Biomethane, produced from non-food sources for use as a transportation fuel, features in Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO)’s 2011 annual report. The German energy company says that when used as a fuel biomethane, branded as Verbiogas, reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to petrol and is the most efficient biofuel with the highest energy density. VERBIO [...]
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UK Dept for Transport Funding Includes Biomethane-Powered Buses
March 24, 2012 – 5:25 pm
United Kingdom
Local Transport Minister Norman Baker of the United Kingdom’s Department for Transport (DfT) has approved a package of improvements that will see more eco-friendly buses on England’s roads, including buses operating on biomethane. Following a two month bidding process the department has provided funding of more than GBP 22 million (USD 35 million) for 439 new [...]
VERBIO Turns Straw to Biomethane for Transport Fuel
March 18, 2012 – 1:29 am
Germany, Leipzig
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO) has opened what is said to be the world’s first industrial straw processing plant for the production of biomethane in Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt. Marketed as verbiogas, the fuel is produced from agricultural residue, with VERBIO consciously refusing to use raw materials which could otherwise be used for food production. The DBFZ [...]
Solaris CNG Buses Bound for Lithuania
March 14, 2012 – 11:10 am
Poland, Owińska
European bus manufacturer Solaris Bus and Coach SA, located in Owińska, Poland, has been selected by the city of Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, to supply 24 Solaris Urbino 12 CNG (compressed natural gas) buses. These standard-length low-floor city buses will enter service for municipal operator Kauno Autobusai by the end of April 2012. The buses were [...]
Cenex Reports on Biomethane Coca-Cola Trial
March 10, 2012 – 12:23 pm
United Kingdom
CENEX, the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for low carbon vehicle technologies, has released the results of the year-long trial running a biomethane-powered vehicle with Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE). Driven by a desire to produce a step change reduction in fleet carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) contracted Cenex to evaluate and compare the emissions, [...]
Project to Test Commercial Viability of Converting Waste Water to Biomethane
March 9, 2012 – 7:49 am
Spain, Madrid
Water management company Aqualia Gestion Integral del Agua SA of Madrid (Aqualia) has announced plans to launch a commercial-scale demonstration scheme with European partners, using waste water to farm algae and harvest biomethane and biodiesel for use a transportation fuel. Print PDF
GreenGasGrids Website Aims to Boost Biomethane Production
March 2, 2012 – 2:58 am
Europe
A new website describes the activities of GreenGasGrids, a 3-year European project funded by the Intelligent Energy for Europe (IEE) programme with the aim to boost the European biomethane market. The project will run until mid 2014 and is co-ordinated by the German Energy Agency dena. The project’s consortium consists of 13 European partners, including [...]
Major UK Supermarket Orders Dual-Fuel Systems After Successful Trial
March 1, 2012 – 10:13 pm
United Kingdom
UK-based dual-fuel combustion technology developer Clean Air Power has won a new order from supermarket chain Sainsbury’s PLC for 14 units of its Genesis Edge Dual-Fuel system. The order is worth £0.4m (USD 0.63 million). The retro-fit system, which can be installed on customers’ existing vehicles, will reduce CO2 emissions and fuel costs in comparison [...]
Sugarcane Residue May Be a Sweet Source of Biomethane for Indian Fleets
February 26, 2012 – 1:31 am
India, Pune
Methane extracted from sugarcane residue and converted into bio-CNG (biomethane or renewable natural gas) is available in India but is not recognised as a vehicle fuel by India’s Ministry for Road Transport and Highways. Now the Ministry is considering a proposal seeking permission to conduct tests on commercial vehicles running on the sugarcane-derived energy source, [...]
Fraunhofer Delivers Biomethane Fuel from Market Waste
February 10, 2012 – 2:17 pm
Germany, Stuttgart
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart have developed a new facility that ferments waste from wholesale fruit and vegetable markets, university cafeterias and canteens, to make biomethane, which can be compressed into high-pressure cylinders and used as fuel. In early 2012, the researchers will begin operating a pilot [...]
Second Biogas Upgrading Plant Order for Xebec in South Korea
January 25, 2012 – 7:24 pm
Canada, Montreal
Xebec Adsorption Inc., a provider of biogas upgrading, natural gas and hydrogen purification solutions for the clean energy market, has been awarded a $2.2 million contract to supply a biogas upgrading plant for a waste to energy project located in South Korea. The order was placed by Potlatch Inc., a Korean developer and operator of [...]
Cornerstone Recognised for Role in Landfill Biogas-to-CNG Vehicle Fuel Project
January 23, 2012 – 7:26 pm
USA, Baltimore MD
Cornerstone Environmental Group, LLC, an environment-focused engineering consultancy, is part of a team that received a 2011 Project of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Rodefeld Landfill BioCNG Vehicle Fuel Project as part of the Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP). The award was presented during the 15th Annual LMOP [...]
Energy Vision Hails Surrey’s Move Toward Sustainable Future
January 20, 2012 – 2:05 pm
USA and Canada
“Surrey will have a refuse and recycling fleet by 2014 powered … by a renewable form of natural gas [biomethane] made from the city’s own wastes.” Surrey, the second largest city in the Canadian province of British Columbia, is implementing a ground-breaking municipal waste management and transportation initiative as part of its sustainable future plans. Their [...]
Ireland’s Bord Gáis Funds Research into Biomethane as Transport Fuel
January 9, 2012 – 6:45 pm
Ireland
“Biomethane is far superior to first generation liquid biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel – Dr Jerry Murphy, ERI Ground-breaking research into the use of renewable gas at University College Cork’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Ireland has received an EUR 0.25 million (USD 0.318 million) boost for 2012. The initiative which involves minority funding [...]
GasHighWay Reaches Out to 2050
December 21, 2011 – 5:41 pm
Europe
The GasHighWay Route to 2050 – 1 March 2012, Brussels, Belgium “The GasHighWay route to 2050 – The alternative way for sustainable mobility today” is organised by the GasHighWay project and NGVA Europe and will take place on Thursday 1 March 2012 at the Diamant Conference Centre in Brussels, Belgium. The event will address the [...]
