The European Parliament adopted its Report on the Revision of Regulation EU 2019/1242 yesterday (21 November),  setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. The European Biogas Association (EBA) desscribed this as "a milestone legislation to curb the segment emissions". The association said it welcomes the European Parliament recognition of... [Read More]

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has announced it will start producing clean hydrogen using biogas generated during a food waste treatment process. The effort will help support the establishment of a green hydrogen ecosystem, it said. The Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in August at the Hyundai Engineering Construction Co.,Ltd (Hyundai E&C) office... [Read More]

India's state-owned Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has signed an agreement with GAIL (India) Limited to set up 10 compressed biogas projects and other new and renewable energy projects in the state. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by PEDA CEO Amarpal Singh and GAIL (India) Executive Director RK Singhal. The Minister for Punjab New and Renewable... [Read More]

Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR has acquired a majority stake in Corradi e Ghisolfi, an Italian company focused on the design, construction and maintenance of biogas and biomethane plants. Corradi e Ghisolfi specialises in agricultural-powered plants and for patents and innovative solutions that service agricultural plants, aiming to maximise efficiency, yield and production. The... [Read More]

DS Smith, a world leader in sustainable packaging solutions, has unveiled a major investment to transform the paper mill's energy supply at its site in Normandy, near Rouen. The project includes replacing the coal-fired boiler with a new biomass boiler that will reduce the site's emissions by 99,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, compared to FY22/23. The 56 MW Valmet high-tech... [Read More]

RENOVA has announced that the Morinomiyako Biomass Power Plant in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, began operation on 18 November. RENOVA has a stake in the plant, which possessed generation capacity of 75 MW and is fueled by wood pellets and palm kernel shells. Preparations for this facility were made by Morinomiyako Biomass Energy G.K., which is jointly funded... [Read More]

Granville Eco Park, Dungannon, a Bio Capital Group company, has started injecting renewable biomethane into the local gas network, in what the company said was "a first for Northern Ireland". Having installed a £1.2 million (€1.3 million) gas-to-grid system at its existing anaerobic digestor, Bio Capital added it has the capability to export enough gas to decarbonise... [Read More]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that "major efforts are required" for Estonia to reduce its emissions, adding that meeting climate targets will require stronger forestry and biomass policies from the nation. The IEA said its Energy Policy Review arrives at a critical moment for Estonia, which is facing notable challenges amid the climate and energy crises,... [Read More]

Aston University's Supergen Bioenergy Hub has officially launched its new impact-focused phase to increase sustainable biomass production and use in the UK. The project aims to re-energise the biomass and bioenergy community and develop new partnerships, according to the university. In July 2023 UK Research and Innovation committed £5 million (€5.7 million) to fund... [Read More]

ENGIE’s Stuart Rennie tells Bioenergy Insight about the organisation’s plans for British biomethane producer Ixora Energy, following its acquisition earlier this year. In September this year, it was announced that ENGIE had acquired Ixora Energy Ltd, a leading biomethane producer based in the UK since 2017. The acquisition, secured for £64.8 million (€74.6 million),... [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  announced the opening of its 13th low-carbon refuelling station – the first station of its kind to open in Wales. The new site, with 12 pumps capable of refuelling over 500 HGVs daily and cutting over 60,000 tonnes of CO2 annually,... [Read More]

Portugese renewables firm the Greenvolt Group (Greenvolt) has announced it is in the final stages of completing the commissioning of a lithium-ion battery storage system at its Mondego bioelectric biomass plant in Figueira da Foz, Coimbra. The project aims to modulate generated power, optimising the injected power at each moment through innovative “pouch cell” technology,... [Read More]

Ammongas, part of European Energy, has announced the successful installation of a biogas upgrading facility at Allen Farms, in the state of New York, US. This facility is the first in a series of four, planned for development by Cayuga RNG Holdings, LLC, a joint venture of UGI Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation and Global Common Ventures, LLC. It represents... [Read More]

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK and Circular Fuels Limited (CFL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to deliver a sustainable liquid petroleum gas replacement from refuse derived fuel, at Circular Fuel’s planned plant at Teesworks, Teesside in the UK. SUEZ and CFL will produce renewable and recycled DME, a low-carbon liquid gas which allows off-grid... [Read More]

Iona Capital (Iona), the UK low carbon investment fund manager, has taken a stake in Carbon Capture Scotland (CCSL), one of the leading net zero carbon capture and use companies in the UK. CCSL works with multiple industries in particular distillers, energy-from-waste (EFW) firms and biomethane plants in the UK to capture green carbon dioxide (biogenic CO₂) from their... [Read More]

The town of Amiens, Amiens Energies and ENGIE Solutions have selected Danish company Dall Energy to provide its gasification technology for a new 14MW district heating-plant. The contract was signed on 14 November at a signing ceremony at Quai De L'innovation in Amiens in France. Alongside the deal with the plant, Dall Energy has secured a 10-year maintenance deal with... [Read More]