Biogas-to-methanol startup raises $22 M
Emvolon, a startup that turns biogas into methanol, has raised $22 million in a series A round. Its modular systems convert biogas from landfills, anaerobic digestion facilities and other sources…
Circularity Fuels raises $7 M to turn dairy biogas into jet fuel
Circularity Fuels has closed a $7 million seed round to scale jet fuel made from dairy biogas. Trucks and DCVC led the round. Sum Ventures and Automotive Ventures also took…
Metacon joins EU project on biogas hydrogen
Metacon AB’s Greek subsidiary, Metacon SA, has secured EUR 188,018 (USD 210,138) in European Union funding to produce high-purity hydrogen from biogas. Metacon SA is taking part in the 36-month…
UAE pilot turns food waste into biogas
Emirates Biotech and United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) will build a pilot plant that turns food waste and compostable packaging into biogas and compost. The partners call it the country's…
Bizkaia opens biomethane plant
A new plant in Spain's Basque Country will turn household and commercial food waste into biomethane. Metabarri, a biomethanization facility, has been inaugurated at the Artigas Ecopark in Bizkaia. It…
Colombian farm turns whey into biogas
Researchers in Colombia have found a new use for one of the dairy industry's messiest by-products. Whey, mixed with cattle manure, is now powering a cheese farm's production line. The…
Gasum opens 13th biogas filling station in Norway
Gasum has opened its thirteenth liquefied biogas filling station in Norway. The station sits centrally in the Port of Trondheim. It strengthens the supply of renewable, bio-based fuels for heavy…
LDC builds world’s largest citrus biogas plant
Louis Dreyfus Company is building what it calls the world's largest plant for producing biogas from citrus effluent. The facility sits at the company's industrial site in Bebedouro, São Paulo…
Low-dose treatment boosts biogas from banana waste
Researchers in Brazil have found that low concentrations of caustic soda work better than high doses for preparing organic waste for biogas production. The finding boosts methane output. It also…