Photos of Mini Biogas plant, Anaerobic Digester

Photos of Biogas plant (Anaerobic Digester) in action Biogas plant (Anaerobic Digester) Experiment Concept The purpose of this project is to discover ways to produce Biogas with alternate sources by using our local resources this project can help students to basics of Anaerobic digestion and production of bio-gas by different organic wastage, basic task is to design, fabricate, and test a simple waste digester and gas collection system.With this system you...

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Energy experts believe that seaweed holds enormous potential as a biofuel

The team at the Berkeley, California-based Bio Architecture Lab engineered a form of E. coli bacteria that can digest the seaweed’s sugars into ethanol. – Reuters Photo WASHINGTON: Energy experts believe that seaweed holds enormous potential as a biofuel alternative to coal and oil, and US-based scientists said Thursday they have unlocked the secret of turning its sugar into energy. A newly engineered microbe can do the work by metabolizing all of the major sugars in brown seaweed, potentially...

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Chesterfield BioGas Appoints MD

Chesterfield BioGas Appoints MDUK - Biogas upgrading and refuelling equipment manufacturers Chesterfield BioGas Ltd (CBG) has appointed Stephen McCulloch as Managing Director. He joined the organisation as Sales Manager in 2008 when it was first formed as a division of Chesterfield Special Cylinders Limited (CSC). Prior to that Stephen had been in production and sales management positions at Doncasters Group Ltd. When CBG became a separate operating company within the Pressure Technologies group in Autumn 2010, Stephen became Director of...

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New success for city green energy business

Chesterfield BioGas Ltd (CBG) has today secured a contract to supply and install upgrading equipment for the UK’s latest project to use gas from renewable waste resources and inject it directly into the national gas grid. The contract win is seen as a good deal for the company, a subsidiary of Pressure Technologies plc (PT). The system in Stockport, like the first successful UK venture of its kind in Didcot which opened in October 2010, will feature, at its heart, an upgrading unit designed and manufactured by CBG’s partner, Greenlane® Biogas...

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Biogas is probably the best kept secret in the renewable energy industry.

Biogas is probably the best kept secret in the renewable energy industry. Organic waste is one of the untapped sources of natural energy available today. “It's a simple solution that can be deployed in as quickly as three days but people don't know too much about it”, says Jonathan de Magalhães, Managing Director of Ubuntu Energy Solutions. While biogas is used all over the world --India for example has more than 4.5 million digesters–harnessing biogas energy in South Africa is practically unknown. Only a small...

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Exploring Biogas, An Untapped Source of Clean Renewable Energy

When most people think of clean technology and renewable energy, they think of the two industry stars: solar and wind power. In addition to their promise to replace fossil fuels, they're iconic and aesthetically pleasing. But other clean technology solutions have the potential to shine and make equal, if not greater, contributions to our success in weaning off fossil fuels. One of the most promising of these solutions is biogas. This article focuses on the untapped power of biogas. First,...

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