects to make millions of dollars in the process, according to Omaha World Herald.
With a $20 million investment approved last month, one of the city’s wastewater treatment plants will increase its ability to turn the waste into renewable natural gas, also known as biogas.
The project…
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As the European Parliament (EP) prepares to vote on biomass amendments on 14 September, and amidst a report that the three largest groups in the EP have backed proposals to end subsidies for biomass used in power plants and exclude primary wood burning from the EU’s renewable energy targets, IEA Bioenergy has released a statement.
Dr Paul Bennett, Chair of the Executive Committee of IEA…
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Logan City Council in south-east Queensland, Australia, has opened a $28 million (€18.9m) biosolids gasification facility, with backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Logan City Council aims to turn waste human sewage into renewable energy and a money-spinning fertiliser and building product, whilst taking a step towards its target of carbon emissions neutrality.
ARENA…
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With their company, Biogastechnik Süd, the brothers Clemens and Gregor Maier offer solutions for the treatment and handling of digestates. Initially, it was the improvement of the components of their own biogas plant that prompted them to develop the first product, the paddle agitator Varibull. Over the years, further products were added: from the Easyfeeder feeding technology to the Sepogant…
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