Biopower and waste-to-energy intelligence
Biomass power generation, anaerobic digestion, biogas, and waste-to-value pathways.
Biopower — electricity and heat generated from biomass and organic waste — accounts for approximately 6% of global electricity generation from renewable sources. The sector spans dedicated biomass power plants, waste-to-energy incineration facilities, landfill gas capture, anaerobic digestion of agricultural and food waste, and biogas upgrading to biomethane for grid injection or vehicle fuel. Biomass also serves as a feedstock for bio-hydrogen production and, when combined with carbon capture (BECCS), offers one of the few pathways to negative emissions.
The market is evolving rapidly as sustainability criteria tighten and competition for biomass feedstock intensifies. The EU Renewable Energy Directive's sustainability requirements for forest biomass, the UK's biomass strategy review, and growing scrutiny of wood pellet supply chains from North American forests are reshaping the economics and acceptability of large-scale biopower. Simultaneously, waste-to-energy is attracting investment as countries seek to reduce landfill dependency and capture energy from non-recyclable waste streams.
Anaerobic digestion and biogas upgrading represent the fastest-growing segment, driven by agricultural waste management requirements, renewable gas mandates, and the value of biomethane as a natural gas substitute. The European Biomethane Industrial Partnership targets 35 billion cubic meters of biomethane production by 2030. Biogas can also be reformed to produce bio-hydrogen, providing a renewable hydrogen pathway from waste feedstocks.
Delphidata tracks biopower and waste-to-energy projects across all technology types, biomass feedstock supply chains, biogas production and upgrading facilities, the connection between biomass and hydrogen production, and the BECCS pipeline where biopower facilities are being equipped with carbon capture for negative emissions.
What Delphidata tracks.
Structured data across the full value chain.
Biopower and WtE plants
Dedicated biomass power plants, waste-to-energy incineration and gasification facilities, and co-firing installations at coal plants. Mapped with fuel type, thermal and electrical capacity, feedstock source, technology (grate, fluidized bed, gasification), and development status.
Biogas and biomethane
Anaerobic digestion plants, biogas upgrading and grid injection facilities, and biomethane liquefaction for transport. Tracking feedstock (agricultural waste, food waste, sewage sludge, energy crops), production volumes, and off-take arrangements.
Feedstock supply chains
Wood pellets, agricultural residues, forestry waste, energy crops, municipal solid waste, and food waste. Trade flow data, sustainability certification (SBP, FSC, ISCC), pricing, and supply chain traceability.
BECCS pipeline
Biopower facilities being equipped with carbon capture for bioenergy with CCS — the primary pathway to negative emissions at scale. Tracking which biomass plants are planning or installing capture systems, CO₂ transport and storage integration, and the carbon removal credit value.
Who uses this intelligence.
Utilities and power companies
Evaluate biomass power economics under evolving sustainability criteria, track waste-to-energy project pipelines, assess biomethane production for renewable gas portfolio targets, and monitor BECCS opportunities for negative emissions generation.
Waste management companies
Identify waste-to-energy and anaerobic digestion opportunities, track feedstock competition and pricing, evaluate technology options for waste processing, and monitor regulatory developments affecting waste-derived energy.
Investors
Screen biopower and biomethane investments by feedstock security, regulatory support, and technology maturity. Assess the long-term value proposition of BECCS assets in a world increasingly valuing carbon removal.
Hydrogen producers
Evaluate bio-hydrogen production pathways from biogas reforming and biomass gasification, assess feedstock availability and cost, and track biomass-to-hydrogen demonstration projects.