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Engineering group KBR has been awarded a contract by Fikrat Al-Tadweer to supply its green methanol technology for Saudi Arabia’s first biomethanol plant, a project aimed at converting landfill gas into clean fuel. The company said its PureM™ solution will be used to produce renewable methanol at commercial scale, offering a low-cost route to cleaner…

Sheffield-based startup Future Greens has raised €569,000 (£500,000) to advance its bioreactor technology that converts unavoidable food and brewery waste into on-site heat and power, with first commercial deployments planned for 2026. The funding comprises €387,000 (£340,000) in equity and a €182,000 (£160,000) UK government grant. Investors include PXN Group, One Planet Capital, Baltic Ventures,…

ATOBA Energy and renewable fuel developer Flying Forest have signed a letter of intent setting out plans for a long-term sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement, supporting a proposed biomass-to-SAF project in Finland. ATOBA Energy operates an aggregation platform designed to connect SAF producers with airline customers, while Flying Forest is developing a facility in…

The Government of Canada is investing nearly CAD 4.8 million (approximately €3.3 million) in Indigenous-led economic development and clean energy projects across Northern Ontario, with a strong emphasis on community-based biomass and renewable energy initiatives. The funding was announced by Patty Hajdu, Canada’s Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic…

BPC Instruments AB has entered into a collaboration with Canadian technology company SixRing to support the rollout of Stimulose, a new feedstock additive designed to improve process stability and efficiency in biomethane production. Under the agreement, BPC Instruments will act as SixRing’s independent Quality Assurance and Optimisation Partner as Stimulose is introduced to biomethane producers…

A consortium led by Kansai Electric Power (Kansai EPCO) plans to develop a 7.1MW woody biomass power plant in Tochigi Prefecture, with the environmental attributes of the project to be sold to Tokyo Metro through a virtual power purchase agreement (PPA). The developers said the facility will be constructed on a 20,000 square metre site…

Solarig, through its renewable gases subsidiary Biorig, plans to invest more than PLN 1.5 billion (approximately €350 million) in the development of a large-scale biomethane platform in Poland. The Spanish renewable energy group said the programme aims to develop and operate a portfolio of more than 20 biomethane plants over the next five years, with…

Scientists are exploring a radical transformation for tobacco, shifting its purpose from cigarette production to sustainable biofuel generation, according to recent research from Henan Agricultural University. The study, led by researchers at the National Tobacco Cultivation, Physiology and Biochemistry Research Centre, demonstrates that tobacco leaves can be converted into bioethanol through a simple process. By…

EnviTec Biogas has added three new contracts with first-time customers in Germany to its order book, securing gas upgrading projects that will be manufactured at the company’s Saerbeck facility in the coming months. The first project, located in Biburg, Lower Bavaria, represents EnviTec’s debut in the Bavarian market following the construction of 112 biogas plants…

Drax Group is exploring the conversion of part of its former coal-fired power operations in Yorkshire, England, into a large-scale data centre as early as 2027, according to reporting from Reuters. The company aims to repurpose land, grid connections and cooling infrastructure that date back to the site’s coal-generation era. The move reflects a wider…

Teagasc has released a substantial new research report examining the role of farm-based feedstocks in supporting the development of Ireland’s emerging biomethane industry. The study, funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Gas Networks Ireland under the SEAI National Energy RD&D Programme (grant 19/RDD/493), forms part of the FLEET Project, which assesses…

The UK government has announced plans to extend the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) by two years until 31 March 2030, in what the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has described as a significant vote of confidence in the biomethane industry. Lord Alan Whitehead, Minister of State for the Department of Energy Security and…