Maire Tecnimont SpA has announced that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by Storengy to carry out an Advanced Basic Engineering Study for a waste wood and solid recovered fuel conversion plant to produce biomethane.  Once the project has reached the final investment decision targeted by the end of 2022 and is granted the related permitting, NextChem,... [Read More]

A new study by researchers at Imperial College in London shows that methane leakage from biogas production and distribution systems are twice as high as previously thought. If biogas plants are to fulfil their potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, then they must take action to reduce such leaks for both environmental and economic reasons. The new Imperial... [Read More]

Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) has announced that its Ince Bio Power facility, located at Peel NRE’s Protos in the Net Zero North West industrial cluster, has been selected by the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and funded through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) to develop a carbon capture demonstration project, designed... [Read More]

Leading renewable energy company Drax Group and Japanese shipping company MOL Drybulk are working together to reduce the emissions and fuel costs associated with shipping biomass by deploying wind power technology on its vessels. The companies plan to facilitate the development of wind-powered vessels to transport bulk cargoes of Drax’s wood pellets to its customers... [Read More]

Italian company Ecospray and Germany-based Ruhe have signed new agreements for the supply of two biomethane plants and three CO2-liquefaction plants for customers of Green Line Liquid Anlagenbau, which is an affiliated company of Ruhe Group. The construction of a complete system for pre-treatment, upgrading, liquefaction of biomethane and the liquefaction of CO2,... [Read More]

Europe’s largest biogas producer has warned that it will take years to significantly boost production despite the EU pushing for a rapid increase in output to reduce reliance on Russian gas.  Biomethane is chemically identical to natural gas but produced through the controlled decomposition of animal and industrial waste. The EU wants output to more than double and... [Read More]

Judges of the hospitality industry’s Catey awards said The Goodwood Hotel was a “shining example of how to work towards becoming a green business” and praised its impressive ten-year sustainability strategy. The Catey awards were held at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, on July 5, 2022, to celebrate the best and brightest businesses and individuals in hospitality... [Read More]

With energy costs rising and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are truly renewable.   Ned Jackson, professor of organic chemistry in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University, said: “We use 20 million barrels of oil a... [Read More]

The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) has published a draft resolution on reducing the requirements for the molar fraction of oxygen in natural gas from 0.02 mol.  percent to 0.2 mol.  percent – for biogas access to the gas transmission system (GTS) and up to 1.0 mol.  percent – for biogas access to gas distribution systems (GDS). By... [Read More]

Society today would not be able to exist without plastics, from low-cost mass-produced items to specialised high-tech materials. However, the use of plastics has its disadvantages. These include the consumption of fossil fuels and the rising amounts of trash. Making high-grade plastics from biomass that can be made to break down into reusable components could be a new... [Read More]

Marvel Power Group (Marvel), a woman-owned clean energy advisory firm, is celebrating its 3rd anniversary by expanding its brokerage services to Canada and Europe. In addition to covering new geographies, Marvel will also begin structuring deals for CO2, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon offsets and hydrogen. In Q1 2022 Marvel closed its first term deal with a... [Read More]

The world’s top five emerging market economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—are together known as BRICS. A think tank official says that the BRICS nations have made progress in the energy industry over the past several years, with China and the other BRICS members focusing their cooperation on renewable energy. Yu Guo, president of the CNPC... [Read More]

As many as 20 AD plants are expected to supply biomethane to a new €30m Central Grid Injection facility being developed by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) in Mitchelstown, Co Cork. Construction of Ireland’s first large-scale renewable gas injection facility is due to start next summer under project GRAZE, which also encompasses the transportation of biomethane from the... [Read More]

On July 5, British Office Taipei and the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC, co-hosted the fourth UK-Taiwan Energy Dialogue to discuss ports for offshore wind industry and biomass energy, and pathways to reach net zero by 2050. The Dialogue was attended by John Dennis, representative at the British Office Taipei and Wand Mei-Hua, minister of Economic Affairs,... [Read More]