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Punjab's network of paddy straw pelletisation units looks set to more than double in the coming months, as a central and state government push to curb stubble burning draws a new wave of small-scale entrepreneurs into biomass processing. According to the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), 72 new entrepreneurs have registered to set up small-scale pellet units, on top of the 74 already…
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Emirates Biotech and United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) are to build and operate what they describe as the country's first integrated organic-waste valorisation pilot plant, a research project aimed at turning food waste and compostable packaging into biogas and compost. The partnership was launched at UAEU's campus in Al Ain, with stakeholders from across the waste and sustainability…
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The Austrian federal government has advanced a draft bill to reverse its 15-year-old ban on geological carbon dioxide storage, a policy shift explicitly designed to open the country to large-scale industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and, in particular, attract developers of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). The ban, originally introduced in 2011, has long been viewed…
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Verbio has reported record production figures for the 2025/26 financial year, with the German biorefinery group producing 1.218 million tonnes of biodiesel and bioethanol worldwide, alongside 1,410 GWh of biomethane—up from 1,190 GWh the previous year. The company's products and trading activity delivered CO₂ savings of 4.7 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent over the period. The results…
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Aden Pellet Enerji, a subsidiary of Pasifik Holding, has completed an export shipment of 3,375 tonnes of Green Planet branded wood pellets from its production facility in Giresun's Espiye district, dispatched via 125 containers through Giresun Port to buyers across the European Union and the United Kingdom, with Italy and Slovenia identified as primary destinations. The shipment forms part of…
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The US Energy Information Administration's Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report shows domestic manufacturers produced approximately 950,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in June, with sales for the month reaching 960,000 tons. The figures come from a survey of 74 operating densified biomass fuel manufacturers across the United States, representing combined production capacity of 13.2…
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Australian bioenergy company Delorean Corporation and paper and packaging group Opal have completed the concept stage for a proposed anaerobic digestion facility at Opal's Maryvale Mill in Victoria, advancing the project into its development phase. The Opal-funded concept study identified potential for a large-scale facility capable of converting organic residues—and potentially paper…
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A new report from the Green Gas Taskforce has found that Northern Ireland has sufficient sustainable feedstock to generate 8 TWh of biomethane annually—enough to meet almost half of the region's existing economy-wide gas demand and more than 100 per cent of gas demand from homes and businesses. The report, titled "Northern Ireland's Green Gas Opportunity," was commissioned to assess the…
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Associate Professor Trung Hieu Tran, Reader in AI and Digital Innovation at Loughborough Business School, has received the Operational Research Society's 2026 Lyn Thomas Award for research supporting agricultural waste management and biomass energy planning in Vietnam. The award recognises operational research combining academic novelty with demonstrated real-world impact. The research,…
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Bio Voltex has received provincial environmental impact assessment approval for a proposed biogas plant that will convert dairy farm manure and aquaculture fish waste into natural gas. The approval was granted roughly five months after the company's application was filed—a faster turnaround than many comparable Canadian projects, which can take two to three years. The facility will be…
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VORN Bioenergy has acquired five biogas plants and an associated composting facility from Enerfarm, an Equitix portfolio company, across Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto in northern Italy. The acquisition represents significant expansion of VORN's European biomethane capacity and follows recent acquisition of a biogas facility in Wolnzach, Bavaria. The five plants and composting facility…
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Montauk Renewables has officially opened its facility in Sampson County, North Carolina, representing a $200 million capital investment in agricultural biogas-to-energy conversion. The project converts swine waste into renewable natural gas and electricity, whilst producing biochar as a co-product. The Turkey facility transforms the former Bay Valley Foods Distribution Centre into an…
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The European Commission has committed €81.4 million through the Connecting Europe Facility to support two cross-border district heating projects combining biomass energy with renewable heat infrastructure in Central Europe. The funding addresses district heating decarbonisation on the German-Polish border, where coal-dependent heating systems are being replaced with biomass-fired capacity…
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The EU's revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) has embedded the cascading principle into binding law, mandating that woody biomass be used "according to its highest economic and environmental added value"—a shift that is reshaping investment and subsidy strategies across Europe's bioenergy sector. From 31 December 2026, there will be no financial support for electricity from woody…
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