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Jun 16, 2025
Volvo Truck sales surge with growing biogas solutions
Biogas News
Jun 16, 2025
Naturgy is accelerating its pivot to biogas as it repositions its strategy in response to energy market disruption and geopolitical uncertainty.
The Spanish energy firm, chaired by Francisco Reynés, is re-evaluating its €6.4 billion investment plan for 2025–2027, originally presented in February, in the wake of Spain’s historic blackout in April and the global... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 16, 2025
At a recent business forum organised by Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade in Osaka, Japan, Japanese companies pledged to import 640,000 tonnes of Indonesian biomass products, including palm kernel shells and wood pellets.
The agreement, announced on 11 June 2025, represents a transaction valued at approximately Rp1.04 trillion (around €63 million).
Fajarini Puntodewi,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 13, 2025
England's Environment Agency has granted an environmental permit to MVV Environment Ltd for a proposed energy-from-waste facility at Canford Resource Park, Arena Way, Magna Road, Poole in the country's South West region.
The facility will process up to 260,000 tonnes of residual municipal and commercial waste each year – specifically household, industrial and non-recyclable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 13, 2025
New Zealand's North Island energy distributor Powerco has completed two feasibility studies confirming the technical viability of upgrading biogas to biomethane for injection into its gas network.
The investigations, launched in April last year, were conducted in partnership with Manawatū District Council (MDC) at the Manawatū Wastewater Treatment Plant and the wider... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 13, 2025
Elevion Group, a leading European provider of integrated energy solutions, has joined forces with Italian biogas and biomethane specialist AB to deliver five new biomethane plants across three European countries.
The partnership aims to bolster sustainable energy infrastructure in Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
Under the agreement, AB will supply five biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 12, 2025
Naftogaz Ukrainy’s European trading arm has secured official certification to engage in biomethane trading, a key step as the group ramps up efforts to grow its presence in the renewable gas sector.
Speaking at the European Business Association’s Energy Day 2025 in Kyiv, Denys Kostiuk, Head of Business Development at Naftogaz, highlighted the company’s commitment... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 12, 2025
Hydro-Québec, the Canadian public utility, has entered into a new long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with a 22-megawatt (MW) biomass-fuelled power plant located in Saint-Félicien, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Québec.
The facility is owned and operated by the Société en commandite Bioénergie AE Côte-Nord Canada, a subsidiary of Groupe Rémabec.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 12, 2025
According to a report from the American Biogas Council (ABC) published on 4 June, the United States has the potential to increase its biogas facilities from the current nearly 2,500 to around 19,500 - an eight‑fold expansion - by using existing organic waste resources.
ABC’s findings reveal that over 100 million tonnes of feedstock, sourced from surplus food, livestock... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 11, 2025
ENplus®, the globally recognised certification scheme for wood pellet quality, has now been formally accredited by the European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA), becoming the first and only wood pellet quality certification to receive this distinction.
The accreditation follows a comprehensive evaluation process carried out in line with EA 1/22 A-AB 2023 – the official... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 11, 2025
Italian renewable energy distributor Green Alliance has expanded its operations in southern Italy through the acquisition of BioEnergy Europe – Pellet and Fire, a regional biomass distributor based in Sicily.
This move further strengthens Green Alliance’s position as a leading player in Italy’s woody biomass energy market.
BioEnergy Europe – Pellet and Fire is... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 11, 2025
A major cocoa biomass energy project in Côte d’Ivoire has reached a new milestone with support from financial partners including CFM and SODEN.
The 76 MW facility, which will be located in the southern town of Divo, will convert cocoa pod husks - a common agricultural by-product - into electricity.
The project, officially named BioDem Cote d’Ivoire, is being developed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 11, 2025
Syzygy Plasmonics has initiated a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) project with Kent for NovaSAF 1 - the world's first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility.
The site will serve as a model for scalable, low-cost sustainable aviation fuel production.
Located in Durazno, Uruguay, NovaSAF 1 will produce over 350,000 gallons of ASTM Certified SAF annually, marking a... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 10, 2025
Australia-based forestry company Foresta has received a 12-month extension from New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office (OIO) for its proposed wood pellet manufacturing facility in Kawerau. The extension allows the company more time to finalise a lease agreement for the site, which is a key milestone in progressing the project.
The plant will focus on producing torrefied... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 10, 2025
Philip Connolly, policy manager at ESB Generation and Trading — Future Opportunities, examines how Ireland can best meet its 2030 biomethane production target.
Philip has been working in Ireland’s energy sector for over a decade. He began by working in Gas Networks Ireland (TSO & DSO), mainly focusing on decarbonisation projects including biomethane and carbon... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
