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Black Dog Biogas to Provide Renewable Energy For Vestas Factory in UK

Black Dog Biogas, the owner and operator of an anaerobic digestion plant near Newport on the Isle of Wight, has completed commissioning of a private wire to supply renewable electricity to Vestas’ neighboring wind blade manufacturing facility. The project, led by Black Dog Biogas and its manager Earth Capital, will supply low-carbon electricity to Vestas’ 221.2k sq. ft plant. The facility employs over 600 people and produces 80 m long blades for installation on offshore wind projects globally, particularly in the UK. Vestas will use this renewable electricity to manufacture offshore wind turbine blades that will generate low carbon power in wind farms.

Pinnacle Renewable Energy to be Acquired by Drax Group

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. has announced that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with Drax Group and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Drax Canadian Holdings Inc., pursuant to which Drax will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Pinnacle in an all-cash transaction valued at C$831 million, including the assumption of net debt and Pinnacle's non-controlling interests in its joint ventures. 

World’s Most Sustainable Glass Bottles Created in Ground-Breaking Biofuel Trial

A revolutionary project undertaken by glass container manufacturer, Encirc, a Vidrala company, and industry research and technology organization, Glass Futures, has proven that new bottles are able to be made from 100% recycled glass, using only the energy from burning ultra-low-carbon biofuels.

Premium experts discuss rapidly developing hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass

The Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass is developing at fast pace and aims at making an impact in the coming decade as one of the most promising technologies in the bioenergy portfolio.

WELTEC BIOPOWER Becomes Member of the American Biogas Council

In January 2021, the German biogas plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER joined the American Biogas Council (ABC). The association has been campaigning for the interests of the American biogas industry since 2010. The ABC represents biogas and biomethane plant operators, research institutions, municipal suppliers and manufacturers along the biogas supply chain.

Campaigns questioning the use of woody biomass for energy are missing key facts says IEA (International Energy Agency) Bioenergy

Some concurrent media campaigns and publications question the use of woody biomass for renewable energy production, but several of them misrepresent on-the-ground forestry practise and bioenergy systems.

New Powerpaste for Hydrogen Storage

Gasoline and diesel engines, which are powered by fossil fuels, will soon be sidelined by climate change. Instead, new propulsion systems will be required. One fuel with a big potential is hydrogen. Hydrogen vehicles are equipped with a reinforced tank that is fueled at a pressure of 700 bar. This tank feeds a fuel cell, which converts the hydrogen into electricity. This in turn drives an electric motor to propel the vehicle. 

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