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A University of Surrey spinout that uses artificial intelligence to optimise biogas plant operations has won the UK government's flagship AI innovation challenge, taking home a £1 million award. BiofuelAi, co-founded by Professor Michael Short, has developed an AI-powered decision support platform that gives plant operators a real-time picture of digester activity and predictive guidance on...
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Future Biogas has begun deploying advanced biodiversity monitoring equipment at its Moor Bioenergy (MBE) plant in Lincolnshire, as part of WildSense — a pioneering national programme aimed at generating high-resolution ecological data across the UK. The biomethane producer is one of just ten organisations selected for a sensor trial delivered by Wilder Sensing in collaboration with the UK...
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Vanguard Renewables has broken ground on a new anaerobic digestion facility in Litchfield, Minnesota, developed in partnership with TotalEnergies and co-located at Wagner Dairy, a family farm operating since 1887. The plant will process more than 300 tonnes of food and beverage waste per day, converting it into renewable natural gas (RNG) and nutrient-rich fertiliser. Once operational, it...
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A hot spring lodging facility in Akita Prefecture, Japan, has installed a biomass boiler fuelled by rice husks and buckwheat hulls, cutting kerosene consumption and giving local agricultural waste a new purpose. The facility expects to process around 450 tonnes of agricultural by-products annually, with projected fuel cost savings of approximately 20% and a reduction in greenhouse gas...
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Indian automotive giant Maruti Suzuki has announced two new biogas projects as part of a broader push to reduce fossil fuel dependence across its manufacturing operations. The company will commission a 10 tonnes per day (TPD) biogas plant at its Kharkhoda facility within the current financial year (FY 2026-27), while also completing an expansion of its existing plant at Manesar — increasing...
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The Canadian federal government has unveiled a substantial funding package for the country's forest products sector, alongside the release of the final report from the Forest Sector Transformation Task Force. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson made the announcement on Vancouver Island on 3 June, confirming that the Business Development Bank of Canada's Softwood Lumber Loan...
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Fedrigoni Group has secured one of Italy's first long-term biomethane supply agreements in the paper industry, covering around 40% of the gas requirements at its Italian manufacturing plants and cutting the cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of products at those sites by between 30% and 50%, depending on product line. The deal involves Verdalia Bioenergy, CH1, Fri-El and Bio.Methane.Hub, and...
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The UK Environment Agency has indicated that it is prepared to approve a permit variation that would allow carbon capture technology to be installed at Drax Power Station, marking a significant step forward for the proposed project. The regulator announced on 28 May that, following a review of evidence and feedback gathered during previous consultation exercises, it is "minded to" grant the...
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The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas has filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging the EPA's decision to reduce the 2025 cellulosic renewable volume obligation under its Renewable Fuel Standard 'Set 2' rule. The EPA originally finalised the 2025 cellulosic RVO at 1.38 billion renewable identification numbers in mid-2023. The agency subsequently proposed a...
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Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to establish a joint venture with US decarbonisation startup Graphyte to develop a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credit business, taking a 49% equity stake in the new entity. Graphyte generates CDR credits through biomass carbon removal and storage, using a process it calls Carbon Casting, which compresses and seals biomass residues —...
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A short documentary making the case for bioenergy as a tool for wildfire prevention premiered at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday, hosted by MEP Sakis Arnaoutoglou. 'Fuel the solution, not the fire' brings together local voices from Attica, Tuscany and Catalonia to show how active forest management — and the use of residues for bioenergy — can reduce fuel build-up and...
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South Korean renewable energy firm EcoSimplex has begun commercial operation of its ECO-Hydrogen Station in Magok, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, marking the first project under South Korea's Ministry of Climate 2024 Biogas-Based Clean Hydrogen Production Facility Installation Project to reach commercial operation using an on-site production method. The facility processes around 4,000 Nm³ of biogas...
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A coalition of environmental groups has launched a legal challenge to block construction of an industrial-scale wood pellet plant at the port of Grays Harbor, Washington, in what would be the first facility of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. The plant, backed by Pacific Northwest Renewable Energy, would produce 440,000 tonnes of wood pellets annually for export to Asian markets. Critics...
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The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) in Minnesota has announced a research partnership with Swedish firm BPC Instruments to expand biogas market opportunities from agricultural residues and organic waste streams. The collaboration will see both teams working together at AURI's Bio-industrial Innovation Center in Waseca, Minnesota, focusing on method development and hands-on...
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Methane emissions from biogas plants across Europe are greater than previously thought, but the majority could be eliminated at little or no cost, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London. Published in Nature Communications Sustainability, the study measured emissions at biogas plants in the UK, Poland and Germany, finding that plants were losing an average of 14.4...
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