Methane

Global Biogas Plants Markets, 2015-2018 & 2019-2024: Renewable Technologies Gains Critical Mass - An Opportunity to Tap for Biogas

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Thursday, June 6, 2019
Energy, Articles, Sustainable development, Biofuels, Renewable energy, Anaerobic digestion, Biodegradation, Biogas, Methane, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Mesophilic digester, Sharad P. Kale

Europe Leads Biogas Plants Market, While China Provides Growth Opportunities

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Europe Leads Biogas Plants Market, While China Provides Growth Opportunities
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Deploys Biodigester I, the Dry Anaerobic Digestion-Biogas Plant

With RFP for Purchasing RNG, MTA Takes Big Step Toward Clean Energy

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Thursday, May 16, 2019
Energy, Fuel gas, Universe, Nature, Fuels, Anaerobic digestion, Methane, Industrial gases, Compressed natural gas, Biogas, Fuel

It represents the first step any heavy duty vehicle fleet in New York City has taken towards adopting RNG.

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  • It represents the first step any heavy duty vehicle fleet in New York City has taken towards adopting RNG.
  • "This fuel shift will make the MTA a clear national leader in use of the cleanest, lowest-carbon fuel available today," said Matt Tomich, president of the NGO Energy Vision .
  • RNG production prevents methane biogases emitted as organic materials decay from escaping into the atmosphere and having a powerful climate-warming impact.
  • MTA plans to replace the equivalent of 12 to 14 million gallons of CNG a year with RNG.

China's Biogas Market, 2019: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts to 2024 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Energy, Oil, Gas, Energy, Nature, Articles, Fuel gas, Anaerobic digestion, Biodegradation, Biogas, Fuels, Methane, Marketing

The "China Biogas Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "China Biogas Market: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The country research report on China biogas market is a customer intelligence and competitive study of the China market.
  • Moreover, the report provides deep insights into demand forecasts, market trends, and micro and macro indicators in the China market.
  • What are the modes of entering China biogas market?

Fighter Jet Imaging Tech Has a New Target: Helping the Energy Industry Monitor, Reduce Emissions

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Climate forcing, Gases, Fuel gas, Climate forcing agents, Fuels, Climatology, Flare, Pyrotechnics, Greenhouse gas, Methane

It's important to measure and manage these emissions, and the industry team's video imaging spectral radiometry (VISR) flare monitor uses IR images to measure how efficiently the flare consumes emissions.

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  • It's important to measure and manage these emissions, and the industry team's video imaging spectral radiometry (VISR) flare monitor uses IR images to measure how efficiently the flare consumes emissions.
  • The VISR flare monitor is the first readily deployable monitoring solution that directly measures methane emissions entering the environment.
  • "BP is determined to tackle such greenhouse gas emissions and help deliver a cleaner, better energy future.
  • The VISR flare monitor enables us to do that, by helping us identify opportunities for real sustainable reductions in methane emissions."

Introducing Fartr, the World's First App for Recording, Analyzing and Sharing Flatulence

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Thursday, May 2, 2019
Operating systems, Computer architecture, Computing, Smartphones, Flatulence, Methane, Reflexes, IOS, Android

NEW YORK, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Fartr, the world's first app for analyzing, visualizing, scoring and sharing flatulence, was released today for iOS and Android.

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  • NEW YORK, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Fartr, the world's first app for analyzing, visualizing, scoring and sharing flatulence, was released today for iOS and Android.
  • Breaking from a traditionally crude pack of apps via its high-end design, Fartr features a patent-pending algorithm for visualizing and scoring flatulence.
  • "At Fartr, we believe flatulence can be beautiful and unique, and we have built an app to capture that."
  • Next, the app interprets the captured audio and, using a proprietary algorithm, assesses four key attributes: volume, length, pitch and rhythm.

Ovivo Acquires Westech Industrial (d.b.a. Varec Biogas)

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Monday, April 15, 2019
Energy, Nature, Universe, Anaerobic digestion, Biofuels, Renewable energy, Fuels, Biogas, Methane

MONTREAL, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Ovivo Inc. ("Ovivo"), a global provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment, technology and systems, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Westech Industrial Inc.,doing business as Varec Biogas ("Varec Biogas"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westech Industrial Ltd.

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  • MONTREAL, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Ovivo Inc. ("Ovivo"), a global provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment, technology and systems, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Westech Industrial Inc.,doing business as Varec Biogas ("Varec Biogas"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westech Industrial Ltd.
    Based in Stafford, Texas, and Huntington Beach, California, Varec Biogas is a leader in the biogas market in North America.
  • Over the past 50 years, Varec Biogas has built a well-established customer base, largely attributable to its expertise, products and brand.
  • Varec Biogas will operate under the name Varec Biogas Inc., an Ovivo company.
  • "We are very excited to welcome the Varec Biogas team to Ovivo and we will benefit from their strong positioning and reputation in the biogas market,'' says Marc Barbeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ovivo.

Unconventional Gas Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2018 - 2026

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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Fuels, Unconventional gas, Energy, Methane, Shale gas, Natural gas, Coalbed methane, Tight gas, Natural gas in the United States, Shale gas by country, Unconventional oil

Unconventional gas refers to natural gas that requires advanced production methods.These gas resources are found in unusual geological locations and therefore require special extraction technologies.

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  • Unconventional gas refers to natural gas that requires advanced production methods.These gas resources are found in unusual geological locations and therefore require special extraction technologies.
  • There are three major types of unconventional gas: shale gas, tight gas, and coalbed methane.
  • Global production of unconventional gas rose by 5.3% to 817 bcm in 2016 compared to that in 2015.
  • The report provides size (in terms of volume and value) of the unconventional gas market for the base year 2017 and the forecast between 2018 and 2026.Market numbers have been estimated based on type, and application segments of the unconventional gas market.

eLichens sets new standards for gas safety with the introduction of its new generation optical methane sensor

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Energy, Oil, Gas, Other Energy, Technology, Hardware, Internet, Software, Other Technology, Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Gases, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Detectors, Gas sensors, Safety equipment, Gas leak, Occupational safety and health, Gas detector, Leak detection, Methane, Leak

With the increase in incidents related to industrial and residential gas leaks, eLichens, a leading designer of patented gas sensors, launches Foxberry-CH4 methane sensor for gas leak detection.

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  • With the increase in incidents related to industrial and residential gas leaks, eLichens, a leading designer of patented gas sensors, launches Foxberry-CH4 methane sensor for gas leak detection.
  • The goal of Foxberry-CH4 sensor is to make the environment safe for citizens and gas utilities professionals by dramatically reducing the number of casualties and ultimately saving lives.
  • In addition, it will cut down the cost of interventions (firefighters and gas utilities) due to false alarms that in most cases can be avoided.
  • "eLichens' ultimate goal is to help gas utilities companies keep public safety high a key priority", said Wahid Issa, CEO of eLichens.

Global Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) Market Outlook, 2019-2023 with Chevron Corporation, KBR, PetroSA, Qatar Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, and Sasol Dominating - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, March 21, 2019
Energy, Alternative energy, Coal, Oil, Gas, Fuels, Energy, Chemistry, Petroleum production, Fuel gas, Industrial gases, Shale gas, Natural gas, Gas to liquids, Unconventional oil, Methane, Coalbed methane

The gas-to-liquid (GTL) market will register a CAGR of over 4% by 2023.

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  • The gas-to-liquid (GTL) market will register a CAGR of over 4% by 2023.
  • Owing to an increase in the supply of coalbed methane, tight gas, and shale gas, natural gas has turned out to be the fastest-growing fossil fuel.
  • Hence, the global oil and gas industry has been experiencing rapid growth in terms of the production of unconventional oil and gas resources.
  • Hence, the high capital cost of GTL plants poses a significant challenge to the growth of the global GTL market.

Praxair to Build New World Scale Hydrogen Plant in Louisiana

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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Energy, Oil, Gas, Utilities, Other Energy, Manufacturing, Other Manufacturing, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Industrial gases, Natural sciences, Linde plc, Hydrogen production, Methane reformer, Steam reforming, Methane, Praxair, Hydrogen vehicle, Hydrogen

Praxair, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc (NYSE:LIN; FWB:LIN), has authorized the construction of a world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana to supply product under a long-term contract with a major refinery in the area.

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  • Praxair, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc (NYSE:LIN; FWB:LIN), has authorized the construction of a world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana to supply product under a long-term contract with a major refinery in the area.
  • The new plant will be integrated with Praxairs already extensive Louisiana production network via its Mississippi River Corridor hydrogen pipeline system.
  • Praxair will build, own and operate the steam methane reformer (SMR), which will have a capacity in excess of 170 million standard cubic feet per day of high-purity hydrogen.
  • The new plant, which is planned to start up in 2021, will be one of the largest hydrogen production units in the U.S., along with the SMR recently announced by Praxair in Texas.