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Jun 18, 2021
Increasing on-farm AD uptake
Biogas News
Jun 18, 2021
Scovan Engineering and Matter Global Solutions have joined forces to develop RNG projects in Canada. In March 2020, the British Columbia Utilities Commission approved a biomethane/RNG purchase agreement (to a maximum of $30 (€20.30) per gigajoule) between FortisBC and Matter, supplied by the Clayhurst project. Located 80 kilometres east of Fort St John, the Clayhurst... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2021
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) said it is “disappointed and dismayed” that a recent report fails to recognise the potential and role of biofuels and biogas as part of transport decarbonisation plans. The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action in Ireland (Oireachtas Committee) published its report on ‘Reducing emissions in the transport sector... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2021
A town in Norfolk, UK will become one of the first to be supplied mainly with green gas from an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. As part of a £17 million (€19.8 million) upgrade project by Privilege Finance, 100,000 tonnes of food waste collected from local households and businesses will be processed by the AD plant, to produce green gas for use in 4,000 homes in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2021
Waga Energy has secured a contract with Brome-Missiquoi Intermunicipal Waste Management Board (RIGMRBM) to produce biomethane (renewable natural gas) at a landfill in Québec. This is the second contract in Canada for Waga Energy, which was selected earlier this year by Enercycle to equip the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès landfill. Waga Energy will build a WAGABOX® purification... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2021
Montauk Renewables is planning to expand its dairy digester RNG cluster project in Jerome, Idaho. The planned expansion is expected to be triggered by a recent amendment to the project’s feedstock arrangement, providing for around 65,000 gallons per day (GPD) in minimum feedstock supply. The increases are to be staged over 12-36 months, as are the development fees... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 17, 2021
HeidelbergCement will upgrade its plant in Gotland, Sweden to become the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant. The installation at the Slite plant of HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary, Cementa, will also be scaled to capture 1.8 million tonnes of CO2 annually, covering the plant’s total emissions. Additionally, the use of bio-based fuels in the cement production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 16, 2021
Food company Valio and energy company St1 are establishing a joint venture (JV) to produce renewable biogas from dairy farm manure and other agricultural by-products for use as a transport fuel. The new company is targeting up to 1,000 GWh of biogas production by 2030, the amount is one-third of the biogas needed for Finland’s fossil-free transport roadmap. Significant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 16, 2021
Future Biogas is planning to build 25 new biogas plants by 2028 with carbon capture and storage (CCS) capabilities. The news forms part of the company’s announcement that it intends to float on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. The company currently operates 10 biogas plants in the UK on behalf of various investment entities, including JLEN Environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 16, 2021
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been included in plans for a new Scottish distillery site. Jackson Distillers will establish the new grain distillery in the Scottish Borders to meet the growing demand for grain whisky, used for Scotch whisky blending and a Scottish neutral-grain spirit, for gin and vodka. Plans have been submitted to establish the distillery at Charlesfield... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 16, 2021
Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) have partnered to finance the first biomass plant with grid injection in Africa. During the visit to Côte d’Ivoire by Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Proparco, the private sector financing arm of Agence française de développement (AFD) Group, and EAIF closed a €165... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2021
California Bioenergy (CalBio) has brought two new dairy biomethane projects online. The South Tulare and North Visalia clusters, both located in Tulare County, are the third and fourth dairy biomethane projects brought online by CalBio in the state of California, joining Kern County and Tulare County. The South Tulare project will collect, condition, and inject gas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2021
DMT Clear Gas Solutions’s RNG facility at Seabreeze Farm in Canada is now operational. The third-generation dairy farm owned by the Keulen family in British Columbia was previously using water wash technology to convert biogas into RNG. Now, the RNG facility uses DMT’s three-stage membrane separation technology, the Carborex® MS. “We’ve been making manure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 14, 2021
Markus Süßman is the head of special projects at German energy company, Danpower. Having studied energy engineering and worked in the bioenergy sector since 1992, Süßman certainly knows a thing or two about the industry. Danpower supplies heat, cooling, power and wood pellets to more than 250,000 homes, public institutions, and commercial customers in more than... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 14, 2021
Naturgy has become the first company to inject renewable gas from landfill into Spain’s gas distribution network. The renewable gas plant, located in the Parc de l’Alba de Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, next to the Elena waste site, received a €2.2 million investment. With this installation, Naturgy demonstrates its ability to carry out this type of project... [Read More]
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