Commercial and industrial energy supplier Flogas Enterprise, and operator of the national gas network, Gas Networks Ireland, have turned the sod on the Flogas Enterprise Bio-CNG refuelling station. Located in St Margarets in North County Dublin, the 2,900 square metre station is expected to open in April 2024 and will be Ireland’s first dedicated BioCNG station supporting... [Read More]

The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) has published the Canadian standard CAN/BNQ 3672-100 Biomethane — Quality Specifications for Injection into Natural Gas Distribution and Transmission Systems. The biomethane quality specifications established in this standard aim at reducing risks on human health and environment as well as guaranteeing satisfactory and safe... [Read More]

Renewable developer Solarig will invest €250 million to build and operate ten biomethane plants in Spain, reported Reuters. The ten plants will be built in the Castile and Leon region and will use agricultural and livestock waste as main energy source. The facilities are expected to start entering into operations by the end of 2025. The announcement comes following... [Read More]

The European Biogas Association (EBA) has released an open letter, addressing a report released by Feedback EU, which said the EU's plan to ramp up biomethane production to 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030 from its current level of 3.5 bcm is "both unrealistic and unsustainable". The EBA said that Feedback EU's report, entitled Biomethane: setting a target that is... [Read More]

Walker Industries has announced its Niagara Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facility has reached its final stages of commissioning, setting a milestone as the largest RNG project in Ontario, Canada. This facility will capture and refine landfill gas into low-carbon RNG, providing enough clean energy for more than 8,750 residential homes, according to Walker. “The project... [Read More]

Auckland Council in New Zealand has kept nine million kilograms of food scraps out of landfill with its new rukenga kai (food scraps) collection service. Auckland’s food scraps are processed at New Zealand’s only anaerobic digestion facility run by locally owned company Ecogas, which converts the food scraps into renewable energy and liquid fertiliser. The council... [Read More]

The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has contracted financing worth R$157 million (€29.3 million) for the construction of a biomethane plant in Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, reported CE NoticiasFinancieras. Of this amount, R$79.8 million (€14.7 million) comes from the Climate Fund Program. The unit is expected to have a production capacity... [Read More]

ReFuels N.V., one of Europe's leading suppliers of renewable biomethane (Bio-CNG) for the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), has commenced construction at its latest station in Doncaster. The site in South Yorkshire – one of the UK’s largest logistic hubs – puts 90% of the country’s population and four of the country’s largest ports within a 4–5-hour... [Read More]

Campaign group Feedback EU has released a report that it said shows the EU's plan to ramp up biomethane production to 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030 from its current level of 3.5bcm is "both unrealistic and unsustainable". The report, which calls for a lower target, is called Biomethane: setting a target that is fit for food and the climate. The 35bcm biomethane... [Read More]

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has announced it will start producing clean hydrogen using biogas generated during a food waste treatment process. The effort will help support the establishment of a green hydrogen ecosystem, it said. The Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in August at the Hyundai Engineering Construction Co.,Ltd (Hyundai E&C) office... [Read More]

India's state-owned Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has signed an agreement with GAIL (India) Limited to set up 10 compressed biogas projects and other new and renewable energy projects in the state. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by PEDA CEO Amarpal Singh and GAIL (India) Executive Director RK Singhal. The Minister for Punjab New and Renewable... [Read More]

Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR has acquired a majority stake in Corradi e Ghisolfi, an Italian company focused on the design, construction and maintenance of biogas and biomethane plants. Corradi e Ghisolfi specialises in agricultural-powered plants and for patents and innovative solutions that service agricultural plants, aiming to maximise efficiency, yield and production. The... [Read More]

Granville Eco Park, Dungannon, a Bio Capital Group company, has started injecting renewable biomethane into the local gas network, in what the company said was "a first for Northern Ireland". Having installed a £1.2 million (€1.3 million) gas-to-grid system at its existing anaerobic digestor, Bio Capital added it has the capability to export enough gas to decarbonise... [Read More]

ReFuels N.V., one of Europe's leading suppliers of renewable biomethane (bio-CNG) for the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), has  announced the opening of its 13th low-carbon refuelling station – the first station of its kind to open in Wales. The new site, with 12 pumps capable of refuelling over 500 HGVs daily and cutting over 60,000 tonnes of CO2 annually,... [Read More]

Ammongas, part of European Energy, has announced the successful installation of a biogas upgrading facility at Allen Farms, in the state of New York, US. This facility is the first in a series of four, planned for development by Cayuga RNG Holdings, LLC, a joint venture of UGI Energy Services, LLC, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation and Global Common Ventures, LLC. It represents... [Read More]

Italgas and Italian agricultural lobby Coldiretti have signed an agreement to develop the production of biomethane. Italgas said that, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European scenario has identified biomethane as the renewable source destined to replace a quarter of the fossil gas that came from Russia. The agreement, which was signed on 14 November, commits... [Read More]