Global Biogas News Round-Up | April 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
Grid connections for biomethane open in Australia and Latvia, while in Spain biogas as back-up to solar has delivered 100% renewable coverage in ‘a replicable model’. In France, the Rhone region and grid operator target ‘biomethane autonomy’ by 2050. Biogas as a clean cooking solution takes off in Morocco, thanks to Danone CSR funding. Finally, a breakthrough in green hydrogen, using raw biogas as feedstock.
Links to top stories
As the US Congress prepares to deliberate critical clean energy tax provisions, the American Biogas Council has launched an online advertising campaign to spotlight the power of biogas facilities to convert waste into fuel, electricity, and economic opportunity. Find out more.
The introduction of a biogas plant is revolutionising a street food market in Indonesia – weening traders off LPG and into the circular economy. Find out more.
The German Biogas Association launches Biogas Delivers – to increase public awareness and understanding of biogas, especially in urban regions where knowledge is often limited. Find out more.
The Rhone Department in France and gas grid operator GRDF sign an agreement to achieve 100% ‘green gas (biomethane) autonomy’ by 2050. Find out more.
Swimming pool in France cuts energy bills by 80% after developing a biogas plant to fuel heating. Find out more.
The governor of Atlántico state in Colombia has said investment in biogas is a strategic necessity to avoid forecast gas shortages. Find out more.
Extensive performance testing of an all-electric GHG e-ReformingTM demonstration unit in America, using raw biogas to produce syngas, has claimed a “critical breakthrough in low-cost, high-yield sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production” Find out more.
The small municipality of Estamariu, in Alt Urgell, Spain, has become energy self-sufficient thanks to the construction of a biogas plant that provides back-up to its network of solar panels – in a pilot project viewed as replicable in remote areas across country. Find out more.
Forbes Op-Ed: Serbia must establish clear and stable regulation as soon as possible to enable the development of the biomethane market, which has the potential to deliver enough biogas to replace 50% of natural gas demand. Find out more.
The Kelantan State Government in Malaya is building a biogas plant to divert food waste from landfill – while funding a sperate project to remediate and capture biogas from an existing landfill. Find out more.
The Moroccan government and Centrale Danone (part of the food conglomerate Danone) – under its CSR policy – have forged a partnership to install 4,000 micro biodigesters from Sistema Bio on across the Kingdom by 2030, for a budget of 70 million dirhams (US$19m). Find out more.
The Korean government is to invest KRW 9.1 billion (~US$6.3bn) in a biogas-based clean hydrogen production project. Find out more.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation and GPS Renewables have entered a joint venture to establish CBG plants across Bihar, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in India. Find out more.
Denmark’s Skovgaard Energy has entered a strategic partnership with Japanese trading and investment conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation to scale the production of biogas, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and green hydrogen. Find out more.
The government of Espirito Santo in Brazil is seeking to reduce taxes from 12% to 1.8% on the production and distribution of biogas and biomethane, to stimulate growth of the sector. Find out more.
Brazil’s Geomit and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), which processes more than 10m tonnes of sugar a year, have signed a MoU to jointly develop commercial-scale biogas and biomethane projects. Find out more.
The Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) – one of the country’s largest gas distribution companies – has signed an agreement to connect the first biomethane project into its South Australian networks, enabling the Delorean Corporation to inject up to 210 terajoules of biomethane annually. Find out more.
Integrated biogas/PV systems are the most economically viable way to decarbonise transport in Bangladesh, a study published in the journal Renewable Energy Focus concludes. However, it says a PV/biogas-mass/hydrogen pathway offers better environmental outcomes. Find out more.
Pilot biogas plant in Karachi fires ambition to install one in every district of the Pakistan city to treat food waste, currently collected door-to-door. Find out more.
Indian Oil and GPS Renewables establish a Rs 1,200 crore (~US$140m) joint venture to build 10 compressed biogas plants across India in 2026. Find out more.
German gas company VNG has sold half of its biogas subsidiary, comprising 42 biogas plants with a combined installed thermal capacity of ~197MW, to CVC infrastructure fund, who described it as “a high-quality investment that will provide our investors with stable returns and offer potential for long-term growth and sustainable value creation.” Find out more.
Latvian energy commodities trader and convenience store network AS VIRŠI-A has increased its stake in Livland Biomethane to 49%, saying, “We believe that at the European level, biomethane will play a critical role in the future in making the transport and manufacturing industries more sustainable. This, in turn, will ensure strong demand and profitability for this product in the coming years.” Find out more.