Anaergia Technologies LLC has secured a C$8 million contract with Vanguard Renewables to supply advanced anaerobic digestion technology for a new facility in Minnesota. The agreement marks the fourth deployment of Anaergia's integrated solutions with the US-based developer, and will see Anaergia Technologies deliver a platform comprising its proprietary permanent synchronous... [Read More]

A biomass-based micro combined heat and power (CHP) system designed to provide near energy-autonomous supply to multi-family buildings has been successfully validated following the completion of the EU-funded Micro-Bio-CHP project. The Horizon Europe project, coordinated by Bios Bioenergiesysteme GmbH, ran from October 2022 to March 2026 and reached Technology Readiness... [Read More]

The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has called on the government to take urgent action to support the country's biomethane sector after the European Commission ruled that a proposed support mechanism is incompatible with internal market rules. The Commission's opinion found that an additional multiplier for indigenous biomethane production under Ireland's Renewable... [Read More]

Europe holds sufficient resources to scale biomethane significantly, but regulatory barriers and slow implementation are preventing the sector from delivering on that potential, according to a new report published on 21 April, the same day the European Commission released its Accelerate EU communication. The report, launched by the European Biogas Association, estimates... [Read More]

The M.V. Ultra Yorkshire, a Handymax carrier operated by Ultrabulk, has completed its first transatlantic voyage, docking at the Port of Liverpool with over 29,000 tonnes of biomass pellets bound for Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. The vessel, named as part of Drax Power Station's 50th anniversary celebrations, made the crossing from Baton Rouge powered entirely... [Read More]

Four men have been sentenced to prison following a break-in at the Northwich Biogas Plant in Cheshire, North-West England in February, bringing the total number jailed for the offence to five. Cezar Tudoran, 30, of Northampton, received a 10-month sentence, while Florian State, 22, of Luton, Oprea Elvis-Paris, 20, of Leicester, and Renato-Mario Grosu, 18, of Luton,... [Read More]

Nordic biogas producer St1 Biokraft has inaugurated a new gas pipeline connecting its facilities in Henriksdal and Gladö Kvarn via Stockholm's gas network, more than doubling liquefied biogas (LBG) production capacity in the region. The pipeline, which required two years of construction work through Stockholm, links the Henriksdal site — which produces only compressed... [Read More]

South Korean researchers have developed a process that transforms wet spent coffee grounds directly into high-calorific biochar in under two minutes, bypassing the energy-intensive drying steps that have long constrained biomass valorisation. The flame plasma pyrolysis (FPP) method, developed at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, uses an atmospheric-pressure... [Read More]

Slovak gas distributor SPP – distribúcia has connected a new biomethane station in Ožďany to the national distribution network, adding nearly 4 million cubic metres of renewable gas capacity per year. The station, owned by CITA VIA, was created by retrofitting an existing biogas plant in the Rimavská Sobota district over 24 months. The upgrade — supported by... [Read More]

A secondary school in County Louth has applied for planning permission to install a biomass boiler system under the EU's Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III). The board of management of Bush Post Primary School in Riverstown, Dundalk, is seeking permission to erect a single-storey detached flat-roofed biomass boiler unit with an attached fuel store and flue, along... [Read More]