Bioenergy

Greenlane Renewables is set to upgrade dairy farm systems to supply biogas to the local Californian network in the US.

SoCalGas, PG&E and Opus 12 have stated that they have advanced their new technology which converts CO2 from raw biogas into renewable natural gas.

Neste’s new project will research and develop sustainable alternatives that could reduce the reliance on crude oil for transportation fuels and chemical and polymer production.

Biogest has received two extension orders for plants in the UK, which includes the rebuilding and repurposing of the plants.

Global Clean Energy Holdings has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ for the revamp of a refinery to produce renewable fuel.

EIA has stated that biomass-based diesel imports in the US have increased due to renewable fuel programmes and standards.

According to the EIA, renewable energy consumption in the US has overtaken coal for the first time in 130 years.

Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd have signed an agreement to cooperate on a carbon neutral synthetic biogas production project in Finland.

FortisBC and REN Energy International Corporation have signed an agreement to help provide Renewable Natural Gas to customers in British Columbia, Canada.

Sulzer Chemtech is set to lead a team which will look into the application and development of bio-based chemicals and renewables through the conversion of renewable feedstocks into oleo-chemicals, biofuels, bio-chemicals and bio-polymers.

Valmet will convert the ignite-fired boiler in Zespól Elektrowni Patnów-Adamów-Konin SA's power plant into a biomass-fired boiler.

Biogest has received its first order to build an agricultural biogas plant near Ankara in Turkey, in cooperation with Enerlinc Ltd.

Three new biofertilizer-biogas facilities will be built in the Zachodniopomorskie region about 100 km off the coast of the Baltic Sea, Poland.

According to the Diesel Technology Forum, states in the US that have enacted greenhouse gas emissions reduction programmes for the transportation sector, including low-carbon fuel requirements, are realising significant reductions in CO2 emissions.

FORGE has announced investment from Shell Ventures and Valent Low-Carbon Technologies to build biofuel production plant in Sombra, Ontario, Canada.