Industrial Thermal Energy & District Heating

4 hours ago

Valmet to supply equipment to bioenergy heating plant in Finland

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, ThermalValmet will supply a flue gas condensing plant to Helen Ltd’s Vuosaari C bioenergy heating plant in Helsinki, Finland. At the facility, heat from flue gases will be recovered to increase district heat production by 69 megawatts (MW). READ MORE

7 hours ago

In Depth: Meeting in the Music City

BY Anna SimetFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, BiogasThe 13th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo drew nearly 900 attendees to Nashville, Tennessee. READ MORE

February 21, 2020

Minnesota bill aims to encourage alternative fuels, including RNG

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsLegislation recently introduced in Minnesota aims to establish a state regulatory policy allowing natural gas utilities to add alternative fuels, such as renewable natural gas and hydrogen gas, to their distributions systems. READ MORE

February 21, 2020

Smithfield, Roeslein increase investment in Missouri RNG projects

BY Smithfield Foods Inc. Found In:Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsSmithfield Foods Inc. and Roeslein Alternative Energy announced an additional $45 million investment in their Monarch Bioenergy joint venture, which captures methane from hog manure to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) in Missouri. READ MORE

February 20, 2020

USDA: Ag Innovation Agenda will benefit biofuels, bioenergy

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe USDA unveiled its Agriculture Innovation Agenda on Feb. 20. The initiative, in part, aims to support renewable fuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and biomass. This includes a goal to achieve market-driven blend rates of E30 by 2050. READ MORE

February 20, 2020

Brightmark to expand New York dairy biogas project

BY Brightmark Energy Found In:Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsBrightmark has expanded its Western New York dairy biogas project to partner with six total farms throughout the region. Including two new farms, the project will extract methane from 265,000 gallons of dairy manure per day and convert it into RNG. READ MORE

February 20, 2020

Xebec announces its first RNG infrastructure project in Canada

BY Xebec Adsorption Inc. Found In:Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsXebec Adsorption Inc. and Bähler Biogas Inc. have signed an agreement to develop an integrated facility in Quebec, Canada, to process various organic wastes for the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) and biofertilizer. READ MORE

February 19, 2020

Colorado bill aims to establish an RNG standard for gas utilities

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsLegislation recently introduced in the Colorado Senate aims to establish a renewable natural gas (RNG) standard that would require large gas utilities within the state to source a certain percentage of the fuel they supply from renewable resources. READ MORE

February 19, 2020

Biomass Heat Works calls for industry support by UK officials

BY Biomass Heat Works Found In:Pellets, Thermal, BiogasLeaders from the U.K.’s biomass heat industry have called on the chancellor for support ahead of the spring budget to help government meet heat decarbonisation targets, address climate change and deliver on its 30 million tree planting initiative. READ MORE