CleanWorld recently announced that it has begun construction on the UC Davis Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester (UC Davis READ) facility located at the former UC Davis landfill in Davis, Calif. The facility is expected to be operational in December.
Blue Sphere Corp. announced it has signed a binding memorandum of understanding for a landfill gas-to-energy project at the Akouedo Landfill in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The project will initially have 3 MW of capacity, later expanding to 6 MW.
On Sept. 12, the city council of St. Cloud, Fla., voted 3-to-2 to extend a deadline that will allow RenuEn Corp. to proceed with a proposed landfill gas project. The company has until Nov. 14 to meet a set of four requirements.
A new report from the International Energy Agency takes a global overview of biomass use in the industrial and transport sectors, identifying leading countries and the top 15 production companies in each sector.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that California's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program is constitutional, overturning a prior ruling that it violates interstate commerce laws. The court published its opinion on Sept. 18.
A proposed project in California that will produce advanced ethanol, renewable power and pipeline-quality biogas is one step closer to fruition. On Sept. 10, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors voted to approve seven resolutions for the project.
Ameresco Inc. recently joined with local California officials and energy industry leaders to commemorate the completion of its 1.4 megawatt (MW) landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) project at the Johnson Canyon Landfill in Gonzales, Calif.
The USDA has announced payments to biofuel producers under the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. USDA Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Doug O'Brien made the announcement Sept. 12 at the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo.
Together with the partner Domaix Energie in Alsace, Germany-based Weltec Biopower GmbH has started rolling out four agricultural biogas plant projects in France, including two 600 kilowatt (kW) plants, one 190 kW plant and a 255 kW facility.
EDF Renewable Energy has announced it has closed on the membership interest purchase agreement to acquire the Heartland Biogas Project with Heartland Renewable Energy LLC. Construction is underway on the 20 megawatt facility.
Nonprofit business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) has released a report that illustrates clean energy jobs in the second quarter of 2013 were up slightly when compared to the same period of last year.
RenuEn Corp.has announced the signing of a significant five-year agreement to purchase 3,750,000 gas gallon equivalent (GGE) from its St. Cloud compressed natural gas (CNG) facility, a landfill gas project.
Roughly 500 participants tuned into Biomass Magazine's webinar on Aug. 29 to learn how anaerobic digesters are being incorporated into U.S. college campuses. The event was sponsored by SeaHold and Team Biogas.
R.C. Costello & Associates Inc. and Zeton Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to provide a customized "end-to-end" solution from feasibility studies, process simulation, front end engineering to detailed design, procurement, and fabrication.
A new BioCNG filling station located at the Dane County, Wis.-based Rodefeld Landfill is turning even more trash into gas, with a recent expansion to more than double the production of compressed biogas and increase storage six-fold.
Pressure Technologies plc has announced that its Alternative Energy division, comprising Chesterfield BioGas Ltd., has secured two orders to supply biogas upgraders and ancillary equipment with a sales value of GBP 4.6 million ($7.17 million).
The European Union recently published its annual biofuels report for 2013 with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network, reporting that solid biomass will play an important role in meeting renewable targets.
DTE Gas, a subsidiary of DTE Energy Co., is providing pipeline-quality natural gas, which was converted from landfill gas, to its residential customers as part of its commitment to renewable energy.
The West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund is investing in a minimum of five dairy farms to generate electricity from anaerobic digestion (AD) technology in Pennsylvania's Cumberland County and Franklin County.
A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held for a 1.2 MW landfill gas project in Turkey, near the provincial capital Malatya, East Anatolian. The project will utilize a MWM TCG 2020 V12 genset, and is expected to be operational in October.
An anaerobic digester that will reuse waste from Michigan State University's farms and dining halls and create energy for several buildings on the south end of campus is now open for business. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was Aug. 13.
On Aug. 15, the USDA awarded more than $21 million in grant and loan funding to 631 projects under the Rural Energy for America Program, several of which include the installation of biomass boilers and anaerobic digestion systems.
During the second installment in Biomass Magazine's free webinar series, four companies provided progress reports on the construction of their respective biomass power, biogas, and advanced biofuel plants.
The U.S. EPA has updated its RE-Powering Mapping and Screening Tool, which is part of the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative. The tool lists thousands of potential sites for bioenergy and biofuels on contaminated land, landfill and mine sites.
The U.S. EPA has finalized the 2013 volume requirements for the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The final 2013 overall volumes and standards require 16.55 billion gallons of renewable fuels to be blended into the U.S. fuel supply.
Waste No Energy LLC, a company owned by RAKR Farms, has announced the development of a multi-million dollar anaerobic digester facility designed to renew energy and fuel the economy. The facility will begin generating power in December.
The Watertown Pollution Control Plant in northern New York is being modified to replace the existing sewage sludge incinerator with enhanced anaerobic digestion technology. The project is expected to save the city $250,000.
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