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May 14, 2024
“Ireland’s drive to reach national biomethane decarbonisation targets through the construction of 150-200 large scale AD plants”
Policy News
May 14, 2024
bp has outlined three policies it believes the US should adopt to help expand US domestic production and use of renewable natural gas (RNG).
It said its Archaea Energy business is the leading US producer of RNG, producing 11 trillion British thermal units of RNG last year from landfills and farms across 32 states.
The business is aiming to significantly drive up its... [Read More]
Other News
May 14, 2024
University of Sydney researchers in Australia have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry.
Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). According to the International Energy Agency, the concentration of methane... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 14, 2024
Leading Japanese companies, NYK Line (NYK), NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBP), TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING) and British renewable energy business, Drax Group (Drax), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop both the world’s first biomass-fuelled ship (bioship) and the technology that could power it.
Biomass is playing... [Read More]
Features
May 14, 2024
Jon Harman, technology delivery director at Ceres, tells Bioenergy Insight about its collaboration with AtkinsRealis for a commercial multi-megawatt modularised hydrogen production system.
Ceres is a clean energy technology licencing business with a primary focus on the development and commercialisation of solid oxide cell technology for use in both fuel cell and electrolyser... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 13, 2024
Funding should no longer be earmarked for biomass-produced electricity until it can be proved that it does not negatively affect climage change, UK MPs have said.
The Times reports that, as ministers prepare to extend subsidies to biomass plants, Conservative MPs are warning that this risks 'ripping off' taxpayers.
According to the publication, the MPs state there are... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 13, 2024
Genia Bioenergy has announced plans to implement a second biomethane plant in the province of Salamanca, in the town of Machacón in Spain, involving an investment of around €25 million.
The plant will allow local livestock farmers to sustainably manage up to 150,000 tonnes of manure and slurry each year, according to the organisation.
The plant, which will transform... [Read More]
Other News
May 13, 2024
Metacon and Siemens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into a partnership with the aim of accelerating the manufacturing of hydrogen production systems in Sweden, for the European market.
At the start of the year, Metacon announced it had been granted exclusive rights for the manufacture of complete electrolysis plants, based on its partner PERIC’s... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 13, 2024
Shell Energy Philippines has secured an offtake agreement with the Thomas Lloyd Group’s North Negros Biopower Inc. for its biomass plant in Negros Occidental.
Headquartered in Zurich, Thomas Lloyd is an independent impact investment manager.
Formerly known as Manta Energy, Inc., Shell Energy Philippines is a subsidiary of the oil giant, operating in the country's power... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 10, 2024
Ontario's electricity system operator - the Independent Electricity System Operator - has secured power supply from 10 battery storage facilities and three natural gas and biogas facilities, which it expects to meet the province's needs until the end of the decade.
The move will support the province's growing population and economy, according to energy minister Todd Smith.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 10, 2024
Indian state-owned power utility NTPC said it has achieved 20% torrefied biomass co-firing at its Tanda thermal plant in Uttar Pradesh.
On 9 May, a company statement said it had established co-firing of 7-10% non-torrefied biomass with coal at NTPC Dadri.
It added that, to achieve a higher percentage of biomass co-firing without significant modifications, NTPC's Energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 9, 2024
Spain’s Official Credit Institute (ICO) has announced a €15 million investment into its bespoke biomethane fund.
Last year ICO, with its partner IAM Carbonzero, launched the MAPFRE Energías Renovables II, FCR fund - Europe's first fund dedicated to biomethane, according to the organisation.
ICO will be investing €15 million in the fund through Axis, its venture... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 9, 2024
Dairygold Co-operative Society, an Irish dairy co-operative based in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland, is seeking planning permission for biomass plants at each of its sites in Mitchelstown and Mallow.
The organisation is Ireland's second largest dairy co-operative, and the country's third largest milk supplier, as it processes a volume of approximately 1.43 billion... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 9, 2024
Bio Capital Group, a UK commercial energy-from-food-waste producer, has added a fourth asset to its portfolio in Scotland.
The company works with partners such as local authorities, food manufacturers and retail chains to reduce their carbon emissions by diverting their food waste from landfill and transforming it into biogas and electricity.
The newly acquired Linwood... [Read More]
Policy News
May 8, 2024
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU state aid rules, a Belgian green energy certificate scheme aimed at supporting renewable electricity production in the Belgian region of Wallonia.
The programme will contribute to the achievement of the EU’s energy and climate objectives as well as the strategic objectives linked to the European Green Deal, according... [Read More]
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The conference was opened by Swedish MEP Emma Wiesner (Renew Europe), who underlined bioenergy’s key role in achieving Europe’s energy and climate ambitions
Gasum, in partnership with REMA Distribution, has today inaugurated a new biogas filling station for liquefied biogas (LBG) at REMA Distribution’s facility in Vinterbro, south of Oslo
The agreement, concluded under Singapore’s new 'biomethane sandbox' launched by the Energy Market Authority and the Economic Development Board on 27 October, is designed to pilot biomethane imports for power generation and industrial use
