EverGen Infrastructure has announced that construction has commenced at its Core RNG Expansion Project at Fraser Valley Biogas (FVB). FVB, located in Abbotsford, British Columbia, has been in operation since 2011 and is the original producing renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Western Canada to supply FortisBC’s network. The facility combines anaerobic digestion... [Read More]

On 18 October Yuba Water Agency approved more than $4.2 million in funding to support a major water and wastewater infrastructure expansion project in south Yuba County, US, and a planned forest biomass plant and business centre in the foothills. Two loans, one for $2.6 million to the City of Wheatland and a second for $1.55 million to Olivehurst Public Utility District... [Read More]

Shell is among a number of companies joining a second bidding round to acquire Danish biogas producer Nature Energy, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as energy firms race to boost low-carbon businesses. The sale is due to close by the end of this year and could value Nature Energy at around $2 billion, the sources said. It comes amid growing interest... [Read More]

A newly-built biomass heating plant worth €6.5m was put into operation in Novi Pazar, in southwestern Serbia, the country's energy ministry said. The construction of the plant was financed by German development bank KfW, with support from Switzerland, the energy ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday. The project is part of a partnership with... [Read More]

KPA Unicon and ERBUD Industry, a leading energy and industrial company in Poland, have signed a contract to replace a Pfeifer & Langen-owned coal-fired sugar plant in Miejska Górka, Poland, with a Unicon MST steam gas boiler - which will use natural gas as a fuel, and have a total capacity of 56 tph. This will result in enhanced energy efficiency. Pfeifer & Langen... [Read More]

CPL Industries continues to expand its entry into the steel and energy-intensive foundation industries, accelerating its delivery campaign to Liberty Steel’s Electric Arc Furnace facility at Rotherham. ecoke®, developed by CPL Industries during the final months of 2021, is a manufactured solid fuel containing a minimum of 30% fully renewable, sustainably sourced,... [Read More]

On 18 October the Israeli climate-tech company HomeBiogas was awarded the World Sustainability Award in the field of Circular Economy for their innovative waste-to-energy solutions that tackle climate change by reducing methane emissions and providing clean energy to thousands of people around the world. HomeBiogas develops on-site systems which enable households and... [Read More]

TC Energy has announced a $29.3 million (€29.7m) investment in a renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility near the Jack Daniel Distillery in Tennessee, US. The facility is owned by Lynchburg Renewable Fuels, and will produce RNG with a carbon intensity score that is 50% lower than natural gas - saving up to 16,000 tonnes of CO2e/ year. The project is being developed... [Read More]

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia and two partner institutions have been awarded a $15.8 million (€16m) grant over five years from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to reengineer poplar trees (Populus sp. and hybrids) to be used as a sustainable energy source, reported UGA Today. The grant forms part of a larger $178m (€180.8m)... [Read More]

The Southern African Biogas Industry Association (Sabia) has laid out its industry advancement priorities after undertaking an in-depth review of the industry’s challenges over the last 18 months, reported Engineering News. Some of these challenges include South Africa's government direction on biogas, access to funding, regulations and feed-in tariffs, developing the... [Read More]

A partnership between Heriot-Watt University and Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has been launched in Edinburgh, to develop cost-effective technologies for the production of hydrogen from agricultural and animal waste. The £1 million research project will initially focus on utilising the estimated four million tonnes of waste and by-products created by distilleries... [Read More]

The biggest bioenergy plant in India is due to be inaugurated in Lehragaga on 18 October, The Tribune reported. With an investment of Rs 220 crore (€27.4m), the plant is being set up by Germany-based Verbio AG's Indian subsidiary. It aims to reduce 1.5 lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year, by utilising crop residue (straw) to produce biogas and manure. The... [Read More]

Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has announced it will finance the implementation of a CRI GEO Biogas plant for the production of biogas and electricity from biodegradable waste. It is being built in the municipality of Elias Fausto in the state of São Paulo and is expected to begin operation in March 2024. BNDES' investment will amount... [Read More]

Renewable natural gas producer Archaea Energy announced on 17 October it had agreed to be acquired by oil giant bp for a total enterprise value of about "$4.1 billion", including about $800 million in net debt. bp said the move will expand and accelerate the growth of its strategic bioenergy business. Bioenergy is one of five strategic transition growth engines that... [Read More]

Nordic Utilities has said combined heat and power (CHP) plants would still run this winter, despite a shortage of biomass and a near-doubling of prices prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Montel. Orsted, the Danish utility firm, said it had enough resources to keep plants operational over the December to March period. However, the company expected... [Read More]

Smurfit Kappa is investing around $100 million in a sustainable biomass boiler at its paper mill facility in Yumbo, Colombia in the US. The boiler aims to reduce Smurfit Kappa’s global Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions by approximately 6%. The company has already implemented biomass boilers at other paper mill sites across Europe, including Piteå in Sweden, and Sangüesa... [Read More]