In the UK, industry leaders from across the UK’s biogas and biomethane industry have sent a letter signed by more than 170 businesses and organizations, to Downing Street, calling on the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, and the Chancellor, John Healey, warning that a stalled government support scheme is putting British jobs, investment and energy security at […]
In Spain, Diario de Alta Aragón reports Chunta Aragonesista (CHA) and the Green Party in Aragón are calling for a six-month moratorium on new biogas and biomethane plants while regional authorities develop stronger planning and regulations. The parties say the rapid growth of roughly 75 projects across Aragón, including 31 in Huesca province, has raised […]
In Poland, Galia Green Power has signed a financing agreement for PLN 376 million with a consortium of banks comprising PKO Bank Polski, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and mBank. It is one of the largest financing transactions for biogas and biomethane projects in Poland in recent years. It covers acquisitions of biogas plants and development investments, […]
In Massachussetts, sweeping regulatory mandates, large-scale capital deployment into biogas infrastructure, and accelerating renewable natural gas (RNG) capacity expansion are compelling operators across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific to embed artificial intelligence into biogas upgrading operations at an unprecedented pace. BCC Research’s new report, AI Impact on Biogas Upgrading Technologies Market – BCC Pulse Report, […]
In Finland, national news agency YLE reports the country’s largest biogas plant to date was opened in Nurmo, South Ostrobothnia on Tuesday and is the first to produce liquid biomethane. The first batch of biogas is expected to be completed in October. After that, heavy traffic can refuel biogas from several petrol stations around Finland. […]
In Brazil, Agência FAPESP reports that low concentrations of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide, NaOH) are more efficient than high doses for preparing organic waste for biogas production. This finding increases methane production, reduces reagent consumption and, consequently, diminishes process costs and minimizes the risk of inhibiting the microorganisms responsible for the process. The raw material for […]
In India, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved GOBARdhan, the National Circular Bioenergy Scheme, with a total outlay of Rs.23,731 crore. GOBARdhan marks a defining moment in India’s clean energy journey. It will transform the country’s abundant agricultural residue, cattle dung, press mud, municipal organic waste and other […]
In Spain, Bankinter Investment SGIIC and Plenium Partners SGEIC, firms that have recently approved the merger of their managers and that are partners since 2017, have acquired 100% of BG Holding S.r.l., in the biomethane sector in Italy, through the Ecualia Capital fund, to Green Arrow – Italy’s main independent group specializing in private markets […]
In Italy, Zenith Energy Ltd has entered into a binding Letter of Intent and Exclusivity for the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of an Italian biogas development, which owns the rights to develop a fully permitted and engineered biogas production facility in Italy, subject to completion of the proposed acquisition. The project […]
In Mexico, the Mexican Petroleum Institute and the National Biogas Council concluded the VI National Technical Forum on Biogas, bringing together government, industry, academia, and researchers to advance a national strategy for biogas and biomethane. Discussions focused on regulation, technology, financing, waste-to-energy projects, biomethane pipeline injection, and sustainable aviation fuel development. Officials highlighted the opportunities […]
