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BNDES approves US$6.6 million loan to boost biomethane production
November 7, 2024
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved a loan of US$6.6 million to expand biomethane and biogas production at Geo Biogas&Carbon’s Tamboara facility in Parana. Once the project is complete, most of the biogas will be converted to biomethane for additional energy generation. Source: Renewables Now
Waste to energy technology deployed in Guatemalan brewery
January 18, 2019
Cervercería Centro Americana (CCA), a brewery in Guatemala, is using Global Water & Energy (GWE)’s waste to energy technologies to convert wastewater to biogas. This method will increase the brewery’s environmental performance, reduce fossil fuel dependence and costs, improve the quality of organic matter removal, and may provide an additional profit to the company, as […]
Biogas network grows in Cuba
January 9, 2019
A local engineer, Alexander López Savran, has used his bio-digester innovation to create a distribution network for biogas in neighboring communities in Cuba. “A new bio-digester has been designed to obtain pressure, which means that biogas can be distributed more than five kilometres away without the need for a compressor or blower,” said Mr. Savran, […]
El Salvador opened tender for renewable energy project
December 21, 2018
El Salvador has received eighteen proposals, twelve solar PV projects and six biogas, for a 28MW renewable energy project. The National Energy Council of El Salvador, and the electricity distributor DELSUR received this Wednesday the proposals. The call for tenders had been opened in May. Representatives of SIGET, a government agency overlooking electricity and telecommunications […]
El Salvador publishes guidelines for 28 MW tender
June 26, 2018
El Salvador’s energy industry is open for business. Seeking to acquire 28 MW, the government is requesting bids to total 20 MW from solar energy and 8 MW from biogas. The public bid process will start the 14th of August of this year and will end the 12th of December. The winners from this bid […]
El Salvador launches auction to procure 28 MW of solar and biogas
June 6, 2018
El Salvador just launched an auction to procure 28 MW of renewable energy. Eligible projects will include solar PV – ground-mounted and rooftop – up to 2 MW in size and biogas projects not to exceed 1 MW. Consejo Nacional de Energía (CNE), El Salvador’s energy regulator, is the authority managing the auction, and expects […]
Latin America expected to account for 50% of global biogas revenues in the next decade
January 11, 2017
A new report from Future Market Insights suggests a bright future for Latin America’s biogas markets. During the forecast period 2016-2026, the authors stated that between 2016 and 2026, the global biogas revenues will double, with Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America among key regions fueling demand. The APAC biogas market is predicted to grow relatively fast at […]
Brazil plans to set up Latin American and Caribbean Biogas Association
October 24, 2015
Brazil’s International Centre for Renewable Energy (CIBiogas) announced on Tuesday it is planning to set up a Latin American and Caribbean Biogas Association. Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Cuba are all interested in partnering in the new agency, that will strive to foster the exchange of policies and technological know-how as well […]