Aug 26, 2025
Breakthrough Energy partners with Japan on biomass and hydrogen push
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2025
EnviTec Biogas has completed its 40th EnviThan gas upgrading plant in France, located in the Aube region. The facility, operated by Biogaz des Vieilles Vignes, processes around 100 tonnes of agricultural residues each day to produce biomethane, which is fed into the local grid run by NaTran (formerly GRTgaz).
The plant, with a capacity of 400 Nm³/h, is owned by three... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a decision on 175 petitions from 38 refineries seeking small refinery exemptions (SREs) from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme’s volume requirements for compliance years 2016–2024.
In its ruling, EPA granted 63 full exemptions, 77 partial exemptions, denied 28 petitions, and deemed seven ineligible.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 22, 2025
A renewable energy company in Brown County, Wisconsin, US, has sought bankruptcy protection after struggling with years of financial and operational setbacks.
NLC Energy Denmark LLC, which operates a biogas facility in the village of Denmark, filed for Chapter 11 protection on 16 August in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The company is... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 22, 2025
Airbus’s Singapore office has partnered with Indonesia’s Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) to explore the use of biomass in producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), aiming to source up to 100 million tonnes per year from the country.
The collaboration will conduct a detailed study of Indonesia’s biomass potential, covering resource availability, logistics, supply... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 22, 2025
Unilever has begun using biomethane derived from palm oil waste to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its largest facility in Indonesia, marking the country’s first commercial biomethane offtake.
The initiative focuses on Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia (UOI) in Sei Mangkei, North Sumatra, which became the company’s largest global greenhouse gas-emitting site following... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 21, 2025
The German bioenergy sector is facing a decisive moment as the federal government races to complete the notification process for the so-called Biomass Package by August 27.
Without approval, key regulatory changes intended to support the industry in October’s upcoming Renewable Energy Act (EEG) tender cannot take effect.
Billions of euros in planned investments... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2025
A new renewable energy facility in Lincolnshire, England has been granted an environmental permit to process more than 40,000 tonnes of agricultural waste and crops each year, turning it into green gas for the national grid.
The Environment Agency has approved the permit for VIDA Bioenergy Glentham Limited to operate its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on Barff Lane,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2025
U.S. landfill biogas facilities are achieving record levels of energy capture and investment, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the American Biogas Council (ABC).
The report shows that 589 landfill biogas systems are now in operation nationwide, up nearly 19% since 2020.
In that time, more than 90 new facilities have come online, boosting annual capture... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 20, 2025
Loick Bioenergie has strengthened its renewable energy portfolio with the addition of two new EnviThan gas upgrading plants, commissioned from long-standing partner EnviTec Biogas.
The Dorsten-based company, which already operates 40 biogas and photovoltaic projects across Germany, is expanding capacity at its biogas plants in Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg, and Hennstedt,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 20, 2025
Packaging and paper group Mondi is set to significantly increase energy self-sufficiency at its integrated pulp and paper mill in Ružomberok, Slovakia, through the construction of a new biomass power plant.
Scheduled for completion in 2027, the €120 million investment – net of subsidies from the European Union’s Modernisation Fund – will raise the mill’s energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 20, 2025
Industrial services group Bilfinger has signed a contract with BSOG Energy (BSOGE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG), to deliver concept and basic engineering services for a new biomethane plant in Alba County, Romania.
The facility will be BSOGE’s first project in the sector and is intended to act as a model for further large-scale biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 19, 2025
The expansion of the biogas plant in Lavigny has reached a significant milestone, with the pressure test successfully completed earlier than planned.
The project, led by Kanadevia Inova, marks the latest stage in a long-standing collaboration with Ecorecyclage SA, part of the Holdigaz Group, which has relied on Kompogas® technology since 2008.
The expansion includes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 19, 2025
Southwest Gas Corporation has filed a procurement agreement with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) to its customers, marking a key step towards the state’s climate targets.
The agreement, developed in partnership with Anew Climate LLC and Anaergia Inc.’s subsidiary SoCal Biomethane (SCB), follows a competitive... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 19, 2025
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has announced a $5 million (£4.29 million) investment in eight projects aimed at creating jobs, training the next generation of forestry workers, and helping small businesses play a greater role in protecting forests and communities from wildfires.
The funding comes through CAL FIRE’s Business and Workforce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2025
A new organics processing plant has been approved for Christchurch in New Zealand, paving the way for the closure of Bromley’s long-troubled composting facility.
Independent commissioners appointed by Environment Canterbury granted resource consent on Friday for the EcoGas plant, to be located in Hornby’s industrial zone.
The existing open-air site in Bromley has... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 18, 2025
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment is inviting public comment on four new methodologies for its national voluntary carbon market, with a particular focus on projects related to oilfield gas and biomass power generation.
The proposed measures aim to reduce emissions in the energy sector and support the country's broader carbon neutrality goals.
The methodologies... [Read More]
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Unilever has begun using biomethane derived from palm oil waste to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its largest facility in Indonesia, marking the country’s first commercial biomethane offtake
A renewable energy company in Brown County, Wisconsin, US, has sought bankruptcy protection after struggling with years of financial and operational setbacks
U.S. landfill biogas facilities are achieving record levels of energy capture and investment, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the American Biogas Council (ABC)
