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Volume 10, Issue 6
Published: November 8, 2019
The fight to realise biogas' potential in achieving net zero
On 22-23 October, Bioenergy Insight held its annual conference, incorporating three key events: the Biogas Congress & Expo, Biomass Congress & Expo and Biofuels International Conference & Expo....
Collaborating with US farmers to help the environment
Across the US, dairy farmers are working with renewable energy companies to make use of what would otherwise go to waste. Dairy, food, animal and other organic waste is being converted into biogas with...
Biomethane as a sustainable transport fuel
Biomethane demonstrates enormous potential as an environmentally friendly transport fuel. A recent study by IFPEN (IFP Energies nouvelles, the French Institute of Petroleum) found that biomethane-fuelled...
Asia and renewable energy - the only viable option for a sustainable future
It’s pretty much impossible to overstate the importance of Asia in terms of its current and future role in renewable energy development. The region contains more than half the world’s population...
The future of waste management
Commercial waste, organic waste, coloured glass, clear glass, metal, paper and light packaging: the seven different waste containers in front of Komptech headquarters in Frohnleiten, Austria often provoke...
Plant nursery goes above and beyond with air quality monitoring project
Many environmental consultants have found that there are several flue gas dust abatement techniques available on the market today. One which ticks all the boxes has been installed at a UK strawberry farm...
Maximising biomethane production efficiency using advanced automation technology
Biomethane presents a great new opportunity for Europe as a low-cost, eco friendly form of energy and the market for this productis growing rapidly. New regulations within many European countries not only...
Moo-ving swiftly - updates on a farm waste AD project in New England
Agricultural waste has huge potential in the biogas sector. One of the latest projects in the US utilising farm waste is collaboration between organics to energy company, a local farm, a local college...
Wood waste drying - effective solutions
Dryness in many European countries and the parallel expansion of the bark beetle population makes European forests suffer. Large forest grounds have to be replanted. So, what should we do with the dead...
First-person sleuthing, broken mixer in digester tank
Torsten Fischer, founder and managing director at Krieg + Fischer Ingenieure, has been an expert legal witness for more than 10 years, covering 120 cases, and wrote his first report about a biogas plant...
Alternatives to storing biomass in vertical silos
Vertical silos are ubiquitous across many industries. For storing biomass, however, they’re hardly ideal. Biomass does not flow well, and it’s a challenge to modify vertical silos to handle...
Waste wood imports from Europe to UK likely, says WRA
The UK is experiencing a surge in new biomass plants coming into operation. While this is excellent news for the industry, conversations are underway to guarantee waste wood supplies to keep up with growing...