The number of farms in the United States operating biogas capture systems has more than doubled since 2020, according to new data from the American Biogas Council (ABC), though the industry body warns that the vast majority of agricultural biogas potential remains untapped. Released on 24 March to coincide with National Agriculture Month, the ABC data shows 631 farms... [Read More]

Octopus Energy Generation is planning to invest up to $6 billion in a sustainable aviation fuel facility in Nova Scotia that will convert forestry waste biomass into SAF for European markets. The project, being developed through Canadian subsidiary Nova Sustainable Fuels, will be built on a coastal industrial site in Goldboro on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. Construction... [Read More]

Suzuki Motor Corp has unveiled its second biogas facility in India, as the Japanese automaker continues to develop alternative fuel infrastructure in one of its key markets. The plant, located in Bhukhala in the northwestern state of Gujarat, was presented to media on 19 March. It processes cow dung sourced from local farmers, fermenting the material to extract methane... [Read More]

Leading European industry associations have jointly called on EU policymakers to make biomethane a central pillar of the bloc's reindustrialisation, energy security, and decarbonisation strategy, warning that persistent regulatory gaps are holding back deployment. The Joint Biomethane Declaration, published in Brussels on 24 March 2026, sets out ten priority actions... [Read More]

Sumitomo Corporation do Brasil and US biotechnology firm Cemvita Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop integrated biomethane and renewable bio-oil projects in Brazil, with the bio-oil intended as a precursor for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Under the agreement, the companies will jointly evaluate the integration of Cemvita's FermOil bio-oil technology... [Read More]

Jörg Lennertz, VORN Bioenergy’s new CEO, tells Bioenergy Insight about his vision and the lessons he is carrying across from utility-scale renewables VORN Bioenergy recently appointed Jörg Lennertz as CEO and Manuel Fernández Durán as chief financial officer, completing a new management team that the Regensburg-based biomethane developer said is built for the... [Read More]

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has conditionally approved a long-term biomethane procurement contract between Anaergia's SoCal Biomethane facility, Anew Climate LLC, and Southwest Gas — making it the first project to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) under California's Senate Bill 1440 Biomethane Procurement Programme. The SoCal Biomethane facility... [Read More]

Aviva Investors is facing further financial difficulties across its portfolio of energy-from-waste plants, as two additional incinerator projects run by the insurer's investment arm encounter significant losses, according to This is Money. The developments follow earlier reporting that a Jersey-regulated green infrastructure fund managed by Aviva since 2015 had lost... [Read More]

Indian waste-to-energy company Organic Recycling Systems Limited (ORSL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Immersive Technology and Entrepreneurship Labs Foundation (ITEL) of Chennai to accelerate research, development and commercialisation in bioenergy and decarbonisation technologies. The agreement establishes a framework for joint R&D programmes,... [Read More]

Woodland Biomass Innovations (Woodland BIO) has completed Front-End Loading Phase 2 (FEL-2) validation engineering for its first commercial-scale biomass-to-gasoline facility in Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the US, marking a significant de-risking milestone for the project. Completed in collaboration with TRC Companies, the study provides third-party technical and... [Read More]