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BIOGAS AS VEHICLE FUEL - Conference in Germany, 25th March
The utilisation of biogas as vehicle fuel has been sucessfully implemented in several European countries for years. In Germany, the utilisation path «vehicle fuel» hasn't been established yet. In the European research project BIOGASMAX the whole production chain from the generation of biogas up to the utilisation of biomethane in vehicles has been evaluated and successful project examples from Sweden, Switzerland, France and Italy have been demonstrated.
Market Report on Biomethane: Technologies and Costs of Conditioning Biogas and Feed-in into the Natural Gas Network
The German biomethane market is growing rapidly due to ambitious targets for biogas feed-in set by the German government: by 2020 60 billion kWh of natural gas are planned to be substituted by biogas. By the end of 2009, 30 upgrading plants will be feeding in about 3% of this target, in 2010 it will be 50 plants and 6%...
The Falköping Model - Excel based calculation model now available
The Falköping Model enables users to estimate market demand for biomethane in a region from evolving gas vehicle fleets and estimate supply capabilities from a range of production and distribution facilities. It takes a system perspective to model multiple actors across a 15 year time-span, allowing users to examine (and fine-tune!) the economic and environmental performance of the whole biomethane system, and its component parts.
BIOGASMAX partners give lectures on biomethane
Michael Beil (Fraunhofer IWES) and Jan Paul Lindner (University of Stuttgart) gave a three-hour lecture on biomethane at a workshop for international students in Darmstadt, Germany, on November 29th, 2009. The lecture was the last in a series of lectures in a "STUBE Hessen" seminar on renewable energy. "STUBE Hessen" is an educational programme parallel to university for international students (mostly from developing countries) in the federal state of Hesse, Germany.
European Commission Moves Toward Transport White Paper for Next Decade
The European Commission has hosted a high-level conference in Brussels on the future of the European transport system. The November 20th event marked the closing of two public consultations that the Commission launched in June 2009 with its Communication 'A sustainable future for transport' and its Green Paper 'Trans-European transport network: A policy review'. During the stakeholder meeting on "A sustainable future for transport" NGVA Europe insisted on the benefits of natural gas and...
Daily Iveco GNV "Green Van of the Year 2009"
The light duty commercial vehicle Iveco Daily driven with gas (biomethane or natural gas) was awarded « « Green Van of the Year 2009 » in alternative fuels category, during the Fleet Van Awards held in London this autumn. This vehicle is able to reduce by 62% CO2 emissions when compared with a Diesel-equivalent, which makes this vehicle meets EURO 6 emissions standard, which is the first case in Europe. It is run with a Power train 3 litters including storage capacity of 224 litters of...
A 10-minute video on biomethane life cycle on Biogasmax web site!
A 10-minute video is available on Biogasmax web site. Are presented the large scale biodigestion units developed as part of Biogasmax programme, such as waste water treatment plants in Bern (Switzerland), Göteborg, Stockholm (Sweden) and such as organic recovery centres in Lille (France), Vasteras and Falköping (Sweden). All the different aspects of the biomethane chain are illustrated with interviews of the professionals involved in each site: feedstock collection, biogas production,...
Gas filling stations: a new Biogasmax report published
A first demonstration report, carried out by GDF-SUEZ partner of the Biogasmax project, on fuel stations including deployment strategies and regulatory requirements is published on www.biogasmax.eu. Demonstration sites such as Lille (France), Bern (Switzerland), Göteborg and Stockholm (Sweden) are described, regarding gas supply, compression and storage facilities and distribution modes. Technical, environmental and economic factors for biomethane fuelling stations have been assessed. A...
Dual fuel Diesel-Biomethane for road transport
A dual fuel Diesel - Biomethane system for road transport is a relevant means of using biomethane as a fuel for heavy duty trucks. This has been experienced and developed by Hardstaff Group (U.K.) since the early 2000 through the so-called technology OIGI®. Such trucks use Diesel for starting and then run with biomethane. This technology is can use either Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) including biomethane, maximising the environmental benefits associated with...
250 participants at the Biogasmax Conference in Göteborg - Biomethane increasingly raises interests
The "European Biomethane Fuel Conference" held in Göteborg on 7th - 9th of September 2009 was a great success. The 250 participants coming from 30 different nations and the 33 speakers made clearly the Conference to be a major event on biomethane at the international level. Biogasmax outcomes have been disseminated thanks to this congress whose large audience will clearly contribute to the future market expansion of biomethane fuel.
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