Combining continuous crop cover with anaerobic digestion of manure and biomass could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farming, though researchers warn careful management is needed to avoid unintended environmental impacts. A Penn State-led study has found that using anaerobic digestion to convert dairy manure alongside grassy biomass into biogas... [Read More]

Millions of tonnes of UK waste wood could be without a domestic market from next year if the government does not take urgent steps to protect the UK's waste wood biomass sector, the Wood Recyclers' Association (WRA) has warned. Around 4.5 million tonnes of waste wood arise in the UK each year and the majority of this (nearly 3 million tonnes) – including lower grade... [Read More]

Gasum has delivered liquified biogas to Svalbard airport, marking the northernmost and most remote location the company has supplied biogas to date. Airport operator Avinor selected Gasum's premium Biogas Plus product to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Norwegian state-owned company Avinor has developed a biogas turbine concept to provide heating and electricity... [Read More]

Employment tribunal documents have revealed that senior Drax executives privately questioned whether the company had sufficient evidence to support its sustainability claims, even as leadership publicly denied allegations about sourcing wood from old-growth Canadian forests. The court papers, obtained by The Guardian and other news organisations, show that following... [Read More]

The RNG Coalition has welcomed the US Treasury Department's release of proposed regulations for the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit, as authorised by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and amended by last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. "Today's 45Z proposed rule is a positive step towards providing the clarity and certainty that renewable natural gas producers... [Read More]

This article by Jordan Solomon and Fred Ghatala was originally published in iPolitics on 29 January 2026. Canada's forest industry is being dismantled in plain sight. Over the past year, trade uncertainty and US tariffs have erased thousands of forestry jobs and billions of dollars in economic value. Mills have closed. Communities that depend on forestry have been... [Read More]

Plans to develop an anaerobic digestion facility at the former Skipton-on-Swale Airfield near Thirsk in England have been recommended for approval by North Yorkshire Council planners. Advanced Fuel Partners has submitted proposals for a plant that would process up to 144,000 tonnes of agricultural waste annually to generate renewable biomethane and capture carbon dioxide. The... [Read More]

A landfill site in Southwestern France has begun injecting renewable natural gas into the local distribution network, marking the latest development in the region's energy transition efforts. The facility at l'Albié in Monflanquin started operations on 29 January, using technology developed by Waga Energy to convert landfill biogas into renewable natural gas (RNG).... [Read More]

Isometric has launched a pyrolyser pre-approval scheme designed to remove a major bottleneck in validating and expanding biochar projects. Previously, biochar suppliers had to validate each pyrolysis or pyrogasification unit individually. For suppliers scaling across multiple sites or deploying dozens of units in distributed projects, this significantly limited validation... [Read More]

Viking Line has secured biogas supply for its newest vessels through the first half of 2026, maintaining the fuel mix that reduced greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 50,000 tonnes in 2025. The Åland-based shipping company uses biogas alongside liquefied natural gas on Viking Glory and Viking Grace, which operate daily between Turku and Stockholm. The combination produces... [Read More]