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Plumas County in California has been issued an 'A' rating under the BDO Zone Initiative, certifying 255,000 bone dry tons per year of low-risk woody biomass within a 75-mile radius of Taylorsville and opening the region to new biomass markets and forest restoration investment. The rating, issued by Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative alongside local partners Plumas Corp and Plumas County Fire…
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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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Germany's bioenergy associations have criticised the government's draft renewable energy law, warning that the proposals fail to deliver the future promised to thousands of biogas and wood energy plant operators and would see the country forgo 12 GW of domestic flexible capacity. The Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWE) released its draft of the EEG 2027 for consultation with…
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Italy's state energy agency GSE has selected six gas shippers to purchase 6 TWh of biomethane for the 2026/2027 thermal year, in the first competitive sale of renewable gas withdrawn from producers under the country's incentive schemes. Enel, Eni and Società Gas Rimini were awarded framework agreements for the lot covering biomethane destined for the transport sector, while Burgo Energia,…
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South African infrastructure investor IIIM has acquired a minority shareholding in organic waste processing firm Cape Town Biogas (CTB) through its Mid Market Infrastructure Fund 1. The stake was purchased from existing shareholder Metier Sustainable Capital Fund II, which remains the controlling investor in the business. CTB operates an anaerobic digestion facility processing 250 tonnes of…
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Swiss compressor manufacturer Burckhardt Compression has completed its acquisition of Italian gas compression specialist Fornovo Gas, first announced in May. Founded in 1969, Fornovo Gas is one of Europe's leading providers of gas compression solutions for biogas and compressed natural gas (CNG) applications. The company focuses on mid-sized reciprocating compressors and employs around 120…
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London-listed Zenith Energy has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire 100% of an Italian biogas development company, marking its entry into the country's biogas and biomethane sector. The unnamed target owns the rights to a fully permitted, fully engineered and construction-ready biogas facility. Once operational, the plant will produce around 3 million cubic metres of methane per year…
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Nearly 900 billion cubic metres of biogas and biomethane could be produced sustainably each year from existing organic waste streams — enough to meet more than 20% of current global natural gas demand — according to a first-of-its-kind global spatial analysis from the International Energy Agency. More than 70% of that sustainable potential lies in emerging and developing economies, led by…
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New Zealand's Department of Corrections has replaced the last coal-fired boiler at Invercargill Prison with a containerised wood pellet system supplied by Apricus Eco, as first reported by The Southland Times. The 1MW ÖkoFEN boiler, housed in a modular 'Energy Box', is believed to be the largest ÖkoFEN installation in the world. Corrections said the move supports compliance with the…
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Shell has finished an 18-month upgrade of its Aarhus biogas facility in Denmark, lifting capacity to process 700,000 tonnes of waste a year and produce around 20 million cubic metres of biomethane annually. The upgraded plant can now feed biomethane directly into the Danish gas grid, with storage capability in place to help maintain supply during periods of lower renewable output. Shell Low…
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South African fund manager Infra Impact Investment Managers has acquired a minority stake in Cape Town Biogas (CTB), purchasing the holding from Metier Sustainable Capital Fund II, which remains the facility's majority shareholder. CTB is a redeveloped organic waste-to-biogas plant that converts organic waste into biomethane, beverage-grade CO2 and premium compost. Its biomethane offers a…
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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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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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