| $400 Billion US Farm Bill A Boon to Bioenergy Production A $400 billion farm bill passed by the United States Congress last week is a boon to the bioenergy field, reauthorizing several longstanding programs and establishing an Interagency Biogas Opportunities Task Force to coordinate policies and programs to accelerate biogas research and investment. | United Kingdom BayWa r.e. Sells British Biomethane Plant to JLEN BayWa r.e. has sold its biomethane plant located in Nottinghamshire, about 25 miles southeast of Sheffield. The plant was BayWa r.e.’s first biomethane plant to be installed in the UK. Co-developed with AcrEnergy Ltd. and EPC-packaged by BayWa r.e back in 2016, it has now been sold to the environmental infrastructure investment fund John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited. | UK Minister hints at commitment to mandatory universal food waste collections for biogas production Investment Minister Graham Stuart MP has given the UK Government’s strongest hint yet that its forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy will “require separate food waste collections” to reduce emissions from landfill and produce renewable energy and natural fertiliser through anaerobic digestion (AD). | Biofuels Fulcrum BioEnergy Selects Indiana for New BioFuels Plant Biogas ADBA welcomes UK Government commitment to separate food waste collections in Resources & Waste Strategy Hurtigruten to Power Cruise Ships with Dead Fish World Biogas Association (WBA) to launch report on the global market potential of biogas Skangas is Renamed Gasum Electric/Hybrid Sophus3 statistics chart UK electric vehicle growth in 2018 New Report Analyzes Market for Electric and Hybrid Vessels Sweden NEVS aiming to be first company in the world to help reduce cars on the road through car sharing Emily Folk Can Renewable Energy Solve the Global Water Crisis? Energy saving Highview Power’s Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) named Technology of the Year by BusinessGreen Magazine Ofgem clarification removes barrier to battery storage for 900,000 solar homes “Sun in a Box” Would Store Renewable Energy for the Grid Geothermal Scotland Glasgow Geothermal Project Heats Up with First Borehole NREL Expands Research in Geothermal and Solar Desalination Panorama AleaSoft Analyzes Italian Electricity Market Australia Confidence in Australian clean energy investment is high, but policy void hurting long-term prospects finds CEC UN Climate Talks End With Agreement on Universal Emissions Rules Singapore Neste Strengthens its Global Position in Renewable Products with Major Investment in Singapore PV India REC solar panels bring clean energy to remote Himalayan communities Time for Solar to go Solo According to North Wales Renewable Energy Expert Solar Frontier Americas Acquires Mustang Two Solar Project Government confirms closure of export payment for new solar generators as Greenpeace and STA protest Wind Brazil Casa dos Ventos places order for 151 MW Vestas turbines in Brazil Vineyard Wind Nears Final Stage in Permitting Process Alpha Offshore Provides Boost to Sparrows Group France ENGIE and EDPR partner with Sumitomo to develop offshore wind projects at Yeu-Noirmoutier and Dieppe-Le Tréport AT&T Harnessing the Strong Winds of Renewable Energy Russia Siemens Gamesa signs second order with Enel for Russian wind farm Agenda 3rd Annual Power Tech Africa 2019 Scottish Renewables Annual Conference ICSD 2019 : 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development |