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S&P Global Commodity Insights' Platts will update the names of its European biomethane guarantees of origin (GO) assessments from 15 May 2026, following a subscriber note published on 2 March.
The renaming aims to provide greater clarity around the geographic, feedstock, subsidy and certification status of each assessment. Underlying specifications, definitions and methodology will remain…
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Indonesian state energy company Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore-based clean technology firm CRecTech to explore the development of a biogas-to-biomethanol pilot facility at the Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone in Indonesia.
The collaboration will initially focus on a joint feasibility study for the pilot plant. If…
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Max Meier for Bioenergy Insight
The Strait of Hormuz affects numerous industries. It is time to take a closer look at the situation through the lens of the bioenergy industry.
An overview of the current situation
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most significant strategic bottlenecks for maritime trade from the Middle East and is a central hub for shipping traffic.
Through it passes all the…
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Aberdeen's Italian biomethane platform, Bionext Infrastructure, has secured a €113 million financing package to fund the conversion of its existing assets into 100% renewable biomethane production facilities and support further growth.
The package was provided by BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, and SMBC.
Established in 2023 and based in Milan, Bionext Infrastructure comprises 15…
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Microsoft has agreed to purchase 626,000 tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over 15 years from the North Star bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The deal has been struck with North Star Carbon Solutions LP, a partnership between Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) and Svante Technologies.
It is Microsoft's first Canadian BECCS…
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The American Biogas Council (ABC) has criticised the US Environmental Protection Agency's final Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2026 and 2027, warning the targets will constrain markets and undercut opportunities for livestock farmers.
ABC executive director Patrick Serfass said the agency had diverged from longstanding methods and abandoned statutory guidelines by estimating D3 RIN…
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Biogenic CO₂ captured from a Norwegian wastewater biogas facility is being permanently stored beneath the seabed in what is claimed as the world's first geological storage project of its kind.
The project, a collaboration between HoopCO2, Inherit Carbon Solutions and Northern Lights JV, began operations on 23 March. CO₂ is captured at the Veas wastewater treatment plant in Slemmestad,…
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Japanese trading company Sojitz Corporation has made an equity investment in US-based biomethane producer Fidem Energy LLC, marking its entry into the biomethane production and sales market in the United States.
The investment was made through Sojitz's wholly owned subsidiary Sojitz Corporation of America. Fidem will become an equity method affiliate of Sojitz as a result.
Headquartered in…
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EnviTec Biogas has warned that a proposed amendment to Germany's Energy Industry Act (EnWG) would effectively halt the development of new biomethane projects, contradicting both the government's own green gas ambitions and the European Gas Directive the legislation is intended to implement.
The cabinet draft, adopted on 28 March, transposes the EU Gas Directive into German national law. But…
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Senior figures from Europe's bioenergy industry have met with Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and officials from the European Commission's energy and environment directorates to make the case for biomass in the EU's upcoming Heating and Cooling Strategy. The meetings were coordinated by industry association Bioenergy Europe.
The delegation argued that Europe's shift away from fossil-fuel…
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Polska Grupa Biogazowa (PGB), Poland's largest agricultural biogas operator, has agreed a large-scale electricity trading partnership with energy trading firm Hekla Energy, the first deal of its kind in Poland for electricity generated from agricultural biogas.
Under the agreement, more than 200GWh of biogas-derived electricity will enter Hekla Energy's portfolio in the first year of…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule setting applicable volumes for 2026 and 2027 under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), with cellulosic biofuel volumes set higher than those proposed in an earlier draft.
Industry group RNG Coalition, which represents renewable natural gas producers, welcomed the decision as an improvement on the agency's original Set…
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A new dry anaerobic digestion and renewable natural gas (AD-RNG) facility is being developed at the Napa Recycling and Composting Facility in California, through a public-private partnership between equipment manufacturer BHS (Bulk Handling Systems), waste services operator Napa Recycling and Waste Services and the City of Napa.
The facility will use BHS subsidiary Zero Waste Energy's…
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Nasdaq is among a group of investors backing a carbon capture project in Stockholm that marks the first sale of carbon removal credits licensed by the European Union, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
The Stockholm facility, operated by energy provider Stockholm Exergi, will use a process known as BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) to convert agricultural and woody residues…
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Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has acquired Encyclis' 50% stake in Dublin Waste to Energy, the landmark waste-to-energy facility at Poolbeg.
The plant processes up to 690,000 tonnes per year of residual waste from Dublin and surrounding areas, generating 61.5MW of baseload electricity, recovering resources for reuse and supplying heat to Dublin's new district heat network.
USS…
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