FortisBC has put forward a proposal for every newly-built home connecting to the gas system to automatically receive 100% renewable gas for the lifespan of the building. Approval of this proposal to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) would mark a new era in the evolution of FortisBC’s renewable energy programmes. Renewable gas, including RNG available... [Read More]

Macquarie Capital has launched a new platform that develops, operates and invests in RNG infrastructure projects. Its first project, in Wisconsin, has already reached financial close. The new platform, Aerogy, delivers a suite of innovative energy solutions through project development, financing, construction and commercial operation, as well as project expansions with... [Read More]

Councils in Surrey, UK could save around £4 million (€4.8 million) if all of the region’s food waste was recycled. More than half of all food waste that could be recycled in Surrey, 50,594 tonnes, UK ends up in general waste every year. New data by the Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) shows that if the waste was recycled instead, an additional £4 million... [Read More]

The European biomethane industry saw record-breaking production levels in 2021. Europe now has 1,023 production plants, a figure described by the European Biogas Association (EBA) and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) as a “stepping stone” for the decarbonisation of the whole EU economy. “2021 has witnessed the most exponential deployment of biomethane plants... [Read More]

Anaergia has been chosen to build a renewable LNG plant for Societa’ Agricola Agriferr ss di Zagni Mattero & C (Agriferr), an Italian agricultural company. Under the contract, Anaergia will build Agriferr’s new plant using a range of proprietary systems, including its first-ever RNG liquefaction system. The company will also install its Triton digester, biogas... [Read More]

BioConstruct has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Cologne-based electricity trading company, Next Kraftwerke. Under the agreement, Next Kraftwerke will market 40,000 MWh of biogas electricity in the first quarter of this year. BioConstruct will deliver the electricity from its own biogas plants and its customers’ facilities. A total of 86 biogas CHPs are... [Read More]

UK firm Keenan Recycling has acquired the food waste bin collection arm of JNL Waste Services. This acquisition, including new trucks, will strengthen Keenan’s food waste collection service in the Midlands, Northamptonshire and East Anglia, introducing new customers to the company and enhancing its fleet. Against the backdrop of Brexit, Covid and HGV driver shortages,... [Read More]

Veolia Carbon Clean is celebrating its first project milestone in India and a new corporate identity. The joint venture (JV) was established in December 2020 between carbon capture solutions firm Carbon Clean and resource management company Veolia. The JV aims to reduce industrial CO2 emissions and help India achieve its climate goals through the development of a series... [Read More]

Valmet’s automation system will be installed at a pioneering biogas plant in the Baltics. The plant will be the first in the region to utilise household and commercial biowaste. Built by BioWOIMA Finland in the city of Tallinn, Estonia, the facility will produce biomethane for the natural gas network and fuel for CNG-powered vehicles. The resulting biofertiliser... [Read More]

The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has appointed Grant Budge as chief executive-elect. Budge will succeed Charlotte Morton, who will gradually withdraw from her ADBA chief executive role to focus on her position as the head of the World Biogas Association (WBA). Budge holds a MEng (Hons) from Imperial College London, an MBA from Leeds University... [Read More]

Ag-Grid Energy has broken ground on its fourth biogas-to-electricity project in Connecticut. Hytone Ag-Grid, in partnership with Hytone Farms, would be Ag-Grid’s fourth dairy digester in the north-eastern US and will begin construction in March. The facility will be operational this autumn and will produce around 4.5 million kWh of renewable electricity annually,... [Read More]

Global energy and commodity intelligence company Argus has launched biomethane guarantee of origin price assessments. Biomethane can be used as an alternative or as a supplement to natural gas in industry, transport and heating. The new Argus Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO) prices cover biomethane from two types of feedstock – energy crops such as maize,... [Read More]

Arla Foods is more than doubling its climate target for operations from 30 to 63% by 2030, with the help of biogas. The new target has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5oC. Arla said a clear plan to deliver its ambition to be a carbon net-zero company gave it the confidence... [Read More]

Swedish hygiene and health company Essity is the first in the world to produce tissue paper on a large scale without fossil-based CO2 emissions. Working with Gasum, Essity’s Edet Bruk tissue production facility in Lilla Edet successfully switched from natural gas to biogas, reducing CO2 emissions to zero under normal operations. The Edet Bruk mill produces Essity... [Read More]

In mid-December, dairy-derived RNG from Maas Energy’s facilities in Merced began flowing into Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) gas transmission system. The project was primarily funded through the California Public Utilities Commission’s Dairy Biomethane Pilot Program, established as part of the state’s strategy to reduce emissions of short-lived... [Read More]