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At a biomass power plant in the city of Xuzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, giant mechanical claws repeatedly feed bundles of dried straw onto conveyor belts. The straw is then transported to furnaces and converted into clean energy. This facility can process around 300,000 tonnes of agricultural residues like wheat, corn and rice straw annually,…

The European Commission is launching the “EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform” on 2 July 2025 to help EU companies streamline the sourcing of strategic energy commodities and raw materials. The initiative aims to leverage the scale of the EU’s single market to enhance supply security, competitiveness, and progress toward the green transition. The platform brings together…

California lawmakers have advanced a bill aimed at expanding the use of biomass as an alternative to open pile burning, with recent amendments designed to address air quality and public health concerns. The legislation, which passed the state Assembly this week, now moves to the Senate for further consideration. The bill is intended to reduce…

enfinium and ENGIE have signed a three-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that will see around 390 GWh of electricity supplied annually from enfinium’s new energy-from-waste facility in Leeds, England. Beginning in 2025, the agreement will provide enough power to meet the needs of approximately 140,000 British homes each year and marks the first PPA between…

Europe’s biomethane industry continues to expand, with installed production capacity reaching 7 billion cubic metres (bcm) annually by the end of Q1 2025 – a 9% increase compared to 2024. However, the pace of growth is beginning to falter despite robust investor confidence, highlighting the need for stronger policy direction and regulatory support, according to…

Freedom CNG, a US-based provider of compressed renewable natural gas (C/RNG), has acquired ComTech Energy, a Canadian company specialising in mobile fuelling solutions for low-carbon fuels. The acquisition enables Freedom CNG to extend its services beyond fixed refuelling stations, introducing a hub-and-spoke model to offer mobile on-site refuelling across North America. This approach is aimed…

Greenlane Renewables Inc. (Greenlane) has announced the filing of an additional patent application for its new landfill gas upgrading technology. This new filing adds to the size and strength of Greenlane’s intellectual property portfolio, reinforcing technology leadership in the production of renewable natural gas (RNG), and builds upon its December 2024 announcement of new patent…

Germany’s leading bioenergy associations have published a detailed set of proposals for reforming the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), urging policymakers to take swift action to secure the future of bioenergy in the power and heat sectors. The Hauptstadtbüro Bioenergie (HBB), which represents a broad coalition of bioenergy stakeholders, released a comprehensive policy paper…

Nuada has successfully completed a major trial of its second pilot plant, Nuada Scout, at the Energy Innovation Centre at the University of Sheffield in England, marking a significant step towards commercial-scale carbon capture deployment. Designed, built and commissioned in under a year, the industrial-scale system has been capturing one tonne of CO₂ per day…

Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France. In operation since earlier this year, the plant produces enough gas to supply more than 3,000 households and is expected to prevent the emission of 3,300 metric tonnes of CO₂-equivalent annually. Developed in partnership…

Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina, through its subsidiary PT Pertamina Gas (Pertagas), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysian renewable energy developer reNIKOLA Holdings. The companies will collaborate on the development of biogas and biomethane projects in Indonesia. The partnership aims to convert organic waste, particularly from palm oil production, into renewable gas…

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. This outcome reflects the country’s ongoing commitment to expanding renewable energy capacity through market-based mechanisms. The tender, part of Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), is designed to ensure…