Nov 26, 2025
New data shows rapid growth in US biogas production from food waste
Biomass News
Nov 26, 2025
Drax has pushed back against allegations about its Canadian biomass supply chain following coverage of a Stand.earth report in The Guardian.
The company’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Miguel Veiga-Pestana, wrote to the newspaper to challenge what he described as misconceptions about the firm’s role in Canadian forestry. An excerpt of his response appeared in The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 26, 2025
Brazil’s national development bank, BNDES, has approved a direct investment of BRL 85.8 million (around USD 16 million) in Bioo Investimentos e Participações SA, a company specialising in biomethane production.
The funding, channelled through the bank’s subsidiary BNDES Participações SA, will give the institution a 19.9% shareholding in the company.
Bioo converts... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2025
A new international study has outlined a technically viable pathway for converting anaerobic-digestion (AD) biogas into “green” methanol - offering an alternative revenue stream for operators and a potential boost for the wider biogas-to-chemicals sector.
The research team, spanning Beijing University of Chemical Technology, KU Leuven and the Beijing Institute of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 25, 2025
India's state of Haryana has inaugurated a 240-tonne-per-day biomass pellet plant in Rewari. The facility was opened by Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi.
The project is part of Haryana’s broader clean energy initiative, aimed at supporting rural livelihoods, increasing farmer incomes, and strengthening India’s renewable energy sector.
The... [Read More]
Features
Nov 25, 2025
Foresta is building New Zealand’s first integrated torrefied pellet and pine chemical manufacturing facility, aiming to revolutionise sustainable biomass production and slash emissions. Bioenergy Insight reveals more
In the evolving global landscape of renewable energy and sustainable materials, Foresta is setting new benchmarks with its pioneering approach to biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2025
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, has announced it will provide 100% of the heating needs at its Dublin and Athlone sites through biomethane, becoming the first pharmaceutical company in Ireland to fully adopt this sustainable energy source for research, development and manufacturing.
The transition will be delivered through a 15-year partnership with Carbon AMS, a... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 24, 2025
In Australia, the company behind a proposal to revive the long-idle Redbank power station as a biomass facility has launched legal action after New South Wales’ final planning authority refused the plan.
Verdant Earth Technologies has applied to the state’s Land and Environment Court to overturn a September ruling by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC), which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2025
Anaergia Technologies has secured a C$43.8 million (€29.6 million) design-build contract to deliver a renewable power generation facility for the East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority (JPA) in San Diego County, the company announced on Thursday.
The deal extends the Canadian firm’s long-running partnership with the JPA and tasks Anaergia... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 21, 2025
Vital Energi, a provider of energy infrastructure solutions, has acquired the Port Clarence biomass facility in Teesside, England.
The acquisition follows Vital Energi’s successful £175 million Nordic Bond issue, one of the largest Sterling-denominated Nordic Bond raises in the UK energy infrastructure sector.
The fundraising demonstrates strong international investor... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2025
Eiffel Investment Group has announced the financing of Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises’ new biomethane production facility in Ireland.
The plant, currently under construction in County Kildare, is expected to begin commissioning in mid-2026.
Once operational, it will produce approximately 120 GWh of renewable biomethane annually, injecting the gas directly into... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2025
A new renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Scott Area Landfill in Iowa, US.
The plant, a collaboration between the Waste Commission of Scott County, Linwood Mining and Minerals, and Waga Energy, in partnership with the American Biogas Council, is expected to produce over 205,000 MMBtu (60 GWh) of RNG annually, avoiding 15,800 tons of CO₂ emissions.
The inauguration... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2025
Canadian Biogas Investments Inc. (CBI), a Calgary-based developer of dry-fermentation anaerobic digestion projects, has announced that investment executive James B. (“Jim”) Hartwell has agreed to join the company as President and Chief Executive Officer. Hartwell will also assume the role of Chairman of the Board.
Bringing more than four decades of investment industry... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2025
Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) has advised Sumitomo Corporation on its proposed collaboration with TruAlt Bioenergy Limited (TBL) in the operation of TruAlt Gas Private Limited, paving the way for a new joint venture in India’s growing compressed biogas sector.
The deal involves Sumitomo’s potential acquisition of a 49% stake in TruAlt Gas Private Limited... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 20, 2025
P7 pupils from Doonfoot Primary School in Ayr were given an inside look at how renewable energy is produced during a visit to the Land Energy biomass factory near Girvan this month.
The trip, organised as part of their curriculum on electricity, biomass and environmental issues, aimed to offer pupils real-world understanding of sustainable energy and an introduction to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2025
The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers has approved a new package of amendments aimed at boosting domestic biomethane production and strengthening the country’s energy independence.
The support programme, developed by the Ministry of Climate and Energy (KEM), will be open to both new and existing companies registered in Latvia that operate in biomethane production or in the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 19, 2025
Bel Group has inaugurated a new biomass boiler at its Ulzama production site in Iraizoz, Navarra in Spain, alongside announcing a €1.5 million expansion of the facility.
The ceremony was attended by Navarra’s Minister of Industry and Ecological and Digital Business Transition, Mikel Irujo; Bel Group’s Chief Operations Officer, Stéphane Dupays; and Bel Ulzama Plant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2025
Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOSiGW) has approved more than PLN 101 million (€24 million) in financing for a new municipal biogas facility to be developed by waste-management company Eko Dolina.
The project, located at the company’s site in Leżyce in the northern Pomeranian province, is expected to cost in excess of... [Read More]
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India's state of Haryana has inaugurated a 240-tonne-per-day biomass pellet plant in Rewari. The facility was opened by Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi
The transition will be delivered through a 15-year partnership with Carbon AMS, a leading biomethane producer, and forms part of AstraZeneca’s flagship decarbonisation programme, Ambition Zero Carbon
Verdant is seeking approval for a $70 million (€39 million) overhaul that would see the generator run on around 700,000 tonnes of biomass each year
