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Two Ukrainian agribusinesses have announced plans to develop four biomethane facilities, representing a combined investment of over $51 million (€43.7 million) — a signal of the growing momentum behind Ukraine's biomethane sector and its export ambitions in the EU. Vitagro Energy intends to construct three plants across the Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi and Rivne regions of western Ukraine, with…
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Energy services firm Elevion Group has agreed to purchase a 100% stake in BTS Holdings Italy, the parent company of biogas and biomethane plant specialist BTS Biogas, in a move that deepens its footprint in the sector. The purchase agreement was signed between Netherlands-based Elevion Group B.V. and US firm BTS Bioenergy Europe LLC. Completion of the deal remains conditional on clearance from…
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EnviTec Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG has successfully commissioned a combined biogas production and gas upgrading plant for Estonian dairy company Halinga OÜ, supporting the company's environmental and sustainability targets. Located in Langerma, in the Põhja-Pärnumaa municipality of the Pärnu region, the plant is the fourth gas upgrading facility EnviTec has delivered in Estonia — and…
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Drax biomass power station was the UK's largest single source of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions in 2025, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember, marking the eleventh consecutive year the plant has topped the ranking. Ember's analysis found Drax emitted 14.1 million tonnes of CO2e in 2025, a 1% rise on the previous year, in line with generation increasing from 14.9…
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Nordic Ren-Gas, a Finnish e-methane developer, has signed a long-term offtake agreement with avanca Energy AG and its subsidiaries — avanca Renewables AG and Alternoil GmbH, Germany's largest renewable LNG distributor — for renewable e-methane produced at Ren-Gas's Tampere facility in Finland. The deal, valued at €1 billion over its term, is among the largest commercial partnerships of…
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New Energy Risk (NER), a provider of customised insurance solutions for energy technologies, has expanded its existing partnership with Yilkins, a developer of modular biomass upgrading equipment, to extend coverage under its master policy to Yilkins' pellet torrefaction process. The move builds on a collaboration between the two companies dating back to 2023. Yilkins' torrefaction technology…
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Anaergia, through its subsidiary Anaergia Australia Pty Ltd, has signed a contract with RF Corval Pty Ltd to deliver proprietary technology and equipment for an advanced anaerobic digestion facility at the Goodness Grown farm production site in Tongala, Australia — marking the company's first major reference project in the Australian market, with anticipated contract revenue of around C$14…
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Palisade Real Assets and APG Asset Management have completed the acquisition of Lemvig Biogas in Denmark, marking BioticNRG's first investment outside the UK and a significant milestone in the platform's European expansion. Lemvig Biogas, Denmark's largest thermophilic biogas facility, has operated since 1992, processing manure from local farms alongside organic waste and residual industrial…
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RNG Coalition, the nonprofit trade group representing the North American renewable natural gas (RNG) industry, is marking 15 years of operation alongside a milestone in the sector it represents: more than 600 operational RNG facilities now running across the continent. The North American RNG portfolio has reached 604 operational facilities, following a rapid run of growth that saw the industry…
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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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Hydro-Québec has reached an agreement with the Atikamekw community of Opitciwan and Société en commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan (SCOO) to build a 4.8MW forest biomass cogeneration plant that will replace the community's diesel-fired power generation, with commercial operation expected to begin this month. Under the 25-year agreement, which includes an option for a further 15-year extension,…
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REN – Rede Eléctrica Nacional, acting as Portugal's Guarantees of Origin Issuing Entity (EEGO), has registered the country's first Guarantee of Origin (GO) certification for biomethane used in the transport sector, with G3 | Go Green Gas becoming the first company in Portugal to certify the renewable origin of biomethane for that application. Guarantees of Origin are electronic certificates…
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BioteCH4 Group has appointed Andrew Simm as Managing Director of its food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) arm, BioteCH4 Food Waste AD, as the company enters the next phase of its growth strategy. Simm joins from Severn Trent Green Power, bringing extensive leadership experience across the AD sector and a track record in operational performance, commercial growth and innovation. His appointment…
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Amazon has made a strategic investment in GranBio, a biotechnology company developing biomass conversion technology that turns forestry residues and construction waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and renewable gasoline. GranBio's process breaks down woody biomass — including leftover forestry branches, crop stalks, and discarded construction materials such as…
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