Global Biogas News Round-Up | February 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
Italy, Germany and Poland have all launched significant biomethane support programmes. Egypt and Serbia are urged to pursue biogas expansion by national experts. Malaysia launches a central biogas plant for 30 farmers to tackle environmental pollution, while in Sweden a 21-strong co-operative plant is developed for rural resilience. Volvo celebrates a gas-truck milestone while bio-LNG accounted for 98.5% of gas sales at German filling stations in 2025.
Links to top stories
Italy’s new €2.2 billion funding system for biomethane projects has entered into force, with a June deadline for applications and mid-2028 completion date for developers, targeting 5.7 billion cubic metres of biomethane annually by 2030 under its National Integrated Plan for Energy and Climate. Read more >
European biogas developer Andion has secured €67 million ($79 million) in private credit from Goldman Sachs to develop new projects in Italy and the Nordics – and announces the purchase of the 45GWh Cella Dati biomethane plant in Cremona. Read more >
Sagepoint Energy has secured $85 million in financing to expand its landfill gas portfolio in America, the firm’s financial partner Power Sustainable Infrastructure Credit has announced. Read more >
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has opened a tender for 300 MW of biomethane, with bids to be accepted until 1 April, with the maximum bidding value set at €0.2313/kWh. Read more >
Green Energy Parks will build a $142 million RNG facility in Kentucky, producing 1.47 million British thermal units of RNG and 72,000 metric tons of liquified CO2 a year from local agricultural byproducts, including corn stover, manure and distiller’s grains from bourbon production. Read more >
The government of the state of Goiás (which includes Brazil’s capital city, Brasilia) has approved funding for 501 biomethane– and CNG-powered buses to modernise and decarbonise the region’s bus fleet. Read more >
Op-Ed: Biogas is Serbia’s untapped energy asset says Dr. Branimir N. Grgur, Professor at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. Read more >
Malaysian state Penang launches a biogas plant to serve 30 farmers, converting livestock waste into clean energy while cutting environmental pollution and odour, hailed as a decisive shift to modern environmental engineering solutions. Read more >
A central biogas plant has been developed by 21 farmers in Lapland to diversify incomes, following changes to regulations that previously outlawed the sale of biogas/biomethane to third parties. Read more >
Executive VP of Denmark’s mighty farmer co-op Danish Agro calls for action to remove regulatory bottlenecks that are preventing planned investment of billions of kroner in biogas development. Read more >
Volvo Trucks reach milestone with 10,000 bio-LNG-compatible trucks sold worldwide – the UK is Volvo’s largest market, followed by Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and France, with numbers steadily increasing in India and Latin America. Read more >
Poland has unveiled PLN 300 million ($83.8 million) in new funding for biomethane and biogas projects, in the country’s latest push for renewable natural gas production. Read more >
Finland’s Gasum delivers bio-LNG to Svalbard airport, Norway, to fuel a biogas turbine concept for heating and electricity, developed by Norwegian state-owned company Avinor. Read more >
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved R$148.5 million ($28.6 million) in financing for Bioo Paraná Holding SA to build a biomethane plant in Toledo, western Paraná. Read more >
European biomethane platform Heygaz Biomethane (backed by InfraVia) closed a financing round with a diversified group of lenders, enabling the immediate development of more than 15 biomethane projects across Europe. Read more >
The Bahía de Bizkaia Gas liquefied natural gas terminal and regasification plant in Spain has begun offering bio-LNG loading to tankers and ships, having received ISCC certification guaranteeing compliance with EU sustainability criteria. Read more >
Alberta-based Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) has secured C$10m in government funding to help develop a fully integrated anaerobic digestion and carbon sequestration facility producing RNG from livestock manure. Read more >
Germany’s VORN Bioenergy and Prado Energia have entered a strategic partnership to develop biomethane projects in Portugal – with two 67TWh plants slated. Portugal’s Biomethane Action Strategy 2024-2030 sets a biomethane production target of 2.7 TWh, aiming to replace 91% of its gas demand with biomethane by 2030. Read more >
Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has signed multiple tripartite agreements for the injection of compressed biogas into the City Gas Distribution network across the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the state-owned oil marketing company announced. Read more >
Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad has called for biogas expansion, to maximise the use of animal and agricultural waste to produce electricity, increase the use of high-quality fertiliser and support local agriculture. Read more >
Bio-LNG accounted for 98.5 percent of gas sales at German filling stations in 2025, driven by more biogas liquefaction plants and higher compliance ticket prices – and it could be more with greater political commitment, says gas industry association. Read more >
Major Queensland vegetable grower Kalfresh has secured $80m in climate investment from Wollemi Capital and the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) to build a biogas plant to develop an ‘integrated food and energy precinct’. Read more >
BioHold, jointly controlled by the Pietro Fiorentini Group and Vesper Next Generation Infrastructure Fund, has secured €100 million to develop six biomethane plants in Italy, with the possibility of accessing an additional €60 million for future projects. Read more >