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The Irish government’s COFORD Council for Forest Research and Development has published a paper that recommends future policies to support an expanded role of forest-based biomass. The paper, entitled “Forest Based Biomass and Modern Bioenergy, Moving to Net Zero”, complements and rounds out an earlier series of COFORD statements on the role of forests and forest…

Brazil’s Orizon Valorização de Resíduos has agreed a US$43 million (€41.7 million) financing deal with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB) to construct a biomethane plant, reported BN Americas. The plant, which will be located in Pernambuco state, is in the advanced construction stage. With a capacity of 130,000m3/d and the company has a contract…

RENOVA’s Tokushima-Tsuda biomass plant in Japan resumed regular operation on 22 December, and is continuing stable operation. The facility, which is owned by its consolidated subsidiary Tokushima-Tsuda Biomass Power Plant G.K., is powered by wood pellets and palm kernel shells. The facility began operations in December 2023, but experienced operational problems the following year. RENOVA…

The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has launched its Solid Biomass Capacity Statement (SBCS) report. The objective of this report is to demonstrate the potential of the sector to deliver decarbonised heating solutions using solid (woody) biomass to a wide variety of heat users across the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. Speaking at the launch, Seán…

Anaergia’s Canadian subsidiary, Anaergia DB Inc., has entered into an integrated technology supply contract with PepsiCo Alimentos to provide its high-efficiency digestion technology and integrated biogas conditioning and upgrading technology at PepsiCo’s food production facility in Funza, part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá, Colombia. The biogas system supplied by Anaergia will convert approximately 50,000…

ADBA National Conference 2024 – Key takeaways By Dr Gareth Mottram, Policy Lead, ADBA On the new government’s vision Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, provided a fantastic keynote speech for the conference, explicitly proclaiming that the biogas/biomethane industry is an indispensable part of the… The post ADBA National Conference 2024 – Key takeaways appeared first on Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association.

Nordic energy company Gasum is expanding its biogas production portfolio with the acquisition of all shares in the Danish company Hærup Biogas ApS, which owns and operates a biogas plant in the northern part of mainland Denmark. Currently the plant mainly uses manure to produce approximately 40 GWh biogas which is used for power and…

Hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean electricity to the grid – enough clean electricity to power around 500,000 homes, according to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA). The closures have been revealed in a survey of…

Following consultation with the local community, ENGIE has submitted plans to East Riding of Yorkshire Council to develop an agricultural anaerobic digestion facility to the east of Long Lane near High Catton. The facility – which will sit alongside new woodland and hedgerow planting – will take agricultural feedstocks and wastes from local farms and…

Blackwood Technology BV (Blackwood), a torrefaction and carbonisation technology company, has announced the successful start of production of the first commercial FlashTor® black pellet plant in Lampang Province, Thailand. The plant is owned and operated by NT Biomass Products Company Limited (NTBC), a 100% subsidiary of TTCL Public Company Limited (TTCL). When fully ramped-up, it…

Severn Trent Green Power, the largest producer of renewable energy from food waste in the UK, has announced the appointment of Jonathon Wroe as its new managing director. Wroe brings over 30 years of experience in Severn Trent across multiple areas, having worked in operations, bioresources, and business transformation. He joins Green Power from a…

Simon Scott, export sales director at Balmoral Tanks, outlines why the time is ripe to grasp AD opportunities. A mix of federal and state incentives are creating a powerful argument to invest in anaerobic digestion (AD) capacity in the United States. Yet, today we see only a fraction of the potential uptake materialise. At first…