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Fedrigoni Group has secured one of Italy's first long-term biomethane supply agreements in the paper industry, covering around 40% of the gas requirements at its Italian manufacturing plants and cutting the cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of products at those sites by between 30% and 50%, depending on product line. The deal involves Verdalia Bioenergy, CH1, Fri-El and Bio.Methane.Hub, and...
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The UK Environment Agency has indicated that it is prepared to approve a permit variation that would allow carbon capture technology to be installed at Drax Power Station, marking a significant step forward for the proposed project. The regulator announced on 28 May that, following a review of evidence and feedback gathered during previous consultation exercises, it is "minded to" grant the...
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The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas has filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging the EPA's decision to reduce the 2025 cellulosic renewable volume obligation under its Renewable Fuel Standard 'Set 2' rule. The EPA originally finalised the 2025 cellulosic RVO at 1.38 billion renewable identification numbers in mid-2023. The agency subsequently proposed a...
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Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to establish a joint venture with US decarbonisation startup Graphyte to develop a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credit business, taking a 49% equity stake in the new entity. Graphyte generates CDR credits through biomass carbon removal and storage, using a process it calls Carbon Casting, which compresses and seals biomass residues —...
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A short documentary making the case for bioenergy as a tool for wildfire prevention premiered at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday, hosted by MEP Sakis Arnaoutoglou. 'Fuel the solution, not the fire' brings together local voices from Attica, Tuscany and Catalonia to show how active forest management — and the use of residues for bioenergy — can reduce fuel build-up and...
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South Korean renewable energy firm EcoSimplex has begun commercial operation of its ECO-Hydrogen Station in Magok, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, marking the first project under South Korea's Ministry of Climate 2024 Biogas-Based Clean Hydrogen Production Facility Installation Project to reach commercial operation using an on-site production method. The facility processes around 4,000 Nm³ of biogas...
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A coalition of environmental groups has launched a legal challenge to block construction of an industrial-scale wood pellet plant at the port of Grays Harbor, Washington, in what would be the first facility of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. The plant, backed by Pacific Northwest Renewable Energy, would produce 440,000 tonnes of wood pellets annually for export to Asian markets. Critics...
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The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) in Minnesota has announced a research partnership with Swedish firm BPC Instruments to expand biogas market opportunities from agricultural residues and organic waste streams. The collaboration will see both teams working together at AURI's Bio-industrial Innovation Center in Waseca, Minnesota, focusing on method development and hands-on...
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Methane emissions from biogas plants across Europe are greater than previously thought, but the majority could be eliminated at little or no cost, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London. Published in Nature Communications Sustainability, the study measured emissions at biogas plants in the UK, Poland and Germany, finding that plants were losing an average of 14.4...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received a technology verification report from the Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (JESC) confirming its AdBio biomass high-efficiency recovery and recycling system is ready for practical application. AdBio is designed to sort and recover biomass — including food waste and paper — from municipal waste and unsorted food waste streams, feeding the...
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Nordic biomethane producer St1 Biokraft has secured a €260 million corporate financing structure from a syndicate of eight European banks to fund its expansion across the Nordics and Northern Europe. The package, provided by ABN Amro, DNB, ING, Nordea, OP Bank, Rabobank, Sparebank1 and Swedbank, will primarily finance new greenfield biomethane production assets and the continued roll-out of...
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Future Energy Networks chief executive James Earl and Green Gas Task Force director Charles McAllister tell Bioenergy Insight why bringing gas networks and biomethane producers under one strategic umbrella is finally shifting the dial with government. For years, the biomethane sector struggled to make itself heard in Whitehall. Good evidence existed, compelling economics existed, willing...
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The Malaysian state of Sarawak is redirecting its forestry sector toward biomass production and carbon markets as it moves to reduce traditional timber exports, with wood pellet shipments already up 60% year on year. Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Tun Openg confirmed the export reduction in his Gawai Dayak 2026 address, framing it as part of a broader green economy transition under the state's...
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Engineered skid specialist Stark Tech has announced a partnership with Sagepoint Energy to support two landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) projects, with the Buffalo, New York-based company supplying custom skid systems designed for pipeline injection applications. The skid packages will handle gas conditioning and system integration, delivering landfill-derived gas to pipeline-quality...
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