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Brazil has changed its National Biofuel Policy Act to ensure independent producers of biomass used for biofuels benefit from Decarbonisation Credits (CBIOs). The Law changes the existing Renovabio framework, in which only biofuel producers had access to revenue generated by the sale of CBIOs. The new wording establishes that such revenue be shared with the…

Dark Green Group, an independent renewables developer, has unveiled plans to be the first company in the UK to build a fleet of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in urban locations. It is developing up to 12 AD plants over the next five years, on urban industrial sites, which together could process over 700,000 tonnes of…

MEMBER PRESS RELEASE – More to corrugated tubes than meets the eye By Matt Hale, Global Key Account Director, HRS Heat Exchangers HRS Heat Exchangers are well known for producing compact, reliable heat exchanger solutions which offer exceptional levels of heat transfer and energy efficiency. The key to this is our use of corrugated tubes… The post MEMBER PRESS RELEASE – More to corrugated tubes than meets the eye appeared first on Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association.

Maurice Markerink, managing director of EnviTec Plant Construction, and Stefan Laumann, head of gas upgrading go into detail about the EnviThan gas upgrading system. EnviTec – a family-owned business – is Germany’s largest biogas producer, as it owns and operates 80 plants there and 7 abroad. It covers the entire value chain for biogas production,…

Petrobras launched its first call for proposals for the acquisition of biomethane on 6 January. The company said this initiative is aligned with its objectives of decarbonising its operations and performing with a robust and competitive portfolio of gas offerings with products containing a lower carbon footprint. The initiative foresees the receipt of offers for…

Kanadevia Inova, a global leader in solutions for the energy transition and circular economy, has announced the acquisition of London-based Iona Capital Limited (ICL), along with a portfolio of 11 renewable gas plants in the UK and a substantial pipeline of projects globally. The acquisition accelerates the evolution of the Kanadevia Inova business beyond a…

CM Biomass has appointed Simon Plagborg as its new CEO, effective today (6 January). Since December, Ask Michael Munck has been the interim CEO for CM Biomass, one of the world’s largest suppliers of wood pellets and biomass. Ask Michael Munck will reassume his position as Group CFO at CM Biomass. “We were looking for…

Balti Biometaan OÜ and OÜ Selja are planning to build a modern green gas plant in the Selja area of Estonia. The aim of the project is to produce biogas from local raw materials (biodegradable waste, waste of agricultural origin and biomass of various origins), purify green carbon dioxide from it, and obtain biomethane as…

Dairygold Co-operative Society has received planning permision approval for a biomass plant in Mitchelstown, County Cork in Ireland. The works will involve a single-storey woodchip boiler building, with a parapet height of 16.236 metres, and a stack height of 24.735 metres above ground level. Over 30 conditions accompany the planning permission – including limiting the…

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…