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PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI), the fuel procurement arm of Indonesia's state electricity company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Geoenviron Engineering Technology Indonesia (GETI) to explore waste-to-energy opportunities including refuse-derived fuel and waste-to-energy conversion technologies. GETI is a subsidiary of Beijing-based Geoenviron Engineering &…
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French energy group ENGIE and shipping company CMA CGM have signed a framework agreement to develop a biomethane production facility in the Le Havre industrial and port area, with output destined for CMA CGM's fleet of LNG-powered vessels. From 2029, the plant will produce 7,000 tonnes of biomethane per year, equivalent to 100 GWh, from livestock waste, household biowaste and agricultural…
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Spanish energy companies Moeve and ENSO have agreed to collaborate on replacing fossil fuels in energy-intensive industrial processes with biomass and renewable gas alternatives. The partnership will target sectors with high demand for steam and thermal energy, including chemicals, paper and board, and food and beverage, where generation systems currently rely on coal, natural gas and other…
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Eco Sustainable Solutions has officially opened a £20 million anaerobic digestion facility at its Parley site in Dorset, processing more than 50,000 tonnes of food waste per year into biomethane for injection into the local gas network. The plant produces biomethane at a rate of 900 cubic metres per hour, enough to heat approximately 7,000 homes. It was commissioned earlier this year and…
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Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group has inaugurated its first biomethane plant in Szarvas, southern Hungary, following an investment of more than 2.7 billion forints (approximately 7 million euros). The facility upgrades an existing biogas plant, which MOL acquired in 2023, with purification technology supplied by Italy's Gruppo AB. The new unit removes carbon dioxide and other compounds…
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EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has described biomethane as a strategic European asset for energy security, telling the European Biomethane Week conference in Brussels that the continent "will still need molecules" and that biogas and biomethane are part of the solution. "There is nothing more relevant than security," Jorgensen said. "Renewables play a big part to transition away from…
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French agricultural cooperative Deshyouest has installed an Andritz PM30-6 pellet mill at its dehydration plant, replacing a machine dating from 1982 and enabling the cooperative to produce wood-based biofuel pellets alongside its established alfalfa and maize fodder output. Deshyouest, which serves around 1,500 member farmers, specialises in the dehydration and pelletising of forage crops.…
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US investment firm Pacolet Milliken has acquired Georgia Renewable Power (GRP), adding 116 MW of biomass generating capacity across two woody biomass power plants in northeast Georgia. The deal, financed by Manulife, roughly triples the size of Pacolet's biomass platform. The family-owned firm entered the sector in 2024 with the acquisition of Piedmont Green Power, a 55 MW biomass plant in…
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US rotary dryer manufacturer Uzelac Industries has announced a series of leadership changes, with founder Michael Uzelac resuming the role of chief executive and Milena Ivetic named as president. Ivetic, who has been with the Wisconsin-based company for six years and most recently served as corporate vice president, will work alongside Uzelac and the board of directors on the company's…
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Dutch biomethanol developer Perpetual Next has signed a licence and engineering agreement with Air Liquide Engineering and Technologies for the supply of syngas-to-methanol technology, with an option to extend the arrangement across multiple future production sites. The deal covers Air Liquide's Rectisol and Lurgi Methanol technologies, which will be deployed at Perpetual Next's first…
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French investment manager Epopee Gestion and energy company Enervivo have created a financing platform dedicated to biomethane injection projects in France, with €10 million in initial funding primarily provided by Epopee Gestion. The platform, developed alongside project developer Urbeez, aims to finance approximately ten biomethane projects over the next three to four years. It will focus…
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UK power generator Drax has added an interactive map feature to its online Biomass Tracker tool, allowing users to visualise the journey of woody biomass pellets from forest sourcing through to delivery at its North Yorkshire power station. The map view, launched on 30 September, presents Drax's supply chain geographically, showing how its pellet production, forestry sourcing and…
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Lincolnshire County Council has granted planning permission for a £115 million anaerobic digestion facility in the village of Anwick, near Sleaford, that will process up to 120,000 tonnes of chicken waste and other material each year to produce biogas. The developer, Stream BioEnergy UK, received approval in principle from the council's planning committee last month, with final planning…
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Swedish green hydrogen technology company Metacon has secured EU funding to participate in a project that aims to produce high-purity hydrogen from biogas at existing anaerobic digestion facilities in Greece. The PUREHY2+ project will develop an add-on system for biogas plants that refines biogas into hydrogen with a purity exceeding 99.97% while capturing the resulting CO2. The approach is…
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