Gasum has opened the world’s northernmost gas filling station in Rovaniemi, Finland. Gasum has already opened two other gas filling stations in Lapland - one in Keminmaa, Finland; and the other in Luleå, Sweden. The new station will enable the transport company UKK-Express, which operates in Northern Finland, to start using biogas for two gas vehicles this year. The... [Read More]

ENGIE's New Ventures programme - an investment fund for innovative startups - has invested in two companies in the renewables sector. The first is French startup CryocCollect. According to ENGIE, the firm has developed a highly efficient process for capturing the carbon that is released from biogas purification, as well as an innovative method for liquefying the resultant... [Read More]

A biomethane plant located in Devon, South West England, has fallen into administration, four years after a worker died on site. Williand Biogas LLP has called in administrations, having failed to attract investment to keep it in operation. London-based administrators Moorfields Advisory Ltd are attempting to sell the leasehold of the business’s plant at Cullompton. The... [Read More]

Germany’s largest biogas producer EnviTec Biogas, has successfully completed two more biogas projects in the USA in Cassville, New York and Ellington, Connecticut. The two plants have been planned, designed and constructed by the company’s subsidiary, EnviTec Biogas USA Inc., over the past 18 months. EnviTec supplied South Jersey Industries (SJI), the owner of both... [Read More]

Following on from the success of last year’s International Biogas Congress & Expo, which attracted over 350 attendees from across the bio spectrum, this year’s edition promises to deliver yet another world-leading programme of presentations, knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities. On 18-19 June, Hotel Le Plaza in the heart of Brussels will host this year’s... [Read More]

Ukraine has adopted legislation to regulate customs clearance of biomethane exports, as reported by UNN. On 14 May, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed into law No. 3613-IX (Bill No. 9456), which brings amendments to Ukraine's Customs Code. The law means that customs clearance of biomethane will be carried out relative to the volume of biogas or other types... [Read More]

Diageo has today announced plans to invest over €100 million to decarbonise its St. James’s Gate site in Dublin, where Guinness has been brewed for 264 years. The investment underpins the goal to accelerate to net zero carbon emissions for the site and will transform energy and water consumption with the aim to make it one of the most efficient breweries in the world... [Read More]

Nordsol, a leader in bio-LNG technology, together with Prodeval, a leader in biogas treatment and upgrading solutions, have announced a collaboration to construct a state-of-the-art bio-LNG production plant in the southern region of Portugal. The new plant will serve an industrial facility in the olive oil production sector, utilising its organic waste to create clean,... [Read More]

The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) and its Wood Fuel Quality Assurance (WFQA) Scheme are organising a series of wood fuel drying demonstrations and workshops over the coming weeks. Commenting ahead of the first event this week, Seán Finan, IrBEA CEO, said: “Wood fuel drying is a pivotal stage in the production of quality wood fuels. Various drying methods including... [Read More]

At a recent Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI) meeting, KPMG reported on how biomethane has gone from a niche market to mainstream and how the Irish government is now committed to supporting biomethane, with investors mobilising, and domestic and international developers getting involved ahead of policy being formalised. Corporates, including pharma, are being driven by... [Read More]

Genia Bioenergy has announced plans to implement a second biomethane plant in the  province of Salamanca, in the town of Machacón in Spain, involving an investment of around €25 million. The plant will allow local livestock farmers to sustainably manage up to 150,000 tonnes of manure and slurry each year, according to the organisation. The plant, which will transform... [Read More]

Ontario's electricity system operator - the Independent Electricity System Operator - has secured power supply from 10 battery storage facilities and three natural gas and biogas facilities, which it expects to meet the province's needs until the end of the decade. The move will support the province's growing population and economy, according to energy minister Todd Smith. The... [Read More]

Bio Capital Group, a UK commercial energy-from-food-waste producer, has added a fourth asset to its portfolio in Scotland. The company works with partners such as local authorities, food manufacturers and retail chains to reduce their carbon emissions by diverting their food waste from landfill and transforming it into biogas and electricity. The newly acquired Linwood... [Read More]

Spain’s Official Credit Institute (ICO) has announced a €15 million investment into its bespoke biomethane fund. Last year ICO, with its partner IAM Carbonzero, launched the MAPFRE Energías Renovables II, FCR fund - Europe's first fund dedicated to biomethane, according to the organisation. ICO will be investing €15 million in the fund through Axis, its venture... [Read More]

The International Biogas Congress & Expo returns to Brussels on 18-19 June, and will once again bring together world-class speakers and exhibitors. Brian Tracey, director of gas sales at Vanguard Renewables, is amongst them Can you give us an introduction to Vanguard Renewables and the work that you do? Vanguard Renewables was founded in 2014 and is the largest developer,... [Read More]

Biovic, a Grupo Gimeno company, plans to design large projects for new facilities worth around €400 million until 2027. The Valencia-based company developed projects during 2023 valued at around €30 million euros, including major biomethane plants in different parts of Spain, such as Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia and Valencia. In the words of Carlos Parrado,... [Read More]

Spain's National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has approved the resolution (RDC/DE/004/22) that will simplify the procedures for biomethane producers to connect their facilities to the gas network in an agile, transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Biomethane production has strong potential in Spain because it is linked to agricultural and agri-food activities,... [Read More]