Global Biogas News Round-Up | April 2026
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
There is little doubt that the global economic shockwaves caused by the Middle East Conflict has focused minds on the benefits of biogas to energy, food and climate security. Major infrastructure investments and opportunities continue to emerge in India. Poland releases modernisation funds for biogas for environmental and water protection. Finland’s nature conservation group says biogas is a must for food security. Meanwhile, Egypt and Samoa recognise the power of biogas to deliver rural resilience, and Zimbabwe calls for increased investment in the sector.
Links to top stories
The Finnish biogas association calls for greater certainty on grid access to unlock €800 million investment in new plants, to meet rising demand from the transport, industry and district heating sectors which saw a record 1.3TWh imported in 2025. Read more >
Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor Corporation starts producing biogas from cow manure for use as vehicle fuel in Gujarat, India. Read more >
Nordic energy company Gasum and shipping company Wasaline have extended their agreement for bio-LNG supply to continue through 2027, to develop sustainable maritime transport on the Baltic Sea. Read more >
Norwegian energy company TrønderEnergi – owned by 24 municipalities, the utility NEAS and pension fund KLP – has become the largest shareholder in Scandinavian Biogas, saying biogas has ‘major potential for a carbon neutral transport sector and circular economy’. Read more >
The biogas sector in Brazil recorded a 5% increase in growth in registered plants and 6% increase in output across 2025, with 1,803 plants producing ~ 5 bilion m³/year, data released by the national biogas association CIBiogás reveals. Read more >
Anaergia has signed an ~$8 million contract with America’s Vanguard Renewables for a follow-up deployment of its proprietary technology and equipment for an advanced anaerobic digestion facility in Minnesota. Read more >
China’s ScienceNet.cn, supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has issued a top 10 of highly read articles on biomethane production published across 2024-25, focusing on the core issues that are currently of common concern to researchers, engineers and policymakers around the world. Read more>
Biogas plants play a central role in delivering rural resilience and jobs under Egypt’s Vision 2030, to transform subsidies into productive projects capable of achieving self-sufficiency for families and providing them with a stable source of income. Read more>
Grant funding for biogas plants features in a package of measures to strengthen resilience to climate change through environmental protection and sustainable livelihoods in vulnerable Samoan communities. Read more>
In response to a government consultation on developing a National Food Strategy the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation calls for more biogas, saying, “The production of recycled fertilisers and transport biogas is urgently needed to increase the degree of self-sufficiency in both fertilisers and fuels in agriculture.” Read more>
In an editorial in Finland’s ‘Rural Future’ the government is warned that bowing to populist calls to suspend the renewable fuel obligation would be a short-sighted measure amid rising demand for biomethane, costing jobs and damaging the economy. Read more>
Breton co-operative and France’s leading tomato producer Savéol, whose turnover increased by 10% in 2025 to €264 million, plans to use bioCO2 from anaerobic digestion in its farmers’ greenhouses. Read more>
French investment fund HY24 has increased from 30% to 80% its stake in Enagás Renovable, a Spanish developer of low-carbon hydrogen and biomethane projects whose portfolio includes more than 20 projects. Read more>
Germany’s Continental has phased out the use of heavy oil and coal across its 19 tire production facilities around the world, using a slate of alternatives including biogas. Read more>
The board of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has given the go-ahead for a public private partnership to be created, to convert raw biogas from five sewage treatment plants into compressed biogas. Read more>
The Maharashtra state cabinet approves the Compressed Biogas (CBG) Policy, 2026, backed by an outlay of Rs 500 crore (US$53 million) for 2026-27, aiming to convert urban waste and farm residue into clean fuel and organic fertiliser, reduce landfill, curb pollution and cut dependence on fossil fuels. Read more>
Philippines capital Manila eyes Shanghai’s waste to energy strategy, which features biogas, as it seeks to solve a mounting waste problem that is growing at the rate of 10,000 tonnes per day. Read more>
Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management is to launch a call for applications for investments in high-efficiency cogeneration from biogas produced from biomass, including municipal waste, with a budget of PLN 1 billion (US$>275 million) from the Modernisation Fund. Read more>
The CEE Bankwatch Network – the largest network of environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe – calls on cities across the West Balkans to abandon plans for incinerators and coal fired power plants in favour of biogas. Read more>
Ukraine sets out a biogas action plan, targeting 1 billion cubic meters of biomethane per year by 2030, with a subsequent increase to 2.1 billion cubic meters per year by 2035. Read more>
The Irish Bioenergy Association calls on the government to clarify its position on biogas as the European Commission says the proposed RHO multiplier breaks internal market rules. Read more>
France-based Sublime Energie (Sublime) has commissioned what it claims is the world’s first system capable of liquefying biogas directly on a farm. Read more>
A new gas pipeline connecting two St1 Biokraft biogas plants in Stockholm to the city’s gas network has more than doubling liquefied biogas production capacity in Huddinge, Sweden. Read more>
NPHarvest pilots a plug-in and play nutrient recovery system in Germany, enabling the conversion of nitrogen and phosphorous in liquid digestate into fertiliser inputs. Read more>
Zimbabwe’s Investment and Development Agency (Zida) CEO Tafadzwa Chinamo has called for increased investment in biomass and biogas production, saying the country can unlock carbon credits and climate financing through waste-to-energy projects. Read more>