Biogas News

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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Uniper and Turkish energy company Biotrend Enerji have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to assess the production and potential export of biomethane from Türkiye to European markets. The partners will explore converting Biotrend's existing waste-based biogas plants to produce renewable gas. Türkiye is estimated to hold untapped biomethane potential of up to 50 terawatt-hours a year.…
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Swiss energy company Axpo and Polish investor Agro-Biogas have brought a 1 MW biomethane plant in Komorów, near Warsaw, into operation, with the companies describing it as the first agricultural facility in Poland to inject renewable gas directly into the national grid. The plant processes manure and slurry to produce around 20,000 MWh of biomethane a year. Agro-Biogas was set up by investors…
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Waga Energy has reported a 31 per cent year-on-year rise in renewable natural gas (RNG) production for the first half of 2026, producing 426 GWh from landfill gas and avoiding an estimated 173,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions over the period. The French company, which produces RNG by upgrading landfill gas using its proprietary WAGABOX technology, posted consolidated revenues of €33.5…
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America's wastewater treatment plants are capturing only a fraction of their renewable energy potential, according to new figures from the American Biogas Council, which estimates the sector could generate enough electricity for 1.9 million US households a year if biogas capture were rolled out more widely. There are currently around 2,580 operating biogas capture facilities across the US,…
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Nord Gas Solutions has secured a contract to build a 35 tonne-per-day biogas liquefaction plant in Poland, which is set to become the country's first bioLNG production facility and marks a step forward for its developing biomethane sector. The plant will be a brownfield conversion, built onto existing biogas production infrastructure rather than a new-build site. It will use Nord Gas…
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Gallagher-owned managing general agent Pen Underwriting is looking to deepen its cover for the anaerobic digestion (AD) sector, at a time when brokers say insurance appetite for the technology has lagged behind its spread across the UK. The MGA formally entered renewable energy in November 2025 with a dedicated AD product. Its Commercial Combined wording brings the property, business…
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Emirates Biotech and United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) are to build and operate what they describe as the country's first integrated organic-waste valorisation pilot plant, a research project aimed at turning food waste and compostable packaging into biogas and compost. The partnership was launched at UAEU's campus in Al Ain, with stakeholders from across the waste and sustainability…
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Australian bioenergy company Delorean Corporation and paper and packaging group Opal have completed the concept stage for a proposed anaerobic digestion facility at Opal's Maryvale Mill in Victoria, advancing the project into its development phase. The Opal-funded concept study identified potential for a large-scale facility capable of converting organic residues—and potentially paper…
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