Intermunicipal environmental firm EcoWerf opened its new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Leuven, Belgium, on 17 March. EcoWerf already produces 20,000 tonnes of valuable compost from source-separated biowaste each year, and biogas will now be produced from the same biowaste. To achieve this, DRANCO has constructed a new digester for the plant. "DRANCO stands for a... [Read More]

Drax announced today (21 March) that it will pause its planned £2 billion (€2.2bn) UK investment in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) until it receives more clarity on government support, reported Reuters. Drax welcomed the UK government's recent budget support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) but said it required a firm commitment to BECCS before... [Read More]

Bioenergy Devco, the North American division of BTS Bioenergy has announced a $30 million (€27.8m) investment by Annapolis-based HASI, a leading investor in climate solutions. Bioenergy Devco is a leading player in the design, engineering, construction, financing, and operation of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities to recycle organic material and produce renewable... [Read More]

The Net-Zero Industrial Act was proposed to the European Union (EU) on 16 March. The Act is designed to scale up the manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the EU is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. It was announced by President von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The Act is designed to create better conditions... [Read More]

SGC Energy, a green energy solution provider in South Korea, will work with a Vietnamese power engineering consulting firm to carry out projects to convert coal power plants into biomass-based generating facilities, it announced on 15 March. The partnership was made followed by Vietnam’s state project to phase out coal power generation which accounts for 40% of the... [Read More]

The UK government recognises the important contribution that the waste wood biomass sector makes to energy security and net zero goals, according to energy minister Graham Stuart. The comment came in the answer to a parliamentary question tabled by Martyn Day MP on behalf of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA), asking about support for the waste wood biomass industry. Stuart’s... [Read More]

Bioenergy Europe has released a statement affirming that, although it welcomes the EU's publication of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), it regrets "a lack of strategic vision for the bioenergy industry and net-negative technologies like bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)." The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan... [Read More]

Bioenergy Insight is delighted that Christian Cuenot, vice president biomethane & bio-LNG at VARO Energy, will be a speaker at our 2023 International Biogas Conference & Expo. In an interview he told us about VARO’s new acquisition, and the opportunities he sees for the sector. Earlier this year VARO Energy acquired an 80% stake in Dutch biogas manufacturer... [Read More]

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered the Spring budget yesterday (15 March). Hunt placed a clear emphasis on nuclear energy, classing it as environmentally sustainable, and stating that the UK will "need another critical source of cheap and reliable energy - and that is nuclear". "Increasing nuclear capacity is vital to meet our net-zero obligations,"... [Read More]

On 14 March, the European Parliament adopted draft measures to increase the rate of renovations and reduce energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions in the EU building sector by 2030. The proposed revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive aims to make the sector climate-neutral by 2050. It also aims to increase the rate of renovations of energy-inefficient... [Read More]

A fire on 14 March resulted in the temporary closure of Kansai Electric Power's 1.8GW coal- and biomass-fired power generation plant at Maizuru in Japan, reported Argus Media. The fire took place at 21:52 Japan time (12:52 GMT) on 14 March at a facility that delivers wood pellets to boilers. Kansai was therefore forced to suspend operations of the 900MW No.2 unit at... [Read More]

Argus brings back one of the largest global biomass events with the 13th annual Argus Biomass Conference 2023, taking place on 18-20 April at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Centre in the heart of London. Hear about new innovations in the pellet market, new industrial applications of biomass, new procurement opportunities, and meet with key companies and senior executives... [Read More]

Global NRG Advisory Limited (Global) and Matter Global Solutions Inc (Matter) have announced they have signed a seven-year financing agreement that will see Global advise on the funding of Matter’s pipeline until 2030, starting with its Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”) facility in Clayhurst, British Columbia, Canada. The first project will process up to 60,000... [Read More]

The programme for the 2023 World Biogas Summit, which will take place at the NEC Birmingham, UK on 29-30 March 2023, has been published. Organised by the World Biogas Association (WBA) the Summit is the only global thought-leadership forum entirely dedicated to anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas. Under the hashtag #MakingBiogasHappen, this year’s event will highlight... [Read More]

Anaergia has announced the commission of a new biomethane facility in Northern Italy, representing a further expansion of its extensive waste-to-biomethane portfolio in Europe. The plant, Ambiente & Risorse, is owned by Anaergia and has the capacity to anaerobically digest 40,000 metric tons of landfill-diverted food scraps, converting it to 3,900,000 cubic meters... [Read More]

Scandinavian Biogas has awarded AFRY an engineering assignment for its new biogas production plant in Mönsterås, Sweden, which is expected to be commissioned during Q4 2024. AFRY has been involved in the project in the early development stages, and as the project enters its implementation phase, AFRY has been appointed as a detail engineering partner. AFRY will deliver... [Read More]