São Martinho, one of the world's largest sugarcane energy companies, has announced plans to construct its first biomethane plant. Produced through the anaerobic digestion of vinasse, a residue from ethanol production, the plant will process 100% of the vinasse generated at the Santa Cruz unit, located in Américo Brasiliense, in the interior of São Paulo (SP), to produce... [Read More]

H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies, Inc. (H2B2), a global vertically integrated provider of green hydrogen energy solutions across the hydrogen value chain, has unveiled SoHyCal - the largest operational green hydrogen production plant powered entirely by renewable energy in North America to date. This project, from both a technical and commercial point of view, consists... [Read More]

Colin Ley analyses the situation in Canada in this incisive regional focus, exclusively for Bioenergy Insight Wildfires raging across Canada in recent months have highlighted the increasingly fragile state of the natural environment while also drawing attention to the need for renewable solutions to be applied to the country’s future energy mix. While vast... [Read More]

Bioenergy Devco (BDC), the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, LLC and a leader in the design, engineering, construction, financing and operation of anaerobic digestion facilities, has released a statement commending local legislators' efforts to divert organic waste from landfills and reduce methane emissions. A group of more than 50 leaders from across the US... [Read More]

A new independent research report, "UK Cluster potential – how the UK can lead the world in Carbon Capture and Storage", by Development Economics, has found that if the UK Government accelerates and expands the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Clusters across the country, it could generate an extra £32 billion (€36.7 billion) for the economy from 2050... [Read More]

A person has been tragically killed in a blast due to a biogas plant leak in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly in India, according to a report from ANI News. As many as four people sustained serious injuries, local police said on 1 November "One person died while four were injured in a blast which occurred after a biogas plant leak here under the Bithri Chainpur police station... [Read More]

EverGen Infrastructure Corp. (EverGen) has announced mechanical completion of the Fraser Valley Biogas RNG Expansion Project. The Fraser Valley Biogas RNG Expansion Project commenced construction in Q3 2022, with a scope that included improvements to the feedstock processing system, installation of a new RNG upgrader and the commissioning of a third anaerobic digester. The... [Read More]

Cenergy Holdings has announced that Corinth Pipeworks, its steel pipes segment, has been awarded two contracts by Società Gasdotti Italia. With a value of over €10 million, Corinth Pipeworks will produce and supply approximately 82km of high frequency welding steel pipes (HFW) for the development of the gas pipeline network in the Southern Italy. The first contract,... [Read More]

Gasum has opened its newest gas filling station in Keminmaa, Finland. The new station is the first gas filling station in Finnish Lapland, Gasum’s second northernmost filling station and Europe’s northernmost liquefied biogas (LBG) filling station. The Keminmaa station serves heavy duty transport and passenger cars because it allows refueling with liquefied and compressed... [Read More]

TES has awarded a feasibility study to Aker Carbon Capture to explore the implementation of a carbon capture plant at a waste-to-energy facility in Germany. The planned capture capacity will be 400,000 tonnes CO2 per year. The captured CO2 will be transported by railcar to the TES facilities at Wilhelmshaven in Northern Germany to produce e-NG, which is electric natural... [Read More]

Brandon Spencer, president of ABB Energy Industries, discusses ABB’s position in the biomass market and the importance of automation, digitalisation and electrification in optimising biomass power generation facilities. ABB recently announced it had secured its ninth contract with TOYO Engineering  Corporation in Japan to supply its distributed control system (DCS)... [Read More]

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has released a report looking at a possible solution for India's energy security and decarbonisation goals. Produced in a positive policy environment, where the Indian government has introduced several changes to accelerate growth and investments in the biogas sector, the report outlines the country's renewed... [Read More]

Suzano, the world's largest producer of market pulp, has announced it will invest R$650 million (€66.4 million) in the construction of a tissue paper mill in Espírito Santo, where it will also invest R$520 million (€98.7 million) to replace a biomass boiler. The company will also invest R$490 million (€93 million) to expand the supply of fluff pulp in São Paulo. The... [Read More]

The first large-scale biomethane production plant in Spain, using waste from a controlled waste repository, is expected to prevent the emission of 17,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year. The Naturgy group gas distributor, Nedgia, will inject biomethane through its grid with a 6-kilometre pipeline constructed as part of the project. Located in the PreZero Spain Controlled Waste... [Read More]

Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy, delivered a speech for European Biomethane Week on 25 October, in which she said that biomethane's role in Europe's energy transition is "even more critical" now than one year ago. Delivering a keynote speech at the European Biogas Association's 2023 Conference at The EGG Centre in Brussels, Simson said that the EU... [Read More]

Pakistan's chief minister Mohsin Naqvi laid the foundation stone of one of the country's biggest biogas plants at an official level on 25 October. Naqvi launched the construction work of the 6,000 cubic metre biogas plant at Gujjar Colony Rakh Chand Rai Lahore. The plant will cost Rs350 million (€1.2 million), with Rs80 million (€273,000) expected to be generated... [Read More]