Biogas News

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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The city's kerbside caddy rollout starts this week under Simpler Recycling, with collected material routed to anaerobic digestion for biogas and digestate Coventry City Council begins separate weekly food waste collections this week, from Monday 7 September, adding the city to the growing list of English authorities feeding kerbside organics into anaerobic digestion. Material collected from…
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Australia has released a new National Bioenergy Feedstock Strategy designed to accelerate development of the nation's bioenergy sector, potentially creating a $15 billion annual feedstock opportunity by 2050 whilst addressing fuel import dependency and decarbonising hard-to-electrify transport and industrial sectors. The strategy, released by the federal government, establishes a national…
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A dairy farm in Colombia's second-largest cheese-producing region has successfully generated biogas from whey and cattle manure, eliminating up to 100% of propane fuel use in cheese-making and cutting the production process's carbon footprint by 43.6%. The pilot project, led by researcher Miguel Casallas of the University of La Sabana, demonstrates how a stubborn dairy processing by-product…
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Cadent has begun replacing 700 metres of ageing metal gas mains in Peterborough with modern plastic pipe, work the distributor said will cut methane emissions and enable a shift to renewable gases including biomethane. The mains, along Flaxland, Hudds Meadow and Rightwell East, were laid in 1960. The eight-week scheme runs from 27 August to 16 October 2026, with a road closure on Flaxland and…
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Louis Dreyfus Company says the Bebedouro facility will process around 380,000 litres of orange juice wastewater an hour, cutting site CO2 emissions by more than 20% Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is constructing what it describes as the world's largest industrial facility dedicated to producing biogas from citrus effluent, at Bebedouro in São Paulo state, Brazil. The plant covers more than…
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A biomethane facility in central Switzerland has begun commercial operations of an integrated carbon capture and storage chain, marking Europe's first operational commercial-scale BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) project to span multiple countries and transport modes. The Niederwil installation, operated by Regionalwerke AG Baden (RWB), captures biogenic CO₂ released during…
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Pretoria Energy has submitted planning applications for a new large-scale anaerobic digestion plant west of its existing Mepal AD plant near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. The proposal includes a similar facility application at Stretham within the same local authority area. The new Chatteris site would process approximately 220,000 tonnes of feedstock annually, comprising poultry and chicken…
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A proposed renewable energy facility in Buckinghamshire has become a flashpoint for rural community concerns, with over 1,100 residents filing formal opposition to plans announced by local landowner Harry Aubrey-Fletcher, who serves as godfather to Prince Louis. The development would see 15 acres of Aubrey-Fletcher's estate leased to energy company Acorn Bioenergy for construction of what…
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Gas Networks Ireland has successfully connected College Group's €30 million anaerobic digestion facility in Nobber, Co. Meath, to the national gas network, marking the second major biomethane producer to achieve this milestone in a month. The facility, which received €2.4 million in government capital grant support, has an annual production capacity of up to 75 gigawatt-hours (GWh). It…
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Emvolon, an MIT spin-off, has developed technology that converts methane-rich waste gases into liquid fuels using repurposed automotive engines as chemical reactors. The system targets methane sources at landfills, wastewater facilities and industrial sites, addressing a significant unutilised global methane resource. The technology operates through compact, containerised processing units…
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