We Are Biogas Weekly Headline Breakdown
A curated roundup of headlines in biogas, biomethane, RNG & anaerobic digestion from around the world. 4 categories, 13 headlines, 1 exclusive interview, everything we're watching right now.
Policy & Capital
EnviTec Biogas slams German energy law overhaul; warns of "existential threat" to biomethane
🇩🇪 Germany · April 1 · GasWorld
One of Europe’s largest biogas players has issued a scathing critique of Germany’s latest energy policy shifts. EnviTec warns that the proposed restructuring of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) fails to account for the account for the 25-30% rise in operational costs seen since 2024. The industry argues that without inflation-indexed support and clear long-term perspectives for existing assets, Germany risks stalling its heat transition just as it needs domestic gas most.
“This effectively stifles all ambitions to systematically promote domestic green gas potential at an early stage. Investments become impossible under such conditions. Without long-term security of grid access for biomethane, the newly introduced incentives for the use of green gases are ultimately meaningless.”
Jörg Fischer, CFO
EnviTec Biogas
Italy moves to phase out legacy biogas support; GSE clarifies new funding timelines
🇮🇹 Italy · April 1 · Quantum Commodity Intelligence (QC Intel)
Italy is accelerating its shift from biogas to biomethane, with lawmakers approving a phased end to legacy support schemes while the GSE rolls out strict timelines tied to €2.2 billion in funding. Developers now face a narrow window—projects must move from approval to operation within two years or risk losing subsidies, as the country races toward its 2030 biomethane targets.
Ireland establishes National Registry for Biomethane Digital Certificates
🇮🇪 Ireland · March 30 · ENDS Waste
Ireland is laying the groundwork for a tradable biomethane market. A new guarantees of origin (gGO) registry will issue certificates for every MWh of renewable gas, enabling producers, traders, and suppliers to track, trade, and verify green gas across borders. With strict sustainability certification requirements and EU alignment deadlines looming, the system is designed to bring credibility and accountability to corporate decarbonisation claims.
Polish agricultural biogas producer secures landmark trading deal
🇵🇱 Poland · April 2 · World Bio Market Insights
A major Polish producer, Polska Grupa Biogazowa, has signed a first-of-its-kind long-term trading agreement with Hekla Energy for biomethane and Green Certificates. This deal is being viewed as a signal that the Polish market is maturing, moving from small-scale pilot projects to bankable, industrial-scale energy trade.
Project Spotlights
Whiskey and Beer: Ireland launches new plant fueled by alcohol industry waste
🇮🇪 Ireland · March 30 · EcoPolitic
In a perfect example of regional synergy, Ireland’s newest AD plant, built by WELTEC BIOPOWER for Evergreen Agriculture Eneterprises Limited, is processing "spent grains" and pot ale from local distilleries and breweries. The facility converts the high-energy waste from the alcohol sector into grid-ready biomethane, providing a circular solution for two of Ireland's most famous exports. The site is estimated to generate roughly 110 GWh of energy and reduce CO₂ emmissions by 18,500 annually.
Minnesota’s "Dem-Con" AD project moves forward with Kanadevia Inova technology
🇺🇸 United States · April 1 · Waste Dive
State regulations in Minnesota are paving the way for a major new anaerobic digester in the Twin Cities. Partnering with technology provider Kanadevia Inova, the project will process source-separated organics, helping the region meet the 75% recycling rate by 2030 and the 100% clean energy form utilities target by 2040. waste diversion goals while generating renewable energy for the local grid.
Vanuatu: Malafau village gets clean energy boost with local biogas project
🇻🇺 Vanuatu · April 1 · Daily Post Vanuatu
Proving that biogas is as much about social impact as it is about industrial scale, a new community-led project in the village of Malafau is converting local organic waste into cooking gas. This reduces the community’s reliance on expensive imported LPG and provides a sustainable model for rural electrification in the Pacific Islands.
Tech, Science & Innovation
World-first BECCS project successfully stores biogas-sourced CO₂ beneath the North Sea
🇳🇴 Norway · April 2 · Bioenergy Insight
A massive milestone for "Negative Emissions": Inherit Carbon Solutions in collaboration with HoopCO2, and Northern Lights JV has entered operation with the world's first project to capture biogenic CO₂ from a biogas plant and permanently store it in a sub-seabed geological reservoir. By turning an AD plant into a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) facility, the project both neutralizes emissions and removes carbon from the atmosphere.
"For the first time, biogenic CO₂ from biogas production is being permanently stored underground. This proves that the full value chain works, from capture at a biogas facility to permanent storage below the seabed."
Kaja Voss, CEO
Inherit Carbon Solutions
Balancing Transit and Ecology: New study optimizes AD site placement
🌍 Global · April 4 · Bioengineer.org
New research conducted by Armington, Shrestha, and Tomaszewski, is helping developers solve the "Logistics vs. Environment" puzzle. By using advanced mapping to balance transportation costs of feedstock with the ecological sensitivity of the site, the study provides a toolkit for building AD plants that minimize their own carbon footprint while maximizing waste processing efficiency.
Expansion & Trends
Why is AstraZeneca leading the charge for biomethane adoption in the UK?
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · March 30 · Energy Digital
A year on from the UK’s first unsubsidised biomethane plant, AstraZeneca in collaboration with Future Biogas, is proving the model works. Its long-term offtake agreement is securing clean heat, enabling new infrastructure, supporting carbon capture, and laying the groundwork for net-negative energy. The takeaway? For hard-to-abate industries, biomethane is quickly becoming a strategic asset, not just a sustainability play.
“For me, sustainability has never been about tightening the belt…It's about freedom – freedom for our engineers, our equipment, and our energy.”
Mateusz Zając, Sastainability Leader
ABB
The "Mayonnaise Economy": Unilever transforms condiment waste into 400 tons of avoided CO₂
🇧🇷 Brazil · March 30 · Época Negócios
In Pouso Alegre, Unilever has turned its industrial food waste, primarily residues from Hellmann's mayonnaise production, into a biogas source. The project neutralizes between 350 to 400 tons of CO₂ annually and creates a circular model where the plant's own waste helps power its industrial boilers.
Anew Climate and Avenir complete first joint Bio-LNG bunkering for maritime sector
🌍 Global · March 30 · Newswire
The maritime industry’s shift to renewable gas is moving from theory to execution. Anew Climate and Avenir’s first European Bio-LNG bunkering operation demonstrates how certified, waste-based biomethane can seamlessly integrate into existing LNG infrastructure, giving shipowners a compliant, drop-in solution to meet tightening FuelEU Maritime, EU ETS, and IMO regulations without retrofitting vessels.
Atlas maps Bioenergy potential in Bahia, Brazil; points to new Biogas frontiers
🇧🇷 Brazil · March 31 · Geocracia
Brazil’s state of Bahia is putting numbers, and maps, behind its bioenergy potential. A newly released atlas identifies high-yield zones where agricultural, livestock, and urban waste can be converted into biogas, biomethane, and even green hydrogen, positioning waste as a strategic energy resource for regional transport, decarbonisation, and economic development.
We Are Biogas Exclusive
4,000 Digesters, One Circular Loop: The Model Rewriting Rural Energy
By Alexandra Arndt · April 7, 2026
In this week's exclusive feature, we travel to rural Bangladesh to explore the profound impact of the Greenway Renewable Energy Implementation Organization (GREIO). By installing over 4,000 household biogas systems across 27 districts, GREIO is providing clean cooking gas and dismantling a "triple burden" of health risks, lost labor, and environmental strain. From the proven success of individual household digesters to the visionary E-CoFamily community network model, discover how this scalable blueprint is turning livestock waste into a powerful engine for economic stability and climate resilience.
"What we are trying to solve is not just an energy issue or an agricultural issue in isolation. It's about transforming how rural households integrate energy, waste, and farming systems together."
Md. Ashrafuzzaman Ashraf, Founder
GREIO
