Bioenergy

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.

Snam and SOCAR have signed a cooperation agreement to study the development of renewable gases and use of sustainable energy, with a view to their delivery through the Southern Gas Corridor including Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in the future.

WELTEC BIOPOWER, a company which manufactures biogas, will present its anaerobic digestion plants for industrial and municipal use at the IFAT trade fair for environmental technologies, held in Munich, Germany, from 4 to 8 May 2020.

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has announced support for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) new Incentive Reservation System for the CPUC biomethane monetary incentive programme in California, US.