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EWB Biogas Energy  |  1st April 2020

The EWB biogas newsletter brings you the top stories across the biogas, landfill gas and waste-gasification sectors straight to your inbox every fortnight.   Engie signs its largest-ever biomethane deal UK: Heathrow Airport to replace natural gas with biomethane from anaerobic digestion across all terminals until March 2022 Suez secures ‘unique’ pilot-biogas plants deal UK: “Experimental” facility will use new technology to process wastewater Weltec looks to the future as end of EEG era looms Germany: The pioneering policy marks two decades of operation today, but facilities that were backed 20 years ago will soon no longer receive subsidy support EWB Insight report: March 2020 This month: Coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown hits the waste and bioenergy sector, Viridor is due to have new owners and a coal-to-waste conversion develops. Read also our full facilities roundup Coronavirus: Biogas plants overwhelmed by panic-bought food UK: AD sector could be facing an “avalanche of food waste” as panic-bought items are thrown away Biogas AI project extended after financial saving revealed Switzerland: Computer system forecasts times of high demand and operates two biogas-powered engines accordingly Coronavirus: Biomass sector given ‘key worker’ status as focus turns to ensuring supplies UK: Government clarifies critical worker status for wood product supply chain as sector voices concern over feedstock security Permit granted for large-scale waste and biomass pyrolysis facility UK: Plant is to process up to 180,00tyr of RDF and waste wood Gasum signs biogas deal with Forchem Finland: Liquefied biogas will be supplied to the Forchem tall-oil biorefinery European Commission considers biofuel targets for aviation Dutch government plans to introduce quota by 2023 if the EU has not already pushed one forward by then First fossil fuel-free biomethanol plant starts up Sweden: Facility has an annual production capacity of 6.3 million litres of biomethanol from forest biomass Renewable energy projects hit four-year high - PX Group UK: Biogas facilities were part of a 75% increase in just three years PowerHouse and Peel move closer with board appointment UK: Peel’s executive director of natural resources and energy has become a non-executive director of PowerHouse Waste sector welcomes ‘key-worker’ classification Government is looking at introducing regulatory position statements (RPS) to allow waste operators to deviate from normal rules due to the coronavirus outbreak Biffa sets out 10-year infrastructure investment plan UK: Company is quadrupling its plastic recycling capability and developing two EfW plants Finland/Germany: Fortum increases holding in Uniper Netherlands: Host signs deal for Microferm biogas-producing plant Sweden: Deal agreed for biogas and EfW plant’s feedstocks UK: Planning system halts site visits over coronavirus     Officer 2 – Carriers & Brokers , Natural Resources Wales 5, £30,120 rising to £33,383 over three years, Buckley, Flintshire (Sir y Fflint) Specialist – Environment & Social Advisor , Natural Resources Wales Grade 6, £34,427 rising to £37,656 over three years, Flexible Senior Sustainability Consultant (Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Assurance) , JSM Associates £38K - £48K + Car Allowance & Excellent Bens Package, London Sustainability Consultant (Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Assurance) , JSM Associates £30K – £38K + Excellent Bens Package, London Senior/Principal Ecologist , JSM Associates £35K - £45K + Bens, London (other locations considered)

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