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Welcome - we are happy to present to you the biogaspartner newsletter, an information service of the German Energy Agency (dena). Our English newsletter will provide you with news about the world of biomethane. We will update you on recent market developments, legal framework conditions, technological innovations, new projects, events and much more in Germany and other countries with interesting biomethane activities.
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Note from the editors: Newsletter |
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Update: European Biomethane Conference | September 20th | Dublin |
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#EuBmC18
Ireland plans to have at least 20% green gas in 2030. With the European Biomethane Conference 2018, organized jointly with RGFI, we are sending out a signal for the development of a biomethane market in Ireland.
We have updated the program with speakers from all over Europe to share their experience with you and set up panel discussions and round tables to discuss innovative technologies as well as regulatory obstacles and opportunities.
Newly confirmed speakers are
· Minister Michael Creed, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland
· Jane Glindvad Kristensen, Head of Centre for Supply, Danish Energy Agency
· Gaynor Hartnell, Head of Transport Fuels and Landfill Gas, Renewable Energy Association (REA) and Chair of the GGCS Oversight Panel
· Dr. Jerry Murphy, Director of Bioenergy and Biofuels Research, University College Cork
We have booked a remarkably beautiful location and organized a get-together with traditional Irish band Molly Maguires Trio and catering at the closing of the conference, so you will have a pleasant atmosphere to get in touch with other participants, exchange knowledge and make new contacts.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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CNG Fuels and Waitrose collaborating in large biomethane study |
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CNG Fuels is opening a renewable biomethane refuelling station at Northampton as part of the UK’s first large-scale study of how compressed natural gas (CNG) can help slash road transport emissions.
The project, which has received funding from the Office for Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV) in partnership with Innovate UK, aims to encourage UK fleet operators to switch from diesel to cost-effective, low-carbon biomethane fuel by demonstrating performance benefits, and by showing that CNG stations can support growing demand for gas.
The new Northampton public access refuelling station will open this autumn at the Red Lion Truck Stop, off junction 16 of the M1, just up the road from Magna Park, Milton Keynes, one of the UK’s largest distribution parks where Waitrose and John Lewis have their national distribution hub.
The station will be used by a new Waitrose fleet of 58 state-of-the-art dedicated CNG trucks engaged in long-haul, inter-city and urban runs, including six trialling zero-emissions refrigeration units powered by the truck’s gas engine.
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ADBA points to biomethane for vehicles |
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Biomethane from anaerobic digestion (AD) is “the only practical means of decarbonising HGVs, buses, and other large vehicles”, according to the head of the UK’s AD industry association. Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), said biomethane offers a “cost-effective” solution to powering vehicles. Ms Morton claimed: “The UK has close to 100 AD plants already producing biomethane with dozens more being built, and the whole UK AD industry has sufficient capacity today to produce enough biomethane to power 80% of the UK’s entire bus fleet and the potential to produce enough biomethane to power 75% of all HGVs in the UK.”
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ADBA welcomes higher tariffs |
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The British Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed the restoration of the higher tariff level for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) as a "vital boost" for biomethane plants in the UK. Following the adoption of the relevant legislation by Parliament, from 22 May AD plant operators are able to claim a restored tariff of 5.6p per kWh of renewable heat, which means around £80 per every tonne of recycled food waste. And as soon as a plant is commissioned, the operator receives a guaranteed tariff level for 20 years. Deployment of new green gas plants in the UK has been falling in recent years in line with decreases in RHI tariff levels, ADBA says. The green gas industry is now forecasting that as many as 40 plants may be built over the next two years as a result of the restored tariff levels, generating up to an additional 2 TWh of renewable heat per year.
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Report calls on UK Government to embrace power to gas |
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A report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) calls on the UK government to put in place measures to support the growth of power to gas storage technologies, and suggests a series of policies that could help to achieve. The report makes three key recommendations to the UK government:
· create a forum to promote the benefits of hydrogen generation and storage for the UK energy system;
· work with the gas industry to increase the level of hydrogen used in the gas system;
· and finally to commission a long-term comparative study of the life cycle and sustainability of lithium-ion versus power to gas technology.
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Demand for renewable biomethane almost triples at CNG station in UK |
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Demand for renewable biomethane has almost tripled in a year at a compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling station backed by gas network Cadent and operated by CNG Fuels. Operational since 2016, CNG dispensed at the site is 30 to 45% cheaper than diesel. The gas comes directly from a high-pressure pipeline, which makes it a UK-first and contributes to its heavily-reduced carbon footprint. Philip Fjeld, CEO of CNG Fuels, said: "Renewable biomethane is the most cost-effective and lowest-carbon alternative to diesel for HGVs. Following the success of our first site at Leyland, we are expanding our refuelling infrastructure nationwide to help fleet operators save money, cut carbon and clean up our air."
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Bristol turns toilet flushes to clean energy |
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Bristol Council’s energy company is using sewage waste from around a million of the city’s residents to generate green gas. The waste is processed at local recycling and renewable energy facility GENeco, which treats around 75,000,000 cubic metres of sewage every year, creating enough methane to power 8,300 homes. Bristol Energy says with gas and electricity costs rising, it makes both environmental and economic sense.
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Air Liquide doubles its global biomethane production capacity |
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Air Liquide has commissioned three new biomethane production units, in the U.S., in France, and in the U.K. With these units, Air Liquide has doubled its biomethane production capacity, which now stands at 60 MW, the equivalent of 500 GWh for a full year of production. Today, the Group operates 10 production units around the world, designed to purify biogas in order to transform it into biomethane and inject it into the natural gas network. Air Liquide has developed technologies and expertise that cover the entire biomethane value chain: the purification of biogas for its transformation into biomethane, injection into the natural gas networks in collaboration with local players, liquefaction, distribution for clean vehicle fleets fueled by bio-NGV.
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Lille - a city running on natural gas and bio-methane |
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From vision to implementation, the city of Lille is now firmly established at the forefront of large scale, sustainable mobility projects and IVECO BUS, the leading European bus and coach brand of CNH Industrial, is a proud partner in this quest for an efficient and environmentally friendly public transport system. Today Lille prides itself on having the largest fleet of natural gas buses in Europe, as every day household waste is collected, delivered to the biogas plant and converted into biomethane to fuel the city's buses.
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IVECO BUS wins new contract to supply 150 natural gas buses for a cleaner Paris |
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Parisian transport operator, RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) has awarded IVECO BUS a tender to deliver 150 Urbanway Natural Power buses from 2019 as part of the French city's BUS 2025 plan to replace its entire fleet with non-polluting vehicles. The Urbanway buses can run on biomethane, produced from waste, which guarantees a neutral carbon footprint and simultaneously offers a wealth of other environmental benefits - improved air quality, noise reduction and more efficient waste management - to public transport authorities and major cities in the fight to provide a cleaner urban landscape.
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ETW biomethane plant now operational in France |
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In April 2018, the energy plant constructor ETW Energietechnik from Moers installed its first biogas processing plant in Scherwiller, France, on a Rytec plant. This is a compact model of the biogas treatment system ETW SmartCycle® PSA developed by ETW. With a processing capacity of 230 to 385 standard cubic metres of biogas per hour, this plant model has been specially developed for the French market. Plant manufacturer Rytec from Baden-Baden is responsible for the entire project development and the installed fermentation line. „France is currently one of the most important markets for biomethane plants in Europe,“ explains Marco Weiss, Managing Director of ETW Energietechnik GmbH.
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Biomethane platforms and projects of the German Energy Agency (dena) |
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dena, the German Energy Agency has been implementing various projects such as the EU project GreenGasGrids, the Biogas Partnership, the Biogas Register and the European Biomethane Conference to promote the development of the German and European biomethane markets since 2008.
This newsletter is a service of the platform biogaspartner, which is providing information on biomethane in Germany and Europe. If you are interested in the project, you can contact us by mail.
Your biogaspartner Team
www.biogaspartner.com
contact@biogaspartner.com
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