Bioenergy News / Green Hydrogen

Alfa Laval has joined the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative of companies with a long-term goal of utilizing hydrogen to foster the clean energy transition for a better, more sustainable future. Alfa Laval is now one of about 140 companies from across the globe representing the entire hydrogen value chain.

The Spanish Cabinet, on the proposal of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO), has ratified the Biogas Roadmap. The document identifies the challenges and opportunities for the development of this renewable...

Professionals in the field of biogas, biomethane and other renewable gases are looking forward to the most important events of 2022, the 2nd Renewable Gas Exhibiton and the 15th International Bioenergy Congress, which will take place in Valladolid, on October 5 and 6. The events are being organised by AVEBIOM, together with technology partner, AEBIG.

Spain’s Third Vice President of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, inaugurated the first industrial renewable hydrogen plant in the country today. The plant is located in Lloseta (Mallorca), and it has been developed within the Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca project that is led by Enagás and ACCIONA Energía, in partnership with CEMEX and IDAE.

The European Commission communication REPowerEU released today is a decisive step towards the rapid development of the biomethane industry in Europe.  “Europe needs to urgently diversify and reduce its dependence on Russian gas whilst stepping up on...

Veolia participa en Power-to-Liquid, un proyecto para transformar el CO2 derivado de residuos municipales en combustibles de aviación sostenibles en Portugal

La tecnología Delta Blower de Aerzen presente en la planta piloto de producción de energía mediante el uso de pilas de combustible del proyecto Grasshopper de Abengoa

Braskem, la mayor productora de resinas termoplásticas de América y de polipropileno de Estados Unidos, y  Veolia Brasil han firmado un acuerdo para producir energía renovable a partir de vapor de biomasa de eucalipto en el estado brasileño de Alagoas. Con una inversión de 68,2 millones de euros, ambas compañías generarán,  aproximadamente, 900.000 toneladas de vapor al año. 

Reganosa will test new green hydrogen production and storage technologies in Spain through waste recovery

TotalEnergies and Veolia have signed an agreement to produce biomethane from Veolia waste and water treatment facilities operating in more than 15 countries

Aqualia ha sido seleccionada para liderar Zeppelin y Eclosion, dos nuevos proyectos españoles de innovación, enmarcados en el programa Misiones del CDTI (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación). Ambos proyectos se centran en el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías para la obtención de hidrógeno verde, con el objetivo de mejorar la sostenibilidad ambiental de la industria en España.

Biomethane industry sets 1st of its kind European Network to facilitate tracking of renewable gas certificates

Repsol e Iberia realizan el primer vuelo con biocombustible producido en España con residuos

Fruit tree grubbing waste a potentially significant resource for the bioeconomy

Europe should recognize green gas among the solutions to avoid future gas price increase

El MITECO saca a información pública el sistema de garantías de origen para los gases renovables

Repsol produces Spain's first aviation biofuel from waste | FuturENVIRO | REPSOL

Petronor produces biofuel from waste for aviation for the first time in Spain

European Green Deal: Commission proposes transformation of EU economy and society to meet climate ambitions

TotalEnergies and Veolia have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to develop a four-year research project at the La Mède biorefinery, operated...

GRUPO HUNOSA promotes Biomass Technology and Business Hub in Asturias

Mega project will generate clean energy to the state of Roraima with less dependability on diesel-operated thermal plants in the region. WEG just announced the signing of a contract with OXE Energia for the supply...

For the first time in the history of Spanish legislation, the Bill sets out limitations on single-use plastics. It establishes restrictions on the use of such plastics for certain products, a tax to prevent...

Greene Waste to Energy is now working as the scientific and technological coordinator of a project for the production and storage of renewable energy from waste. The Almagreen project will study the recovery of...

Repsol se une a Enerkem y Agbar para construir una planta de valorización de residuos en Tarragona

NGOs and aviation sector call for long-haul emissions to be covered by EU’s Sustainable Aviation Fuels mandate

España cuenta con 433 redes de calor con biomasa que suponen cerca de 383 MW de potencia térmica instalada

ACCIONA and Plug Power Inc., a global leader in hydrogen fuel cell systems and fueling solutions, announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to launch a 50-50 joint-venture (JV) headquartered in Madrid. The...

Two projects in the city of Albacete will see Naturgy, through its distribution subsidiary Nedgia, inject 34 GWh of renewable biomethane per annum into the city’s gas network, as part of the "Albacete Green...

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has opened the public information and consultation period for the first Circular Economy Action Plan 2021-2023. The consultation period will close on 26 February. The...

Carburos Metálicos, a leading Spanish company specialising in the industrial and medical gases sector, belongs to the Air Products Group. The company will build and operate a facility for the recovery, purification and reuse...

URBASER’s participation as coordinator of this European project is in line with the company's commitment to the quest for solutions that promote the circular economy and contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 12. Urbaser, a...

Ferrovial Services, a leading international provider of services to cities and infrastructures, has partnered with Waga Energy, a specialist in landfill biogas recovery, to produce biomethane from the biogas generated at the Can Mata...

ACCIONA has developed GreenH2chain®, the world's first platform based on blockchain technology that guarantees the renewable origin of green hydrogen. This new tool will also allow clients to verify the transportation and delivery process of...

Repsol has produced a batch of biofuel, a sustainable fuel for aviation, at its industrial complex in Tarragona. This is the second batch of this type produced in Spain.

Los dos proyectos de biomasa propuestos por AVEBIOM podrían movilizar 1000 millones de euros del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.

During the public consultation period, AVEBIOM presented submissions on the draft Ministerial Order which regulates the auction system for renewable energy electricity generation and the corresponding schedule for the period 2020-2025. The Association proposed...

Biomass is currently amongst the renewable resources with the greatest potential. The use of biomass has risen significantly in recent years due to the upsurge of non-polluting energies and this growth is driving not...

The European Commission has provided grant aid to the LIFE-ECOdigestion 2.0 project (LIFE19 ENV/ES/000098) for the development of a tool to promote the circular economy in the wastewater treatment sector. It will do so...

The planet is now facing major challenges associated with our current way of life, including demographic growth, waste management and the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions. In light of these and other problems, the...

The microbiota is the set of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, etc.) that live in a particular environment. Our digestive system benefits from its presence, as these microorganisms produce energy and vitamins and help absorb calcium...

Influenced by this technological reality in Europe and the foreseeable influx of funds associated with “green reconstruction”, several renewable gas projects are being undertaken in Spain. Practically all agro-industrial biogas plants, landfills, large WWTPs...

IRODDI (Innovative Refining process for valorization of vegetable Oil Deodorizer DIstillates) is a new project funded by the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme...

In autumn 2020, WELTEC BIOPOWER starts building a biogas plant in South Korea. The plant is being set up in the province of Gyeonggi-do, some 60 km north of Seoul, and will transform biogas...

The company is firmly committed to the vitally important objective of decarbonising the Spanish energy model. This commitment is underlined by the six renewable power plant projects currently underway in five Andalusian provinces. The...

Food waste recycler Andigestion’s Holsworthy site in Devon has become only the third plant in the UK to achieve certification under a new scheme which recognises good operational, environmental and health & safety performance. Holsworthy recycles...

On the proposal of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO), the Spanish Cabinet sent the first draft of the Climate Change and Energy Transition Bill (PLCCTE) to the Spanish Parliament on...

Gestamp Biomass and FPT Energia e Ambiente have developed two biomass power plants located in Fundão and Viseu, in Portugal, each with an installed capacity of 15 MWe. Marguerite Fund, the pan-European fund headquartered...

Eucalyptus forests grow faster in Brazil than in almost any other region of the world. Many of these national wood resources are increasingly used for dissolving wood production that meets the fast-growing demand from...

With measures along the entire life cycle of products, the new Action Plan aims to make our economy fit for a green future, strengthen our competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights...

Next-generation biomass plants such as the one that played host to the statements of the President of APPA Biomasa, Jordi Aguiló, should play a vital role in the sustainability of our future electric system....

The new ENCE renewable energy generating plant fired by low-emission biomass was inaugurated in Puertollano (Ciudad Real) on Thursday, January 9.  The plant, which has an installed capacity of 50 MW, was delivered on...

While all Member States, regions and sectors will need to contribute to the transition, the scale of the challenge is not the same. Some regions will be particularly affected and will undergo a profound...

In his speech, Emiliano García-Page, stressed that “we are facing a project that is committed to the revitalization of a city that has been industrial capital, and has been especially linked to the energy...

The European Commission yesterday presented the European Green Deal, a set of initiatives that will be launched progressively by the Commission in the coming years with a view to making Europe the first continent to achieve...

The implementation of a circular economy model is a central part of SUEZ’s strategy in Spain to enable effective combating of climate change and to achieve energy self-sufficient facilities and the zero-waste target. This target...

ESWET welcomes the publication by the European Commission of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Conclusions for Waste Incineration (WI), setting new requirements for the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) sector. These new standards of excellence confirm Waste-to-Energy as...

A new Gas for Climate analysis prepared by Navigant, a Guidehouse company, shows that scaling up renewable gases in the EU can create 1.7 million to 2.4 million jobs by 2050, of which 600,000 to 850,000...

SEaB Power’s technology consists of a plant that is installed at sites where food and bio-waste are produced, turning them into green energy, water and fertilizers. Organic waste is thus reused sustainably, avoiding the...

The Millerhill, Midlothian Energy Recycling and Recovery Centre (RERC), near Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom, was officially opened on last Friday 20th of September. The Millerhill RERC has involved an investment of 142 M£...

  Operational management and maintenance of the Harnaschpolder Wastewater Treatment Plant in Den Hoorn is carried out by Delfluent Services B.V. on behalf of the Delfland Water Authority. At this WWTP, approximately 6.5 million Nm3...

The Curtis-Teixeiro biomass plant is one the most important renewable energy projects in Europe. Greenalia will invest €135 million in the plant and the construction work is being carried out by a joint venture...

Moira, an enterprise specialising in investment in innovative Spanish companies, will become a majority shareholder of GreenE, which operates waste recovery plants using proprietary gasification technology. Through this €40-million investment, GreenE aims to finance...

 On July 29, humanity will have used nature’s resource budget for the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, an international sustainability organization that has pioneered the Ecological Footprint. The Ecological Footprint adds up all of people’s...

  Five European national promotional banks & institutions and the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched today in Luxembourg the Joint Initiative on Circular Economy to support the development and implementation of circular economy projects and programmes in...

  This renewable gas plant was built within the framework of the Life Methamorphosis project, which has the objective of demonstrating innovative technologies. The project is coordinated by Aqualia and the project consortium is made...

Bath-headquartered Advetec has treated a variety of waste and effluent, since it was established in 2000. But keen to develop a more homogenous product for optimal digestion rates, the business reached out to UNTHA...

Since the end of April, a biomethane production plant, fed with organic municipal solid waste fraction (OFMSW), designed and constructed by Sebigas for Maserati Energia (owned by Maserati and Sebigas), and located close to...

Yesterday and today an EU delegation led by EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella visited Mexico to promote the circular economy, resource efficiency and sustainable and inclusive growth in the...

Subsequent to three years of work, the Life In Brief (LIFE14 ENV/ES/000427) project has concluded. The project was a joint effort featuring companies from the fertiliser sector, biogas plants, engineering companies, agricultural services companies...

Ecocentral Granada is a mechanical-biological treatment facility where municipal solid waste from the province of Granada is processed. It is located in the municipality of Alhendín, around 15 km south of the city of...

The Joint Programme on Bioenergy within the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) brings together excellent scientists from the main European universities, research alliances, technology centres, scientific agencies, institutes and associations active in biomass and...

Greenalia, a Spanish renewable energy producer company, has been awarded as IJGlobal Best European Biomass Deal of the Year for its Curtis-Teixeiro biomass plant located in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). This prize recognizes Greenalia’s Galician...

The Biomass Department of CENER (National Renewable Energy Centre of Spain) is convinced of the need to move towards a circular bioeconomy, in which the society is capable of valorising the wastes produced in an...

The ultimate goal is to seek more efficient energy use in the processing of agro-food products. A total of 240,000 euro in grant aid is available for these projects in 2019. 80% of this will...

Viaqua and Cetaqua Galicia, in cooperation with the Axencia Galega de Innovación, have consolidated the public-private partnership model initiated in 2015 by setting up the CIGAT (Advanced Water Treatment Systems Innovation Centre) Mixed Unit, as...

Over seven months prior to the inauguration of the event, the registration process is now in full swing, and significant discounts of up to 15% are available to exhibitors. The preliminary list of exhibitors at...

The Spanish Bioenergy Association (Avebiom) and the Fundación Circe are participating in the European AgroBioHeat project, which seeks to extend the use of agro-biomass (straw, agricultural prunings, olive pits, almond shells, energy crops, etc.) heating in the European...

The support of electricity generated from solid biomass is the most important stimulation for the development of the biomass power plant market. Whereas biomass subsidisation schemes have recently also experienced positive amendments in Europe,...

  Gestión del Valor y Soluciones, S.L recently presented the results of the PLANTADAC: Compact Biogas Plant project at the Edificio Citexvi on the University of Vigo Campus. The project, which commenced in 2016, was...

Award-winning creative agency Rapiergroup has been announced as the new event management company for UK AD and World Biogas Expo 2019 and the newly launched World Biogas Summit 2019, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham, UK on 3rd-4th July. Rapiergroup...

The Region of Murcia Circular Economy Strategy has a total of 51 measures, structured in 8 pillars of action. Total investment in the strategy between 2019 and 2025 will amount to 510.4 million euro and...

A new report on the global market potential of biogas will be launched by the World Biogas Association (WBA) at the inaugural World Biogas Summit 2019 in July. The report will set out the potential for growth in biogas markets in...

Spanish Bioenergy Day was celebrated on December 3, coinciding with the beginning of a period during which biomass could satisfy the entire energy demand of the country until the end of the year. Therefore,...

EDAR de Bens, SA, a client for which Cadagua operates several of its facilities, including the WWTP itself, inaugurated the new facilities of the Mixed Research Unit (MRU) of renewable gas on October 22,...

Even if the ambitious target recently proposed by Spanish Secretary of State for Energy, José Domínguez Abascal, of 5 million electric vehicles in Spain by 2030 is achieved, forecasts suggest that 70-80% of vehicles...

Greene Waste to Energy (Greene) will be the only Spanish company taking part in the world forum held in the United States, which is dedicated to the generation of synthesis gas (syngas) for the...

Ferrovial and Enagás have signed a collaboration agreement to explore opportunities in biogas production and distribution. The two companies will analyze projects to develop and operate plants in which biogas generated in waste-to-energy facilities...

SEBIGAS thanks to its Brazilian branch, Sebigas Do Brasil, has been awarded from Raízen-Geo  for the construction of a 17.5 MW biogas plant  located in the city of Guariba, São Paulo State. An important...

In a world of finite biological resources and ecosystems, an innovation effort is needed to feed people, and provide them with clean water and energy. The bioeconomy can turn algae into fuel, recycle plastic,...

The CHIMERA project, financed by the EC’s LIFE programme in 2015, is a point of contact between these future EU’s energy and circular economy paradigms. It is a step-change in the biomass sector, in perfect...

José Ignacio Asensio, Chairman of the Waste Treatment Consortium of Guipúzcoa (GHK) and Province Councillor delegate for Environmental Affairs, and Carmelo Aguas, Head of the North Region of FCC Medio Ambiente (the Spanish brand...

Puregas Solutions, a part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has been contracted to supply a turnkey biogas upgrading plant to the USA. The plant will upgrade an existing anaerobic digester (AD) to produce biomethane....

José Manuel Entrecanales, Chairman of ACCIONA, and Guillermo Fernández Vara, President of the Extremadura Regional Government, today signed a Protocol for the sustainable use of forests. The agreement is part of the Extremadura Regional...

Yesterday, the Environment Council adopted conclusions on delivering the EU action plan for the circular economy. The Council reconfirmed the potential of the circular economy to achieve sustainable growth and to reduce the dependency...

Greene Waste to Energy (Greene) is currently undertaking a project to develop and install a gasification plant to treat WWTP sludge in Crete (Greece). Technical experts from the companies that make up the Life...

A representation of French companies visited the pilot plant of PercoMeta Project in the province of Valladolid during the month of June. This project led by Toro Equipment in collaboration with Cartif Technology Center and other enterprises from France tries...

From 14-18 May 2018, the wastewater industry will meet at the internationally important IFAT trade fair in Munich. New products in the fields of waste management, water treatment and biogas will be presented. Stallkamp...

The report puts particular emphasis on the importance of separately collecting and treating inedible food waste, which if implemented on a global level would have the same impact in terms of CO2 emissions reduction as...

Acciona Agua has been awarded the contract for the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) of Grupo Cuenca Guadarrama, a division of Canal de Isabel II. It will run for 4...

The agreement reached nearly a year ago with Elcogás for the purchase of the site of its GICC plant in Puertollano (Ciudad Real), and the environmental and administrative steps necessary to set up a...

Leading worldwide actors from areas of science, economics and sustainable development will attend the Circular Economy and Innovation summit. Over 1,000 Spanish participants from companies, community leaders, institutions and government will discuss the importance of this...

This report is meant to give a preliminary characterization of the two demonstration sites (in Catalonia and Lyon) decided “a priori” to implement the DECISIVE technologies: micro-Anaerobic Digestion (mAD) and biogas valorisation in a...

Worldwide, there are over 3,500 operational biomass power plants. They generate electricity and heat from solid biomass, reaching an installed capacity of 52.8 GWel. Within a year, 200 biomass power plants with a capacity...

The practical application of circular economy principles to the generation of electricity will enable the Autonomous Community of Extremadura to generate energy using waste from the agro-food industry, basically from tomatoes, olives, grapes and...

Iran has the highest planned methanol capacity additions globally with 30 million tonnes per year (mtpa) between 2018 and 2022, followed by the US and China with 12 mtpa and 10 mtpa respectively, according...

PercoMeta is a project of industrial research to optimize the digestion of cereal straw and other residues of difficult treatment in conventional digesters. With this process, costs (energetic, of personnel, of maintenance …) will be reduced and the...

The European Union Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action, Miguel Arias Cañete on Friday 1st December inaugurated the new phase in the All-Gas project in the El Torno treatment plant in Chiclana (Cadiz) in...

Research experts of the Biomass Department of CENER (National Renewable Energy Centre of Spain) have coordinated the project commissioned by the European Commission to gather comprehensive information on, and to provide systematic analysis of...

Engineering and technology group SENER has signed a contract with ENCE Energía y Celulosa to build a new low-emission biomass electricity generation plant in its energy complex in Huelva (Spain). The contract signed is...