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Bio Capital Group, one of the UK’s leading energy providers, has announced the extension of its contract with Lewisham Council in South East London. Under the renewed agreement, Bio Capital will continue to receive household food waste from across Lewisham, at the company’s Dagenham biogas plant. There, the food waste is converted into sustainable biomethane…

VTTI, a global leader in energy infrastructure, has announced the launch of VIDA bioenergy – a newly formed subsidiary that is 100% owned by VTTI, dedicated to transforming biomass into renewable energy. VIDA bioenergy will operate independently from the rest of VTTI, under the leadership of CEO Lars Boetje. This will allow the company to…

Timothé Husser, manager at Blunomy, delves into biomethane investment risks, opportunities and models. Blunomy provides strategic consulting services, with a large part of its work in the industrial sector. It started to work on renewable gas more than 12 years ago. Husser is in charge of Blumony’s renewable gas activity, and spends all of his…

Ukraine’s first two biomethane producers injected their initial million cubic meters of biomethane into underground gas storage facilities during the end of last year, said Heorgiy Heletukha, head of the country’s Bioenergy Association. Vitagro’s first biomethane plant has been operational since September, and the Gals Agro plant since November. This year, five new biomethane plants…

Chinese firm Landuo Biotech claims to have produced a “super giant reed” that has become a high-yield renewable resource, reported China Daily. The bamboo-like grass undergoes genetic modification, and includes more than 40 varieties that are developed using a gene database tailored for specific applications such as biofuels. Landuo Biotech, which is based in Wuhan,…

The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has urged the country’s finance ministry to create blanket corporate tax holidays for compressed biogas (CBG) production in the forthcoming General Budget to attract investment in the sector. IBA wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to state that the tax holidays would act as an incentive for businesses that are…

Terviva, Inc., an agricultural innovation company working with farmers to grow and harvest pongamia for food, feed and fuel, has announced a strategic investment from integrated energy company Idemitsu. Idemitsu, in partnership with Terviva and Stanmore, an Australia-based coal resource company, is beginning a trial plantation of Terviva’s pongamia in Queensland, Australia. This collaboration leverages…

CPM, a solutions provider of process equipment, engineered technologies and aftermarket parts and services, has announced the acquisition of Jacobs Global, a supplier of aftermarket parts for hammermills and pellet mills. This strategic transaction will enhance CPM’s product offerings, expand its market reach and add capacity to better serve CPM’s growing global customer base. according…

White Summit Capital, the decarbonisation and energy security infrastructure specialist, has completed the first close of White Summit Capital Decarbonisation Infrastructure Fund II (WDIF-II), surpassing 50% of its target size of €500 million. White Summit Capital has secured total commitments of over €350 million from more than 10 blue-chip institutional clients, including the European Investment…

A Labour environment group has asked the UK government to reconsider support for Drax’s biomass plant in Selby, reported PoliticsHome. The Labour Climate and Environment Forum (LCEF) observed that Drax’s plant is the country’s ‘single biggest emitter of carbon dioxide’. In the US, the company was found to have breached environmental regulations ‘over 11,000 times’.…

Naturgy has closed an alliance with Hispania Silva, a waste valorisation specialist with extensive experience in the agricultural and livestock sector, for the development of a minimum of 20 biomethane production plants, which could become up to 30. The plants will be distributed throughout Spain, and will become operational before 2030. They will have a…

Aemetis Biogas commissioned three new dairy digesters last month, increasing from nine to a total of 12 operating digesters. The additional digesters are expected to generate 250,000 MMBtu per year of renewable natural gas (RNG), contributing to a planned 550,000 MMBtu of RNG production in 2025. “Our biogas business is creating significant revenue and income…