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ASTM International and CSA Group have signed an agreement to jointly develop a standard for evaluating biomass supply chain risk. The collaboration builds on CSA Group's existing CSA W209 standard, published as a National Standard of Canada, with the aim of expanding its use and impact. The new joint standard is intended to increase the reliability of bio-project risk assessment by…
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The UK's biomethane sector stands at a turning point. According to new analysis from the Green Gas Taskforce, supported by gas network operators Cadent and SGN, the technology that has spent years on the margins of the renewables conversation could deliver 57,000 jobs and £70 billion of cumulative gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy by 2050. Within that figure, Scotland alone could…
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Two major projects, one in the agricultural heartland of Minnesota and one replacing a 40-year-old facility on the banks of the Aare in Switzerland, are together offering a picture of where Kanadevia Inova is taking its waste-to-energy business. The Swiss project is the older story, at least in terms of the relationship it represents. Kanadevia Inova's partnership with kenova AG began in 1976,…
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Around 90 global industry leaders have called on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to ensure its upcoming Actions and Market Instruments standard properly recognises the climate benefits of renewable gaseous fuels, including biomethane and biogas. The call, coordinated by the Let Green Gas Count campaign, was timed to coincide with London Climate Action Week. Campaign coordinators include the World…
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German biogas and biomethane plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower is marking its 25th anniversary in 2026, having grown from a specialist agricultural plant builder into a full-service provider operating across 27 countries. Founded in Vechta in 2001, the company has built more than 450 energy plants across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Its offering spans planning, construction,…
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Global NRG Advisory has completed its mandate on the Green Energy Parks renewable natural gas project in Carlisle County, Kentucky, exiting after taking the development from early-stage through to financial close. The Arlington, Kentucky-based project reached a series of key milestones under Global NRG's stewardship, including securing feedstock supply contracts, locking in long-term offtake…
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The UK waste wood sector processed 4.013 million tonnes of material in 2025 — equivalent to 89% of all waste wood generated in the country — despite a turbulent year marked by unplanned outages at end-use facilities and mounting pressure on storage capacity, according to new figures from the Wood Recyclers' Association (WRA). The total represented a 7.3% year-on-year decline, the WRA said,…
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A collaborative research team including scientists from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) has proposed a new business model for biomethane production that pools resources across multiple small livestock farms, addressing one of the key barriers that has historically made small-scale upgrading uneconomical. The model, published in the journal Sustainable Development, involves producing…
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Ireland has officially opened the National Biorefinery Pilot Plant (NBPP) at the National Bioeconomy Campus in Lisheen, Co. Tipperary, as part of a €9.7 million investment in biobased innovation backed by the Irish government and the European Union. The facility, launched by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon, will provide open-access pilot-scale infrastructure for…
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Global wood pellet production reached 53.5 million tonnes in 2025 — a 10% year-on-year increase and the strongest growth recorded in recent years — according to Bioenergy Europe's latest Pellet Statistical Report. Global consumption also hit a new all-time high of 51.5 million tonnes, confirming sustained demand across both industrial and small-scale heating applications. Europe…
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The European Commission has launched the Biomethane Mechanism, a voluntary matchmaking platform designed to accelerate the growth of Europe's biomethane market by connecting buyers, suppliers and investors. The tool, which sits under the EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform, is free to use and offers several functions: a matching service to connect buyers and suppliers, a regulatory dashboard…
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Finnish gas company Gasum has sold its biogas upgrading unit in Lahti to energy company Nevel, under an arrangement that sees Gasum continue to purchase all upgraded biogas from the plant under a long-term agreement. The transaction took effect on 23 June 2026. Nevel had previously supplied raw biogas to Gasum's upgrading unit from its adjacent Lahti biogas plant, making the acquisition a…
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Danish biogas company BioCirc has opened what it claims is the world's largest carbon capture and storage facility based on biogas, at Vesthimmerland in northern Jutland. The facility is the first of five CCS installations planned across the company's biogas portfolio and marks the launch of BioCirc's full BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) platform. The Vesthimmerland facility…
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Poland's state development bank, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), has invested €25 million in SWEN Capital Partners' SWIFT 3 infrastructure fund, targeting biogas and biomethane development across Europe and OECD countries. The SWEN Impact Fund for Transition 3 (SWIFT 3) is the third vehicle under SWEN's investment strategy, which launched in 2019. It focuses on decarbonising sectors where…
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