Diaper waste solution wins global green start-up award
A clean fuel start-up from Kenya has won the latest ClimateLaunchpad, a global green start-up competition. The start-up, Leafy Ke, which converts used diapers...
Streamlined process converts woody biomass into biofuel, says Berkeley group
Teams from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories have collaborated to develop what they claim is a streamlined and efficient...
Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory...
Several European countries who are considered leaders in climate protection owe their apparently good emission reductions to biomass. These might turn out to look...
UK’s first compostables-specific sorting line
Recycling firm Paper Round has announced the commissioning of a new sorting line at its facility in Essex for the Vegware compostable catering disposables...
Sponsored content: CHP support halves bills
Gas engine support specialist Gen-C has helped on-farm AD operator Springvale Energies break free from a monthly CHP service contract.
Bioconversion gains traction
Envirotec looks at recent developments with biorefining and converting biomass into useful chemicals or renewable fuels
Improved aerobic digester targets organic content in co-mingled waste
Advetec, a UK specialist in the treatment of solid and liquid organic waste, has launched a new, enhanced version of its high temperature aerobic...
Councils could begin charging for garden waste, according to survey
More than a third (36%) of environmental services managers in councils, local authorities, government or infrastructure agencies rank ‘mounting environmental responsibilities’ among the three...
Promising results claimed for in-flight use of pure sustainable aviation fuel in a passenger...
Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided...
Event to showcase biomass benefits for businesses
Businesses and organisations interested to hear how biomass could reduce their energy costs, lower their carbon emissions and help them move away from a...
Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group
"Appropriate management of all organic wastes must be enabled NOW if the world is to meet Paris Agreement targets", urges biogas trade body in...
Utility-university partnership to fine tune AD
A partnership between University of York researchers and Yorkshire Water (YW) will work to optimise next-generation anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities .
Biodegradable tree guards reduce environmental impact
A new range of biodegradable guards will help to reduce the environmental impact of planting new whips while improving landscape management, says the firm...
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...
Business rates are an unacceptable threat for anaerobic digestion operators, say industry leaders
And they will affect the UK's ability to meet its Net Zero targets
With charges escalating year on year, business rates are now a real...
The logistics of salmon waste
With aquaculture production sites widely dispersed throughout remote parts of Scotland's Highands and Islands, the logistics of fish waste collection and treatment is always going to be difficult... or is it? Pumps and mixers expert Landia presents its own experience in the following case study article
AD and Biogas Industry Awards 2020 finalists announced
The finalists for this year's AD and Biogas Industry Awards have been announced. Run by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) and the...
AD a key player in GHG mitigation, says report from biogas trade group
Anaerobic digestion (AD) could help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10% by 2030, reveals a report recently published by the World Biogas Association (WBA).
Biomethane still ahead, for greening transport
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) marked Clean Air Day on 20 June by highlighting the important contribution to be made by biogas and biomethane from AD, when it comes to cutting our carbon emissions and greening our transport network .
Making haste, not waste
Envirotec asks QUBE Renewables about the challenges of deploying small-scale, local biogas energy generating systems, with particular emphasis on a recent project to convert rice straw to biogas in the Philippines .
