Biogas News

Green Arrow Capital, a major independent Italian operator specialising in alternative investments, has acquired several biomethane facilities. Green Arrow, which also manages the Green Arrow Energy Fund (GAEF), has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in a company controlled by Lazzari & Lucchini, which owns a biomethane plant in Lombardy, Italy. The seller, which will…
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German company EnviTec Biogas has entered the Estonian market with orders for two biogas upgrading plants. The company marked its debut into the country with a double order for its EnviThan gas upgrading facilities. Both units will be extensions to existing biogas facilities. During the estimated six-month construction project, the customer, AS EG Ehitus, a subsidiary of gas network operator…
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Clean energy solutions provider Xebec Adsorption (Xebec) has signed a letter of intent for the sale of a multi-million-dollar biogas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) installation to a large-scale utility customer in Alberta. Xebec signed the letter of intent on 28 May. Alberta is a major contributor to the economic wellbeing of Canada, according to Xebec, which says it is happy to see the…
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Xebec Adsorption, a global provider of clean energy solutions, and the Fonds De solidarite FTQ (the Fonds), a development capital fund, have joined forces to create the GNR Québec Capital investment fund. The $20 million (€13.1 million) fund aims to boost renewable natural gas (RNG) production in Québec. Partners, particularly from the agricultural and municipal sectors, will have access…
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U.S. Gain has secured a renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with Hilbert, Wisconsin-based Holsum Dairies. RNG produced will be taken to U.S. Gain’s fleet customers in California, displacing nearly 900,000 gallons of gasoline. Holsum Dairies is formed of two separate farms – Elm Dairy and Irish Dairy – with digesters that break down animal waste to create methane that is…
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The Region of Durham Council in Ontario, Canada, has taken the next steps towards developing a mixed waste pre-sort anaerobic digestion (AD) facility. On 27 May, the council agreed to continue the negotiation of a joint venture/co-ownership agreement with Epcor Utilities for the development of the AD plant. The mixed waste pre-sort AD facility with an energy-from-waste plant will be a…
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DMT Clear Gas Solutions will update renewable natural gas (RNG) equipment at Seabreeze Farm, a third-generation dairy farm in British Columbia (BC). Seabreeze Farm, owned by the Keulen family, will update their RNG equipment using DMT’s patented three-stage membrane separation system. The farm made headlines in 2015 when the owners announced they had combined anaerobic digestion (AD) with a…
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The first World Biogas eFestival saved the carbon equivalent of planting more than 6,500 trees. The event, which went online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was a “great success”, according to the World Biogas Association (WBA), with more than 300 participants joining the four-day event from 48 countries around the globe. An estimated carbon footprint of 402 tonnes of carbon dioxide…
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Minneapolis, US-based company Xcel Energy is expanding into the renewable natural gas (RNG) sector,  exploring how it could deliver RNG to its customers. The company’s plans form part of its initiative to reduce carbon emissions from the electricity it provides to customers by 80% by 2030, while pursuing a vision to offer 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050. “Xcel Energy provides…
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Britain’s five gas network companies, Cadent, National Grid, NGN, SGN and Wales & West Utilities, are calling on the UK Government to unlock over £900 million (€1 billion) to invest in green gas network infrastructure. The request by the Energy Networks Association (ENA) forms part of its Gas Goes Green initiative, which seeks to create the first zero-carbon gas grid in the UK. The…
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Iona Capital has successfully closed debt financing on behalf of one of its funds, the Iona Environmental Infrastructure LP (IEILP), which invested in 11 UK anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities. IEILP is a greenfield fund that launched in 2021 and is backed by UK pension fund investors. The investors’ funds - £60 million (€66.7 million) - were deployed to build four large gas-to-grid…
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UK supermarket chain Iceland has announced food waste reductions of almost 2,500 tonnes (23.2%) over the last two years through community initiatives and anaerobic digestion. The announcement comes 12 months after the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (DEFRA) Food Waste Champion Ben Elliot called on businesses to ‘step up to the plate’ and drive plans to cut food waste.…
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Gaseous solutions including biogas, biomethane and hydrogen are needed to speed up the European Union’s economic recovery, according to Eurogas. The association has highlighted the importance of financing the uptake of hydrogen production and accelerating renovation, adding that it is ‘integral’ to a successful green recovery. “Keeping business as usual is not possible in the…
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U.S. Gain has become the largest renewable natural gas (RNG) supplier in Oregon, US, through its latest supply agreements. The company has supply agreements with Salem Area Mass Transit District, Gresham Sanitary, Heiberg Garbage and Recycling and Pride Disposal. The news follows U.S. Gain’s announcement of an RNG supply agreement with the Port of Seattle for use at Seattle Tacoma…
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