Cepsa, which is owned by Mubadala and Carlyle, and C2X, an independent company majority owned by A.P. Moller Holding with A.P. Moller – Maersk as minority owner, have announced a joint ambition to develop a green methanol plant in the port of Huelva, southern Spain. Green methanol is made by using green hydrogen and non-fossil sources of carbon captured from the atmosphere... [Read More]

New Energy Blue, a clean-tech creator of biomass refineries that turn crop residues such as corn stalks into low-carbon fuels and chemicals, has announced the formation of New Energy Farmers LLC, which will be headquartered in Mason City, Iowa in the US. New Energy Farmers is a biomass aggregation company jointly owned by Iowa farmers and New Energy Blue. Its purpose... [Read More]

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy have agreed to cooperate in the field of energy transition and renewable energy sources. A memorandum was signed by Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Environment of Italy Vannia Gava, within the framework of the UN Climate... [Read More]

In September, Future Biogas announced it had entered a 15-year partnership with AstraZeneca to establish the UK’s first unsubsidised industrial-scale supply of biomethane gas. Philipp Lukkas, CEO of Future Biogas, reveals more about the partnership and why it represents a step forward for the market as a whole. AstraZeneca came to the market in the summer of 2020, seeking... [Read More]

Summit County and Ecostrat have announced the issue of the Summit County BDO Zone. The BDO Zone stretches across a 40-mile drive radius from Wanship, Utah in the US and stands as the inaugural BDO Zone rating in the state for Forest Residues and Pulpwood. The prestigious ‘A’ rating indicates ‘high quality’ feedstock supply chains and infrastructure, attributed... [Read More]

Major energy infrastructure company Jemena and renewable natural gas (RNG) producer Optimal Renewable Gas (ORG) have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of three biomethane facilities in Australia. ORG will identify suitable sites in regional New South Wales in proximity to agricultural and other waste sources that could produce up... [Read More]

Topsoe, a carbon emission reduction technologies company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Standard Gas, a decarbonisation technology organisation, to collaborate on a UK-based project to produce renewable natural gas and methanol from residual waste feedstocks. Under the terms of the MoU, Topsoe will provide the technologies, engineering, equipment... [Read More]

Aemetis Biogas LLC has received approval to extend its biogas pipeline by an additional 24 miles using the public right of way. The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors approved the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis on a 4 to 0 vote. The pipeline transports biogas from dairy digesters to a centralised renewable natural gas (RNG) upgrading facility... [Read More]

Commercial and industrial energy supplier Flogas Enterprise, and operator of the national gas network, Gas Networks Ireland, have turned the sod on the Flogas Enterprise Bio-CNG refuelling station. Located in St Margarets in North County Dublin, the 2,900 square metre station is expected to open in April 2024 and will be Ireland’s first dedicated BioCNG station supporting... [Read More]

The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) has published the Canadian standard CAN/BNQ 3672-100 Biomethane — Quality Specifications for Injection into Natural Gas Distribution and Transmission Systems. The biomethane quality specifications established in this standard aim at reducing risks on human health and environment as well as guaranteeing satisfactory and safe... [Read More]