Fero Invest-Central Invest Holding, based in North Macedonia, opened a €12m biogas plant with a capacity of 2MW on 24 May. The plant is located in the village of Saramzalino, in the eastern part of the country. It was built over a period of two years, and is expected to produce 16,640 MWh of electricity annually, sufficient to meet the needs of around 15,000 people,... [Read More]

Anaergia subsidiary Rialto Bioenergy Facility (RBF) has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. RBF, which is 51% owned by Anaergia's wholly owned subsidiary Anaergia Services, anticipates that, during the restructuring proceeding, it will continue to operate its multi-feedstock bioenergy... [Read More]

MOL Group has agreed on a deal with BayWa AG on the purchase of Szarvas Biogas Plant in Hungary, a waste processing plant using organic wastes to produce electricity and heat through cogeneration with a peak electric power capacity of around 4 megawatts (MW). The plant processes more than 40,000 tonnes of waste a year from meat production in the region and another 53,000... [Read More]

Waga Energy and Énercycle have started on-site renewable natural gas (RNG) production at the Saint-Étienne-des-Grés landfill in Quebec, Canada, following completion of commissioning of the WAGABOX® facility installation. The WAGABOX® is a prefabricated proprietary technology developed, owned, and operated by Waga Energy. The facility will inject up to 130 GWh (approx.... [Read More]

TotalEnergies has acquired a 20% stake in Ductor, a Finland-based start-up that has developed an innovative technology to process high-nitrogen organic waste, such as poultry manure, which is usually difficult to use for biomethane production. By allowing the treatment of new types of input, this technology is helping to accelerate the development of the biogas value... [Read More]

PurposeEnergy has announced it is set to build a new biogas processing plant in partnership with Unilever and its Ben & Jerry's brand of ice cream. The Saint Albans Industrial Treatment Center (SAINT) is a new biogas project designed to produce renewable energy through the responsible treatment of organic waste produced from food and beverage manufacturing. The project... [Read More]

Globally, over 80% of wastewater is left untreated and discharged into the environment. While UK brewers are among the best in the world in making environmentally conscious decisions, over 70% the fresh water used in brewing still ends up as wastewater. This is not only potentially ecologically damaging, but also a waste of a valuable feedstock. Breweries are energy-intensive... [Read More]

Air Products, a leader in the production of gas separation and purification membranes, has announced a project to significantly increase hollow fibre membrane production at its St. Louis, Missouri facility. The production improvement project at the facility is driven by strong customer demand in the biogas and hydrogen recovery applications, as well as customer needs... [Read More]

Cimarron, Inc., a leading provider of environmental control and process equipment for the energy and biogas industries, and JATCO, Inc., a manufacturer of BTEX environmental solutions for the oil and gas production and transportation industries, announced they have established a strategic partnership to offer an all-in-one solution for BTEX and emissions control. The... [Read More]

The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has paved the way for installing seven bioenergy plants in the state with an investment of Rs 325 crore (€36.3m), reported The Times of India. Four of the seven compressed biogas (CBG) plants will have the capacity to produce 51.2 tonnes per day, and two biodiesel plants will have the capacity... [Read More]

The European Biogas Association (EBA) has released its EBA/GIE Biomethane Map 2022-2023. It shows that Europe reached a total of 1,322 biomethane-producing facilities by April 2023, with 299 new plants representing an increase of almost 30% from 2021. The number of plants in Europe has shown continued increase compared to previous editions of the map. There were 483... [Read More]

EnviTec Biogas is completing anaerobic digestion and biogas upgrading projects in more US states - including New York, Connecticut, Minnesota, Indiana and South Dakota. “We have 15 plants under construction right now,” explains Lars von Lehmden, managing director of EnviTec Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG, which is based in Lohne and Saerbeck, Germany. Four of these... [Read More]

Dubai Municipality has announced the completion of its biogas-to-energy project at its Warsan Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project is one of the Municipality’s renewable energy initiatives that support its strategic plan to transform its assets into green sustainable assets, it said. The biogas power facility has the capacity to generate 44,250 MWh of electricity... [Read More]

Bioenergy Devco (BDC), the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, and a leader in the design, engineering, construction, financing and operation of anaerobic digestion facilities to recycle organic material and produce renewable natural gas, has been selected by The Climate Registry for recognition in the Innovative Partnership category of the 2023 Climate Leadership... [Read More]

Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a large-scale carbon capture project by Ørsted, a global leader in renewable energy, for its Ørsted Kalundborg Hub in Denmark. As the carbon capture provider, Aker Carbon Capture will deliver five Just Catch units, additional equipment such as liquefaction systems, and temporary CO2 storage and on-/offloading facilities with an expected... [Read More]

The Carbon Trust has certified Swansea University with its prestigious Zero Waste to Landfill certification, as the university has diverted 63% of all waste into energy recovery - for uses including anaerobic digestion. Swansea University is the first Welsh university to achieve the certification, which recognises organisations that demonstrate leadership in waste... [Read More]