Energy company Drax Group has confirmed plans to cut up to 150 jobs next year while reporting record levels of renewable power generation in 2025. New documents unearthed by GMB, including a Section 188 notice served to staff, indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027. The cuts could represent more than 30% of the... [Read More]

A proposal has been submitted for a new renewable energy facility on part of the former RAF Oulton site near Aylsham in England. The plan, put forward by Bluestone Biogas, would see an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant built on agricultural land off The Street. The facility would convert crops such as maize into renewable gas and fertiliser. The developer says the feedstock... [Read More]

Federal Network Agency (Germany) has opened auctions supporting over 1 gigawatt of bioenergy capacity as part of its renewable energy expansion strategy. The regulator is seeking bids for 726.7MW of biomass generation projects and 300MW of biomethane capacity. Applications can be submitted until 1 April 2026. For the biomethane auction, the maximum subsidy level has... [Read More]

Investment in new US biogas systems surpassed $2 billion in 2025, with 70 new projects coming online and pushing the total number of operational facilities to nearly 2,600, according to new data from the American Biogas Council (ABC). Industry-wide biogas capture capacity rose 7.5% over the year to 780.7 billion cubic feet (Bcf) annually, with collectively the... [Read More]

A Maryland-based startup says it has developed a biomass processing system capable of almost doubling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) yields without adding significant processing costs, potentially opening a more economical route to large-scale renewable jet fuel production. Atlantic Biomass, LLC, working with Ohio State University and Hood College and backed by funding... [Read More]

Advisory firm greenValue GmbH has supported Balance Erneuerbare Energien GmbH in the acquisition of a biogas plant portfolio across three eastern German states, conducting technical due diligence across the assets ahead of a planned modernisation programme. The acquired facilities, located in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, have a combined thermal... [Read More]

Biomanufacturing projects located in Biofuel Development Opportunity (BDO) Zones generate an average of $423 million in annual economic impact per project, according to a newly published independent study — a finding that their proponents say makes a compelling case for expanded government support. The report, authored by Dr Burton C. English, Institute Professor Emeritus... [Read More]

Spanish biorefinery group Ence generated more than 1,240 GWh of biomass electricity in 2025 — a six per cent increase on the previous year — as the company accelerates its transformation into a diversified renewable energy business, even as falling pulp prices pushed it to a €55 million annual loss. Biomass electricity generation in the second half of 2025 delivered... [Read More]

Ireland has announced €2.6 million in funding for five research teams developing technologies across biomethane, biohydrogen and intelligent gas network management, as the country pushes to decarbonise its energy system ahead of a 2050 climate-neutrality target. The Research Ireland – Gas Networks Ireland Innovation Challenge, co-funded by the state research agency... [Read More]

The Netherlands has seen a significant contraction in wood pellet imports over the past two years, according to the country's National Market Report 2025, presented to the 83rd session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry late last year. After a sustained period of growth driven by utility-scale co-firing, imports of wood pellets into the Netherlands... [Read More]