The newly developed Volkswagen Scirocco Biogas is ready for its premiere in the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) this coming weekend (1-2 May) at Mantorp Park.
During tests at Gelleraasen, Mantorp Park and Knutstorp the drivers Fredrik Ekblom (S) and Patrik Olsson (S) had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with their new machines. The near 280 hp Scirocco, which is powered by innovative Biogas, also square up to the STCC competition for the first time on Friday and Saturday. In the Junior Touring Car Championship (JTCC), held on the same weekend, 18-year old Niclas Olsson (S), who raced in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup in Germany last year, takes to the grid in one of several Volkswagen Golf.
Original article:
http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com/web/news/index.php?&flash=no&lg=e&st=350&id=2688
Biogas.se enters a third Volkswagen Scirocco
See also : http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5169
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Krieg & Fischer and Electrigaz launch bio-gas development program
Electrigaz Technologies Incorporated, based near Montreal, Quebec, and Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure GmbH of Denmark have developed a new service program to address the need for unbiased bio-gas development expertise in the Ontario, Canada, market.
Read more :
http://www.manuremanager.com/content/view/1120/38/
Read more :
http://www.manuremanager.com/content/view/1120/38/
5 Step Process to Biomethane
“The main goal of this project is help the city of Flint, MI, basically get all the fuel for their vehicles for free.” –Brenda Lemke, Kettering University
Read the article here : http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2010/08/23/betting-on-biomethane/
Read the article here : http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2010/08/23/betting-on-biomethane/
Rwanda: Schools to Shift From Firewood to Biogas
Ruhango — In an effort to promote the use of environmental friendly energy in the country, the government will finance the construction of biogas facilities in the three major schools of the Southern Province, to a tune of Rwf192m.
Read more : http://allafrica.com/stories/201008230278.html
Read more : http://allafrica.com/stories/201008230278.html
SNV organises International Biogas Event in Phnom Penh
"Financing national programmes on domestic biogas in Asia"
By Fred Marree
The Hague
From 10 to 12 November, SNV organises, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the International Workshop: "Financing national programmes on domestic biogas in Asia" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Domestic biogas plants are a proven technology in providing clean gas for cooking and fertiliser for households raising livestock.
Read more :
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/snv-netherlands-development-organisation/news/article/2010/08/snv-organises-international-biogas-event-in-phnom-penh
American Biogas Council
enbasys BioGas Joins the Newly Formed American Biogas Council
Enbasys GmbH, the BioGas subsidiary of BDI - BioEnergy International AG, announced that it has joined the recently established American Biogas Council (ABC), an association promoting anaerobic digestion (AD) technology advancement. AD technology is an efficient way to convert organic waste streams into energy by generating BioGas using microorganisms.Read more :
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/enbasys+BioGas+Joins+Newly+Formed+American+Biogas+Council/3431593/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Friday, August 20, 2010
Spotlight on Biogas
Biogas is a renewable energy resource that holds tremendous potential to help meet our future energy needs. As a versatile energy resource, it can be utilized as a feedstock for electricity and/or heat, a source of renewable natural gas, or as a vehicle fuel. Materials that can be used to produce biogas are abundant, especially in the Midwest - an area rich with livestock production, food processing byproducts, and crop residues. Agricultural production is not the only source of biogas production in the Midwest; wastewater treatment facilities, urban wood and yard wastes, and landfills also provide a feedstock source.
The Midwest is behind other parts of the world in deploying biogas technology. Other countries are gaining value from producing natural gas substitutes for transportation, heat, and other purposes. Based on operational experience abroad, the Midwest could produce more biogas from combining multiple organic feedstocks in the same system and developing centralized biogas plants. Such new production models would be instrumental in expanding biogas production beyond the large livestock facilities, where the technology has previously been associated.
Still greater opportunities lie ahead for biogas if we are able to move beyond the models of electricity only production, single feedstock treatment, and onfarm ownership and management of biogas systems. But in order to make that happen, public policy must focus on providing incentives that allow biogas to diversify production and gas utilization models. Changes in public policy may also provide socioeconomic benefits--biogas has the ability to provide a steady and stable source of energy while destroying harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, the successful scale-up and development of agricultural resources to produce biogas could have a positive economic and environmental impact on rural communities throughout the Midwest. This report’s purpose is twofold: one, to provide an overview of the current policy environment that supports biogas project development, and two, to examine additional policy mechanisms and reforms to current policies that could provide a framework for the increased development of biogas projects. There are many technologies, both new and emerging, to produce biogas. This report mainly focuses on anaerobic digestion, either at the farm or industrial scale, with an emphasis on agricultural feedstocks (manure, crop resides, food processing byproducts). Landfill gas and wastewater treatment projects are additional sources of biogas production in the United States and are included in the report, but are not the main focus.
Public policy is one of the major limiting factors for increasing the amount of biogas energy production. A deeper, more focused dialogue is needed in the Midwest to determine a comprehensive strategy to capture more energy from agricultural feedstocks and byproducts. Our goal in writing this report is to propose a technology-neutral policy framework that incentivizes and supports the development of biogas projects by agricultural producers and agriculture related industries in the production and utilization of biogas. This report is the first step in actually creating that framework, by providing an overview of the current policy environment and development of a slate of potential policy options to grow the industry.
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Rockets for Water Treatment ?
Now two Stanford University engineers are developing a new sewage treatment process that would actually increase the production of two greenhouse gases – nitrous oxide (aka "laughing gas") and methane – and use the gases to power the treatment plant.
"Normally, we want to discourage these gases from forming," said Craig Criddle, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford. "But by encouraging the formation of nitrous oxide, we can remove harmful nitrogen from the water and simultaneously increase methane production for use as fuel."
Read the whole article here :
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/july/waste-072610.html
"Normally, we want to discourage these gases from forming," said Craig Criddle, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford. "But by encouraging the formation of nitrous oxide, we can remove harmful nitrogen from the water and simultaneously increase methane production for use as fuel."
Read the whole article here :
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/july/waste-072610.html
Programme ontarien d'aide financière pour les systèmes de biogaz
| SOURCE : http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/engineer/biogas/ | |
Programme ontarien d'aide financière pour les systèmes de biogaz
Objectifs
Ce programme, qui s'est déroulé de septembre 2008 à mars 2010, visait les objectifs suivants :- Augmenter le nombre de systèmes de biogaz construits en Ontario;
- Augmenter l'utilisation des produits et des produits dérivés dans les systèmes de biogaz;
- Augmenter l'utilisation du biogaz;
- Diminuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre;
- Élargir les connaissances des intervenants possibles du secteur du biogaz;
- Augmenter le nombre et renforcer l'expérience des fournisseurs de technologies en rapport avec le biogaz.
Succès
Au total, 11,2 millions de dollars ont été débloqués pour favoriser la croissance du secteur du biogaz en Ontario, en permettant l'installation de systèmes de biogaz dans des propriétés agricoles et des entreprises agroalimentaires. La construction de vingt-deux systèmes de biogaz devrait être terminée, ou près de l'être, en Ontario au moment de la clôture du programme.- Projets de systèmes de biogaz ayant reçu une aide financière
- Ressources relatives à la production d'énergie dans le secteur de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire en Ontario
- Fiches et renseignements techniques pour les exploitants de systèmes de biogaz
- Possibilités d'aide financière pour les systèmes de biogaz
- Aide pour simplifier les conditions requises pour se brancher au réseau électrique;
- Soutien d'une association de producteurs du secteur du biogaz : AgriEnergy Producers' Association of Ontario;
- Études sur le rendement énergétique de digesteurs anaérobie ontariens;
- Organisation de quatre cours et de plusieurs ateliers de formation;
- Fourniture d'autres ressources sectorielles, notamment sous forme des prêts de matériel.
- Possibilités de formation pour obtenir des systèmes sûrs, opérationnels et rentables;
- Promotion des technologies et du transfert des connaissances;
- Encouragement à améliorer la technologie des systèmes de biogaz;
- Amélioration des possibilités de réutilisation des matières organiques.
Avantages des systèmes de biogaz
- Les systèmes de biogaz présentent des avantages pour la population ontarienne parce qu'ils réduisent les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, produisent de l'énergie renouvelable (y compris aux heures de pointe) et améliorent les taux de réacheminement des déchets, tout en offrant d'autres avantages sur le plan environnemental, notamment la diminution des agents pathogènes et le contrôle des odeurs.
- Les systèmes de biogaz traitent le fumier et d'autres matières organiques et réduisent ainsi les agents pathogènes et les odeurs.
- Les systèmes de biogaz peuvent produire de l'énergie propre et renouvelable et contribuer à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre.
- Les systèmes de biogaz constituent une nouvelle source de revenus pour les exploitations agricoles et les entreprises agroalimentaires.
Fiches et renseignements techniques pour les exploitants de systèmes de biogaz
Notions de base sur la digestion anaérobie- Le biogaz et la digestion anaérobie : notions de base
- Le biogaz est-il adapté à ma situation?
- Rudiments de la digestion anaérobie
- Tarif de rachats garantis, Loi sur l’énergie verte et exigences relatives aux digesteurs anaérobies mixtes réglementés
- Tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la construction en Ontario d'un digesteur anaérobie de ferme
- Matières alimentaires pour les systèmes de biogaz en Ontario : De quelle quantité dispose-t-on?
- Vidéo sur la digestion anaérobie (disponible en anglais sulement)
- Projets du Programme ontarien d'aide financière pour les systèmes de biogaz
- Ressources relatives à la production d'énergie dans le secteur de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire en Ontario (Ressources en digestion anaérobie)
- Fiches et renseignements techniques pour les exploitants de systèmes de biogaz
- Possibilités d'aide financière pour les systèmes de biogaz
- Rendement énergétique d'un digesteur anaérobie de ferme
- Matières alimentaires pour les systèmes de biogaz en Ontario : De quelle quantité dispose-t-on?
- Exigences du Règlement sur la gestion des éléments nutritifs relatives aux digesteurs anaérobies de ferme
- 2e conférence annuelle sur le biogaz dans les secteurs agricole et agroalimentaire (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Conference « Growing the Margins » 2010 (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Exploitants de grands élevages – Rapport de la tournée européenne de digesteurs anaérobies (PDF) (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Ressources en digestion anaérobie
- AgriEnergy Producers' Association of Ontario (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Ontario Power Generation (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Cornell Manure Management (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network – Oak Ridge National Laboratory (disponible en anglais seulement)
- Agence internationale de l'énergie (disponible en anglais seulement)
Possibilités d'aide financière pour les systèmes de biogaz
Il existe d'autres sources possibles d'aide financière pour les études de faisabilité et la construction des systèmes de biogaz ainsi que pour la production d'électricité à partir de ces systèmes, notamment les suivantes :Programme de tarifs de rachat garantis (Programme de TRG)
Le Programme de TRG a été mis en place en vertu de la Loi de 2009 sur l'énergie verte. Géré par l'Office de l'électricité de l'Ontario, ce programme offre des contrats pour la production d'électricité à partir de sources renouvelables, y compris les systèmes de biogaz. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur le Programme de TRG, veuillez visiter le site Web de l'Office de l'électricité de l'Ontario (en anglais seulement).
Programme de gérance agroenvironnementale Canada-Ontario
Les producteurs admissibles peuvent obtenir une aide financière, dans le cadre du Programme de gérance agroenvironnementale Canada-Ontario, pour la conception et la mise en œuvre de leurs projets de traitement du fumier, dont les digesteurs anaérobies. Ce programme est géré par l'Association pour l'amélioration des sols et des récoltes de l'Ontario (AASRO). Pour de plus amples renseignements sur le Programme de gérance agroenvironnementale Canada-Ontario, veuillez visiter le site Web de l'Association pour l'amélioration des sols et récoltes de l'Ontario.
Fonds de flexibilité pour l'agriculture (Fonds Agri-flexibilité)
Par l'intermédiaire d'Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, le Fonds Agri-flexibilité peut fournir une aide financière pour le développement d'un projet de biogaz ou pour des innovations en rapport avec le biogaz. Le Fonds de flexibilité pour l'agriculture est une initiative quinquennale en place jusqu'au 31 mars 2014 pour soutenir les secteurs de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et des produits dérivés de l'agriculture. Les priorités établies pour ce fonds sont les suivantes : réduire les coûts de production, améliorer la durabilité de l'environnement, promouvoir les innovations de la chaîne de valeur et saisir les nouvelles occasions pour le secteur. Pour en savoir plus sur le Fonds de flexibilité pour l'agriculture (Fonds Agri-flexibilité), veuillez visiter le site Web d'Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.
Autres sources de financement
Il existe d'autres sources et programmes d'aide financière auxquels les systèmes de biogaz pourraient être admissibles.
- La fiche d'information du MAAARO, Tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la construction en Ontario d'un digesteur anaérobie de ferme, donne plusieurs suggestions pour le financement d'un système de biogaz.
- L'ensemble d'information du MAARO sur les possibilités de production d'énergie renouvelable dans les exploitations agricoles donne aussi la liste des programmes d'aide financière pour l'énergie renouvelable.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Biogas, where to start ?
You want to know more about biogas and its possibilities? Here is a FAQ and a some WIKI that could help you save some time understanding biogas.
Biogas FAQ
Biogas on Wikipedia
Biogas WIKI
Biogas FAQ
Biogas on Wikipedia
Biogas WIKI
Nine entreprises from Québec at Wastecon
2010 Wastecon, an important trade show and conference showcasing the latest Solid Waste technologies, is taking place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, August 15 through the 17th. The MDEIE in collaboration with the Quebec Delegation in New England is happy to announce that nine Québec based companies will be participating in Wastecon. New England is an important market in the Solid Waste sector and Wastecon attendees will have the opportunity to network and to learn the latest in Solid Waste technologies.
The Quebec companies forming part of this important mission are:
Biopterre – Bioproducts Development Center – Bioproducts Development Center
The Center is involved in developing new products, technologies and/or processes in the bioproducts sector, as well as improving existing products, technologies and processes. The Center has a particular interest in the biomethanization process.
Target: Looking for partnerships with institutes, research centers and university departments.
Electrigaz is an engineering services firm that designs, plans and executes biogas solutions for farms, agrifood industries and municipalities. (Booth number: 2783-C)
Target: Farms, agrifood industries and municipalities
Enerkem develops compact plants for production of fuels from community waste materials. (Booth number: 2783-F)
Target: Clients and partners: companies, cities, and government entities responsible for waste management.
Innovente owns the rights to a drying technology that allows it to produce energy (electricity) from a wide spectrum of wet biomass.
Target: Companies, government, authorities
NI Corporation, manufactures and sells refuse and plastic containers of all sizes used in offices and recycling bins. (Booth number: 2783-E)
Target: Environmental agencies, municipalities, waste recycling, building property nanagement.
Odotech offers a full range of services and technologies relating to odor. Odotech has developed leading-edge commercial products, including a dynamic dilution olfactometer (ODILE), a sampling device (OdoFlux), atmospheric dispersion modeling software for odors and contaminants (POLAIR and TROPOS), as well as automated systems for the monitoring and management of site odors (OdoScan) using electronic noses (OdoWatch). (Booth number: 2783-B)
Targets: Composting, waste storage/burial, wastewater treatment, rendering, refinery, municipal and county landfills, governmental regulatory authorities engaged in regulating solid waste industry
Pyrogenesis offers plasma waste destruction and waste to energy technologies along with plasma torch and engineering services. Their alternative technology is an alternative to landfill incineration and other waste destruction technologies. (Booth number: 2783-D)
Targets: Chemical and industrial clients where technology can bolt on to existing facilities, communities where waste hauling is prohibitive, companies dealing with low level radioactive waste where technology can reduce volume, and municipalities looking to own their own hazardous biomedical waste destruction capabilities
Urwind, manufactures and sells their wind turbine, the UrWind O2, to dealers and end consumers. The turbine is an urban-friendly residential sized turbine that can power 20% to 40% of an average U.S. household’s annual electricity needs and is mounted on a vertical axis.
Targets: Local partners, dealers, LEED architects, LEED engineers, LEED Projects, eco-friendly businesses, homeowners, institutions
Xébec Adsorption is a leader in innovative, adsorption based gas purification and separation technologies. Their portfolio of gas treatment solutions include NGV dehydration systems, bio gas and natural gas purification plants, hydrogen systems for stationary and on-board hydrogen purification for fuel cell and industrial applications, as well as a wide range of specialized treatment solutions for other gases. (Booth number: 2783-A)
Targets: Gas utilities; biogas project developer; DOE-Waste to Wheel; Engineering, Procurement and Construction companies (EPC), waste management companies
http://www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/portail/_scripts/Actualites/ViewNew.asp?strIdSite=bos&NewID=8048&lang=en
The Quebec companies forming part of this important mission are:
Biopterre – Bioproducts Development Center – Bioproducts Development Center
The Center is involved in developing new products, technologies and/or processes in the bioproducts sector, as well as improving existing products, technologies and processes. The Center has a particular interest in the biomethanization process.
Target: Looking for partnerships with institutes, research centers and university departments.
Electrigaz is an engineering services firm that designs, plans and executes biogas solutions for farms, agrifood industries and municipalities. (Booth number: 2783-C)
Target: Farms, agrifood industries and municipalities
Enerkem develops compact plants for production of fuels from community waste materials. (Booth number: 2783-F)
Target: Clients and partners: companies, cities, and government entities responsible for waste management.
Innovente owns the rights to a drying technology that allows it to produce energy (electricity) from a wide spectrum of wet biomass.
Target: Companies, government, authorities
NI Corporation, manufactures and sells refuse and plastic containers of all sizes used in offices and recycling bins. (Booth number: 2783-E)
Target: Environmental agencies, municipalities, waste recycling, building property nanagement.
Odotech offers a full range of services and technologies relating to odor. Odotech has developed leading-edge commercial products, including a dynamic dilution olfactometer (ODILE), a sampling device (OdoFlux), atmospheric dispersion modeling software for odors and contaminants (POLAIR and TROPOS), as well as automated systems for the monitoring and management of site odors (OdoScan) using electronic noses (OdoWatch). (Booth number: 2783-B)
Targets: Composting, waste storage/burial, wastewater treatment, rendering, refinery, municipal and county landfills, governmental regulatory authorities engaged in regulating solid waste industry
Pyrogenesis offers plasma waste destruction and waste to energy technologies along with plasma torch and engineering services. Their alternative technology is an alternative to landfill incineration and other waste destruction technologies. (Booth number: 2783-D)
Targets: Chemical and industrial clients where technology can bolt on to existing facilities, communities where waste hauling is prohibitive, companies dealing with low level radioactive waste where technology can reduce volume, and municipalities looking to own their own hazardous biomedical waste destruction capabilities
Urwind, manufactures and sells their wind turbine, the UrWind O2, to dealers and end consumers. The turbine is an urban-friendly residential sized turbine that can power 20% to 40% of an average U.S. household’s annual electricity needs and is mounted on a vertical axis.
Targets: Local partners, dealers, LEED architects, LEED engineers, LEED Projects, eco-friendly businesses, homeowners, institutions
Xébec Adsorption is a leader in innovative, adsorption based gas purification and separation technologies. Their portfolio of gas treatment solutions include NGV dehydration systems, bio gas and natural gas purification plants, hydrogen systems for stationary and on-board hydrogen purification for fuel cell and industrial applications, as well as a wide range of specialized treatment solutions for other gases. (Booth number: 2783-A)
Targets: Gas utilities; biogas project developer; DOE-Waste to Wheel; Engineering, Procurement and Construction companies (EPC), waste management companies
http://www.mri.gouv.qc.ca/portail/_scripts/Actualites/ViewNew.asp?strIdSite=bos&NewID=8048&lang=en
Did you ever wonder if a biogas plant could be applicable to your industry/farm/municipality etc?
Here is part of the solution. If you want to know the biogas production potential of your project, just fill the form on the website listed below. That will give you a good idea of what your future biogas plant would look like.
Biogas Web Calculator
Biogas Web Calculator
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