Sep 24, 2025
Mars switches all European factories to biomethane-backed renewables
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2025
Waste management company Grupo Toysal and renewable energy developer CycleØ have announced the commissioning of a new biomethane plant in Galicia, Spain.
The facility, named Ecogalia and located in Porriño, Pontevedra, will process up to 22,000 tonnes of organic waste each year, converting it into 45 GWh of biomethane.
The renewable gas, produced through CycleØ’s... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 23, 2025
Japanese renewable energy company Renova Inc. has confirmed that its 75-megawatt Omaezakikou Biomass Power Plant will return to service in October, following several months of downtime caused by equipment failure.
The facility, situated at the Port of Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture at the entrance to Suruga Bay, runs on a mix of wood pellets and palm kernel shells.
Operations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2025
South Platte Renew (SPR) has reached a major financial milestone with its Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) System, the first of its kind in Colorado. Since becoming operational in October 2019, the system has generated approximately $11 million (€10.3 million) in total revenue.
The RNG System converts biogas produced during the wastewater treatment process into pipeline-quality... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2025
A long-delayed biomethane scheme in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, faces renewed doubt after a US court ruling and reports that French industrial gases group Air Liquide may sell its biomethane assets.
The project, first approved in 2023 with more than $2.24 million (€2.04 million) in state grants, was meant to deliver a methane digester at the 119 Business Park in... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2025
Saica Group, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard and sustainable packaging, officially inaugurated a new biomass boiler at its Champblain-Laveyron site in France on 19 September. Following similar projects at the Venizel and Nogent-sur-Seine sites, it is Saica’s third biomass boiler installation in France.
The... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 19, 2025
The European Commission has approved a €7.9 billion budget increase to Germany’s State aid scheme for electricity production from biomass and biogas, under EU State aid rules.
The scheme, first approved in December 2022, is designed to support renewable energy production and encourage greater flexibility in the German power market.
The amendment will expand the tender... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 19, 2025
The Romanian government is drafting a new emergency ordinance aimed at boosting biomethane production.
Industry observers note that Romania’s extensive gas distribution grid - spanning nearly 60,000 km - could be adapted for transporting green gases such as biomethane, strengthening energy security while supporting national decarbonisation goals.
The draft legislation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 18, 2025
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has announced a final investment decision on Finland’s largest industrial-scale biogas facility, Nivalan Biokaasu, which will produce liquefied renewable natural gas (bioLNG).
The project, developed in partnership with local company Wega, is expected to generate more than 200 GWh of biomethane annually, equivalent to displacing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 18, 2025
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in Germany have developed a new method that could enable decentralised production of methanol directly from biomass under mild reaction conditions.
The process allows raw and waste plant materials such as pomace, grass cuttings, wood chips and straw to be converted into methanol without the need... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2025
Nopetro Energy, a vertically integrated producer, distributor and operator of energy solutions across North America, has marked the official opening of southern Florida’s first landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility, located in Vero Beach.
The plant captures methane from the Indian River County landfill, purifies it, and injects the RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2025
Anthony Veder and Gasum are strengthening their partnership to support FuelEU Maritime requirements and accelerate emission reductions at sea.
Two LNG carriers chartered by Gasum — Coral Energy and Coral EnergICE — will operate on bio-LNG, generating compliance surpluses for Gasum’s FuelEU Maritime pool.
Anthony Veder will also contribute additional vessels from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 16, 2025
Biogasclean, a Danish provider of advanced desulphurisation and methanation systems, has signed a partnership with Malaysia’s Concord Group to roll out seven new renewable energy projects across Malaysia.
The collaboration aims to convert palm oil mill effluent (POME), a by-product of palm oil production, into clean energy to support Southeast Asia’s growing demand... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 16, 2025
More than 400 organisations, businesses and landowners representing the US forestry sector have called on Donald Trump to take urgent action to support the industry amid widespread mill closures, natural disasters, pests, diseases and challenging foreign trade conditions.
The coalition, including the American Biomass Energy Association and the Pellet Fuels Institute,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 15, 2025
A new 112-megawatt biomass power facility has officially begun operations in Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture in Japan.
The project, known as the Tahara Biomass Power Plant, was developed through a partnership led by JFE Engineering, a subsidiary of JFE Holdings.
The venture also includes Tokyo Century Corporation, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.
According to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 15, 2025
Construction has started on Ireland’s largest agricultural-based biomethane facility in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, alongside an offtake agreement between project developer Nephin and energy supplier Flogas.
The agreement will see Flogas purchase renewable gas produced from three anaerobic digestion plants, the first in Nephin’s planned nationwide rollout.
Together,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 15, 2025
The 2026 edition of the International Biogas Congress & Expo has been officially scheduled for 14–15 April 2026, at Hotel Le Plaza Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.
Over two days, the conference will feature discussions on scaling biogas and biomethane production; policy and regulatory frameworks at EU and national levels; feedstock sourcing and the circular bioeconomy;... [Read More]
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Cycle0 has brought two new biomethane plants online in Spain, raising its total number of operational sites in the country to seven
Drax has announced it will cease operations at its pellet plant in Williams Lake by the end of 2025, citing a significant decline in available fibre supply
HAM Group and its subsidiary HAM Chile, in partnership with Empresas Lipigas, have inaugurated their first Bio-LNG upgrading and production plant in South America
