Aemetis, a renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, has announced the completion of significant infrastructural development work. The California-based firm has finished construction, testing and commissioning 36 miles of additional biogas pipeline, two biogas digesters, its biogas-to-renewable natural gas upgrading... [Read More]

Biogas plants in Croatia are close to collapse, the Renewable Energy Sources of Croatia association (OIEH) has warned. Balkan Green Energy News reported that for more than a year, owners have been struggling to cope with the cost of raw materials - which have increased by up to 100%. From 1 January 2023, they have been affected by a price cap of €180 per MWh. The OIEH... [Read More]

Climate Fund Managers (CFM) has announced it is investing $38.5 million (€35.5m) in the Bio2Watt Energy project in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. The company intends to develop a 9.8 MW installed power capacity from organic waste. The capacity of the future biogas plant in Bronkhorstspruit will be increased from 4.8 to 9.8 MW, as a result of the Netherlands-based climate... [Read More]

Global resource management company, Veolia, has announced it is helping Scottish Water to achieve net zero by increasing the amount of renewable energy generated at Scotland's largest Wastewater Treatment Works WwTW, Seafield in Leith, Edinburgh. Seafield had been a net exporter of renewable electricity, producing over 108% of the electricity it requires to run the site,... [Read More]

PepsiCo Portugal has announced that it will invest €7.5 million to construct a new biodigester, which will turn organic waste into biogas, according to FoodBev. The company said the project reflects its “commitment to sustainability and the reduction of carbon emissions at its snack factory in Carregado”. As well as helping its Carregado facility – located in... [Read More]

UBE Corporation (“UBE”) has decided to expand the polyimide hollow fibre production facilities for gas separation membranes at its Ube Chemical Factory, as well as the gas separation membrane module production facilities, at its Sakai Factory in Japan. Both expanded facilities are expected to become operational in the first half of fiscal 2025, increasing production... [Read More]

On Monday 23 January, Nature Energy inaugurated its biogas plant in Kværs west of Gråsten in Sønderborg Municipality. The plant can convert 500,000 tons of biological waste from agriculture and industry into more than 20 million cubic meters of biogas annually, displacing a similar amount of fossil natural gas from the energy system. Lars Aagaard, minister for Climate,... [Read More]

Enagás GTS, the technical manager of the gas system in Spain, has launched the platform for the registration of account holders and  production devices of the system providing guarantees of origin for renewable gases - applicable to biogas, biomethane and renewable hydrogen. This represents the first milestone of the project, which was set out in the Government's Plan... [Read More]

Nigeria's National Biotechnology Development Agency's (NABDA) bioenergy development programme, which is designed to adapt anaerobic digestion technology for biogas production, has the potential to create 10,000 jobs along the value chains, according to director general Professor Abdullahi Mustapha. In a special presentation at the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology... [Read More]

The state-run Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tezpur University for the promotion of compressed biogas in the North East on 20 January. The MoU was signed by Dr Biren Das, registrar on behalf of Tezpur University and Bijay Kumar on behalf of IOCL in a function held at the Council Hall of the University in the presence... [Read More]

Biogas and biomethane are generated from different types of organic residues, turning waste into a valuable resource. A recent study shows that the increasing amount of compostable bioplastics in our waste can be collected and processed with no ecological risk to produce biogas, supporting the development of renewable energy in Europe, according to the European Biogas... [Read More]

Preliminary unaudited financial statements for Scandinavian Biogas show that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBIDTA) amounts to about SEK -2 (23) million. For the full year EBITDA amounts to about SEK 19 (90) million. Fourth quarter net sales amounted to approx. SEK 92 (94) million, a decrease by approximately 3% compared to the same period... [Read More]

Adapt Biogas announced it has reached a "significant milestone" at its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, Evercreech Renewable Energy (Evercreech), in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. In December 2022, Evercreech completed its first injection of biomethane into the gas network. Up to 8,000 homes stand to benefit from locally produced green energy. The firm said it is currently... [Read More]

The Ministry of Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has selected US firm Symbion Power as the winner of a major contract for the development of the Makelele biogas project in Lake Kivu, reported APO Group. The project will include over $300 million in investment for the development of a 60 MW gas-to-electricity system to connect consumers in Goma... [Read More]

The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has requested the government set aside Rs 1,000-crore (€113 million) in its upcoming budget to promote the use of fermented organic manure (FOM) in agriculture, reported Outlook India. FOM is generated as a waste in the anaerobic digestion process. According to the IBA, around 2,000 tonnes of FOM is generated in India, which could... [Read More]

Starting in January 2023, Zurich-based Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI) has announced it will work with its long-standing Italian project partner Cesaro Mac Import (CMI) to build its 20th Kompogas® plant for the dry fermentation of biogenic waste. The plant will treat organic waste from the province of Brindisi to produce biogas, and from November 2023 the gas will be used... [Read More]