Biogas News

The biggest bioenergy plant in India is due to be inaugurated in Lehragaga on 18 October, The Tribune reported. With an investment of Rs 220 crore (€27.4m), the plant is being set up by Germany-based Verbio AG's Indian subsidiary. It aims to reduce 1.5 lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year, by utilising crop residue (straw) to produce biogas and manure. The project is the first…
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Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has announced it will finance the implementation of a CRI GEO Biogas plant for the production of biogas and electricity from biodegradable waste. It is being built in the municipality of Elias Fausto in the state of São Paulo and is expected to begin operation in March 2024. BNDES' investment will amount to R$44 million…
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Renewable natural gas producer Archaea Energy announced on 17 October it had agreed to be acquired by oil giant bp for a total enterprise value of about "$4.1 billion", including about $800 million in net debt. bp said the move will expand and accelerate the growth of its strategic bioenergy business. Bioenergy is one of five strategic transition growth engines that bp intends to grow rapidly…
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Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on Thursday said it has secured a site for a biogas plant in Wallonia, Belgium together with Belgian developer Cryo Advise. The partners will jointly develop the “large industrial scale” biogas project towards final investment decision, which is expected by end-2023. Danish biogas technology provider Lundsby Biogas A/S will…
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Technology group Wärtsilä has announced it will supply a BioLNG plant in Tervete, Latvia. The order was placed by AS Agrofirma Tervete, who will utilise the plant to upgrade, polish, and liquefy biogas from agricultural waste into bioLNG. The order was included in Wärtsilä’s order intake in September 2022. Wärtsilä will provide its Puregas CA50LBG for removal of CO2 and hydrogen sulphide…
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Ireland's Department of the Environment waited three weeks into a four-week submission period before consulting its own competent authority regarding a €35bn EU renewable energy fund which Ireland has failed to apply for, reported the Irish Examiner. The REPowerEU funding initiative, organised by the European Commission (EC), was set up to attempt to ensure continuity of energy supply -…
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Kenya is setting up standards that will pave the way for the commercialisation of biogas, a move that will offer cheap energy for consumers in the wake of the high cost of LPG and generate revenue for producers, according to Business Daily Africa. Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) said it is working on the norms for the packaging of biogas, which is the only thing that has been missing in the…
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The expansion of the biogas sector in Germany is progressing at a slow pace despite strong demand in the heating segment with newly installed biogas capacity projected to be around 65 MW in 2022, according to the industry association Biogas e.V, reported Renewables Now. As many as 120 new biogas plants should be connected to the grid this year, but when excluding the capacity of those that will…
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Greater Commercial Lending (GCL), which provides loans to businesses and organisations in under-served and rural communities, has completed $25 million in long-term financing to help develop and build dairy biogas digesters and a biogas pipeline for the Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy Digester Project located in Stanislaus County, California. The financing has been arranged as a loan guaranteed by…
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Divert, an impact technology company "on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™", has announced a 10-year renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with bp worth approximately $175 million. Under the new agreement, bp expects to purchase RNG generated from three Divert facilities in development in California, Pennsylvania, and Washington, which would offset 36,905 metric tons of carbon…
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The Irish Bioenergy Association's (IrBEA) 21st national bioenergy conference will take place on 11 October at the Lyrath Hotel in Kilkenny. Bioenergy is uniquely placed in providing a solution to the current challenges which Ireland faces in terms of energy security and indigenous supply. IrBEA said it looks forward to welcoming a wide and diverse range of stakeholders to this flagship…
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Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International intends to explore the conditions to carry out a directed share issue of approximately SEK 320 million (the "Directed Share Issue"). The Directed Share Issue is conditional upon Scandinavian Biogas' board of directors resolving to issue new shares and that the board resolution is approved by a subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting. The Directed Share…
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An Ayrshire green energy firm has unveiled a plan to process up to 20,000 tonnes of distillery byproduct – and turn it into gas, according to the Daily Record. Grissan Carrick is seeking permission to install the infrastructure to support the venture at their site in Grangestone Industrial Estate, Girvan. If approved, work would begin to build a concrete containment ‘bund’ to house two…
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In collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the United States hosted the first-ever Clean Energy Workshop and Pacific Women in Energy Conference from October 4-6 in Suva to support the Pacific Islands’ clean energy transition and climate adaptation efforts. Led by U.S. Department of State Bureau of Energy Resources Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Laura Lochman, the…
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