As the shipping industry accelerates its efforts to meet the International Maritime Organisation’s decarbonisation targets, a growing number of organisations are looking to bio-LNG — an increasingly recognised ‘sustainable fuel’ with untapped greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction is not a new conversation for... [Read More]

FirstBio2Shipping, working with Attero BV and Bio-LNG Hub Wilp, has received funding from the European Commission to develop bio-LNG as a marine fuel. The project aims to decarbonise the maritime sector by demonstrating the first industrial plant producing renewable, low-carbon bio-liquefied natural gas ‘in a standardised and scalable fashion’, enabling the cost-effective... [Read More]

Enviva has reported strong quarterly results and shared an update on its plant expansion projects in the US South. The company reported a net revenue of $285 million (€239 million) in Q2 2021, a 70% increase compared to the same period in 2020. With the commissioning and expansion of pellet facilities in the US underway, Enviva’s chairman and CEO, John Keppler,... [Read More]

Cresta Fund Management (Cresta) and LF BiOenergy have joined forces to develop, own and operate RNG production facilities in the US. LF BiOenergy has extensive experience in RNG and agriculture industry relationships, while Cresta is a growth-oriented private equity firm investing in sustainable and conventional energy and industrial infrastructure. LF’s RNG facilities... [Read More]

A new biogas project by Innovating Energy in New South Wales, Australia will be operational in 12-14 months. The project in Nowra will use manure food waste to generate electricity, according to a report by Farm Online National. Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, visited the site of the biogas plant in Shoalhaven on 27 July and spoke... [Read More]

Green Genius has started building its first biogas plant in Poland, with the support of Bank Pekao. At the beginning of May, Green Genius, an international company with years of experience in developing renewable energy projects, started construction on the PLN 26 million (€5.69 million) project. The new plant is being built in the village of Turowiec in south-eastern... [Read More]

CNG Fuels has opened a new low-carbon heavy-goods vehicle (HGV) refuelling station in Nottinghamshire, UK, allowing vehicles to run on 100% biomethane. The announcement comes as the UK Government sets out plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel HGVs from 2040 under its transport decarbonisation plan. CNG fuels already operates six stations across the UK and... [Read More]

UK water company Anglian Water said it will maximise the value of biogas as part of its route to reach net zero by 2030. The target will cover all of the firm’s operational activities and those of its supply chain, as well as a commitment to cut capital carbon by 70% against a 2010 baseline. Under the plans, Anglian Water plans  maximise the value of biogas by... [Read More]

UK gas distribution company SGN has partnered with Vital Energi to develop low- and zero-carbon heat networks. Under the ‘ground-breaking’ 50:50 joint venture, SGN and renewable energy solutions provider Vital Energi will develop, own and operate low- and zero-carbon heat networks. The joint venture will create an Energy Services Company, representing the UK’s... [Read More]

Drax Group has cut the carbon emissions from its power generation by over 90% in less than a decade, the company reported in its half-year results. With this reduction, Drax has become one of Europe’s lowest-carbon intensity power generators, moving it closer to achieving its ambition to be carbon negative by 2030. Formerly the largest coal power station in Western... [Read More]

Waga Energy and Veolia have joined forces again for their fourth biomethane injection project. Veolia, specialising in optimised resource management and Waga Energy, a European leader in recovering gas from landfill waste in the form of biomethane, will recover gas from the Chatuzange energy storage centre in southeastern France. This is the fourth renewable gas... [Read More]

Scottish whisky producer Glenfiddich has announced it will run its vehicles on biogas generated from whisky waste. The distiller’s parent company, William Grant & Sons, launched the closed-loop system at the site in Dufftown, Moray, converting the residues from the distilling process into biogas. The technology converts production waste into an ultra-low carbon... [Read More]

Foresight, through the Foresight Italian Green Bond Fund, has invested €7.5 million to finance the construction of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Sardinia, Italy. Biogas Sardegna Green, the construction-ready AD plant, will have the capacity to process 30,000 tonnes of animal waste annually and generate 0.6 MW of combined heat and power. The plant will produce... [Read More]

Weber GreenTech will become an operating partner of and an investor in Renergon International, a Swiss biogas technology company. The merger between Renergon and Weber GreenTech, owned by the Marksdorf-based Weber entrepreneur family, will create a new major player in the construction and operation of organic waste processing plants, as well as in the field of healthy... [Read More]

Government officials, county staff, and contractors gathered at Tajiguas Landfill on 16 July to open the Santa Barbara County ReSource Center. The new $130 million (€110 million) centre will divert an additional 60% of waste from the landfill, bringing the region to a diversion rate of 85%. Additionally, the facility will create enough energy to power 2,000 homes. The... [Read More]

The City of Toronto will generate RNG from green bin organics, working in partnership with Enbridge Gas. The City of Toronto’s Solid Waste Management Services Division has installed infrastructure at Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility that will enable the city to take raw biogas produced from processing green bin organics, turn it into RNG, and inject it into... [Read More]