Biogas News

With a new chief executive at the helm, one of the world’s largest on-farm biodigester operators is targeting expanded output, new revenue streams and a multi-site growth strategy. Christopher J. Pino tells Bioenergy Insight about his plans. BioTown Biogas (BTB) has named Christopher J. Pino as its new chief executive officer, bringing nearly 15 years of energy infrastructure investment…
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Budweiser Brewing Group has commissioned a new wastewater treatment and biogas recovery facility at its Samlesbury Brewery in Lancashire, delivered by industrial water treatment specialist Global Water & Energy (GWE). The £7.8 million investment, part of a broader brewery expansion, sees organic material broken down through on-site biological treatment processes, generating biogas as a…
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A research team led by Professor Yong Sik Ok of Korea University has developed a suite of technologies aimed at closing the loop on waste, with a hybrid biomass-to-energy system showing particularly strong results. Ok's broader programme covers plastic upcycling, waste system resilience, and organic waste-to-energy conversion. The unifying principle is treating waste streams as resource inputs…
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A Dutch biomethane joint venture has received a major government subsidy commitment, taking its total public funding to €180 million and clearing the path to construction. EemsGas — a 50/50 partnership between sustainable raw materials producer Perpetual Next and Dutch gas infrastructure company Gasunie — has been awarded an SDE++ operating subsidy of €149.8 million by the Netherlands…
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A 50 kW micro-biogas plant on a dairy farm in Sulmów near Łódź, Poland, has been recognised as a benchmark project in the country after demonstrating the ability to operate autonomously during power grid failures — a capability its designer says most agricultural biogas plants lack. The plant, designed and built by Integrotech sp. z o.o. on a farm with around 300 cows, was awarded gold…
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Anaergia has entered into a C$58 million contract with Neogenyx Fuels to deploy anaerobic digestion technology at a large-scale agricultural facility in the United States, boosting the Canadian company's revenue visibility over the next two years. Under the agreement, Anaergia will provide turnkey manure handling, processing and digestion systems designed to produce more than 4,400 standard…
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VORN Bioenergy has acquired the Hallertau biogas plant in Bavaria, continuing its European growth strategy through the purchase of existing facilities alongside new development projects. The plant has a capacity of 95 GWh, equivalent to the thermal energy demand of around 6,700 households, with gas fed directly into the public grid. It is operated primarily using shredded hop vines and…
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The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed €200 million to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' (CIP) Advanced Bioenergy Fund II (ABF II), marking the official launch of the fund with the EIF as cornerstone investor. ABF II targets a total size of €1.5 billion and will invest primarily in the development, construction and operation of new industrial-scale biogas plants using anaerobic…
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A standardised framework for tracking and certifying biogas and biomethane attributes has been launched by the I-TRACK Foundation and Global Gas Tracking, enabling certificates to be issued, transferred and redeemed across international markets. The I-TRACK Product Code for Biogas and Biomethane — known as I-TRACK(G) — was developed by a consortium of Evident Group in the UK and Instituto…
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Casella Waste Systems and Waga Energy have held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Chemung County Landfill in Elmira, New York, with the site having produced RNG since January 2026. The facility uses Waga Energy's WAGABOX technology to upgrade landfill gas to pipeline-quality RNG, which is injected directly into the Valley Energy…
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Schroders Greencoat has acquired a 100% stake in APF Energy, a biomethane platform in the Netherlands, from SWEN Capital Partners and APF BV. The platform comprises six assets, including three fully operational sites and three under construction, plus a late-stage development pipeline. The sites produce biomethane from a feedstock mix of agricultural manure and food by-products, helping to…
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A new report from the European Biogas Association (EBA) has positioned digestate as a key resource for European fertiliser resilience, published to coincide with the European Commission's unveiling of its Fertiliser Action Plan. The report, Digestate in Europe: State of Play in 2026, estimates that the environmental and nutrient value of digestate exceeds €1 billion per year. By 2050,…
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Welsh clean energy company Compact Syngas Solutions has unveiled a next-generation waste-to-energy plant following the successful conclusion of a £4 million government-funded demonstration programme. The Deeside-based firm developed its MicroHub plant under the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme. The system gasifies non-recyclable waste and…
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