Biogas News

Sumitomo Corporation and reNIKOLA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of bioenergy (biogas and biomethane) projects in Malaysia and Indonesia. The signing ceremony took place at the Malaysia Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, witnessed by the Secretary General of Malaysia's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. This partnership with…
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Spanish insurer Mapfre and renewable energy company Abante have closed their biomethane fund, which is called Mapfre Energias Renovables II. The investment target was €100 million, and this was surpassed with €102.6 million. €20 million was raised by a contribution from the state-owned ICO bank, through European Next Generation. Another €20 million was invested by Mapfre, and the rest…
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Bio Capital, one of the UK’s largest producer of green energy using food waste, has partnered with advanced AI company Entopy to implement AI data analytics across its business. By leveraging advanced predictive models, AI technology is enabling Bio Capital to undertake real-time monitoring and decision-making that will significantly increase biogas yields and resulting renewable electricity…
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Nordic energy company Gasum has officially inaugurated its newest and largest biogas plant in the Swedish town of Götene. Construction of the plant started in 2023 and was finished on schedule in early 2025. Each year the plant takes in 400,000 tonnes of manure and other agricultural waste from neighbouring farms and turns it into renewable energy as well as recycled fertilisers. The renewable…
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Suma has announced it is expanding its range of agitator technology. In addition to its existing product portfolio of submersible motor, long axis, and central agitators, the company now also offers paddle agitators. Customers now have the option of purchasing all agitator types for biogas plants directly from Suma. They receive a comprehensive agitator concept with perfectly coordinated…
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The European Biogas Association (EBA) has strongly welcomed the European Commission’s updated REPowerEU Roadmap, which it called a timely and strategic framework to phase out the EU’s remaining dependence on Russian fossil fuels. The Roadmap outlines nine targeted actions to reduce and ultimately eliminate the Union’s reliance on Russian gas, oil, and nuclear fuel, an objective fully…
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Vincent A. Wergeland, senior business developer at OTC Flow, reflects on the need for a unified system for biomethane traceability. As biomethane becomes central to the EU's decarbonisation goals, ensuring its cross-border traceability is critical. Yet, fragmented systems — the European Renewable Gas Registry (ERGaR), Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), and the new Union Database (UDB) —…
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Following successful trials in 2023/24 at Evesham, England-based Vale Green Energy’s biogas plant, a new grass silage additive from FM BioEnergy has further proved its value and adaptability this year (2024/25). Silasil Energy SG has delivered impressive results across a range of situations from high dry matter grasses in the West Midlands to wet fourth-cut silage in Northern Ireland. Silasil…
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Cadent has confirmed a £75 million investment in its North West England gas mains upgrade programme, which the company said will pave the way for biomethane. Around 600 engineers will be part of the team to upgrade 385km of gas mains pipes. “The majority of homes in the North West rely on gas for central heating and it’s our job to make sure they get it, safely and reliably, every minute…
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WastAway – a green tech company that converts municipal solid waste (MSW) to fuel – has received a US patent for its entire waste-to-fuel process, bringing the total number of US and international patents to 26. The new process patent granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office covers WastAway’s entire technology suite that transforms MSW into clean, negative carbon footprint biofuels…
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SUEZ and Carcassonne Agglo have inaugurated an anaerobic digestion unit at the Saint-Jean wastewater treatment plant in Carcassonne, France. The plant produces 4,500 MWh/year of biogas from 60,000 tonnes of sewage sludge, which is injected into the public natural gas network to replace fossil fuels. This avoids the emission of 1,200 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. This large-scale project for the…
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Sojitz Corporation (Sojitz) has announced its investment in IOC Gps Renewables - a special purpose company established jointly by GPS Renewables Private Limited (GPSR) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), the largest state-owned oil company in India. IOCL designs, constructs, operates, and provides maintenance for biomethane plants in India. Through this investment, Sojitz will enter the…
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Tim Hamer, secretary general of the European Renewable Gas Registry (ERGaR), gives an overview of his presentation at this year’s International Biogas Congress and Expo. ERGaR facilitates the cross-border trade of renewable gas certificates across Europe. At the moment, seven countries are connected to the ERGaR CoO (Certificate of Origin) scheme and, via ERGaR, certificates can be traded…
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Utility Global, Inc. (Utility), a global leader in economic clean hydrogen production, will partner with Hanwha Corporation E&C Division (Hanwha) to carry out a Pre-FEED (preliminary front-end engineering and design) study for the deployment of its proprietary H2Gen® system at wastewater treatment plants in South Korea. Through this collaboration, Utility and Hanwha will assess the…
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