Jan 14, 2025
Biomethane risks and opportunities for new investors
Biogas News
Jan 14, 2025
VTTI, a global leader in energy infrastructure, has announced the launch of VIDA bioenergy - a newly formed subsidiary that is 100% owned by VTTI, dedicated to transforming biomass into renewable energy.
VIDA bioenergy will operate independently from the rest of VTTI, under the leadership of CEO Lars Boetje.
This will allow the company to move with flexibility and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 14, 2025
Bio Capital Group, one of the UK’s leading energy providers, has announced the extension of its contract with Lewisham Council in South East London.
Under the renewed agreement, Bio Capital will continue to receive household food waste from across Lewisham, at the company’s Dagenham biogas plant.
There, the food waste is converted into sustainable biomethane and... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 13, 2025
The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has urged the country's finance ministry to create blanket corporate tax holidays for compressed biogas (CBG) production in the forthcoming General Budget to attract investment in the sector.
IBA wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to state that the tax holidays would act as an incentive for businesses that are willing... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 13, 2025
Chinese firm Landuo Biotech claims to have produced a "super giant reed" that has become a high-yield renewable resource, reported China Daily.
The bamboo-like grass undergoes genetic modification, and includes more than 40 varieties that are developed using a gene database tailored for specific applications such as biofuels.
Landuo Biotech, which is based in Wuhan,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 13, 2025
Ukraine's first two biomethane producers injected their initial million cubic meters of biomethane into underground gas storage facilities during the end of last year, said Heorgiy Heletukha, head of the country's Bioenergy Association.
Vitagro's first biomethane plant has been operational since September, and the Gals Agro plant since November.
This year, five new biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 10, 2025
White Summit Capital, the decarbonisation and energy security infrastructure specialist, has completed the first close of White Summit Capital Decarbonisation Infrastructure Fund II (WDIF-II), surpassing 50% of its target size of €500 million.
White Summit Capital has secured total commitments of over €350 million from more than 10 blue-chip institutional clients,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2025
CPM, a solutions provider of process equipment, engineered technologies and aftermarket parts and services, has announced the acquisition of Jacobs Global, a supplier of aftermarket parts for hammermills and pellet mills.
This strategic transaction will enhance CPM's product offerings, expand its market reach and add capacity to better serve CPM’s growing global customer... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2025
Terviva, Inc., an agricultural innovation company working with farmers to grow and harvest pongamia for food, feed and fuel, has announced a strategic investment from integrated energy company Idemitsu.
Idemitsu, in partnership with Terviva and Stanmore, an Australia-based coal resource company, is beginning a trial plantation of Terviva’s pongamia in Queensland, Australia.
This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 9, 2025
Aemetis Biogas commissioned three new dairy digesters last month, increasing from nine to a total of 12 operating digesters.
The additional digesters are expected to generate 250,000 MMBtu per year of renewable natural gas (RNG), contributing to a planned 550,000 MMBtu of RNG production in 2025.
“Our biogas business is creating significant revenue and income growth... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 9, 2025
Naturgy has closed an alliance with Hispania Silva, a waste valorisation specialist with extensive experience in the agricultural and livestock sector, for the development of a minimum of 20 biomethane production plants, which could become up to 30.
The plants will be distributed throughout Spain, and will become operational before 2030.
They will have a capacity to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 9, 2025
A Labour environment group has asked the UK government to reconsider support for Drax's biomass plant in Selby, reported PoliticsHome.
The Labour Climate and Environment Forum (LCEF) observed that Drax's plant is the country's 'single biggest emitter of carbon dioxide'.
In the US, the company was found to have breached environmental regulations 'over 11,000 times'.
PoliticsHome... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 8, 2025
Dark Green Group, an independent renewables developer, has unveiled plans to be the first company in the UK to build a fleet of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in urban locations.
It is developing up to 12 AD plants over the next five years, on urban industrial sites, which together could process over 700,000 tonnes of organic waste per year and power up to 80,000 homes... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 8, 2025
Brazil has changed its National Biofuel Policy Act to ensure independent producers of biomass used for biofuels benefit from Decarbonisation Credits (CBIOs).
The Law changes the existing Renovabio framework, in which only biofuel producers had access to revenue generated by the sale of CBIOs.
The new wording establishes that such revenue be shared with the producers... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 8, 2025
Vogelsang USA, the inventor of the rotary lobe pump with elastomer-coated lobes, is highlighting PreMix, the most advanced digester feed system in the world.
Built on decades of leadership in the biogas industry in Europe, Vogelsang said the PreMix system sets a new standard for feedstock preparation and efficiency, revolutionising the biogas sector with its innovative... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 8, 2025
It’s the new year and Bioenergy Insight is hard at work preparing for this year’s International Biogas Congress and Expo, which takes place on 24-25 June at the Hotel Plaza in Brussels.
The European biomethane sector expects €25 billion in private investments by 2030, according to European Biogas Association analysis. The market’s huge potential means that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 7, 2025
Kanadevia Inova, a global leader in solutions for the energy transition and circular economy, has announced the acquisition of London-based Iona Capital Limited (ICL), along with a portfolio of 11 renewable gas plants in the UK and a substantial pipeline of projects globally.
The acquisition accelerates the evolution of the Kanadevia Inova business beyond a business sevelopment,... [Read More]
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Aemetis Biogas commissioned three new dairy digesters last month, increasing from nine to a total of 12 operating digesters
Brazil has changed its National Biofuel Policy Act to ensure independent producers of biomass used for biofuels benefit from Decarbonisation Credits (CBIOs)
Dark Green Group, an independent renewables developer, has unveiled plans to be the first company in the UK to build a fleet of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in urban locations
