Commercial and industrial energy supplier Flogas Enterprise, and operator of the national gas network, Gas Networks Ireland, have turned the sod on the Flogas Enterprise Bio-CNG refuelling station. Located in St Margarets in North County Dublin, the 2,900 square metre station is expected to open in April 2024 and will be Ireland’s first dedicated BioCNG station supporting... [Read More]

The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) has published the Canadian standard CAN/BNQ 3672-100 Biomethane — Quality Specifications for Injection into Natural Gas Distribution and Transmission Systems. The biomethane quality specifications established in this standard aim at reducing risks on human health and environment as well as guaranteeing satisfactory and safe... [Read More]

The business was established in the UK in 2003 after several industries, including biogas, showed significant interest in its elastomer-coated rotary lobe pumps, the pump Vogelsang invented in 1970 and is best-known for manufacturing globally, the company said. Since then it has grown to an 18-strong team located across the UK, from Scotland to the South Coast and is... [Read More]

Renewable developer Solarig will invest €250 million to build and operate ten biomethane plants in Spain, reported Reuters. The ten plants will be built in the Castile and Leon region and will use agricultural and livestock waste as main energy source. The facilities are expected to start entering into operations by the end of 2025. The announcement comes following... [Read More]

Adani Total Gas Ltd. (ATGL), a leading energy and city gas distribution company, co-promoted by the Adani Group and TotalEnergies, has announced the initiation of a 'Green Hydrogen Blending Pilot Project'. As part of the project, ATGL said it will employ the latest technologies to blend Green Hydrogen (GH2) with natural gas for over 4,000 residential and commercial customers... [Read More]

The European Biogas Association (EBA) has released an open letter, addressing a report released by Feedback EU, which said the EU's plan to ramp up biomethane production to 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030 from its current level of 3.5 bcm is "both unrealistic and unsustainable". The EBA said that Feedback EU's report, entitled Biomethane: setting a target that is... [Read More]

Walker Industries has announced its Niagara Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility has reached its final stages of commissioning, setting a milestone as the largest RNG project in Ontario, Canada. This facility will capture and refine landfill gas into low-carbon RNG, providing enough clean energy for more than 8,750 residential homes, according to Walker. “The project... [Read More]

Auckland Council in New Zealand has kept nine million kilograms of food scraps out of landfill with its new rukenga kai (food scraps) collection service. Auckland’s food scraps are processed at New Zealand’s only anaerobic digestion facility run by locally owned company Ecogas, which converts the food scraps into renewable energy and liquid fertiliser. The council... [Read More]

Exmoor National Park in South West England has installed a biomass boiler to boost its carbon-neutral commitment. The installation means the centre will be able to produce electricity from logs sourced from "the Authority's sustainably managed woods." The new boiler will supply renewable heat and hot water for the whole site, including the classrooms and accommodation... [Read More]

On 24 November the European Commission (EC) gave a positive assessment of Italy's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €194.4 billion (€122.6 billion in loans and €71.8 billion in grants) and covers 66 reforms, seven more than in the original plan, and 150 investments. Italy's REPowerEU chapter consists... [Read More]

The European Union’s (EU) Bioenergy Day took place on 10 November. Bioenergy Europe emphasises the importance of the occasion, in its regular column for Bioenergy Insight. Bioenergy Day means that, from the specified date onwards, bioenergy alone has the potential to fulfil the EU’s energy needs for the rest of the year. Every EU country has its own National Bioenergy... [Read More]

The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has contracted financing worth R$157 million (€29.3 million) for the construction of a biomethane plant in Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, reported CE NoticiasFinancieras. Of this amount, R$79.8 million (€14.7 million) comes from the Climate Fund Program. The unit is expected to have a production capacity... [Read More]

The European Commission has launched the first auction under the European Hydrogen Bank to support the production of renewable hydrogen in Europe, with an initial €800 million of emissions trading revenues, channelled through the Innovation Fund. Producers of renewable hydrogen can bid for support in the form of a fixed premium per kilogram of hydrogen produced. The... [Read More]

ReFuels N.V., one of Europe's leading suppliers of renewable biomethane (Bio-CNG) for the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), has commenced construction at its latest station in Doncaster. The site in South Yorkshire – one of the UK’s largest logistic hubs – puts 90% of the country’s population and four of the country’s largest ports within a 4–5-hour... [Read More]

Campaign group Feedback EU has released a report that it said shows the EU's plan to ramp up biomethane production to 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030 from its current level of 3.5bcm is "both unrealistic and unsustainable". The report, which calls for a lower target, is called Biomethane: setting a target that is fit for food and the climate. The 35bcm biomethane... [Read More]

Canada's government has extended federal tax credits to systems that use waste biomass for the production of electricity, heat or combined heat and power (CHP) in its 2023 Fall Economic Statement, which was released on 21 November. The tax credits are already in place for other designated clean technologies. The Statement said that, during the course of production, industries... [Read More]