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Casella Waste Systems and Waga Energy have held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Chemung County Landfill in Elmira, New York, with the site having produced RNG since January 2026. The facility uses Waga Energy's WAGABOX technology to upgrade landfill gas to pipeline-quality RNG, which is injected directly into the Valley Energy…
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Schroders Greencoat has acquired a 100% stake in APF Energy, a biomethane platform in the Netherlands, from SWEN Capital Partners and APF BV. The platform comprises six assets, including three fully operational sites and three under construction, plus a late-stage development pipeline. The sites produce biomethane from a feedstock mix of agricultural manure and food by-products, helping to…
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A new report from the European Biogas Association (EBA) has positioned digestate as a key resource for European fertiliser resilience, published to coincide with the European Commission's unveiling of its Fertiliser Action Plan. The report, Digestate in Europe: State of Play in 2026, estimates that the environmental and nutrient value of digestate exceeds €1 billion per year. By 2050,…
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Indian renewable energy firm SAEL is planning to scale its biomass power capacity to 1 GW over the next five years, with paddy stubble as the primary feedstock. The company currently operates 11 power plants across Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan with a combined capacity of 165 MW, all fuelled by paddy straw. It describes itself as India's largest producer of electricity from paddy…
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The Renewable Energy Association has unveiled the finalists for the 21st edition of the British Renewable Energy Awards, with the ceremony taking place on 11 June at the Sheraton Grand, Park Lane in London. The awards mark the REA's 25th anniversary. Chief executive Trevor Hutchings said the finalists reflected 'the expertise and determination shaping the future of the sector — particularly…
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Welsh clean energy company Compact Syngas Solutions has unveiled a next-generation waste-to-energy plant following the successful conclusion of a £4 million government-funded demonstration programme. The Deeside-based firm developed its MicroHub plant under the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme. The system gasifies non-recyclable waste and…
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Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group is expanding its Szarvas biogas plant with a new biomethane unit that will enable renewable gas injection into Hungary's national grid. The unit is expected to be completed by the end of 2026 and produce more than 7 million cubic metres of biomethane annually: equivalent to the natural gas consumption of around 8,500 average households. The project…
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The Louisiana House of Representatives has voted unanimously to approve legislation aimed at strengthening the state's wood pellet manufacturing sector. HB 670, introduced in late February by state Representative Charles Owen, passed the House on 13 May and the same day was reported favourably out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. The bill now…
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German bioenergy group Verbio has reported a sharp earnings recovery for the first nine months of its 2025/26 financial year, underpinned by record biomethane output and a strengthening greenhouse gas quota market. Biomethane production reached 1,040 GWh in the nine months to 31 March 2026, up 20% on the same period a year earlier, driven by the ongoing ramp-up of the company's Nevada plant.…
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Three Atlas Copco Group technology brands — CRI-MAN, LEWA and Wangen Pumps — will present their combined portfolio of pumps, modules and systems for the biogas industry at World Biogas Expo 2026, taking place on 8–9 July in Birmingham, England. Together, the brands offer fully integrated solutions covering the full range of modern biogas and biomethane plant requirements. At Booth E60 —…
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With nine owned anaerobic digestion (AD) plants, a vertically integrated supply chain and institutional backing from one of the world's largest pension funds, BioticNRG is building a platform designed to outlast the policy uncertainty that continues to hold back the UK's anaerobic digestion sector.  The acquisition of Evercreech Renewable Energy Limited in Somerset in South…
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Burckhardt Compression has signed an agreement to acquire Fornovo Gas, one of Europe's leading providers of gas compression solutions for biogas and compressed natural gas (CNG) applications. Founded in Italy in 1969, Fornovo Gas specialises in mid-sized reciprocating compressors and has built a strong market position across Europe. The company employs approximately 120 people and generates…
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Joint venture Orasqualia, formed by Orascom Construction and AqualiaME, has reached an agreement with Egypt's New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) to install a biogas power generation unit at the New Cairo Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant has operated since 2013 as Egypt's first public-private partnership wastewater project. The new unit will convert biogas produced during wastewater…
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A Cornwall-based biochar developer has become the first UK carbon dioxide removal company to receive a commercial loan, as the Green Finance Institute launches a new initiative aimed at bridging the financing gap holding back Britain's nascent carbon removal sector. Restord has secured £1m in financing from Oxbury Bank through the GFI's newly launched Carbon Dioxide Removal Catalyst, a…
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