Simona Amerio, operations sustainability environment and energy regulatory & ISO systems manager at Ferrero Group, will share the confectionery giant’s experience with bioenergy solutions at the 2026 International Biogas Congress & Expo, emphasising what large industrial end-users need to engage at scale. Ferrero’s sustainability approach is deeply embedded in its long-term business strategy and guided…
O&S Doors has installed a biomass-fuelled Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system at its Dungannon facility in a £9 million investment that is set to transform manufacturing waste into usable energy. The project, partially funded by a £2.4 million grant from the Shared Island Sustainability Capital Grant Scheme, marks a significant milestone in industrial biomass…
Suzuki Motor Corporation and Suzuki R&D Centre India (SRDI) have inaugurated a 1.5 tonnes-per-day biogas plant in Bhukhala, Banaskantha district, Gujarat. The Banas Suzuki Biogas Plant occupies 27,000 square metres and has capacity to process 100 tonnes per day of cow dung, producing sufficient fuel for approximately 850 CNG vehicles daily. This is Suzuki’s second…
VORN Bioenergy has secured project financing from ING Italia for its first biomethane plant in Italy, located in the municipality of Ferrara. The facility, designed to produce 8.5 million Nm³ of biomethane annually, represents a strategic step in VORN’s expansion plan across Italy, Spain and Poland through both greenfield developments and brownfield acquisitions. Construction commenced…
Cadent has introduced the UK’s first cost-sharing model for biomethane network connections, in a move aimed at removing major financial barriers facing renewable gas developers. The UK’s largest gas distribution network has confirmed the new charging approach with regulator Ofgem, which will make reinforcing constrained network capacity more affordable and accessible. Under the model, where…
FLS Group AG and DecarboEngineering have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and deploy large-scale carbonisation projects in Paraguay, beginning with an initiative projected to convert 35,000 tonnes of waste biomass into biochar annually. The first project under the partnership, named Project Alfheim, is expected to produce around 13,000 tonnes of high-quality, WBC-certified biochar…
Researchers at the CSIR–Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI) in Chennai have developed a new approach to increasing biogas production by using banana and cauliflower waste, while also helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The research team created a low-cost biogas enhancement method that incorporates banana peels and cauliflower stems into food-waste digesters. The addition of…
EnviTec Biogas is supplying a biogas plant and gas upgrading facility to Citrone, a dairy farm and processing plant in Lithuania’s Šakiai district, as part of the country’s push towards renewable energy. The project, which is supported by state funding, includes EnviThan membrane technology for gas upgrading with a capacity of 675 Nm³/h of biomethane…
Canada requires a comprehensive national strategy to guide the role of biomass in achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, according to researchers at Polytechnique Montréal’s Institut de l’Énergie Trottier. Normand Mousseau, director of the institute, and research professional Roberta Dagher argue that despite Canada’s abundant biomass resources from forests and agricultural lands, the country lacks a…
Montenegro has begun test operations at the Western Balkans’ first landfill biogas power plant, a facility with at least 1.5 MW installed capacity at the Možura regional landfill near the country’s Adriatic coast. The EUR 1.8 million project, developed in partnership with Slovenia’s Centre for International Cooperation and Development, entered trial operation in December 2025.…
Cycle0, a leading European developer, owner and operator of biomethane plants, has announced a significant investment in Italy with the acquisition of an operational biogas-to-electricity plant with authorisation for biomethane conversion and a new gas grid injection point in Mantua Province, in the Lombardy region of Italy. Operational since 2012, the plant, known as Corte…
Drax has launched its Biomass Tracker, a new digital tool that provides greater visibility into the journey woody biomass takes through the company’s global supply chain. The interactive tool shows the countries and states where Drax sources its biomass, the types of fibre used in Drax’s own woody biomass, how it is transported, and the…