Gasum inaugurated its new biogas filling station on 9 June in Ålesund municipality, on the western coast of Norway. The new gas filling station saw Gasum collaborate with the Norwegian postal service Posten and ÅRIM, a waste management company. It is Gasum's fourth LBG filling station in Norway. The new station caters to logistics companies operating in the region as... [Read More]

Global private markets firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a leading biogas and biomethane energy platform in Germany from Energiedenker Group. The Platform operates a 60 MW portfolio of 35 biogas plants and 10 biomethane plants across Northeast Germany. The Platform has strong infrastructure characteristics and benefits from a large asset base with high barriers... [Read More]

Enterra has secured €35m project financing from UniCredit for a biomass plant in Italy. Located in Foggia in the southern region of Apulia, the 13 MW plant produces electric and thermal energy from biomass. A unit to remove alcohol byproduct will be installed to extract the distilled alcohol produced during the biomass process. This alcohol will then be sold to other... [Read More]

AstraZeneca (AZN) is partnering with Vanguard Renewables to enable the delivery of renewable natural gas (RNG) to all of its sites in the United States by the end of 2026, in a first-of-its-kind collaboration. From June 2023, AstraZeneca will begin purchasing RNG produced by Vanguard Renewables for its Newark Campus in Delaware, where the company packages 26 medicines... [Read More]

Biofuels avoided nearly 2 million barrels of oil being used in 2022. The International Energy Agency (IEA) highlighted this information during a webinar which it hosted on June 9. The IEA also revealed how Brazil, Indonesia and India were all accelerating biofuels deployment in the past year – helping to drive two-thirds of demand growth in emerging economies. The... [Read More]

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has signed a contract with the Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) to establish a biogas plant that will treat 1,000 metric tonnes of municipal waste per day in Mumbai, India. Civic officials said the plant would be set up in Deonar in around two years, adding that the proposal for setting it up originated from the petroleum and natural... [Read More]

Waga Energy, a European specialist in upgrading landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG), has been awarded ISCC EU certification for its facility that is under construction at the PreZero site in Els Hostalets de Pierola (Catalonia, Spain). The International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) programme has been developed within the European Union,... [Read More]

SUEZ has acquired a 60% stake of Anaerobic Power Biogas Power Benešov (APBB), a pioneer in methanisation in Czechia, which will allow it to convert waste into biogas. The move sees Suez expanding the scope of its activities in the country. CAYAN Holdings Limited (CAYAN), which currently holds 100% of the shares, will retain the remaining 40% stake in the company. Founded... [Read More]

PepsiCo Inc opened its fifth production plant in Swiatem near Sroda Slsska, Poland on 31 May, which it said is "the most environmentally sustainable, technologically advanced and innovative PepsiCo facility in the European Union”. The 1bn Polish zloty (€222.6m) facility consists of three technologically advanced, energy-efficient production lines, according to PepsiCo,... [Read More]

New Zealand's government is starting to cultivate a more sustainable forestry industry with investments into a bioenergy plant, research into biomass and better forestry practices, announced forestry minister Peeni Henare. “The Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use recognised current forest harvest practices are not sustainable. In some parts of the country, like Tairāwhiti,... [Read More]

The REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) has released the full list of finalists for the British Renewable Energy Awards (BREA’s). Now in their 18th edition, the awards are designed to honour those producing outstanding work in the industry. An unprecedented number of nominations from individuals and organisations across all sectors were received,... [Read More]

BIOFerm, a leader in the field of anaerobic digestion and gas upgrading, has been selected as the EPC partner for a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility near the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee in the US. 3 River Energy Partners is spearheading the project. The project will convert spent stillage, a byproduct from the whiskey distillation process, into... [Read More]

Sistema.bio, a global social enterprise specialising in innovative biogas technology, has unveiled the world's largest manufacturing facility for biogas plants in India. The facility spans 130,000 square feet, and boasts an annual production capacity of 100,000 biodigesters, and received investment to the tune of USD $1.8 million (€1.6m). The company said it will impact... [Read More]

Raven SR Inc. (Raven SR), a renewable fuels company, has announced the unanimous approval of its California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) permit by the Richmond City Council on 16 May for Raven SR's first organic waste-to-hydrogen bioenergy project, which will be located in Richmond, California. This permit marks a significant step in approving the world's first Steam/CO2... [Read More]

A delegation of high-level bioenergy players presented their manifesto to Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market, on 6 June. The manifesto calls for inclusion of the manufacturing of bioenergy technology in the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), among other things. CEOs from European industry giants such as Lhoist, ONF Energie, Palazzetti, Syncraft, Turboden,... [Read More]

The biogas industry has set aside €18 billion up to 2030 to ensure the scale-up of biomethane production and support both Europe's energy security and climate mitigation ambitions, according to the European Biogas Association (EBA). Launching the 1st EBA Investment Outlook on Biomethane yesterday (5 June), it said the investments make additional whole-system benefits... [Read More]