US
Apple to expand fuel cell facility for data centre
Friday, 07 December 2012 Robin WhitlockThe company is planning to upgrade the landfill gas powered facility at its Maiden data centre from 4.8MW to 10MW
US
MassDEP encourages increased use of organics for renewable energy
Thursday, 06 December 2012 Robin WhitlockMassachusetts waste rules amended to encourage composting and renewable energy production
Germany
German biogas market slumps in contrast to Europe
Wednesday, 05 December 2012 Robin WhitlockEuropean biogas market will grow in countries such as the UK, Italy and France, but the German market has slumped in comparison
JRC reconsiders ‘End-of-Waste’ proposals after European lobbying
Friday, 30 November 2012 Robin WhitlockJoint Research Committee will now put on hold testing widely considered to be expensive and burdensome
New edition of industry-leading cost calculator launched for AD industry
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 REMBioeconomy Consultants NNFCC has published a new edition of the UK’s leading anaerobic digestion (AD) cost calculator
Europe
Biofuels U-turn threatens Europe’s biogas lead
Thursday, 27 September 2012 REMThe European Commission’s U-turn on biofuels policy harshly threatens Europe’s worldwide market leadership in biogas production, the European Biogas Association (EBA) said today.
United Kingdom
Organic recycling association joins REA
Friday, 07 September 2012 REM Members of the UK’s Association for Organics Recycling have voted to strengthen advocacy for organic wastes sector and integrate the organisation into the Renewable Energy Association. The move sees...
WelTec BioPower enters biogas market in Poland
Thursday, 30 August 2012 REMWelTec BioPower has begun construction of a 2.4 MW biogas plant in Darżyno, Pomerania, Poland, it's first in the nation.
United Kingdom
EU funding allocated to train up employees in biogas sector
Friday, 20 July 2012 REM The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has been successful in a bid to manage a €76,000 (£60,000) biogas training programme. The programme – ‘Advanced Biogas Learning in Europe’ (ABLE) – wi...
Swiss soldiers to benefit from biogas heating
Monday, 16 July 2012 REM Germany’s Weltec Biopower has started building a biogas plant with an electrical output of 370 kW in Bure in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The plant‘s entire heat surplus will be used t...
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
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