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Europe holds sufficient resources to scale biomethane significantly, but regulatory barriers and slow implementation are preventing the sector from delivering on that potential, according to a new report published on 21 April, the same day the European Commission released its Accelerate EU communication.
The report, launched by the European Biogas Association, estimates total biomethane…
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Ukraine is preparing to export agriculturally sourced biomethane to Germany once an EU tracking database goes live and German legislation on renewable gas quotas comes into force, the country's Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture has said.
The announcement followed talks between Ukraine's minister Oleksiy Sobolev and two German federal ministers, environment minister Carsten…
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EnviTec Biogas has warned that a proposed amendment to Germany's Energy Industry Act (EnWG) would effectively halt the development of new biomethane projects, contradicting both the government's own green gas ambitions and the European Gas Directive the legislation is intended to implement.
The cabinet draft, adopted on 28 March, transposes the EU Gas Directive into German national law. But…
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Senior figures from Europe's bioenergy industry have met with Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen and officials from the European Commission's energy and environment directorates to make the case for biomass in the EU's upcoming Heating and Cooling Strategy. The meetings were coordinated by industry association Bioenergy Europe.
The delegation argued that Europe's shift away from fossil-fuel…
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The European Commission has approved a €6 billion Italian state aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen for use in the transport and industrial sectors, with biomass-derived hydrogen explicitly included among eligible production routes.
The scheme, which runs until the end of 2029, aims to support annual production of 200,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen.
Eligible…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule setting applicable volumes for 2026 and 2027 under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), with cellulosic biofuel volumes set higher than those proposed in an earlier draft.
Industry group RNG Coalition, which represents renewable natural gas producers, welcomed the decision as an improvement on the agency's original Set…
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Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has issued two decisions designed to support the development of the country's biomethane sector, establishing a supervisory framework for guarantees of origin and approving an interim solution for reverse grid compression.
Under the new guarantees of origin framework, biomethane producers injecting gas into the network will be issued with…
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Leading European industry associations have jointly called on EU policymakers to make biomethane a central pillar of the bloc's reindustrialisation, energy security, and decarbonisation strategy, warning that persistent regulatory gaps are holding back deployment.
The Joint Biomethane Declaration, published in Brussels on 24 March 2026, sets out ten priority actions to accelerate the sector's…
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The American Biogas Council (ABC) has elected five new officers to its executive committee for 2026.
The new appointments join Bernard Sheff, partner at Burns and McDonnell, who continues as board chair, and Patrick Serfass, who continues as executive director.
The Washington-based association said the new leadership reflects the breadth of expertise across an expanding US biogas industry…
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Germany is planning to import biogas from Ukraine as part of a broader strategy to strengthen its domestic energy supply.
German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche recently authorised the Netherlands to explore a North Sea field, arguing that similar projects should be feasible in Germany despite environmental concerns.
She warned that shifting unpopular projects abroad was not a viable…
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Federal Network Agency (Germany) has opened auctions supporting over 1 gigawatt of bioenergy capacity as part of its renewable energy expansion strategy.
The regulator is seeking bids for 726.7MW of biomass generation projects and 300MW of biomethane capacity. Applications can be submitted until 1 April 2026.
For the biomethane auction, the maximum subsidy level has been set at €0.2313 per…
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Ukraine has officially launched a national Register of Biomethane, a state digital system designed to track, verify and confirm the origin of renewable gas from production through to final consumption or export.
The register, operated by the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine, records volumes of biomethane submitted to and withdrawn from the gas transmission and…
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Australia is pushing ahead with the development of a new carbon crediting methodology for alternative waste treatment, a move that could significantly expand the sector's role in the country's emissions reduction efforts.
The proposed methodology would replace an expired scheme and introduce two key changes: a longer period during which projects can earn carbon credits, and the inclusion of…
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North Yorkshire Council has granted planning permission for a £20 million anaerobic digestion facility at the former RAF Skipton-on-Swale airfield, despite local objections over traffic and environmental concerns.
The 12.69-hectare site, operated by Advanced Fuel Partners, will process up to 144,000 tonnes per year of agricultural waste and manure to produce renewable biomethane for injection…
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Millions of tonnes of UK waste wood could be without a domestic market from next year if the government does not take urgent steps to protect the UK's waste wood biomass sector, the Wood Recyclers' Association (WRA) has warned.
Around 4.5 million tonnes of waste wood arise in the UK each year and the majority of this (nearly 3 million tonnes) – including lower grade material that is…
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