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St1 Biokraft, a leading biomethane player in the Nordic region, has signed an agreement to acquire Södra Hallands Kraft Biogas AB with a production facility in Hov outside Laholm. St1 Biokraft already owns and operates an upgrading plant in the same property. St1 Biokraft currently owns and operates 12 production and upgrading facilities in Sweden, Norway and South Korea with its own production…
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Boston-based OPAL Fuels Inc. has entered into joint venture partnerships to develop four new landfill RNG production projects. OPAL's 50% share of the four projects represents 1.5 million MMBtu of aggregate annual design capacity. The company is in the process of conducting development and engineering work on the sites and anticipates beginning construction over the course of 2025. When fully…
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Future Biogas and AstraZeneca have announced that the UK's first unsubsidised biomethane plant dedicated to fuelling the life sciences sector is operational. Located in Gonerby Moor, Lincolnshire, the plant will provide clean heat for all of AstraZeneca’s R&D and manufacturing in the UK, supporting sustainable production of medicines. The plant, which will operate 24/7, will generate…
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The Mazda Motor Corporation has conducted a demonstration operation of a cupola melting furnace (cupola), the core casting facility installed at its Hiroshima Plant, by fully replacing fossil fuels that emit CO2 during combustion with bio-coal briquettes, a biomass fuel derived from coconut shells. The initiative is part of the emissions reduction plan announced by Mazda, which aims to achieve…
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The independent Climate Change Committee's annual carbon budget has stated large-scale biomass must end after 2027, if the UK is to reach net-zero. The report outlines a route to the greenhouse gas emissions cuts from 2038 to 2042, which it says is a deliverable and cost-effective means for the UK to reach its legally binding goal. Although the committe backed Drax's plans to install bioenergy…
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TotalEnergies has announced the commissioning of BioNorrois, its 8th biomethane production unit in France, located in Fontaine-le-Dun (Normandy). It will inject 153 GWh of biomethane per year into the natural gas transport network operated by GRTgaz, equivalent to the average annual gas consumption of more than 30,000 inhabitants. The French sugar group Cristal Union, partner in the project and…
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Haffner Energy has commenced hydrogen production utilising its proprietary solid biomass thermolysis technology at its Marolles hydrogen production, testing, and training centre. According to the company, this technology enables the production of renewable hydrogen at a much lower cost compared to conventional methods. The site’s production capacity will be 15 kg of hydrogen per hour (kg/h),…
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Bioenergy Europe welcomes the Clean Industrial Deal as a key step to strengthen EU industry while advancing decarbonisation. However, for it to be truly effective, bioenergy must be fully integrated as a core solution for industrial transformation, said the association. “Bioenergy is already delivering cost-effective, scalable solutions for energy-intensive industries” stated Bioenergy…
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Asahi Kasei and Kurashiki City held a grand opening ceremony on February 4, 2025, for a biogas purification system (the System) in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The System uses Asahi Kasei’s CO2 separation/recovery technology utilising zeolites installed at a sewage treatment plant. The goal of this collaboration is to evaluate and demonstrate the performance of the System. Asahi…
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ETW Energietechnik from Moers has built a biomethane plant in southern Italy in collaboration with its long-standing Italian partner Ranieri Tonissi, based in Genoa. The plant in Taranto, Apulia region, has a capacity of 4400 standard cubic metres of landfill gas per hour and consists of the ETW SmartCycle® PSA biogas upgrading system and a downstream NRU ‘Nitrogen Reduction Unit’. ETW‘s…
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Poland will launch a new auction-based support scheme for biomethane production in installations above 1 MW, outlined law firm Bird & Bird. The proposal, as outlined in the draft amendment to the Act on Investment in Wind Power Plants and Some Other Acts, calls for amendments of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (OZE Act) aimed at increasing the energy security of Poland, speeding up the…
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Drax has said it will implement an enhanced approach to deliver on its global sustainability targets and to enhance the way it manages its impact on the climate, nature and people. The company has received a spate of criticism in recent months, including reports that, in the US, it breached environmental regulations 'over 11,000 times'. There have also been questions about its value to the UK…
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Ankur Ajmera, partner at a leading infrastructure manager Ancala, explores the organisation’s approach and its recently announced acquisition of a Croatia biomass operation. Ancala is a leading infrastructure investment manager with over €4.2 billion assets under management diversified across 18 investments in infrastructure sectors including renewable energy and energy transition, transport…
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VIDA bioenergy, a fully owned subsidiary of VTTI B.V., has announced that its facility in Glentham, UK, has injected its first biomethane into the UK’s National Transmission System. The plant will produce over 60 GWh of biomethane annually, which is enough energy to heat over 5,200 homes. Located in the county of Lincolnshire, the Glentham facility processes organic waste streams…
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