Global Biogas News Round-Up | September 2025
Curated by the World Biogas Association, the Global Biogas News Round-Up brings you the latest and most important stories from the world of biogas.
Biogas news in a nutshell
Cash injections consolidate policy objectives in Germany and India. Infrastructure investment funds continue to show confidence in biogas companies and projects. Advanced fuels (biogas to green methanol and biomethane to hydrogen) projects get the green light. And among accelerated adoption of bio-LNG as maritime fuel, a cruise company is preparing to take the longest carbon-neutral voyage – powered by biomethane.
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Nutrient exchange established in Moldovia by German sustainable agriculture groups, to turn an environmental problem into a resource for agriculture. READ STORY
Indian dairy farmers in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Odisha, Goa and Bihar set to be paid ₹55 crore (>US$6 million) to supply biogas feedstock to multiple plants being developed by Suzuki. READ STORY
EU throws German biogas industry a €7.9billion state aid lifeline, but concerns remain that it will fail to halt exodus of first-generation power producers. READ STORY
Renault has joined Jaguar Land Rover, Toyota, and Ford in UECC’s green shipping consortium, which transports cars and trucks on a fleet of dual- and multi-fuel, bio-LNG-powered carriers. READ STORY
Greece introduces a regulatory framework for the development of the hydrogen market, establishing coherent provisions for the production of both biomethane and hydrogen. READ STORY
Irish biogas developer Nephin announces a landmark offtake agreement with FloGas as it breaks ground on the first of three biomethane plants – set to deliver a combined 250 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by 2030. READ STORY
Denmark’s Biogasclean, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CycleØ, is to develop seven new palm-oil biogas plants across Malaysia, in partnership with the Malaysia-based Concord Group. READ STORY
India’s KIS Group will supply bio-LNG to Shell Eastern Trading, starting in 2027, for regasification and distribution to customers in Singapore. READ STORY
Preem, the owner/operator of 500 refuelling stations in Sweden has inked a strategic agreement with Gasum to supply bio-CNG and -LNG to customers, and include the fuel on its corporate discount card. READ STORY
A $40 million landfill-to-RNG plant developed under a public private partnership between Indian River County, Florida, and Nopetro Renewables, opens and aims to initially produce 3 million gallons of RNG annually. READ STORY
South Korean renewable energy firm EcoBio lands KRW 6.5 billion (US$4.7m) backing from the Ministry of Environment to establish a 500kg per day biogas-to-hydrogen supply facility Yeongcheon city. READ STORY
The Indian government has approved an extra INR 1.4 billion (US$15.86 million) for Phase 1 of its National Bioenergy Programme, boosting support for biogas, waste-to-energy and biomass projects. READ STORY
Portuguese ceramics producer Certeca and Rega Energy have signed a 10-year biomethane supply deal, to replace 20% of Certeca’s natural gas consumption with green gas. READ STORY
Global investment firm EQT has completed the acquisition of a majority stake (>56%) in the French biomethane producer Waga Energy. READ STORY
Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA, has taken a minority investment in BlackRock portfolio company Vanguard Renewables, part of a partnership to turn food waste from four US IKEA stores into renewable fuel. READ STORY
A Colorado-based wastewater treatment RNG plant has fully recovered its initial capital investment since entering production in 2019 – and plans to use further profits to reduce customers’ bills. READ STORY
BTS Group and Eiffel Investment Group will invest €35 million ($41 million) in three on-farm biomethane plants in Italy, producing 850 Sm³/h of biomethane, scheduled to be commissioned before June 2026 to attract 40% non-repayable incentives. READ STORY
Norwegian cruise company Havila Voyages is preparing to take the world’s longest climate-neutral voyage by water – 9,260 kilometers – powered by biomethane and battery power. READ STORY
The government of Tunisia has set a purchase price of 307 millims per kWh (UK ~7.5p) for electricity produced from biogas. READ STORY
Following successful trials, America’s Emvolon and Montauk Renewables are to develop multiple biogas-to-green methanol projects, utilising flared biogas, beginning with the Atascocita Humble Renewable Energy facility in Texas. READ STORY
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I, has taken a stake in what will be Finland’s largest industrial biogas plant, due to be commissioned in 2027, treating 600,000 t/pa feedstock with an output of 200GWH. READ STORY
