In January, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPFA) issued $117million (€103 million) in tax exempt bonds to fund in part the construction of Anaergia’s Rialto Bioenergy...

The USA continuesto be a land of sharp contrasts forbioenergy businesses and renewable sector investors, managing to mix immense opportunities for innovative growth and development with deepseated frustration...

Biogas, which is basically a gas mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, originated from organic substrates put through anaerobic digestion processes, has immense potential to reduce our dependency on fossil-based...

A process developed for use in the livestock farming industry has been identified as the best way of maximising biogas production in anaerobic digestion (AD) plants. The process, involving the preservation...

A new waste-to-gas plant has become operational in Varennes, a city in the Canadian province of Québec. The facility is owned by the Canadian Société d’économiemixte de...

An advertisement in an 1885 edition of The Canada Lumberman displays a “chaindrive” conveyor. The conveyor’s design is familiar: a trough through which sprockets pull a chain with bars...

With more demanding recycling targets around the world, the waste screening systems industry has developed multiple solutions aimed at businesses, public and private utility companies for wasted isposal...

Bioenergy Insight speaks to Jan Gressmann, product manager at Eggersmann, abouti ts innovative drying system. Eggersmann has integrated the Municipal Solid Waste drying system and fitted it with the worlds’...

The Silbitz biomass power plant in Thuringia, Germany, produces 5.5MW of electricity and 3MW of district heat [a year] from waste wood. In order for production to remain competitive, a high degree of availability...

As the world continues to strive to find ways to combat climate change, the methods and fuels used for power and heat generation remain strongly in focus. The energy sector is shifting towards creating...

In Europe, wood chips represent about 50% of all solid biomass used for energy purposes today, making it one of the most popular commodities in this sector. Yet, and even though woodchips have been traded...