In UK a facility owned and operated by J V Energen (a joint venture between local farmers and the Duchy of Cornwall) opened the first commercial scale food waste biogas anaerobic…
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Biomethane from waste to be used as fuel for Carrefour lorries
Carrefour is developing a pilot project in the Lille region (France) to test lorries running on biomethane fuel produced from recycling biowaste from its stores. The project will be implemented…
GBEP and IRENA cooperating on the development of a Global Bioenergy Atlas
On the occasion of the 14th Steering Committee of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) held at FAO headquartes in Rome, under the reconfirmed chairmanship of Corrado Clini, Minister of Environment…
Rules for biomethane injection introduced by Flemish technical regulations for gas distribution
In Belgium, a recent amendment to the Technical Regulations Distribution Gas and Electricity by VREG, the Flemish Energy Market Regulator, introduced rules for the injection of biomethane into the gas…
Large-scale biogas plant planned in Pakistan’s dairy area with support by IFC
On 14 November the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank (IFC) announced its support to the development of a waste to energy biogas project in the area of Karachi,…
Biograce project extends its GHG calculation tool to gaseous and solid biomass
The BioGrace project has been granted another 3-year-period by Intelligent Energy Europe. In the project BioGrace I which run from 2010 to 2012, a greenhouse gas calculation tool was…
Malaysia biomass industry building on momentum of keen industry players
The Malaysian government announced in August this year in its Budget 2013 an additional allocation of MYR 2 billion for the Green Technology Financing Scheme (GTFS), a scheme to…
Sustainability of bioenergy – trade and market issues
Biomass (solid, liquid and gaseous) is considered to play a key role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the energy supply diversity and security. In terms…
Sugarcane for bioenergy in Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a key testing ground for the future global bio-economy, as it lies at the heart of the “biomass-poverty belt,” i.e. the tropical and sub-tropical regions of…
EuroBioRef – designing the next generation of European biorefineries
With the depletion of the fossil and natural resources and the need to shift to resource efficiency in developing a sustainable bio-economy is a key strategic priority for Europe.…
