Biogas News

Swedish green hydrogen technology company Metacon has secured EU funding to participate in a project that aims to produce high-purity hydrogen from biogas at existing anaerobic digestion facilities in Greece. The PUREHY2+ project will develop an add-on system for biogas plants that refines biogas into hydrogen with a purity exceeding 99.97% while capturing the resulting CO2. The approach is…
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When AD Fuels completed the UK's first virtual pipeline operation in 2014, the concept of trucking compressed or liquefied biomethane from anaerobic digestion plants to gas grid injection points was largely untested. More than a decade on, the West Sussex-based haulier has watched the sector grow — but not, its managing director concedes, as fast as he had hoped. "The industry has grown, but…
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Nopetro Energy has broken ground on a $50 million renewable natural gas production facility at the Lena Road Landfill in Manatee County, Florida, the first project of its kind on the state's west coast. The facility will capture methane generated by decomposing waste at the landfill, purify it into pipeline-quality RNG and inject it into existing gas infrastructure. The fuel will be used…
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Swedish clean energy technology company Metacon has secured EU project funding for a pilot plant that will produce hydrogen from biomethane at an existing industrial biogas facility on the Greek island of Crete. The project, known as BIOH2VAP, will see Metacon's fully owned Greek subsidiary Metacon SA construct a pilot plant at a biogas site in Ierapetra covering biogas upgrading, biomethane…
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Lundsby Renewable Solutions, a Danish biogas plant developer and constructor, has been declared bankrupt after a project in Finland left the company facing losses running into millions of kroner. The bankruptcy was filed at Viborg District Court on 8 October and recorded in Statstidende, the official Danish government gazette. Attorney Henrik Steen Jensen has been appointed as…
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A former waste pre-treatment site in Northwich, Cheshire, is to be converted into a dedicated biomethane production facility after planners voted unanimously to approve the scheme. Cheshire West and Chester Council's planning committee gave its backing to the project on 6 October. The application was submitted by Northwich Biogas, a subsidiary of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, which…
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The European Biogas Association (EBA) has published a new policy leaflet setting out what it describes as the key regulatory and administrative bottlenecks preventing the biogas and biomethane sector from scaling across Europe, alongside targeted recommendations for policymakers. The document organises the barriers into five dimensions: permitting and planning, investment and market certainty,…
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The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has criticised the UK government's newly announced Great British Grid, arguing that its sole focus on electricity infrastructure leaves out green gas as a way of cutting the cost of the energy transition. The plan, announced by the Prime Minister on 29 September, centres on building and connecting new electricity infrastructure,…
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has made a final investment decision on Via Verde, an Italian biomethane platform, marking its first move into the country's biomethane sector. The investment is made through CIP's Advanced Bioenergy Fund II (ABF II), which focuses on developing, building and operating biogas plants across Europe that convert agricultural waste and other sustainable…
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Japanese trading house Toyota Tsusho has formed a joint venture with PT KIS Biofuels Indonesia (KBI) to produce and sell biomethane in Indonesia, with commercial operations targeted for 2027. The venture, PT KIS Toyota Tsusho Biomethane Indonesia, was established in September 2026 and announced on 5 October. KBI holds 51 per cent and PT Toyota Tsusho Indonesia holds 49 per cent. It will be…
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Anaergia has agreed to divest two non-core US bioenergy facilities, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Johnston, Rhode Island, in a deal that will remove around C$20 million of project-level debt from its balance sheet. The company and its affiliates have signed a Master Purchase Agreement with IIF Anaergia HoldCo, LLC, known as North Sky. Under the deal, the buyer has acquired the assets of…
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Gas Networks Ireland has opened its €32 million Central Grid Injection (CGI) facility in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, giving biomethane producers located too far from the pipeline network a route to supply renewable gas to the national grid. The company says it is the first facility of its kind in Ireland and Europe, and it was officially opened by Taoiseach Micheál Martin on 2…
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Energy infrastructure business YLEM Group has launched YLEM Power, a new specialist operations and maintenance company to support gas generation assets across the UK, including combined heat and power, biogas, landfill gas and anaerobic digestion facilities that convert organic waste into renewable energy. YLEM Power will provide 24/7 O&M support to energy asset owners and investors,…
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The European Commission has approved Luxembourg's third payment request for €92.2 million under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility, part of the NextGenerationEU programme, after confirming the country had satisfactorily completed all five milestones and four targets tied to the request. Among the measures covered is a reform of Luxembourg's sustainable biogas support scheme, bundled…
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