Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and the state-owned Landfill Site Management Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on eco-friendly hydrogen production technology in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday (29 August). HMG said it is moving towards clean hydrogen production by using biogas generated from food waste treatment processes. The agreement aims to... [Read More]

The French Ministry of Energy Transition has commissioned the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to develop and operate registry and auctioning services for biogas Guarantees of Origin (GOs), as well as registry services for biogas production certificates. In coordination with the Ministry, EEX will launch the biogas GO registry on 1 October 2023, taking over from the French... [Read More]

A new state-of-the-art biomethane refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) has entered construction in Aylesford, Kent in the UK. The facility will be capable of fuelling more than 500 trucks per day and saving almost 60,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. The station is a joint venture between CNG Fuels, the infrastructure arm of ReFuels, and Foresight Group, a sustainability-led... [Read More]

The West Lombok Regency community in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Indonesia, is set to begin construction of a biogas plant that can treat local agricultural waste from corn production. The plant is slated to begin operating in 2025, and it is hoped it will replace imported LPG gas products, reported Newsbase. The compressed biogas (CBG) plant is being built by PT Kaltimex... [Read More]

Biokraft's newly built liquefaction plant, connected to its biogas plant in Södertörn, Sweden, has delivered its first batch of bio-LNG. The shipment consisted of 34 tonnes of bio-LNG to be used by trucks in northern Europe. A filled container holds 17 tonnes of bio-LNG, which Biokraft said is enough for fossil-free driving with a fully loaded long-haul truck for approximately... [Read More]

Severn Trent Green Power (STGP) has received the go-ahead from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to finalise its proposed acquisition of Andigestion Limited. The move follows a detailed Phase 1 investigation. The acquisition will bring an additional 45GWh of energy generation output every year, according to STGP. It will also give STGP new reach into Southwest... [Read More]

Gas distribution networks in Victoria, Australia, have been promoting renewable gas to residential customers, whilst adhering to financial plans that are at odds with this messaging, according to the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA). This leaves consumers at risk, it added. A new IEEFA report details how the gas distribution networks are... [Read More]

Montauk Renewables (Montauk) has signed a Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) Agreement with Duke Energy (Duke) for Montauk’s proposed waste-to-renewable energy facility in Sampson County, North Carolina in the US, which will expand Duke’s renewable energy efforts in the state. Montauk is constructing the Turkey Creek facility, which will use its patented near-zero... [Read More]

JBS, one of the largest food companies in the world, has announced it will supply Swift stores with electricity produced by biogas generators, in partnership with Âmbar Energia, J&F Investimentos' energy solutions company. Ten Swift stores in the state of São Paulo will be supplied with biogas, adding to over 150 establishments that already utilise solar energy. The... [Read More]

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to support the development of a pilot project that would utilise organic waste such as chipped wood, along with nut shells, and convert it into renewable natural gas (RNG). If approved, the project would be the largest RNG project in the state of California,... [Read More]

India's central government has so far commissioned six compressed natural gas (BioCNG) plants and 11,143 small biogas plants under National Bioenergy Programme (NBP) which was notified in November 2022. RK Singh, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, informed India's lower parliamentary house Lok Sabha of the number in a written reply to a question. Of the six... [Read More]

Brazil’s Energisa has acquired 83.3% of Agric Adubos e Gestão de Resíduos Industriais e Comerciais, a Santa Catarina state company that composts industrial organic waste to produce biofertiliser, reported BNAmericas. The operation involved the payment of R$6.5 million (€1.2 million) and a capital contribution to the company of R$53.5 million (€9.9 million). The... [Read More]

Synthica Energy, an energy transition platform that designs, builds, owns and operates large-scale, contracted anaerobic digestion facilities to convert pre-consumer organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG), has closed on a large equity investment from the Infrastructure Business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs). The new capital will help grow... [Read More]

A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) is studying ways to generate renewable energy from dairy farm waste to charge electric vehicles. Wei Liao, a professor in MSU’s Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) and the director of MSU’s Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center (ADREC), led a demonstration workshop on 19 July... [Read More]

BioEnergy, a German company that provides technology and engineering design for biomass-based gas plants, has entered the Indian market in partnership with a Noida-based start-up, Gruner Renewable Energy (GRE). A welcome & greetings ceremony was held in Nagpur, India, on 5 August, which invited partners, attendees, media representatives and guests. The ceremony commenced... [Read More]

Insolvency proceedings for biogas trader bmp greengas were initiated on 1 August, with a restructuring plan to occur "due to the dramatic change in the procurement situation" - as a result of market shifts and the fall-out from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This meant that the firm was unable to meet its obligations to its customers. The Association of Municipal Companies... [Read More]