Named BioBéarn and located in Mourenx in the south-west of France, this new unit, fed with organic waste, has begun feeding its first cubic meters of biomethane into the natural gas transmission network operated by Téréga. Its development began in 2016 and will be the largest in the country with a maximum capacity of 160 GWh.
The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for the Energy Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), approved a Royal Decree for the concession of 74 million euros for the start-up of four renewable hydrogen projects in Spain, from companies IVECO, H2B2, SENER and Nordex.
According to Sedigas’ new report ‘Study of biomethane production capacity in Spain,’ the country has the potential to produce 163 TWh/year of biomethane, which would cover around 45% of the national demand for natural gas and whose development could have meant savings of 4,000 million euros for consumers on their energy bills in 2022.
The H2 MOBILITY Deutschland initiative has put into operation Berlin’s fifth hydrogen station at the Shell filling station Tempelhofer Weg 102. It is available for refueling hydrogen vehicles at 350 bar (buses and trucks) and at 700 bar (passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and refuse trucks). It is conveniently located near the city motorway 100 and the A 113.
Province of Misiones’ Ahora Taxi program will subsidize up to 50% of the value of a new vehicle (including the installed CNG equipment and the corresponding identifying paint) with the car manufacturer’s commitment to take the used car as part of payment. The taxi owner has the option of paying the amount owed through a loan from Banco Macro.
Promoting the use of natural gas for vehicles, in addition to contributing to the improvement of air quality, will allow significant economic savings for users, such as private vehicles, interprovincial transport companies and public buses, among other productive sectors; thus impacting the economic reactivation of the Peruvian population.
The company has initiated the change of energy matrix towards a sustainable transport system with the help of Scania Peru. It has acquired 32 Scania CNG trucks, from the Green Efficiency line. This is the largest fleet of European brand natural gas trucks sold in Peru so far and will allow the company to supply its customers more efficiently by reducing its fuel costs.
Expected to be operational in Autumn 2023, the new facility will be located in Parc Bryn Cegin, just off Junction 11, North Wales Expressway, Bangor, ideally suited to all North Wales traffic as well as to all trucks heading to and from the Holyhead Port. It will feature 12 dispensers, with the capacity to fill over 500 heavy-duty vehicles per day with 100% renewable bio-CNG.
Sinoma Cargo International Nigeria Ltd. has fueled their LNG vehicle at the Greenville LNG station in Sagamu, Ogun state. Greenville is a pioneer LNG production and distribution company and uses an innovative mobile pipeline system to deliver fuel to its customers across the country with LNG-powered trucks.
The BNDES approved financing of R$ 80 million for UISA Geo Biogás S/A to build an industrial unit for the production of biomethane and electricity from sugarcane residues, in Mato Grosso. In the first phase, the plant will produce up to 11.4 million Nm³/year of biogas. The biomethane will be used to replace diesel in part of UISA’s truck fleet.
