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Spain's Bankinter Investment and Plenium Partners have acquired Italian biomethane platform BG Holding from Green Arrow Capital and IRON RE, through their joint Ecualia Capital fund, adding two contracted plants to their renewable gas portfolio in Italy. Financial terms were not disclosed. BG Holding owns two biogas plants in Aprilia, in Italy's Lazio region, currently being converted for…
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Japanese renewable energy producer Renova has resumed operations at its 74.8MW Tokushima-Tsuda biomass power plant in Tokushima Prefecture following repair works on a damaged steam control valve connected to the high-pressure turbine. The plant, which uses wood pellets and palm kernel shells as fuel, can produce around 500,000 MWh per year — sufficient to meet the electricity demand of…
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SUEZ has begun construction of a £35 million anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at its Ellington site in Northumberland, part of the infrastructure needed to support the rollout of food waste collections across Northumberland and the North East. Once operational, the facility is expected to process up to 50,000 tonnes of food waste annually, producing a nutrient-rich fertiliser product…
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Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are working with Woodland Biomass Innovations, a startup planning a woody biomass-to-energy facility in north central Pennsylvania, to assess whether the proposed operation would be sustainable and ecologically sound. Woodland Biomass Innovations is developing a facility designed to convert around 1,000 tons of regional wood residues…
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Hexagon Agility has signed an exclusive, long-term agreement with IVECO BUS to supply fuel systems across IVECO's global CNG bus range, building on two decades of collaboration between the companies that has already delivered more than 10,000 CNG buses worldwide. The three-year agreement covers all IVECO BUS CNG and biomethane transit vehicles globally. Under the deal, Hexagon Agility —…
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Puro.earth has certified and issued CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) for a project at the VEAS wastewater treatment plant in Norway, developed by Inherit Carbon Solutions — the world's first instance of biogenic CO2 from biogas production being captured and permanently stored geologically. The certification, Puro.earth's first for a BECCS facility in Europe, covers a collaboration between…
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Researchers at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) have identified optimal conditions for extracting oil from spent coffee grounds, pointing to a route for turning the waste product into biodiesel feedstock and other bio-based materials. The study, published in Biomass and Bioenergy, looked at spent coffee grounds as a high-volume waste stream. Global coffee production runs to around 10…
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Gasunie has completed a new connection between the underground gas networks near Axel in Zeeland and Ossendrecht in Noord-Brabant, adding transport capacity for biomethane and giving existing and new producers greater scope to feed sustainable gas into the network. The company said the extra capacity would make more domestically produced sustainable energy available to households, industry and…
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A leadership academy in Lagos has opened a biodigester facility at a public toilet on Ojota Bus Stop, aiming to cut open defecation in the city while generating clean energy from human waste. The scheme, dubbed "Pee-Po-to-Power Lagos" (WEEP), is run by the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy (LJLA) and centres on a 30-cubic-metre anaerobic biodigester — described by project lead Dr Bamidele…
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As New Zealand accelerates its transition from coal to wood energy, Bonfiglioli is helping manufacturers upgrade the equipment needed to support the shift. The New Zealand Government's Wood Energy Strategy and Action Plan aims to replace up to 40% of fossil fuel process heat by 2050, driving investment in wood pellet production and materials handling infrastructure — and with it, growing…
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Plans for a large anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at a Herefordshire farm are back in play, after the site's owner lodged an appeal against Herefordshire Council's refusal of the scheme late last year. Nicholas Layton of Whitwick Manor, located between Bromyard and Hereford, first submitted the application nearly four years ago. The proposed unit would process around 100,000 tonnes of poultry…
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Hawaii Governor Josh Green has signed legislation directing the state's Department of Transportation to establish a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) programme, making Hawaii the fifth US state to adopt a low-carbon fuel scheme of this kind. The bill, SB 2999, follows a two-year advocacy and rulemaking process and was welcomed by the RNG Coalition, which provided testimony throughout. The other four…
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Mining giant Rio Tinto has signed a five-year offtake agreement with Australian renewable biomass company SuperChar to supply locally produced bio pellets for use at its alumina refineries in Gladstone, Queensland in Australia, with deliveries targeted to begin in 2028. The agreement follows operational trials and a feasibility study in which bio pellet and coal blends demonstrated that bio…
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Flogas and bio-waste management company College Group have agreed a renewable gas supply deal under which Flogas will offtake 26 GWh of biomethane annually from College Group's County Meath facility. The site produces biomethane via anaerobic digestion of agri-food and animal by-products and has a total production capacity of 75 GWh per year, with the gas primarily targeting decarbonisation of…
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