NZ Pork Industry to Turn Waste into Biogas
NEW ZEALAND - A new project launched yesterday (2 December) will look at the potential to turn pig manure on New Zealand farms into energy, significantly reducing harmful greenhouse...

Value of Manure: Both Fertiliser and Biofuel in NI
NORTHERN IRELAND - Manures produced by housed farm livestock are a valuable resource both as a plant fertiliser and as a source of renewable energy.

New Catalyst and Reactor Technologies Combine
UK - The successful commercial production of liquid fuels from waste by means of the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reaction depends on the marriage of two key technologies: small scale FT microchannel...

Biodiesel from Coffee Grounds
US - Researchers at the University of Nevada are looking at some less conventional materials to extract biofuels - spent coffee grounds.

Biodiesel from Fish Processing Waste
VIET NAM - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and its partners have launched ENERFISH, a three-year project concerned with producing biodiesel from the waste generated at a fish...

Biodiesel from Urban Waste
SPAIN - A group of Spanish researchers has developed new biofuel made up from urban rubbish.

£92 Million For Gloucestershire Waste Project
UK - Gloucestershire’s waste facilities will see major improvements thanks to £92 million in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits awarded by Defra today.

From Waste to Biodiesel Via Bacteria
SPAIN - A group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash.

Florida Company to Produce Biodiesel
US - Florida-based Freedom Environmental Services Inc., a wastewater services company currently working to develop a waste-to-biodiesel program, has announced it plans to purchase an...

UK Biogas Plant Opened
UK - The Biogas Nord group has built its first English biogas plant in Dorset.

BD Agro's Separator for Digestate Patent Pending
GERMANY - The spiral filter press OptiSep launched by BD Agro Renewables (BD Agro) is a milestone in the development of separators for digestate, according to the company.

Optimal Drying of Biogas Digestate
GERMANY - At this year's EuroTier in Hanover, the biogas branch of the Big Dutchman Group, BD Agro Renewables (BD Agro), is to feature the OptiSec drying tunnel, an innovation for the...

Mission Plant Produces Ethanol from Agriculture Waste
INDIA - Mission NewEnergy Limited's first pilot plant, a joint venture with a scientific team in India established using patent-pending technologies, has successfully produced ethanol...

How Predictable is Nitrogen for Corn Production?
US - How much nitrogen is the corn crop getting from fall-applied manure? That question was tested in on-farm trials conducted by the University of Minnesota in cooperation with 13...

Green Energy Day
SCOTLAND - Renewable energy capacity in Scotland has now surpassed the landmark three Gigawatts (GW), enough to power 1.5 million homes with clean, green energy.