Biogas News

Australia's renewable fuels sector has received a significant policy and commercial boost, with an A$80 million (£40m) government funding announcement and the unveiling of the country's first agricultural renewable gas facility. Jenny Merkley, executive director of business and industry decarbonisation at the New South Wales Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water,…
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A lack of coordination between EU energy and agricultural legislation is creating market distortions that undermine the climate benefits of crop-based biogas substrates, according to partners in the Accel AgroBiogas project. The issue was highlighted at a recent online policy workshop bringing together expertise from across the biogas value chain to discuss barriers and opportunities for…
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Plenitude and biomethane solutions developer Methagora have signed a 15-year agreement covering the sourcing of 50 GWh of biomethane per year in France. Under the deal, Methagora will supply Plenitude with biomethane sourced from agricultural sites across France, operating under the country's Biomethane Production Certificates scheme. The partnership is intended to support the development of…
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Nopetro Energy has announced plans to build a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling station in Kissimmee, Florida, marking a decade of partnership with LYNX, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority. The station, located at 100 N. Alaska Ave., will feature two fuelling lanes and two dispensers, and is expected to be operational by the end of August 2026. It will run on 100%…
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Two companies have been fined following the death of a worker and life-changing injuries to a colleague at a biogas site in Devon after safety warnings were ignored. Carl Parsons, 34, was fatally electrocuted and Luke Madavan was seriously injured when a cherry picker struck an 11,000-volt overhead powerline at the Willand Biogas site in Cullompton on 1 June 2020. Parsons, described by his…
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Avenir Marine Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avenir LNG, has signed a framework fuel supply agreement with shipping giant A.P. Moller - Maersk to supply liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) from 2027. The agreement, concluded in the second half of 2025, will see first deliveries timed to coincide with the arrival of the first dual-fuel liquefied gas vessels entering Maersk's time-chartered…
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With over one billion tonnes of food waste generated annually worldwide — accounting for 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions — a new report from IEA Bioenergy TCP Task 36 has examined the sorting technologies available to help the sector meet tightening regulatory requirements. Published in February 2026, the report focuses on Germany, which generates approximately 11 million tonnes of…
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Cadent, the UK's largest gas distribution network, has confirmed that the total volume of biomethane injected into its pipelines since 2013 has now exceeded 1.5 billion cubic metres. The figure marks a significant moment for the UK's green gas sector. In energy terms, the volume delivered to date is equivalent to heating around 1.5 million homes for a year, or every household in Leicestershire…
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Cambi has signed a contract with J. Murphy and Sons to deliver two thermal hydrolysis process (THP) systems to United Utilities' Ellesmere Port bioresources treatment centre in Cheshire, England, with the technology expected to raise biogas production by around 20% compared with conventional digestion. The contract forms part of United Utilities' AMP8 programme to build centralised regional…
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A US biogas developer has been granted a further extension to complete a $10 million (£7.9m) payment to a New Hampshire solid waste district, with the new deadline set for 1 January 2028. Northern Biogas — headquartered in West Virginia — was selected in December 2024 to build and operate a landfill gas-to-energy plant at the Mt Carberry landfill, owned by the Androscoggin Valley Regional…
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S&P Global Ratings has assigned a preliminary 'BBB' rating to a proposed $110 million bond issuance by Carbon Cycle North Carolina LLC (C2NC), an anaerobic digestion facility in Duplin County that converts organic waste into biomethane. The rating, which carries a stable outlook, reflects S&P's expectation that the project will ramp up to 90% of design capacity by May 2026, underpinned…
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Kanadevia Inova has broken ground on what it describes as one of the most advanced organic waste-to-renewable gas projects in North America, establishing what the company says is a new benchmark in circular waste management and renewable energy production. The Louisville Township Renewable Gas Project, located in Louisville Township, Minnesota, is a large-scale anaerobic digestion facility…
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The American Biogas Council (ABC) has elected five new officers to its executive committee for 2026. The new appointments join Bernard Sheff, partner at Burns and McDonnell, who continues as board chair, and Patrick Serfass, who continues as executive director. The Washington-based association said the new leadership reflects the breadth of expertise across an expanding US biogas industry…
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S&P Global’s Platts business has proposed updating the names of its European biomethane Guarantees of Origin (GO) assessments, with changes set to take effect on 15 May 2026. The proposal is intended to provide greater clarity on the geographic origin, feedstock, subsidy status and certification status of each assessment, allowing market participants to identify key attributes at a glance.…
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