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The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has positioned India's newly approved GOBARdhan Scheme as a strategic tool for reducing energy import costs, projecting a USD 5 billion cut to the country's gas import bill. The scheme, formally titled 'Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan', carries a financial outlay of Rs 23,731 crore (approximately USD 2.8 billion). It aims to convert agricultural…
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Three major Latvian wood pellet producers have signed a memorandum pledging to prioritise local market supply following summer shortages and sharp price increases. SIA Palleteries (trading as Top Granulas), SIA Latgranula and SIA Baltic Wood Trade have committed to ensuring adequate fuel availability for the domestic market, establishing transparent pricing, and supporting Latvia's energy…
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Casella Waste Systems and Waga Energy have begun operations at the Hyland landfill RNG production facility in Angelica, New York, marking the second of three planned projects for the partnership. The facility uses Waga Energy's WAGABOX technology to upgrade landfill gas into pipeline-quality renewable natural gas. With 3,000 SCFM installed capacity, Hyland can generate up to 610,000 MMBtu (180…
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GazoTech's Bio-Méthane Provence project in Gardanne, France has concluded a voluntary public consultation with strong local support, advancing the high-temperature pyrolysis facility toward environmental authorisation application. The six-week consultation, overseen by France's National Commission for Public Debate, took place May-June 2026. Although voluntary, the process reflects GazoTech's…
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India's cabinet has approved a Rs 23,731 crore (USD 2.5bn) national bioenergy scheme to scale compressed biogas (CBG) production over the next decade, aiming to establish renewable gas as a major pillar of the country's energy mix. The GOBARdhan (National Circular Bioenergy Scheme) will be implemented from FY2026-27 to FY2035-36, targeting a near tenfold increase in domestic CBG production…
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Canadian biofuel company Power Wood Holdings has secured investment from London-based venture capital firm Chair Capital to develop two advanced black pellet production facilities in Northern Alberta. The CA$84m (EUR 57m) funding will be deployed in tranches aligned with construction milestones. An initial CA$42m (EUR 28m) tranche will support completion of the Peace River facility near La…
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The Nordic Investment Bank has committed DKK 182 million (EUR 24m) in 13-year financing to expand Sindal Biogas, an industrial-scale anaerobic digestion plant in northern Denmark. The investment will double the facility's biomethane production from 22 to 44 million cubic metres annually. The expansion also enables potential installation of CO2 capture technology for permanent storage of…
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Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund has invested in Bioforce, Estonia's leading biomethane producer with approximately 40 per cent market share, to fund expansion into Poland and Latvia. Bioforce operates four plants across Estonia with combined biomethane output exceeding 250 GWh annually. The investment will support greenfield development targeting fourfold capacity growth to 1 TWh by…
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bp is selling its Archaea Energy landfill gas operation as new chief executive Meg O'Neill abandons the oil major's green energy strategy, citing poor investment returns. Archaea, the largest landfill methane producer in the US, joins a growing list of renewable assets under review. bp impaired $4.2bn (EUR 3.9bn) of biogas and solar holdings at end 2025, then took a further $1.1bn (EUR 1bn)…
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Sofidel, the global hygiene and household paper producer, has commissioned a new biomass boiler at its Frouard mill in the Grand Est region of France, replacing natural gas steam generation and supporting government decarbonisation targets. The biomass unit, backed by ADEME funding under the BCIAT 2022 programme (Biomasse Chaleur Industrie, Agriculture et Tertiaire), will eliminate an…
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SUEZ has secured planning consent to build a major anaerobic digestion facility in South London after a planning inspector overturned Sutton Council's rejection of the scheme in late June 2026. The Beddington Lane plant will process up to 100,000 tonnes of household and commercial food waste annually, generating renewable biogas for grid injection and producing approximately 20,000 tonnes of…
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A Spanish anaerobic digestion plant has become the first in the country to install an HRS Heat Exchangers Digestate Pasteurisation System (DPS), processing agricultural and livestock waste into 58 GWh of biomethane annually for grid injection. The facility, which commenced operations in 2025, supplies sufficient renewable gas for approximately 11,000 homes. The plant processes a mixture of…
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The National Energy System Operator has called for a strategic approach to biomethane production, warning that sustainable output can reach 30 TWh annually by 2050 without material dependencies or environmental trade-offs — but scaling beyond that threshold requires cross-sector assessment of competing land and feedstock priorities. Current UK biomethane injection stands at 6 TWh annually…
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Engineering firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) will renovate Japan's 1,070MW Taketoyo coal-and-biomass co-firing power plant, focusing on wood pellet fuel-conveying safety ahead of planned biomass operations resumption in June 2028. KHI will upgrade the Taketoyo No. 5 unit's dust collection systems and install fire monitoring equipment to prevent fires and explosions, the company said 31…
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