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Certified wood pellet production under the ENplus® scheme exceeded 14.5 million tonnes in 2025, marking a record year for the programme and reversing a period of market stabilisation. Germany retained its position as the leading producer nation with approximately 3.95 million tonnes of certified output, followed by Austria at 1.89 million tonnes and France at more than 1.08 million tonnes.…
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The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) has released a greenhouse gas calculator designed to help certificate holders calculate and report emissions across the biomass supply chain with greater accuracy and consistency. The tool draws on data from SBP's existing Data Transfer System (DTS), reducing reliance on manual data handling and minimising the risk of human error. It has been built in line…
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A research team led by Professor Yong Sik Ok of Korea University has developed a suite of technologies aimed at closing the loop on waste, with a hybrid biomass-to-energy system showing particularly strong results. Ok's broader programme covers plastic upcycling, waste system resilience, and organic waste-to-energy conversion. The unifying principle is treating waste streams as resource inputs…
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A Dutch biomethane joint venture has received a major government subsidy commitment, taking its total public funding to €180 million and clearing the path to construction. EemsGas — a 50/50 partnership between sustainable raw materials producer Perpetual Next and Dutch gas infrastructure company Gasunie — has been awarded an SDE++ operating subsidy of €149.8 million by the Netherlands…
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New Zealand's wood processing sector has welcomed a Crown-backed loan guarantee scheme as a practical mechanism for shifting away from natural gas, while calling on the government to extend support to biomass supply infrastructure as well as demand. The Gas Transition Loan Guarantee Scheme, announced as part of Budget 2026, will see the Crown guarantee 80% of each supported loan, with banks…
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Anaergia has entered into a C$58 million contract with Neogenyx Fuels to deploy anaerobic digestion technology at a large-scale agricultural facility in the United States, boosting the Canadian company's revenue visibility over the next two years. Under the agreement, Anaergia will provide turnkey manure handling, processing and digestion systems designed to produce more than 4,400 standard…
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A 50 kW micro-biogas plant on a dairy farm in Sulmów near Łódź, Poland, has been recognised as a benchmark project in the country after demonstrating the ability to operate autonomously during power grid failures — a capability its designer says most agricultural biogas plants lack. The plant, designed and built by Integrotech sp. z o.o. on a farm with around 300 cows, was awarded gold…
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A biomass company near Glasgow has been fined £129,000 after a worker suffered partial severance of three fingers while attempting to clear a blockage at the Daldowie Fuel Plant in Uddingston. The incident occurred at SMW Limited's site in June 2023. Garry Roberts, 57, a shift operator with 17 years' experience at the plant, was clearing a blockage on a surge hopper rotary lock valve…
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VORN Bioenergy has acquired the Hallertau biogas plant in Bavaria, continuing its European growth strategy through the purchase of existing facilities alongside new development projects. The plant has a capacity of 95 GWh, equivalent to the thermal energy demand of around 6,700 households, with gas fed directly into the public grid. It is operated primarily using shredded hop vines and…
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The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed €200 million to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' (CIP) Advanced Bioenergy Fund II (ABF II), marking the official launch of the fund with the EIF as cornerstone investor. ABF II targets a total size of €1.5 billion and will invest primarily in the development, construction and operation of new industrial-scale biogas plants using anaerobic…
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A standardised framework for tracking and certifying biogas and biomethane attributes has been launched by the I-TRACK Foundation and Global Gas Tracking, enabling certificates to be issued, transferred and redeemed across international markets. The I-TRACK Product Code for Biogas and Biomethane — known as I-TRACK(G) — was developed by a consortium of Evident Group in the UK and Instituto…
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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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