Tag: biogas

Scania’s new biogas engines bring 5% fuel savings

Scania’s new biogas engines bring 5% fuel savings

February 13, 2024 |

In Sweden, Scania first hinted about its new biogas engines at last year’s IAA fair, but when the state-of-the-art engines arrived they came with a twist – they are now paired with two-thirds of the successful Super-based powertrain. The well-composed and harmonized trio – the new biogas engines plus the G25 gear-boxes and axles from […]

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Indian Biogas Association says $36B in compressed biogas investment possible

Indian Biogas Association says $36B in compressed biogas investment possible

February 12, 2024 |

In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Indian Biogas Association says that by investing $36 billion in compressed biogas, the country could reduce its natural gas imports by 12 million metric tons annually. To make the investments viable, especially for bulking biomass feedstocks such as rice straw, the IBA says the government needs […]

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Pakistan’s largest biogas plant opens in Gujjar Colony

Pakistan’s largest biogas plant opens in Gujjar Colony

February 10, 2024 |

In Pakistan, The Express Tribune reported that the biggest biogas plant of Pakistan was inaugurated in Gujjar Colony. The compressed biogas plant has the capacity to produce 600 cubic meters of gas daily. As much as 1,600 kilograms of dung would be used in the biogas plant daily to produce 16,000kg of organic fertilizer, according […]

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Gasum invests to expand biogas plant in Finland

Gasum invests to expand biogas plant in Finland

February 10, 2024 |

In Finland, Finnish energy company Gasum has decided to invest $ 8.08 million in a project aimed at expanding and enhancing the current biogas plant in Riihimäki, Finland.  Operational since 2016, the plant contributes around 45 gigawatt hours (GWh) of biomethane annually to the gas transmission network, meeting industrial and transportation needs for renewable energy, […]

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Thames Water to heat West London homes with sewage sludge-based biogas

Thames Water to heat West London homes with sewage sludge-based biogas

January 23, 2024 |

In the UK, Thames Water has announced sewage sludge will be used to heat homes in West London early this year, after successfully delivering its second gas-to-grid (G2G) project, at its Mogden Sewage Treatment Works (STW). The success of the gas-to-grid model established at Deephams STW in North London in 2021, where biogas is converted […]

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Genia Bioenergy signs biogas deal in western Romania

Genia Bioenergy signs biogas deal in western Romania

January 15, 2024 |

In Spain, Spanish company Genia Bioenergy has signed the construction of a biogas plant for the municipality of Seleuș, in western Romania. The purpose of this plant is to offer a sustainable solution to the management of 60,000 tons of livestock and agricultural waste per year through the generation of renewable energy from which both […]

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The Alfa initiative opens call for advice for biogas projects in the livestock sector

The Alfa initiative opens call for advice for biogas projects in the livestock sector

January 3, 2024 |

In Spain, Interempresas reported that Alfa, an initiative funded by the European Union that aims to establish and accelerate biogas solutions in the livestock sector, has announced an open and free call to provide comprehensive support to projects that want to implement biogas technologies in Spain. This call offers ranchers, associations and energy communities the […]

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Bioenergy Iberica develops biogas plant from cheese production waste

Bioenergy Iberica develops biogas plant from cheese production waste

January 1, 2024 |

In Spain, Residuos Profesional reported that Bioenergy Ibérica, a company specialized in the construction of renewable energy projects and waste management, has built a biogas plant in the facilities of the Queizuar cheese factory, in the town of Bama, in A Coruña region. The plant, which will be inaugurated in early 2024, will generate 3,000,000 […]

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South Korea to produce biogas from organic waste resources

South Korea to produce biogas from organic waste resources

January 1, 2024 |

In Korea, the Korea Herald reported that the Ministry of Environment said it will require industries that are heavy producers of organic waste resources to transition to the production of biogas starting December 31, 2023. According to the Environment Ministry’s biogas law, public and private industries that generate organic waste such as livestock manure and […]

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Regulator approves new waste-to-energy plant in Australia

Regulator approves new waste-to-energy plant in Australia

December 30, 2023 |

In Australia, K Rock reported that the environmental watchdog has approved an application for a waste to energy plant in Anakie, Australia. According to the report, Pavilion Biogas Pty Ltd wants to build the facility on Carrs Road to create organic fertilizer and biogas fuel. The facility will be based between two broiler farms on […]

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