The Federal German Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) announced that no bids were received in a recent auction for biomethane installations, in an auction held on 1 September. The "innovation auction", on the other hand, was "significantly oversubscribed". Bids in the innovation auction are only accepted if they represent combinations of wind farms or solar installations... [Read More]

Severn Trent Green Power’s anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Derby, UK, is ready to receive food waste again following a programme of refurbishment. The site in Megaloughton Lane now incorporates a front-end treatment process and additional digestion capacity through the construction of two additional digester tanks. After a 12-month refurbishment process, the site,... [Read More]

Anaergia has announced that its subsidiary Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility (RIBF) has closed a $20 million term loan (€18.8 million) with East West Bank, a California Corporation. The loan will finance the remaining construction and commissioning of the RIBF project in the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island, US and working capital. This financing has a seven-year term,... [Read More]

Naturgy is set to build its sixth biomethane production plant in Spain and the first in Andalusia in the municipality of Utrera (Seville). The plant will be built in collaboration with KEPLER Engineering and Ecogestion, and is scheduled to begin operation in 2025. The Utrera project, which currently in administrative processing, will be one of the largest in Naturgy's... [Read More]

Latvia has submitted a request to the European Commission (EC) to amend the country's recovery and resilience plan, proposing to add a REPowerEU chapter, according to Latvian news agency LETA. The REPowerEU chapter includes a reform aimed at promoting the development of renewable energy communities and energy self-generation. The reform also aims to increase the use... [Read More]

Cambi has signed a contract for the Woodman Point Water Resource Recovery Facility, the largest wastewater treatment plant in Perth and in Western Australia. The facility, owned by Water Corporation, will utilise thermal hydrolysis process (THP) technology to increase sludge treatment capacity without needing to build additional digesters. This will enable the utility... [Read More]

FDE, a carbon-negative energy producer, has announced the formation of a Norwegian subsidiary, Biogy Solutions AS. The new company is set to become a frontunner in the biogas and bio-CO2 maret across Scandinavia, according to FDE. The chairman of FDE, Julien Moulin, was positive about the company's prospects in Norway, stating: "Biogy Solutions AS is a newly founded Norwegian... [Read More]

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to lend the Vinnytsia Poultry Farm of MHP Group in Ukraine up to $30 million (€28.4 million) for the modernisation and expansion of a plant that produces biomethane from agricultural waste. The IFC board of directors approved the project on September 21. The company already operates two biogas plants that process... [Read More]

A group of Indonesian companies have started detailed discussions on the best means of the commercialisation of biomethane derived from palm oil mill effluent (POME) in the country. The organisations include Indonesian natural gas supplier PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGT), a subsidiary of the country's national oil company Pertamina; JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC);... [Read More]

Rohe Solutions, which sells natural gas, LNG and biogas as well as related services within industrial manufacturing, plans to start liquefying biogas from the grid at the Hamina LNG terminal in Finland, with deliveries due to start in early 2024. The company plans to begin offering its customer Bio-LNG, or liquefied biogas in the same year. Rohe Solutions is part of... [Read More]

ENGIE has acquired Ixora Energy Ltd, a leading biomethane producer based in the UK since 2017. The acquisition, secured for £64.8 million (€74.6 million), was made from the responsible investment manager, Downing LLP. This strategic move marks the addition of three new production units to ENGIE’s portfolio, which are located in Devon and Somerset, collectively generating... [Read More]

DHL Supply Chain has announced plans to begin operating biomethane-fuelled trucks with an investment worth €80 million into a dedicated biomethane production facility in Cork, Ireland, run by Stream BioEnergy. The new facility is expected to provide fuel for up to 150 trucks, resulting in an estimated annual carbon reduction of 15,000 tonnes, the equivalent of more... [Read More]

On 20 September, the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI) adopted its Opinion on the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), a milestone legislation to foster EU-based manufacturing of clean technologies. The European Biogas Association (EBA) said it is deeply concerned by the ENVI Committee’s decision to exclude “sustainable biogas and biomethane technologies”... [Read More]

More than 35% of the electricity and heat consumed in the Czech Republic could come from renewable energy sources by 2030, according to a forecast by the country's Chamber of Renewable Energy Sources. This means that, compared to today, the share of power derived from renewables would more than double. The development of renewable energy sources should be driven by heat... [Read More]

Lithuania's Ministry of Energy has announced that the country's first biomethane plant is now operational. Located in the Pasvalys District, the Tube Green plant is estimated to produce 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) of biomethane per year. This will cover up to 1% of the country's total annual gas demand. Tube Green is implementing the project in cooperation with local biofuel... [Read More]

German brand Flix and Scania have announced a long-term partnership to develop new solutions for sustainable mobility. Initially, Scania will be providing the German brand, which offers intercity bus services across Europe, North America and Brazil, with up to 50 Bio-LNG (LBG) coaches by 2025. The vehicles, based on Irizar’s i6s Efficient coaches, will be fitted with... [Read More]