President Trump on July 4 signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The legislation extends and updates the 45Z credit and revives a tax credit benefiting small biodiesel producers but repeals several other bioenergy-related tax incentives.
June 7 marks the 14th anniversary of RNG COALITION, a trade association representing the RNG industry. What began in 2011 with a few stakeholders in a nascent industry has become a cornerstone of North America’s renewable energy foundation.
As National Dairy Month wrapped up, the American Biogas Council on June 30 released new data highlighting the rapid growth in methane capture through the use of biogas systems at U.S. dairy farms.
OPAL Fuels on June 24 announced it has completed the sale of $16.7 million of Inflation Reduction Act investment tax credits generated by the Prince William RNG facility, located in Prince William County in Virginia.
In a new study, published in Cell Reports Sustainability, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory explored how a reactive carbon dioxide capture and conversion (RCC) process could be used to produce synthetic renewable natural gas.
Sumitomo Corp. has announced the launch of North Sky A/S, a joint venture with Skovgaard Energy to produce biogas and power-to-X business, such as e-SAF. The new company aims to produce around 40 million Nm³ of biogas.
Aemetis Inc. announced on June 27 that the California Air Resources Board has approved provisional pathways under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard for seven dairy digesters built and operated by Aemetis Biogas, a subsidiary of the company.
EnviTec Service LLC is actively providing AD, gas upgrading, and biological support building upon the 15-year legacy of EnviTec Biogas USA. With a staff of 10 employees, it offers a broad portfolio covering all aspects of the biogas industry.
Two Southern Company Gas subsidiaries – Virginia Natural Gas and Chattanooga Gas – have completed new renewable natural gas purchases, adding to both utilities' growing portfolios of clean, sustainable fuel.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. on June 24 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.
The International Energy Agency in June published its World Energy Investment 2025 report, predicting that investment in liquid biofuels, biogases and low-emissions hydrogen will increase 30% this year to a record high of nearly $25 billion.
The Aix Marseille Provence metropolitan authority in France has entrusted Waga Energy with the management of biogas from the Arbois non-hazardous waste storage facility. Waga Energy is using the eLandfill digital platform to monitor the site.
The U.S. EPA on June 18 announced 1.75 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in May, down from 2.07 billion that were generated during the same period of last year. Total RIN generation for the first five months of 2025 reached 9.06 billion.
The RNG COALITION on June 18 announced the commissioning of the 500th operational renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in North America. This is a significant milestone that achieves the 2025 benchmark for the industry’s SMART initiative.
The Senate Finance Committee on June 17 released legislation that extends the 45Z credit but proposes changes that would cut the value of the credit by 20% for fuels made from imported feedstocks and alter the value of the credit for SAF.
Private equity firm EQT on June 6 announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a 54.1% stake in France-based Waga Energy, the developer a technology to convert landfill gas into renewable natural gas (RNG).
The Michigan House of Representatives in mid-June passed two bills, HB 4265 & HB 4257, which would clarify the law and regulations which apply to food waste recycling in the state, according to the American Biogas Council.
The U.S. EPA on June 13 released a final rule reducing the 2024 RFS renewable volume obligation (RVO) for cellulosic biofuel to 1.01 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs). The rule also revises RFS regulations related to biogas.
Anaergia Inc., through its subsidiary, Anaergia S.r.l., has signed a revised contract with Techbau S.p.A. to build two new biomethane production plants in Italy. The the revised contract, Anaergia will supply seven biomethane plants to Techbau.
A report published by the International Energy Agency on May 28 shows that biogas production using sustainable feedstocks and current technologies could offset as much as one-fourth of the world’s current annual natural gas demand.
More than a dozen trade groups representing U.S. fuel producers on June 6 wrote to leaders of the U.S. Senate urging them to amend the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” text to clarify the qualified sales provisions of the 45Z clean fuel production credit.
Anaergia Inc.’s subsidiary, Anaergia Singapore Pte. Ltd., has received a contract from New Jeju Bio Co. Ltd. to design and build the Jeju Bio Energy Biogas Plant, which to be constructed in Jeju Island, South Korea.
Qube Technologies, a leader in methane emissions monitoring solutions, on June 3 announced an expanded partnership with Roeslein Renewables to monitor methane emissions across the company’s biogas operations.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. on June 2 announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Airdep S.r.l. has received new purchase orders totaling over $2 million for the supply of multiple units of proprietary biogas desulfurization equipment,
The American Biogas Council on June 4 released new data showing, on a state-by- state basis, the energy production and waste recycling benefits that a full build-out of potential biogas systems could provide.
Syzygy Plasmonics on June 3 announced the company has initiated front-end engineering and design (FEED) with Kent for NovaSAF 1, an electrified biogas-to-SAF facility under development in Durazno, Uruguay.
Ameresco Inc. on June 2 announced the successful sale of approximately $71 million in investment tax credits (ITCs) generated from three of its landfill-gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) projects. The projects were placed in service in 2024.
PurposeEnergy on May 29 announced the grand opening of its state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion facility in St. Albans, Vermont. Construction began in May 2023, and the facility began exporting electricity to the Vermont grid in December 2024. This
The Capital Regional District, working together with FortisBC Energy Inc. and Waga Energy Canada, has started producing renewable natural gas (RNG) at a new facility located at the Hartland Landfill.
Vanguard Renewables has announced the opening of its newest anaerobic digestion and depackaging facility, located at Dinnerbell Farms, a family-owned dairy farm in Eden, Wisconsin. The facility will convert food and beverage waste into RNG.
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