The US Department of Energy has announced $25.5 million (€23.8m) in funding to enable the sustainable use of domestic biomass and waste resources, such as agricultural residues and algae, to produce low-carbon biofuels and bioproducts. This funding is designed to advance the Biden-Harris administration goals of delivering an equitable, clean energy future, and put the... [Read More]

Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 75,000 crore (€84.8m) in rolling out 5G mobile telephony services, expanding retail network and setting up renewable energy capacity in Uttar Pradesh in the next four years, its chairman Mukesh Ambani said today (10 February). Ambani also announced the oil-to-telecom conglomerate's foray into bioenergy, where it will convert agricultural... [Read More]

Colin Ley analyses what 2023 might have in store for the European bioenergy sector, with thoughts from Christian Rakos, president of the World Bioenergy Association. The urgency surrounding energy provision in Europe as we embark on 2023 should be driving the bioenergy sector forward at pace. Instead, there appears to be growing frustration across the industry at the... [Read More]

The Conseil des Atikamekw d’Opitciwan (CAO), Hydro-Québec (HQ) and the Société en commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan (SCOO) have forged a historic agreement to build a forest biomass cogeneration plant to supply Opitciwan. The future off-grid system will be the first of its kind in an Indigenous community in Québec, Canada. With an installed capacity of 4.8 MW, the... [Read More]

US Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand will try to stop Fort Drum's biomass plant from closing, reported WWNY. The Democrat told 7 News she is "deeply concerned" at the state's decision to discount biomass as renewable energy, which puts an end to financial incentives for the plant to remain open. ReEnergy, operators of the facility, plan to cease operation at the... [Read More]

Cypark Resources Berhad’s “smart” renewable energy (RE) power plant in Port Dickson, Malaysia, was given the go-ahead to begin commercial operation from 14 December last year. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia the company said on 3 February it received the confirmation of the feed-in tariff commencement date (FiTCD) from the Sustainable Energy Development Authority... [Read More]

H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.), a global alternative investment firm with $54 billion (€50.3bn) of equity capital under management, has announced that its portfolio company, Northern Biogas LLC (Northern Biogas), has acquired three additional dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) projects, significantly expanding its RNG production capacity. Northern Biogas is a waste-to-RNG company,... [Read More]

Scientists at Ohio State University have been conducting research into the best large-scale uses for food processing waste by analysing its contents and then proposing production opportunities that range from biogas, electricity, sustainable fuels to useful chemicals and organic fertiliser, reported Emily Caldwell. Food waste in question includes potato peels, fried dough... [Read More]

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has established Verdalia Bioenergy, a new business focused on developing, acquiring, building and operating biomethane plants across Europe. It has been established via Goldman Sachs Asset Management's infrastructure investing business. The investment will aim to contribute to Europe's decarbonisation and energy security agenda, adding significant... [Read More]

CycleØ, an integrated owner and operator of biomethane projects, will begin deploying its small-scale, modular plants to meet the growing demand and distributed nature of Ireland's agricultural and food waste feedstock with the opening of a new branch in Ireland. The company's technologies capture, process and upgrade naturally occurring methane gas produced principally... [Read More]

The Ugandan government has announced the completion of the Bugolobi wastewater treatment plant in Kampala, which is one of the largest in East and Central Africa, with the capacity to treat 45 million litres of human waste per day, according to New Vision. The plant will also be used to generate at least 630kw of power, the country's National Water and Sewerage Corporation... [Read More]

Over 50 biogas and biomethane trade associations and companies from around the world have written to the World Resources Institute (WRI), administrator of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, calling for a rethink of its position on the use of biomethane certificates for greenhouse gas reporting by corporate gas users. The GHG Protocol is globally recognised as the leading GHG... [Read More]

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several new clean energy initiatives in India's annual federal budget speech Wednesday, saying "green growth" is a top priority for the country, reported The South Asian Times. More than $8 billion (€7.3bn) will be invested in projects such as mangrove restoration in coastal regions, which help suck carbon dioxide out of... [Read More]

The Yufutsu biomass-fired power plant began commercial operations yesterday (2 February), following a successful trial run. Sojitz Corporation and Nippon Paper Industries jointly established Yufutsu Energy Centre, a biomass power plant business, and began construction of the plant in May 2020. Now completed, the 74.95MW plant stands as one of Japan's largest biomass... [Read More]

IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in GreenGasUSA (GreenGas), a US-based renewable natural gas (RNG) developer, owner and operator. GreenGas, which is based in Charleston, South Carolina, is a fully integrated renewables platform. It has a track record of originating, developing and operating RNG projects. It... [Read More]

Jonathan Wright, energy research director from financial advisory firm finnCap Group, on the increasing importance of bioenergy at a time when the world is struggling to reduce CO2 emissions as a result of stratospheric energy prices and global inflation - and how the market is already on track for exponential growth. The world is struggling to reduce CO2 emissions at... [Read More]