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RENEWABLE ENERGY

Anaergia’s arm bags contract for biogas facility;

expands pact with Techbau

Anaergia, the Canada-based fi rm
developing technologies for converting
organic waste into sustainable fuels, has
said that its subsidiary, Anaergia Singapore
Pte. Ltd., has received a contract from
New Jeju Bio Co. Ltd. to design and build
the Jeju Bio Energy Biogas Plant, to be
constructed in Jeju Island, South Korea.

The contract consists of a main agree-
ment worth ~C$30-mn plus a supplement
agreement valued at approximately system, providing electricity and heat to the total number of facilities Anaergia is
C$10-mn, and the company currently support various operations, including supplying for Techbau to seven.
anticipates that the project will be completed digestion, pasteurisation, evaporation, and
in mid- to late-2027. The contract is subject digestate drying. Additionally, the waste- Anaergia will supply equipment for
to a number of routine conditions, including water generated will be treated and recy- the biomethane production process for
that the client arrange the fi nancial closure cled on-site, adhering to strict discharge each of the facilities, while Techbau will
of this project. regulations, while signifi cantly reducing serve as the general contractor, responsible
greenhouse gas emissions and promoting for the engineering, procurement, and
This development represents an ex- waste recycling across Jeju Island. construction of the facilities that are to be
pansion of Anaergia’s involvement, previ- strategically located across Southern Italy.
ously disclosed in Sep 2024, when a Letter Expanded collaboration with These facilities will use Anaergia’s ad-
of Award for this facility was announced. Techbau vanced anaerobic digestion technologies
In another development, Anaergia to produce renewable biomethane from
The facility aims to convert approxi- said it has signed a revised contract with various agricultural and food processing
mately 54-ktpa of organic waste, includ- Techbau, an Italian company specialising wastes.
ing waste from slaughterhouses and undi- in large-scale engineering and construc-
gested sludge from local sewage treatment tion projects, to build two new biometh- All seven plants are expected to be
plants, into about 2-MW of renewable ane production plants in Italy. This revised operational, supplying renewable bio-
energy. The biogas produced will be used to contract is an expansion of the contact methane to Italy’s gas pipeline grid, by
power a combined heat and power (CHP) announced on April 2, 2025, and brings mid-2026.

RISING TREND
Investment in clean hydrogen production expected

to grow by 70% in 2025: IEA

The Paris-based energy thinktank, supply in 2025 – $6-bn on electrolysis Global energy spending to touch
International Energy Agency (IEA), projects, and roughly $1.8-bn on blue $3.3-trillion
expects global investment in clean hydro- H (made from natural gas with carbon The IEA report noted that the over-
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gen to grow by 70% this year compared capture and storage). This compares to a all global energy investment could hit a
to 2024, according to a new report. total of about $4.5-bn in 2024 ($2.4-bn record $3.3-trillion in 2025, chiefl y powe-
on electrolysis and $2.1-bn on blue red by hydrogen. Investment in clean
IEA estimates total global spending H ), which itself had been a 60% technologies – renewables, nuclear, grids,
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of about $7.8-bn on clean hydrogen increase from 2023. storage, low-emission fuels, effi ciency

146 Chemical Weekly June 24, 2025

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