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Volume 13, Issue 3
Published: May 23, 2022
Connections matter when piping biomethane to homes
With new legislation on mandatory kerbside collections of food waste coming in from 2023, production of biomethane gas is set to grow. As a low carbon gas, so will its contribution to decarbonisation and...
Where do your conveyors leak?
Who do you rely on to clean up dust? For a growing number of companies, the answer is “the next person who walks through the door”. Yet, cleanup must occur even if the workforce is...
Mono fermentation of dry chicken manure
With their company, Biogastechnik Süd, the brothers Clemens and Gregor Maier offer solutions for the treatment and handling of digestates. Initially, it was the improvement of the components...
Bioenergy: a solid reality for a resilient energy system
Back in 2019, Europe set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Despite the efforts to establish a sound plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by ...
Cutting the cost of CCUS
Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) will be required to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement and COP26. This puts new obligations on the owners and operators of local utilities that...
Why now is the time to tackle biogas leakage
Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants are designed to convert biological feedstocks into biomethane-rich biogas and digestate. The aim is to convert the biomethane into usable energy either as heat,...
The future containment of highly valuable methane has never been more important
A storage tank or biogas digester is an expensive asset storing highly valuable volatile and hazardous gasses or chemicals so why would an operator buy a tank breather vent that has not been tested...
The ABC of Combating Climate Change: Analox, BioEnergy and Creative Technologies
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Biomass fuel switch project at Glebe Farm Foods, UK
The process industry in the UK is steadily switching to renewable energy sources. The shift from fossil fuels to sustainably sourced biomass shows that it is not just an environmentally sustainable...
Tiger Depack from Cesaro Mac is both efficient and environmentally friendly
Cesaro Mac Import is a family-run company established 40 years ago. The company’s evolution has followed the changes in the environmental sector over the decades....
Looking forward to Brussels in July
On 5-6 July, The International Biomass Congress & Expo and International Biogas Congress and Expo aim to bring together leading producers, suppliers, regulators and other engaged organisations...
Pecking order challenge for UK bioenergy
Where do you rank as an energy producer when UK government funding is being prioritised for nuclear developments, offshore wind, green hydrogen and the rest? It’s a big question for all in...
Significant opportunities and advances at Lynemouth Power Station
Formerly a site of heavy coal-fired industry in an area steeped in generations of mining history, the transformation at Northumberland’s Lynemouth Power Station over the last decade is nothing...
In conversation with Giulia Cancian
Bioenergy Insight speaks to the newly-appointed secretary general of the European Biogas Association....
European Pellet Conference
Dawn Stephens-Borg reflects on the European Pellet Conference 2022, which took place in Wels, Austria, and online on 6 April....
Discover the insights that are hiding in your data
Biogas sites are complex systems that require biological, chemical, and mechanical expertise to operate. Many aspects can be adjusted and improved, but poor decisions or lack of an intervention...
Removing ammonia from heavily polluted streams
The advanced stripping technologies engineered by Byosis — ByoFlex® and ByoNix® — are specifically designed to remove ammonia from heavily polluted streams such as digestate...
Short term blips but a long-term positive outlook for the UK's premium pellet market
The UK premium wood pellet market has, like many other countries across Europe, experienced some turbulence over recent months with the crisis in Ukraine having an immediate effect on global EN...