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Energy Minister Michael Shanks has confirmed the UK government will withdraw financial support for small-scale biomass generators once their current Renewable Obligation (RO) period ends, drawing criticism from industry groups over what they argue is a dismissal of circular economy benefits. The decision applies to all installations under 100 MW capacity, including anaerobic digestion, sewage…
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The UK Pellet Council has welcomed the launch of the Wood Fuel and Heating Association (WFHA), a new trade body established to provide coordinated representation for the UK's wood fuel and heating supply chain. The WFHA brings together wood pellet, waste wood and chip suppliers, biomass boiler distributors, installers, maintenance providers and compliance specialists under unified advocacy.…
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The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has positioned India's newly approved GOBARdhan Scheme as a strategic tool for reducing energy import costs, projecting a USD 5 billion cut to the country's gas import bill. The scheme, formally titled 'Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan', carries a financial outlay of Rs 23,731 crore (approximately USD 2.8 billion). It aims to convert agricultural…
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Indonesia's government is promoting pyrolysis technology as a complementary processing solution to waste to energy plants, acknowledging that planned WtE facilities will handle only about 22 per cent of national waste generation. Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan said the wider adoption of pyrolysis, which converts accumulated landfill waste into diesel equivalent renewable…
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India's cabinet has approved a Rs 23,731 crore (USD 2.5bn) national bioenergy scheme to scale compressed biogas (CBG) production over the next decade, aiming to establish renewable gas as a major pillar of the country's energy mix. The GOBARdhan (National Circular Bioenergy Scheme) will be implemented from FY2026-27 to FY2035-36, targeting a near tenfold increase in domestic CBG production…
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The National Energy System Operator has called for a strategic approach to biomethane production, warning that sustainable output can reach 30 TWh annually by 2050 without material dependencies or environmental trade-offs — but scaling beyond that threshold requires cross-sector assessment of competing land and feedstock priorities. Current UK biomethane injection stands at 6 TWh annually…
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The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed a report from the National Energy System Operator (NESO) on the role of biomethane in the energy system to 2050, which concludes the fuel could deliver significant value across the energy system. NESO's report finds that around 30 TWh a year of biomethane production is achievable by 2050 before any feedstock trade-offs…
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Australian low-carbon fuels company HAMR Energy has been awarded AUD 32 million (EUR 19.6m) in conditional funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to advance development of a forestry residues-to-sustainable aviation fuel project spanning Victoria and South Australia. The award is the first under the Australian government's AUD 250 million Low Carbon Liquid Fuels priority,…
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France has proposed extending its flagship renewable gas support mechanism to cover pyrolysis-based production, a regulatory change that would for the first time allow wood-processing projects using thermochemical conversion to access long-term offtake support in one of Europe's largest gas markets. The draft decree, published for public consultation following a meeting of France's National…
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A bill introduced in the US House of Representatives would establish a new tax credit covering 30% of the cost of constructing biomass energy facilities, in a bid to spur plants capable of processing material cleared from forests to reduce wildfire risk. The Biomass Facility Construction Act (H.R. 9746), introduced on 16 July by California congressman Kevin Kiley, would allow new facilities to…
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Payments worth almost €19 million have started flowing to successful projects under Ireland's Biomethane Capital Grant Scheme, as the government confirmed a further €200 million has been secured for a second round of capital grants for anaerobic digestion plants. Seven projects will receive funding under the 2024 scheme, drawn down through the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility: Bia…
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Malaysia's Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) has identified 51.88 MW of potential power generation capacity from palm oil mills that could be developed in Peninsular Malaysia, according to deputy energy transition and water transformation minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad. The minister also revealed the scale of the country's untapped biogas resource, telling parliament…
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The UK's anaerobic digestion (AD) sector will need to scale up production roughly tenfold by 2050 to meet future biomethane demand, according to a new briefing from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), published this week. There are currently 750 municipal, commercial and agricultural AD plants operating across the UK, producing an estimated 21 TWh of biomethane annually,…
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Urszula Szalkowska, managing director for European Markets at EcoEngineers, part of LRQA, examines how biomethane is now embedded in the EU's carbon compliance architecture and what this means in practice for operators under ETS1 and ETS2. Biomethane has quietly crossed a threshold. It is no longer discussed primarily as a renewable gas alternative to natural gas; it has become a recognised…
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