A kitchen manufacturer based on a former RAF airfield in Norfolk has applied for retrospective planning permission for two biomass boilers installed at its factory in 2024. Naked Kitchens, which operates from a hangar at the former RAF West Raynham base near Fakenham, says the boilers replaced two older units and burn timber offcuts generated during kitchen unit production. According... [Read More]

Casino Food Co is to begin construction on an anaerobic digestion facility at its beef processing operations in northern New South Wales, in a project developed in partnership with technology provider LMS Energy. The Casino Biohub will be built on the company's San Marla farm near Casino and will treat abattoir effluent using anaerobic digestion, capturing methane-rich... [Read More]

South Korea's Korea Forest Service is accepting first-round applications for its 2027 Wood Pellet Boiler and Heater Distribution Support Programme until 11 May. The scheme operates on a preemptive basis, with applications submitted the year before installation so that systems can be in place ahead of the winter heating season. A second application round is planned for... [Read More]

CNG Fuels has signed a long-term agreement with Marks & Spencer to provide mobile refuelling stations at UK distribution centres, supporting the retailer's expanding biomethane-powered HGV fleet. The stations, owned and operated by CNG Fuels – 40% owned by ReFuels – will provide combined capacity to refuel up to 300 trucks daily. M&S currently operates more... [Read More]

Malheur County in Oregon, US, has been awarded a BDO Zone ‘A’ rating for dairy and feedlot manure, marking the first designation of its kind in North America. Malheur County Economic Development, Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative announced the rating on April 23, confirming the region’s strong potential to support manure-based bioenergy and bioproduct projects.... [Read More]

Stream BioEnergy Ltd has begun construction of an €80 million biomethane facility in Little Island, Cork, set to become Ireland’s largest plant dedicated to processing municipal food and garden waste. The facility, due to become operational in 2027, will process up to 90,000 tonnes of domestic and commercial food and garden waste each year. The company said the... [Read More]

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]