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Full-service upgrading solution first

DMT Environmental Technology has announced the launch of Total Solutions Provider (TSP) – an end-to-end project partnership that supports the customer from the moment biogas leaves the digester to when it’s injected directly into the grid

Plans announced for UK’s first commercial‐scale hydrothermal carbonisation facility

CPL Industries, a manufacturer of smokeless fuels and other carbon‐based products, has recently announced plans to install a commercial‐scale Hydothermal Carbonisation (HTC) facility at...

Optimising engines for biogas

Jarmo Vihersalo of ExxonMobil offers an overview of biogas generation, and some thoughts on running engines to optimise performance, an area where his own...

Sponsored content: Water removal technology increases biogas yields

If water, such as the moisture inherently present in biogas, enters a boiler or CHP engine it can decrease its efficiency, resulting in reduced...

Countdown to bio cash share

ENTREPRENEURS will find out in December if they have been successful in their bids for shares of a £2m cash pot set up to...
Activated sludge is the preferred option for treating sewage from large municipal areas.

Digesting the challenges

A panel session at July's AD & Biogas show explored some of the trade-offs involved in municipal wastewater treatment method selection

High performance analyser to be showcased at UK gas-to-grid event

Gas analysis technology manufacturer Geotech is to showcase an instrument optimised for the gas-to-grid space, BIOMETHANE 3000, at this year’s UK Biomethane Day...

“Breakthrough” three-in-one instrument for biogas measurement

Environmental and industrial measurement firm Vaisala has introduced what is said to be the world’s first in situ 3-in-1 biogas measurement instrument, the Vaisala...
The HRS Unicus Series of scraped surface heat exchangers are well suited to thermal hydrolysis

Thermal hydrolysis boosts biogas production

Thermal hydrolysis is a two-stage process combining high-pressure heat treatment of the feedstock followed by rapid decompression.
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Siloxane sentinel

As monitoring firm Safe Training Systems (STS) says, the production of biogas from wastewater AD ticks all the green eco boxes and has few objectors

The heat is on for AD plants

A few thoughts on the benefits and practicalities of using heat exchangers in wastewater AD, from Matt Hale of thermal technology expert HRS Heat...

Launch of World Biogas Association in Marrakesh

The World Biogas Association (WBA) has been launched at the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 22 at Marrakesh, Morocco, it was...

New method converts biogas to protein feed and bioplastic

Finnish research and technology firm VTT has developed a solution for converting even small sources of methane-rich biogas into raw materials for animal feed...

California utility selects thermal hydrolysis systems for biosolids digesters

San Francisco Public Utilities (SFPUC) has selected three Cambi thermal hydrolysis technology systems for new biosolids digester facilities. The technology will allow the SFPUC...

New biorefinery concept uses timber waste

GERMAN firm Pallmann Group, a manufacturer of innovative size reduction technology, is joining forces with Standard Bio, an expert in novel biomass conversion technologies,...

Dry AD firm enters the Chinese market

The delivery of two Kompogas digesters for a biogas plant in Chongqing appears to mark the successful entry of Zurich-based Hitachi Zosen Inova - and...

For AD plants, fast construction is now more important than ever

FOLLOWING DECC’s late July announcement of a consultation period on proposed changes to the feed-In tariff accreditation, it seems it will become all the...

Biogas trade association hosts side event at COP26, exploring short-lived climate pollutants

Three weeks away from the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), the World Biogas Association (WBA) is preparing to travel to Glasgow to represent...
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North Wales AD plant is first to obtain ABP approval

LODGE Farm Biogas Limited, whose farm is home to Fre-energy’s first Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant, has become the first on-farm AD facility to have...
AS eco-conscious businesses increasingly look to environmental heating systems, an enterprising company has responded by launching a service using its ISO containers to house boilers and fuel stores.

Self contained – House boilers and fuel stores in ISO containers

AS eco-conscious businesses increasingly look to environmental heating systems, an enterprising company has responded by launching a service using its ISO containers to house...