SENTRY Water Tech, is helping municipal co-digesters and standalone ADs double their biogas production and plant revenue, thanks to the real-time biomass health data their microbial sensors are able to provider operators. Patrick Kiely, CEO, tells Bioenergy Insight more. SENTRY has developed the first and only bio-electrode sensor that measures consumable VFA (volatile... [Read More]

A leading biomethane company SFP Group has raised senior debt from ABN AMRO Bank N.V and ING Bank N.V., and a junior tranche from Zencap Asset Management. The funds will be used for the construction of two 20 MW biomethane facilities in the Netherlands. The equity will be provided by SFP Group and SWEN Capital Partners. Longspur Capital acted as Sole Financial Advisor... [Read More]

Danish biomass company Dall Energy has made its biggest ever deal with French energy firm Coriance/Caen la Mer Energie Verte. Dall will provide four biomass boilers to expand the existing Caen Nord Heating Network and Hérouville-Saint-Clair Heating Network in Caen
 la Mer and help power nearly 40,000 homes with 100% renewable and recovered energy by 2031. The total... [Read More]

Trade associations in Germany's Capital Office for Bioenergy have criticised the revision of the leaflets of the Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy (EEW) as 'insufficient'. These were presented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). According to the associations, the current revision, for which a stakeholder... [Read More]

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is disappointed at the state's plan to lessen biomass and biogas fuels' contribution in an upcoming power development plan (PDP). The association wants the authorities to maintain or increase the proportion of these materials to make better use of agricultural waste. The PDP does promote greater use of renewable power, but it emphasises... [Read More]

Last year, EU wood pellet consumption fell by 1.2% to 24.5 million metric tons (MMT), the first reduction since 2015, according to a report produced by the US Department of Agriculture. This drop was caused by a mild winter and a reduced demand from the commercial power sector. Current low prices, combined with government incentives, are forecast to support the popularity... [Read More]

Last month, Vauban Infrastructure Partners - through Core Infrastructure Fund IV SCSp and Core Infrastructure Fund IV SCA SICAV RAIF (together “CIF IV”) - closed the acquisition of a majority stake in the Wijster companies. The companies are Green Create W2V Europe BV and its wholly owned subsidiary Green Create Wijster B.V., paving the way for a long-term partnership... [Read More]

Climate change exacerbates water stress: from unpredictable rainfall patterns to shrinking ice sheets, most impacts of climate change come down to water and the disruptions in the water cycle could profoundly alter how we live our lives, according to the European Biogas Association (EBA). The biogas value chain, closely linked with water cycles, offers solutions on multiple... [Read More]

India's TruAlt Bioenergy has secured a Rs 390-crore (€42.9 million) order from leading oil marketing companies (OMCs). These include Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), and Mangalore Refineries and Ports. This order entails the supply of nearly six crore litres of 1G bioethanol over three months... [Read More]

Drax Group (Drax), a renewable energy company, has named and launched a new transport ship, the m.v. Ultra Yorkshire, in a ceremony at the Shin Kurushima Shipyard in Japan. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Drax Power Station beginning to generate power and to celebrate this occasion the owners of the new ship, Ultrabulk, invited Drax to name its latest vessel. Drax... [Read More]

Quảng Ngãi Sugar Joint Stock Company has approved an investment of over VNĐ2 trillion (€72 million) to expand its An Khê sugar processing plant and biomass power plant. The investment includes VNĐ1.169 trillion (€42 million) to increase the sugar processing capacity at the An Khê plant in Gia Lai to 25,000 tonnes per day. This project started preparations... [Read More]

ReFood’s commercial director, Philip Simpson, outlines some of the company’s innovative work, as well as the climate in the UK. ReFood is a food waste recycler that operates across Europe. In the UK it provides collection and disposal services to hundreds of businesses operating across the food supply chain, recycling 480,000 tonnes of food waste every year at its... [Read More]

lltech, a global leader in animal nutrition and agriculture, has signed a collaborative agreement with Tobermore Concrete, CEMCOR and Road Safety Contracts to become a partner in the Mid-Ulster Biorefinery and Circular Economy Cluster, facilitated by the Centre for Competitiveness and supported by the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE) at Queen’s University... [Read More]

Anaergia has announced that the third tranche of the previously announced equity investment of C$40.8 million (€27.6 million) from Marny Investissement SA, through a wholly owned subsidiary, Marny Holdco Inc., has closed, with the issuance of 36,750,000 units of the Company for gross proceeds of C$14.7 million (€9.9 million). Each Unit consists of one subordinate... [Read More]

bp has released its 2024 Energy Outlook, which is focused on two main scenarios: Current Trajectory and Net Zero. The scenarios consider carbon emissions from energy production and use, most non-energy related industrial processes, and natural gas flaring and methane emissions from the production, transportation and distribution of fossil fuels and the incomplete combustion... [Read More]

ANGI Energy Systems, a Vontier business, and leading provider of sustainable biogas and biomethane compression and decompression solutions, announced its expansion into Europe at the World Biogas Expo. This expansion leverages ANGI's extensive North American experience to bring its industry-leading technology to a new market and builds upon its already well-established... [Read More]

In Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah in the US, local innovators will convert ‘liability biomass’ into value-added resources that fight the climate crisis by sucking carbon from the air. A coalition of Western US cities and counties have been awarded awarded $335,000 (€308,000) to four projects designed to fight climate change and reduce wildfire risks. These... [Read More]