New Energy Blue, a clean-tech creator of biomass refineries that turn crop residues such as corn stalks into low-carbon fuels and chemicals, has announced the formation of New Energy Farmers LLC, which will be headquartered in Mason City, Iowa in the US. New Energy Farmers is a biomass aggregation company jointly owned by Iowa farmers and New Energy Blue. Its purpose... [Read More]

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy have agreed to cooperate in the field of energy transition and renewable energy sources. A memorandum was signed by Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Environment of Italy Vannia Gava, within the framework of the UN Climate... [Read More]

In September, Future Biogas announced it had entered a 15-year partnership with AstraZeneca to establish the UK’s first unsubsidised industrial-scale supply of biomethane gas. Philipp Lukkas, CEO of Future Biogas, reveals more about the partnership and why it represents a step forward for the market as a whole. AstraZeneca came to the market in the summer of 2020, seeking... [Read More]

Summit County and Ecostrat have announced the issue of the Summit County BDO Zone. The BDO Zone stretches across a 40-mile drive radius from Wanship, Utah in the US and stands as the inaugural BDO Zone rating in the state for Forest Residues and Pulpwood. The prestigious ‘A’ rating indicates ‘high quality’ feedstock supply chains and infrastructure, attributed... [Read More]

Major energy infrastructure company Jemena and renewable natural gas (RNG) producer Optimal Renewable Gas (ORG) have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of three biomethane facilities in Australia. ORG will identify suitable sites in regional New South Wales in proximity to agricultural and other waste sources that could produce up... [Read More]

Topsoe, a carbon emission reduction technologies company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Standard Gas, a decarbonisation technology organisation, to collaborate on a UK-based project to produce renewable natural gas and methanol from residual waste feedstocks. Under the terms of the MoU, Topsoe will provide the technologies, engineering, equipment... [Read More]

Aemetis Biogas LLC has received approval to extend its biogas pipeline by an additional 24 miles using the public right of way. The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors approved the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis on a 4 to 0 vote. The pipeline transports biogas from dairy digesters to a centralised renewable natural gas (RNG) upgrading facility... [Read More]

Commercial and industrial energy supplier Flogas Enterprise, and operator of the national gas network, Gas Networks Ireland, have turned the sod on the Flogas Enterprise Bio-CNG refuelling station. Located in St Margarets in North County Dublin, the 2,900 square metre station is expected to open in April 2024 and will be Ireland’s first dedicated BioCNG station supporting... [Read More]

The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) has published the Canadian standard CAN/BNQ 3672-100 Biomethane — Quality Specifications for Injection into Natural Gas Distribution and Transmission Systems. The biomethane quality specifications established in this standard aim at reducing risks on human health and environment as well as guaranteeing satisfactory and safe... [Read More]

The business was established in the UK in 2003 after several industries, including biogas, showed significant interest in its elastomer-coated rotary lobe pumps, the pump Vogelsang invented in 1970 and is best-known for manufacturing globally, the company said. Since then it has grown to an 18-strong team located across the UK, from Scotland to the South Coast and is... [Read More]

Renewable developer Solarig will invest €250 million to build and operate ten biomethane plants in Spain, reported Reuters. The ten plants will be built in the Castile and Leon region and will use agricultural and livestock waste as main energy source. The facilities are expected to start entering into operations by the end of 2025. The announcement comes following... [Read More]

Adani Total Gas Ltd. (ATGL), a leading energy and city gas distribution company, co-promoted by the Adani Group and TotalEnergies, has announced the initiation of a 'Green Hydrogen Blending Pilot Project'. As part of the project, ATGL said it will employ the latest technologies to blend Green Hydrogen (GH2) with natural gas for over 4,000 residential and commercial customers... [Read More]

The European Biogas Association (EBA) has released an open letter, addressing a report released by Feedback EU, which said the EU's plan to ramp up biomethane production to 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030 from its current level of 3.5 bcm is "both unrealistic and unsustainable". The EBA said that Feedback EU's report, entitled Biomethane: setting a target that is... [Read More]

Walker Industries has announced its Niagara Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility has reached its final stages of commissioning, setting a milestone as the largest RNG project in Ontario, Canada. This facility will capture and refine landfill gas into low-carbon RNG, providing enough clean energy for more than 8,750 residential homes, according to Walker. “The project... [Read More]

The European Union’s (EU) Bioenergy Day took place on 10 November. Bioenergy Europe emphasises the importance of the occasion, in its regular column for Bioenergy Insight. Bioenergy Day means that, from the specified date onwards, bioenergy alone has the potential to fulfil the EU’s energy needs for the rest of the year. Every EU country has its own National Bioenergy... [Read More]

Auckland Council in New Zealand has kept nine million kilograms of food scraps out of landfill with its new rukenga kai (food scraps) collection service. Auckland’s food scraps are processed at New Zealand’s only anaerobic digestion facility run by locally owned company Ecogas, which converts the food scraps into renewable energy and liquid fertiliser. The council... [Read More]