Germany’s largest biogas producer EnviTec Biogas, has successfully completed two more biogas projects in the USA in Cassville, New York and Ellington, Connecticut. The two plants have been planned, designed and constructed by the company’s subsidiary, EnviTec Biogas USA Inc., over the past 18 months. EnviTec supplied South Jersey Industries (SJI), the owner of both... [Read More]

A biomethane plant located in Devon, South West England, has fallen into administration, four years after a worker died on site. Williand Biogas LLP has called in administrations, having failed to attract investment to keep it in operation. London-based administrators Moorfields Advisory Ltd are attempting to sell the leasehold of the business’s plant at Cullompton. The... [Read More]

Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema, US senators for the state of Arizona, have announced more than $3.7 million (€3.4 million) in Wood Innovations Funds, designed to support projects preserving the state's forest lands. The fund is earmarked for wood innovations projects across Northern Arizona that are designed to preserve Arizona's forest lands and boost the state's wood... [Read More]

STX Group recently announced an innovative partnership with BioValue. Sead Keric, managing partner of renewable gas at STX Group, reveals more. STX Group is a leading global environmental commodity trader and climate solutions provider, which is committed to accelerating the global transition towards a low-carbon economy. It sees renewable natural gas (RNG) as instrumental... [Read More]

Diageo has today announced plans to invest over €100 million to decarbonise its St. James’s Gate site in Dublin, where Guinness has been brewed for 264 years. The investment underpins the goal to accelerate to net zero carbon emissions for the site and will transform energy and water consumption with the aim to make it one of the most efficient breweries in the world... [Read More]

Serbia is set to receive €31.925 million investment for development of its biomass market, in a project that aims to ensure consumers are connected to district heating networks. This is the second phase of the programme, the first of which is expected to end this year. German development bank KfW is providing a €20 million loan and a grant of up to €2 million on... [Read More]

Ukraine has adopted legislation to regulate customs clearance of biomethane exports, as reported by UNN. On 14 May, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed into law No. 3613-IX (Bill No. 9456), which brings amendments to Ukraine's Customs Code. The law means that customs clearance of biomethane will be carried out relative to the volume of biogas or other types... [Read More]

The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) and its Wood Fuel Quality Assurance (WFQA) Scheme are organising a series of wood fuel drying demonstrations and workshops over the coming weeks. Commenting ahead of the first event this week, Seán Finan, IrBEA CEO, said: “Wood fuel drying is a pivotal stage in the production of quality wood fuels. Various drying methods including... [Read More]

Nordsol, a leader in bio-LNG technology, together with Prodeval, a leader in biogas treatment and upgrading solutions, have announced a collaboration to construct a state-of-the-art bio-LNG production plant in the southern region of Portugal. The new plant will serve an industrial facility in the olive oil production sector, utilising its organic waste to create clean,... [Read More]

Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding a feasibility study, which will utilise biomass resources for the production and sale of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The MoU was signed with InvestSarawak, a Malaysian state government agency under the purview of the Ministry of International Trade, Industry and Investment, in... [Read More]

At a recent Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI) meeting, KPMG reported on how biomethane has gone from a niche market to mainstream and how the Irish government is now committed to supporting biomethane, with investors mobilising, and domestic and international developers getting involved ahead of policy being formalised. Corporates, including pharma, are being driven by... [Read More]

bp has outlined three policies it believes the US should adopt to help expand US domestic production and use of renewable natural gas (RNG). It said its Archaea Energy business is the leading US producer of RNG, producing 11 trillion British thermal units of RNG last year from landfills and farms across 32 states. The business is aiming to significantly drive up its... [Read More]

University of Sydney researchers in Australia have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry. Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). According to the International Energy Agency, the concentration of methane... [Read More]

Leading Japanese companies, NYK Line (NYK), NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBP), TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING) and British renewable energy business, Drax Group (Drax), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop both the world’s first biomass-fuelled ship (bioship) and the technology that could power it. Biomass is playing... [Read More]

Jon Harman, technology delivery director at Ceres, tells Bioenergy Insight about its collaboration with AtkinsRealis for a commercial multi-megawatt modularised hydrogen production system. Ceres is a clean energy technology licencing business with a primary focus on the development and commercialisation of solid oxide cell technology for use in both fuel cell and electrolyser... [Read More]

Metacon and Siemens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into a partnership with the aim of accelerating the manufacturing of hydrogen production systems in Sweden, for the European market. At the start of the year, Metacon announced it had been granted exclusive rights for the manufacture of complete electrolysis plants, based on its partner PERIC’s... [Read More]

Shell Energy Philippines has secured an offtake agreement with the Thomas Lloyd Group’s North Negros Biopower Inc. for its biomass plant in Negros Occidental. Headquartered in Zurich, Thomas Lloyd is an independent impact investment manager. Formerly known as Manta Energy, Inc., Shell Energy Philippines is a subsidiary of the oil giant, operating in the country's power... [Read More]