WELTEC BIOPOWER builds biomethane plant in Spain

Green energy for 11,700 households  Together with environmental services provider PreZero and Enagás Renovable, WELTEC BIOPOWER began  construction of a biomethane plant north of Madrid in August 2026. Once operational, the plant in Colmenar  Viejo will generate up to 60 gigawatt-hours of green energy annually, equivalent to the energy requirements  of approximately 11,700 households or 30,000 residents.  The project has received all the urban planning and environmental permits required for construction. In addition  to planning approval and the construction licence granted by the municipality of Colmenar Viejo, the plant  has…

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MAXXDRIVE® from NORD implements biogas production

A total of 16 MAXXDRIVE® industrial gear units from NORD ensure the biogas production in the Smits Groep plant Image: NORD DRIVESYSTEMS

Although relatively new, the MAXXDRIVE® industrial gear units from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS are among the established drive solutions for heavy-duty applications. Apart from conveying, lifting and driving, mixing and agitating are among the most important application areas. For the agitators in a non-standard biogas plant in the Netherlands, the powerful industrial gear units significantly contribute to the implementation of gas production. MAXXDRIVE® industrial gear units from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS can be found in all industrial applications, where high performance and high ratios are required. They achieve output torques of up to 282,000…

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Assam CM lays foundation stone of North East India’s first compressed biogas plant project in Kamrup

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended as chief guest at the foundation stone laying ceremony of North East India’s first-ever compressed biogas plant project at Domora Pathar in Sonapur under Kamrup (Metropolitan) district. Being set up by entrepreneurs Pankaj Gogoi and Rakesh Doley under the banner of Redlemon Technologies Private Limited, the plant proposed to be operational from November 2023, will have a production capacity of five tonne-per-day of compressed biogas that would be produced from raw materials such as cattle-dung, municipalsolid wastes, etc. Speaking at the event, Chief…

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