Vertus Energy, a Waste-to-X industrial biotech startup specialising in advanced control of bacteria behaviour, has closed an €8.75 million seed funding round, reported EU Startups. The funding, led by Energy Capital Ventures and joined by Blackbird, the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and Aussie Angels, alongside all their existing investors, will be used to scale the... [Read More]

Aemetis, a renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable fuels company focused on low and negative carbon intensity products, has announced that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary completed a key milestone of constructing and operating dairy digesters with a capacity to produce more than 300,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. Additionally, the planned construction... [Read More]

Companhia Paranaense de Gás (Compagas) will invest 505 million reais (€86.6 million) over the next five years, between 2024 and 2029. The investment plan was announced on 24 June by governor Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior and includes actions and projects to expand the company's operations to other regions of the State, especially to the municipalities of Londrina, Maringá... [Read More]

CM Biomass has released its results for 2023/24, which, with an EBT of €41 million, represent its best results yet. Having for the past two years added production to CM Biomass’ portfolio of trading and expanded on logistics and sourcing solutions, CM Biomass said it has shown the strength of combining production and trading as a flexible provider. The past financial... [Read More]

CM Biomass has released its results for the financial year of 2023/24, which it said show the strength of combining production and trading as a flexible provider with a record-setting result - an EBT of €41 million. For the past two years, CM Biomass has added production to its trading portolio, and has expanded on logistics and sourcing solutions. Amidst a year that... [Read More]

Senior Representatives from the UN, OECD, CACC, PepsiCo, TotalEnergies and leading environmental organisations will gather at the NEC Birmingham on 10-11 July to attend the World Biogas Summit 2024. Organised by the World Biogas Association (WBA), the event is poised to be a pivotal moment in this year’s industry calendar, following the publication of the International... [Read More]

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has agreed to divest its UK biomass facility Kent Renewable Energy Plant to Greenvolt, a Portugal-based company. The deal was made via CIP's Flagship Fund Copenhagen Infrastructure II K/S (CI II), and Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). The transaction is expected to close by October 2024. CI II, BWSC and original... [Read More]

Neustark, a Switzerland-based carbon removal provider, has raised $69 million (€64.3 million) in a funding round to underpin its rapid scale-up in the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) market. The growth equity round was led by Decarbonization Partners, a partnership between BlackRock and Temasek. Neustark said the funding will reinforce its continued growth path and support... [Read More]

With a new sawmill, Tschopp is tripling its wood processing in the medium term. Vecoplan supplied the perfect technology to prepare the chips for disposal. Tschopp manufacturers shuttering panels, and uses its wood residues for pellet production – although its plant capacities had long reached their limit. Its previous sawmill, which was designed to process 30,000... [Read More]

Germany's Federal Network Agency had allocated 240 MW of biomass plant projects out to tender in its latest round, which was 'significantly oversubscribed', leading to a decrease in average prices. The regulatory authority received 788 bids with a total volume of 742 MW. The awarded projects came to 263, with 257 of these relating to operational plants. The values of... [Read More]

Clean energy developer New Energy Blue and construction firm ARCO/Murray have announced a partnership to build out the New Energy Biomass Refinery-designed platform across the US Midwest. ARCO/Murray will construct the flagship New Energy Freedom biomass refinery in Mason City, Iowa, to process corn stalks into second-generation fuel ethanol and clean lignin at large... [Read More]

bp has agreed to acquire Bunge’s 50% holding interest in its bp Bunge Bioenergia S.A. joint venture, one of Brazil’s leading biofuels-producing companies. Upon completion, bp will become sole owner of the industrial-scale sugarcane and ethanol business, which bp said will enable it to accelerate value creation through integration with bp’s trading and technology... [Read More]

Heygaz Biomethane, the European platform created by Infravia Capital Partners, has signed an agreement to acquire Irish biogas and biomethane producer Ormonde Organics. With this acquisition, Heygaz strengthens its strategy to consolidate a European portfolio of biomethane production plants in markets with high growth potential, according to the organisation. Following... [Read More]

Biokraft, a leading player in Nordic biogas production, has signed an exclusive land agreement with the industrial group Perstorp, allowing the producer to design a biogas plant at the Group's industrial park in Perstorp, Sweden. The plant's capacity is planned to be 130 GWh of biomethane and 17,000 tonnes of liquid CO2 per year and is expected to be completed in 2027. Biokraft's... [Read More]

The Butte County Fire Safe Council and Ecostrat have announced the issue of an investment grade BDO Zone ‘BBB’ Rating for Woody Biomass. The Butte County BDO Zone is the first ‘BBB’ rating in the State of California and extends a 75-mile drive distance from the centre point in Oroville, CA. Butte County’s BDO Zone ‘BBB’ rating denotes good prospective viability... [Read More]