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]

European biogas developer Andion CH4 Renewables has secured a €67m (USD 78.9m) private credit facility from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, alongside a fresh equity contribution from existing shareholders in a deal led by Equitix. The financing will support Andion's near-term project pipeline in Italy and the Nordic region as the Luxembourg-headquartered company pushes... [Read More]

California Bioenergy (CalBio) is to install eight additional Mainspring Linear Generators at two of its dairy cluster biogas sites in California, bringing its total deployed capacity to 5.3 MW across five locations by the end of 2026. The new units will be deployed at CalBio's North Visalia and South Tulare cluster biogas upgrading sites, each receiving a 1 MW installation. The... [Read More]

Maria Deryugina, director of regulation and market intelligence at Heygaz Biomethane, will outline the company’s experience of building a multi-country biomethane platform at this year's International Biogas Congress & Expo. Heygaz is a European biomethane developer, producer, and operator headquartered in Spain, focused on anaerobic digestion and agro-industrial... [Read More]