Sunday, 20 May 2012
Omega-3 fish oil by-products found to benefit biogas output
Friday, 11 May 2012 REM Researchers at Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest university, have found that by-products from the production of omega-3 fish oil in combination with cattle manure can be gainfully used to produce bio...
United States
New York state's largest on-farm, co-digestion biogas goes live
Tuesday, 01 May 2012 REM US Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined state and local officials today at the grand opening of New York state's largest on-farm, 'co-digestion' biogas power project, marking an important boost to the...
United States
New biogas systems manufacturing plant to create 125 jobs in Florida
Tuesday, 10 April 2012 Toby Price 2G Group is riding high, after a successful 2011 with results exceeding all expectations, and the announcement of a new manufacturing plant for biogas CHP power generation systems in the USA, creating...
Australia
Pig farms become less stinky down under
Friday, 02 March 2012 Toby Price Smelling a pig farm long before seeing it may become a thing of the past in Australia, as farmers turn to biogas production to generate additional revenues and produce clean energy. They are being hel...
Cuba
Experts sees future in biogas
Monday, 27 February 2012 Toby Price During an event organised by the Cuban Society for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Environmental Respect last week, experts concurred that biogas obtained from the anaerobic digestion of...
Fraunhofer turns brown bananas and squashed tomatoes into useful biogas
Thursday, 16 February 2012 REM Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries – to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. However, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial...
Europe
EC proposes strategy for sustainable bioeconomy in Europe
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 REM The European Commission has adopted a strategy to shift the European economy towards greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources. The plans include converting waste streams into bio-energy...
Positive conclusions from Italian biomass pyrolysis research
Wednesday, 08 February 2012 REM The European Union has been promoting the study and development of gasification and pyrolysis of biomass for over 25 years, in order to achieve the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Now, Maim ...
Ireland
Irish biogas research fuelled by new funding
Monday, 09 January 2012 REM Ground-breaking research into the use of renewable gas at University College Cork’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Ireland has received a €0.25 million boost for 2012. The initiative wh...
Nepal
Mountain kingdom exports biogas expertise
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 Toby Price The Himalayan nation of Nepal has found it has become an expert in using cow dung to produce biogas, and is now sharing its knowledge with other countries around the world. It has installed over 200,0...
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