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Associate Professor Trung Hieu Tran, Reader in AI and Digital Innovation at Loughborough Business School, has received the Operational Research Society's 2026 Lyn Thomas Award for research supporting agricultural waste management and biomass energy planning in Vietnam. The award recognises operational research combining academic novelty with demonstrated real-world impact. The research,...
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Bio Voltex has received provincial environmental impact assessment approval for a proposed biogas plant that will convert dairy farm manure and aquaculture fish waste into natural gas. The approval was granted roughly five months after the company's application was filed—a faster turnaround than many comparable Canadian projects, which can take two to three years. The facility will be...
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VORN Bioenergy has acquired five biogas plants and an associated composting facility from Enerfarm, an Equitix portfolio company, across Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy. The acquisition represents significant expansion of VORN's European biomethane capacity and follows recent acquisition of a biogas facility in Wolnzach, Bavaria. The five plants and composting facility...
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Montauk Renewables has officially opened its facility in Sampson County, North Carolina, representing a $200 million capital investment in agricultural biogas-to-energy conversion. The project converts swine waste into renewable natural gas and electricity, whilst producing biochar as a co-product. The Turkey facility transforms the former Bay Valley Foods Distribution Centre into an...
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The European Commission has committed €81.4 million through the Connecting Europe Facility to support two cross-border district heating projects combining biomass energy with renewable heat infrastructure in Central Europe. The funding addresses district heating decarbonisation on the German-Polish border, where coal-dependent heating systems are being replaced with biomass-fired capacity...
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The EU's revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) has embedded the cascading principle into binding law, mandating that woody biomass be used "according to its highest economic and environmental added value"—a shift that is reshaping investment and subsidy strategies across Europe's bioenergy sector. From 31 December 2026, there will be no financial support for electricity from woody...
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INEOS Energy has officially launched Greensand, the EU's first operational offshore carbon storage site, at Esbjerg, Denmark, with support from Harbour Energy and the Danish North Sea Fund. The facility will initially capture and store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually, with potential to scale to 4–8 million tonnes at full capacity. The facility will initially source CO₂ primarily...
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Stadtwerke Duisburg is replacing its ageing gas turbine plant with a hydrogen and biomethane-ready combined heat and power facility, positioning itself to exploit falling green gas costs as Germany's energy transition accelerates. The €80 million HKW 3c project at the Wanheim Energy Park will deploy 15 gas engines with combined electrical output of 67.5 MWel and thermal output of 74 MWth,...
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VIDA bioenergy, the Netherlands-based producer of biomethane and biogenic carbon dioxide, has equipped its UK facility with Blackline Safety's G8 portable gas detectors. The deployment consolidates gas detection, lone worker monitoring and emergency communication into a single device across the Wormslade plant. The VIDA bioenergy facility transforms organic material into renewable energy...
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Woodchuck, an artificial intelligence-powered waste-to-energy company, has launched a Regulation Crowdfunding offering through Fundify, opening investment opportunities to accredited and non-accredited investors. The move signals growing commercial momentum for the company's approach to identifying, tracking and recovering usable material from construction waste streams, with residual wood...
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WELTEC BIOPOWER, together with environmental services provider PreZero and renewable energy company Enagás Renovable, has begun construction of a biomethane plant north of Madrid. The facility in Colmenar Viejo will process up to 75,000 tonnes of organic waste annually, generating approximately 60 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy each year—equivalent to the energy requirements of roughly...
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In her 2026 State of the Union Address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has placed biomethane squarely at the centre of Europe's energy independence strategy, positioning renewable gas alongside nuclear and renewables as critical to breaking fossil fuel dependency and driving down energy costs. "So, we need to double down on our affordable, homegrown, clean energy. Be it...
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Bulgarian pet food producer Furajny Hrany Ltd. has officially opened its second KARA biomass boiler house at its production facility in Lovech. The new 3.4 MW biomass combustion installation represents an important milestone in the company's development and further strengthens its commitment to circular production, renewable energy and the reduction of its carbon footprint. The new...
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Empacar S.A., Bolivia's leading sustainable packaging company, launched CarbonX as a dedicated business unit to enter the global voluntary carbon market, targeting approximately 70,000 tonnes of CO₂ removal annually. BioFlux designs biochar projects that pass certification, attract investment and scale profitably. Their role has been as a carbon removal advisor, helping to ensure that the...
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