Biomass Anaerobic Digestion News

Using Anaerobic Biomass Digestion to Produce Hydrogen and Biofuel

For many years, hydrogen has been considered as an alternative to fossil fuels. Now, Scientists are aiming to develop an environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen from biomass by optimizing anaerobic digestion systems.1 Climate change, dwindling fuel resources and energy prices have spearheaded intensive efforts to detect and optimize alternative fuel options. As a ...

Oct. 12, 2017

By Edinburgh Sensors Ltd

DECC: Financial support for anaerobic digestion

The Government has announced ambitious plans to provide financial support for anaerobic digestion technologies through feed-in-tariffs (FITs) and the “world’s first” renewable heat incentive scheme. The schemes are designed to bring about a significant increase in the amount of locally produced green energy and help the UK meet its renewable energy targets. FITs is a financial support system ...

Feb. 2, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

UK reaches 100 anaerobic digestion plants milestone

The burgeoning anaerobic digestion (AD) industry in the UK has reached a “significant” milestone, as the number of AD plants outside of the water industry has passed 100 for the very first time. The official figures gathered by bioeconomy consultants NNFCC and WRAP, reveal that the number of AD plants in the UK has ...

Mar. 18, 2013

By NNFCC

Anaerobic Digestion Says: Waste to Energy and Biomass set to be the recipients of huge capital injections up to 2020

Cascadia Capital, specialist investment bankers, corroborate this view – They believe that technologies capable of converting municipal solid waste to energy are ready for commercialization and will replace incinerators and landfills as the primary option for municipal solid waste. So the opportunity for technologies such as AD and gasification are clear. But the challenge of providing ...

Feb. 3, 2012

By FC Business Intelligence

The Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show -- the Golden Gate to Biomass

With an abundance of biomass resources and renewable incentives, the Pacific West provides ample opportunities for developers. Attendees of the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show will have access to biomass industry stakeholders involved in every aspect of biomass-based power, thermal and biofuels. BBI International's Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show, produced ...

Oct. 27, 2011

ADI Systems Asia Pacific Discusses The Anaerobic Treatment Of Dairy Wastewater

Dr. Stefanie Tömmers of ADI Systems Asia Pacific presented a paper on the anaerobic treatment of dairy wastewater at the New Zealand Trade and Industrial Waste Forum held recently in Hamilton, New Zealand. Stefanie discussed issues related to the expanding dairy industry, including ...

May 2, 2014

By ADI Systems - a brand by Evoqua Water Technologies LLC

Biomass Capital Investment to Reach $33.7 Billion by 2015

Biomass, which is currently the leading source of renewable energy worldwide, is conducive to producing a wide variety of energy products including transportation fuels, bio-derived products such as plastics and chemicals, and electricity generation. While the biomass industry has waxed and waned with shifting government policies and mandates over the years, a recent report from Pike Research ...

Dec. 23, 2010

Rollcast Energy Project Awarded Woody Biomass Utilization Grant

Rollcast Energy, (www.RollcastEnergy.com), a developer of clean, renewable bioenergy projects, announced today that its Greenway Renewable Power project in LaGrange, GA has been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the US Forest Service Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program. "We're excited about the award and about working with the Forest ...

Aug. 9, 2012

GLV Inc. teams up with a world leader to market cutting edge anaerobic wastewater treatment equipment

Management of GLV Inc. (“GLV” or “the Company”; ticker symbols GLV.A, GLV.B / TSX) is pleased to announcethe creation of a North American joint venture with Hong Kong-based Global Water Engineering Limited (“Global Water Engineering”) to market some of this company’s technologies, notably its anaerobic digestion processes for the treatment of industrial wastewater and its energy production ...

Feb. 5, 2009

By Ovivo (Formerly Eimco Water Technologies)

GBP 4m to help make your business, school or hospital greener through bio-energy

Today further government funding becomes available for business and community organisations, such as schools and hospitals, to help towards the cost of buying and installing biomass-fuelled heating and combined heat & power projects in England. £4 million is available overall under Round 6 of the Bio-energy Capital Grants scheme, with grants up to £500,000 on offer to individual projects. ...

Dec. 17, 2009

Waste could fertilise food cost cuts

Researchers in the UK think they may have found a way to produce fertilisers that should cut farmers’ costs and at the same time boost some types of renewable energy. Their scheme, which involves using waste material from anaerobic digesters ...

Aug. 30, 2014

By Climate News Network

Biodiesel from microalgae: energy recovery and waste issues

A recent French study explores ways to maximise the potential of using microalgae to produce biofuels. This includes issues surrounding management of the algal biomass waste, the reuse of the nitrogen and phosphorus inputs as fertilisers in cultivated production and recovery of methane as an additional source of energy from the algal waste. Microalgae contain oils, or 'lipids', that can be ...

May 29, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

Additional support for UK energy from waste projects

The UK government announced additional funding of GBP 10 million for anaerobic digestion and waste infrastructure and a continued increase of GBP 8 per tonne per year to the standard rate of landfill tax up to 2013. These measures will encourage investment in sustainable waste management and will enable over 850,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent savings to be made each year. The 'Energy ...

Apr. 27, 2009

By Freesen & Partner GmbH

Dr. Binxin Wu, Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd. Presents CFD Simulation at CIGR-AgEng2012

Dr. Binxin Wu, CFD Engineer at Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd. (PMSL), was selected for an oral presentation on “CFD Simulation of Integrated Mechanical Mixing and Gas Sparging in Anaerobic Digesters” and a poster presentation on “A CFD ...

Aug. 7, 2012

By Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd

Global Water Engineering Ltd teams up with Glv Inc. to market its technologies in the North American market

Global Water Engineering Limited (“GWE”) is pleased to announce the creation of a North American joint venture with Canada-based GLV Inc. (listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange TSX; ticker symbols GLV.A & GLV.B) to market its anaerobic digestion processes for the treatment of industrial wastewater and its energy production technology using the biogas generated by the digestion of industrial ...

Feb. 2, 2009

By Global Water Engineering (GWE)

ADI Systems Asia Pacific Engaged by Wings to Design and Build Waste-to-Energy Plant in Jorong

ADI Systems Asia Pacific is pleased to announce a second engagement by Wings Corp for the design, construction, and installation of a waste-to-energy plant at its palm oil mill in Jorong, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The waste-to-energy plant will be built by PT Gawi Makmur Kalimantan. Biogas will be produced from the fermented Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) and ...

Jun. 1, 2015

By ADI Systems - a brand by Evoqua Water Technologies LLC

Scottish seaweed may help tackle climate change

Scotland’s seaweed could be the latest weapon in the fight against climate change, according to a new report commissioned by The Crown Estate and conducted by researchers at The Scottish Association for Marine Science. The report details the potential of farming marine algae to be used to produce biomass to heat homes and fuel transport while avoiding the problems associated with biofuels, such ...

Oct. 28, 2008

By The Crown Estate

Trojan technologies announces acquisition of Opencel

Today, the Trojan Technologies group of businesses acquired the business assets of OpenCEL of Glencoe, IL. OpenCEL is an environmental biotechnology company that offers a proprietary technology which significantly improves processing of wastewater biosolids. Utilized for pretreating wastewater sludge prior to anaerobic digestion, the technology employs high frequency electrical pulses to break ...

Oct. 26, 2011

By Trojan Technologies - a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation

Sustainable energy production and water reuse at VION

Colsen has assigned by HydroBusiness b.v. to construct a turn-key installation for the new waste water treatment plant for the production location of VION at the industrial estate area Ladonk in Boxtel (NL). Currently the detailed engineering is being finalized and construction preparations are being executed. The installation is planned to be in operation by the end of 2014. The sustainability ...

Feb. 4, 2014

By Colsen International b.v.

WINGS Corp Engages ADI Systems Asia Pacific To Design And Build Waste-To-Energy Plant

ADI Systems Asia Pacific is pleased to announce its association with Wings Corp for the design, construction, and installation of a waste-to-energy plant at their palm oil mill in Satui, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Wings began life over 60 years ago in East Java to become one of ...

Oct. 6, 2014

By ADI Systems - a brand by Evoqua Water Technologies LLC

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