Biogas News

A new report from the Green Gas Taskforce has found that Northern Ireland has sufficient sustainable feedstock to generate 8 TWh of biomethane annually—enough to meet almost half of the region's existing economy-wide gas demand and more than 100 per cent of gas demand from homes and businesses. The report, titled "Northern Ireland's Green Gas Opportunity," was commissioned to assess the…
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Bio Voltex has received provincial environmental impact assessment approval for a proposed biogas plant that will convert dairy farm manure and aquaculture fish waste into natural gas. The approval was granted roughly five months after the company's application was filed—a faster turnaround than many comparable Canadian projects, which can take two to three years. The facility will be…
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VORN Bioenergy has acquired five biogas plants and an associated composting facility from Enerfarm, an Equitix portfolio company, across Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy. The acquisition represents significant expansion of VORN's European biomethane capacity and follows recent acquisition of a biogas facility in Wolnzach, Bavaria. The five plants and composting facility…
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Montauk Renewables has officially opened its facility in Sampson County, North Carolina, representing a $200 million capital investment in agricultural biogas-to-energy conversion. The project converts swine waste into renewable natural gas and electricity, whilst producing biochar as a co-product. The Turkey facility transforms the former Bay Valley Foods Distribution Centre into an…
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INEOS Energy has officially launched Greensand, the EU's first operational offshore carbon storage site, at Esbjerg, Denmark, with support from Harbour Energy and the Danish North Sea Fund. The facility will initially capture and store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually, with potential to scale to 4–8 million tonnes at full capacity. The facility will initially source CO₂ primarily…
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Stadtwerke Duisburg is replacing its ageing gas turbine plant with a hydrogen and biomethane-ready combined heat and power facility, positioning itself to exploit falling green gas costs as Germany's energy transition accelerates. The €80 million HKW 3c project at the Wanheim Energy Park will deploy 15 gas engines with combined electrical output of 67.5 MWel and thermal output of 74 MWth,…
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VIDA bioenergy, the Netherlands-based producer of biomethane and biogenic carbon dioxide, has equipped its UK facility with Blackline Safety's G8 portable gas detectors. The deployment consolidates gas detection, lone worker monitoring and emergency communication into a single device across the Wormslade plant. The VIDA bioenergy facility transforms organic material into renewable energy…
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Turkey is targeting significant expansion of domestic biomethane capacity as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels. A sector report estimates that upgrading existing biogas and landfill gas infrastructure could enable the country to produce up to 10 billion cubic metres of renewable biomethane annually by 2040. Turkey currently…
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Leicestershire County Council has refused planning permission for an anaerobic digestion facility proposed at a disused mushroom farm near Market Harborough in England. Great Bowden Green Energy Ltd had sought approval to develop the scheme at Marigold Farm off Welham Way in Great Bowden, designed to process chicken manure, maize and straw to create renewable gas for grid injection. The…
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Kanadevia Inova, a Swiss-based greentech leader, has acquired a controlling interest in BioValue B.V., a leading Dutch biomethane developer, operator and service provider with capabilities spanning asset management, operations and maintenance, engineering and construction management. The strategic move strengthens Kanadevia Inova's Northern European foothold and supports its vision of becoming…
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Biogas faces mounting economic pressure as the cost of wind and solar energy has plummeted by 70 to 90 per cent over the past decade, whilst bioenergy costs have stagnated or risen slightly—from 0.086 to 0.087 USD/kWh. In Germany, the 2024 levelised cost of electricity for biogas ranged from 20.2 to 32.5 euro cents/kWh, far exceeding wind at 4.3–10.3 euro cents/kWh and utility-scale solar…
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Nordic energy company Gasum has opened its 13th liquefied biogas filling station in Norway, a strategic expansion in the Port of Trondheim that reflects rising demand for renewable fuels in heavy transport and signals accelerating infrastructure investment ahead of Norway's 2030 climate commitments. The new station, strategically positioned near the E6 highway in one of Trondheim's key…
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Czechia's inaugural auction for biomethane operational support has attracted serious industry interest, surpassing government expectations nearly fourfold, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO) has announced. The May auction aimed to fund 45 million cubic metres of biomethane production per year. However, 63 projects applied with a total capacity of 176.4 million cubic metres. The ministry…
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The plant varies daily feed between 35 and 80 tonnes to match gas output to demand, with a 30kW central agitator handling the resulting variation in substrate A biogas plant near Krefeld in western Germany is controlling gas production through variable substrate feeding, using a gas store to balance short-term fluctuations, as operators across the country look for business models beyond…
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