In Brazil, Global Agriculture reported that Conab is estimating that Brazilian farmers will increase their 2025/26 soybean acreage by 3.66% to 49.08 million hectares. The states with the largest increases are Mato Grosso (+395,500 hectares), Mato Grosso do Sul (+232,100 hectares), and Bahia (+199,800 hectares). The report also noted that the average nationwide yield is […]
In Washington DC, Transport Topics reported that US President Donald Trump predicted China would resume purchases of American soybeans after meeting President Xi Jinping, though a cabinet official said federal relief for beleaguered farmers will have to wait until the government reopens. Trump said that the pressure he would put on the Chinese president during […]
In Australia, InnovationAus reported that the Western Australian government is working to develop an advanced biofuels strategy aimed at building a local biofuels industry and cutting emissions. The state expects the strategy to help identify its use of existing agricultural and forestry resources in producing renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, according to the report. […]
In South Africa, Energize reported that The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has secured a grant from Dutch development finance institution Invest International to advance Johannesburg’s Alternative Waste Treatment Technology (AWTT) project. The AWTT will process about 500 000 tons of municipal solid waste annually, around a third of the city’s total, using mass-burn […]
In the Philippines, Philippines News Agency reported that the Government is addressing the need to increase power supply by reducing the volume of trash and has set a special green energy auction (GEA) on waste-to-energy (WTE) projects in January next year. The Department of Energy (DOE) said the waste for the initial projects will be […]
In India, Carbon Herald reported that India has achieved a significant step toward industrial decarbonization with the successful production of its first drop of methanol derived from captured carbon dioxide at NTPC’s Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh. The report noted that the carbon capture project was jointly developed by NTPC ’s Energy […]
In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that European Energy has unveiled its latest innovation — bio-methanol produced via electrified steam methane reforming (e-SMR). The company, already operating its flagship Kassø e-Methanol Facility in Denmark, said the e-SMR pathway represents a “next generation” step in Power-to-X technology, combining renewable electricity with biogas feedstocks to produce […]
In the UK, Reuters reported that Shell expects to report a $600 million hit in the third quarter after abandoning its biofuels project in Rotterdam, bringing total impairments and provisions related to the venture to $1.4 billion. Shell had approved development of the 820,000 metric tons-per-year biofuels plant in 2021, but paused construction last year […]
In the UK, Fuel Cells Works reported that the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies approved in general and particular the draft Law on the Promotion of the Green Hydrogen Industry (H2V) in Chile and dispatched it to the Chamber, after approving the indications presented by the Executive. The project includes two […]
In Texas, Southwest Research Institute said it produced a batch of blended sustainable aviation fuel through a refinery process that started with electrofuels or e-fuels made from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen. Using internal research funding, a multidisciplinary team produced and characterized the SAF, along with two other commercially available fuels, before collecting emissions and […]
