VORN Bioenergy has announced the appointment of Jörg Lennertz as Chief Executive Officer and Manuel Fernández Durán as Chief Financial Officer, forming a new leadership team alongside Chief Operating Officer Michael Wallis Olausson. The company said the appointments mark an important step as it moves into its next phase of expansion across Europe, with a focus on Germany,... [Read More]

VARO Energy has completed its acquisition of Sweden’s Preem AB, formally creating VAROPreem and marking the successful delivery of its ONE VARO transformation strategy launched in 2022. Following regulatory approval, the combination brings together two complementary energy businesses to form one of Europe’s most significant energy companies, with scale across conventional... [Read More]

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has suspended part of the permitted operations at the Kronospan factory near Chirk after monitoring showed emissions had exceeded allowed limits, according to North Wales Live. Kronospan, one of the largest employers in North Wales, operates a major wood panel manufacturing site on the edge of the town. While the factory provides hundreds... [Read More]

Norway's Longyearbyen Airport, officially known as Svalbard Lufthavn, has begun operating on biogas, with its new biogas plant commencing operation at noon on 13 January. Running an airport in the High Arctic requires large amounts of energy, and until now Svalbard Lufthavn has been responsible for between 12 and 20 per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions of Avinor,... [Read More]

NewYork GreenCloud (NYGC) has announced the acquisition of the Buena Vista Biomass Power (BVBP) facility in Ione, California, moving towards creating what it describes as its first large-scale carbon-negative AI Factory. The site will combine biomass-to-pyrolysis energy systems with behind-the-meter, liquid-cooled AI computing infrastructure, enabling high-performance... [Read More]

Asterion Industrial Partners has committed €1.5 billion to its European biomethane platform, ABIO (Asterion Bioenergy), in a move aimed at creating a leading pan-European player in renewable gas. According to the company, the investment package includes €800 million in equity, made up of €400 million from Asterion Industrial Infra Fund III and a further €400 million... [Read More]

Dutch bio-LNG specialist Nordsol has been selected by Norwegian renewable energy developer Vireo as the technology vendor for biogas upgrading and liquefaction at the new Lista Biogass plant, to be built at Lista Fly- og Næringspark in Farsund, southern Norway. The decision follows Nordsol’s performance at the Hardanger project, where its liquefaction technology and... [Read More]

Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative have announced that Ark-La-Tex Financial Consultants, L.L.C. (ALTFC) has joined the BDO Zone Investment Coalition, a select group of investors and capital market partners focused on accelerating investment in biobased manufacturing, biofuels, renewable chemicals and other sustainable technologies. The partnership is expected to expand... [Read More]

Alchemyca, a waste-to-value technology company focused on transforming anaerobic digesters into high-performance biorefineries, has launched its flagship digital platform, Claritix™, described as the industry’s first solution to predict biogas output from organic waste feedstocks in real time and provide operators with precise control over digester performance. The... [Read More]

Hillsborough County has selected Waga Energy to build, own, operate and maintain a renewable natural gas (RNG) production unit at the Southeast County Landfill in Lithia, Florida. When in operation, the plant will be capable of producing up to 610,000 MMBtu of RNG per year. Hillsborough County, in west-central Florida, has chosen Waga Energy, a global leader in the... [Read More]