AFYREN, a greentech company that offers manufacturers natural, low-carbon ingredients produced using fermentation technology based on a circular model, and SUEZ, a world leader in circular solutions for water and waste management, are working together on a new way of creating value from organic waste. At a time when nearly 20% of global food production is wasted, the... [Read More]

A blaze from a biomass boiler spread to a commercial building in Shropshire, UK, leading to fire crews being called, reported the BBC. The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended SJ Roberts Construction Ltd in Marton on the evening of 6 March. The biomass boiler was alight, with a large storage unit being affected. Station Manager Darren Salvoni said the fire... [Read More]

Hartree Partners (UK) Limited (Hartree), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartree Partners LP, which is co-owned by its partners and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has signed an acquisition agreement for a 50% share in Botres Holding GmbH and its subsidiaries (Botres). Headquartered in Graz, Austria, Botres is a key supplier of industrial biogas plants and biorefineries... [Read More]

ENGIE has announced the completion of its acquisition of the award-winning Rainbarrow Farm anaerobic digestion (AD) facility located in Dorset in South West England. With an annual operational capacity of 57 GWh, this AD facility has been providing renewable energy to the local community for over a decade. Following last September's announcement of the acquisition of... [Read More]

Infravia Capital Partners has incorporated Heygaz Biomethane (Heygaz), a Pan-European renewable natural gas platform, to address the European renewable natural gas market opportunity and to leverage on the increasing needs of a broad range of industries and transportation customers for carbon-neutral gas as a decarbonisation tool. Heygaz has been set up through the carve-out... [Read More]

The authorities of Vietnam's northern Tuyen Quang province and Japan’s Erex JSC commenced the construction of the Erex Sakura Tuyen Quang biomass fuel plant today (6 March). The ceremony marked a significant step forward for the project, which will occupy a 3.3ha site and have a total investment of over 478.8 billion VND (€18.7 million). Once operational in 2025,... [Read More]

A MMI-2 belt conveyor scale installed in a telestacker enables Avedøreværket to prepare an accurate CO2 statement for the authorities. The scale weighs the fly ash that is added to the biofuel as the ash travels on a conveyor belt. A simple solution with some modern technology from Siemens has proved to be a stroke of genius at the Avedøreværket, a combined heat and... [Read More]

Thachang Green Energy (TGE), the SET-listed biomass power plant developer and operator, is preparing to build four waste-to-energy power plants this year to boost its revenue once public hearings on the projects are completed, reported the Bangkok Post. The plants are awaiting approval from the Energy Regulatory Commission, which will make its decision following public... [Read More]

Nordic energy company Gasum and power-to-gas developer Nordic Ren-Gas have signed a Letter of Intent whereby the parties will negotiate on an offtake agreement for the entire anticipated production of Nordic Ren-Gas’s e-methane plant projects in the Finnish cities of Lahti and Kotka. If an agreement is reached, Gasum will purchase all e-methane produced at the plants... [Read More]

Biogases, including biohydrogen, are emerging as key players in the search for sustainable energy solutions, according to the European Biogas Association (EBA). They can help decarbonise energy-intensive manufacturing processes, transportation and other sectors in need for defossilisation. An increasing number of innovators, researchers and industry experts is testing... [Read More]

Gasum has announced it will open a new filling station in Vänersborg, Sweden later this month. The station is the product of a collaboration with logistics company Centralen, and is Gasum's 23rd in Sweden. Due to open on 11 March, the Vänersborg facility will serve both heavy-duty vehicles and passenger cars with liquefied and compressed biogas (LBG/CBG) and natural... [Read More]

Representatives from the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) came to Levidian’s Technology Centre in Cambridge this week to learn more about the company's hydrogen project with United Utilities, the UK's largest listed water company. Levidian and United Utilities are working to decarbonise wastewater treatment by deploying Levidian’s patented LOOP... [Read More]

French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies' biogas unit in BioNorrois, France, which is due to be launched later this year. BioNorrois will produce nearly 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year at launch, and reach a maximum capacity of 153 GWh per year. The unit will utilise sugar beet residue from one of Cristal Union's factories. Cristal Union,... [Read More]

West Biofuels has been selected for up to $30 million (€27.7 million) in award negotiations from the US government to provide low-carbon, stable energy for the rural communities in Burney, Mariposa, and Mammoth Lakes, California. The investment is being made by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). By developing a cluster of... [Read More]

The European Commission (EC) has approved a collaboration beween Enagás Renovable, PreZero and ACES, to develop a Smart Farm Biogas project in Colmenar Viejo, in Madrid, Spain. The transaction relates primarily to the market of organic waste treatment and the production of biogas (i.e. biomethane) to be sold through the Spanish gas network. The EC concluded on 29 February... [Read More]

In 2023, a record 3,218 average megawatts (MW) were generated from biomass in Brazil, constituting 4.6% of the year's total energy consumption, the Ministry of Mines and Energy said on 27 February. "We are working on several fronts to continue being a benchmark for clean energy around the world. In 2023, 93.6% of our electricity was generated from renewable sources, which... [Read More]