In Australia, Delorean Corporation has completed a binding Gas Sales Agreement with Origin Energy Retail Limited for the long term supply of renewable biomethane from its SA1 Salisbury bioenergy facility in Edinburgh Parks, South Australia, with renewable gas delivered via the gas network. Under the agreement, Origin will purchase up to 200 terajoules per annum […]
In California, Anaergia Inc. has signed an agreement through its subsidiary to advance a pivotal renewable natural gas infrastructure project in the City of Riverside, California. Under this agreement, and subject to certain conditions precedent to financial closing and funding, Anaergia’s development-stage project asset, Riverside Bioenergy Facility, LLC (“RivBF”), will be sold to a developer […]
In Romania, Profit reports the Ministry of Energy has developed a draft amendment to several primary normative acts in the sector to regulate the production, transport and distribution of biomethane and its introduction into natural gas networks, including in order to counteract, to some extent, the future increase in heating gas for the population, driven […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports China’s Ministry of Commerce submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency protesting the EPA’s proposed Renewable Volume Obligation for 2026 and 2027 that would reduce demand for used cooking oil imports. Imported feedstock is set to earn only half the RINs when renewable diesel is produced than when domestic feedstock is […]
In Vietnam, The Investor reports that PetroVietnam officials have met with leaders from FS to discuss partnership for ethanol production and distribution ahead of the government’s new E10 blending mandate. PetroVietnam has restarted the Dung Quat Bio-Ethanol Plant with a capacity of 100 million liters per year, a project that received significant government funding but […]
In Oregon, Delta Air Lines, in collaboration with Shell and Portland International Airport (PDX), has taken delivery of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into the PDX fuel system, marking the first commercial-scale SAF uplift at PDX. This achievement not only expands Delta’s SAF footprint but positions PDX – owned and operated by the Port of Portland […]
In Spain, the Port of Alicante has taken a key step in its sustainability strategy with the launch of a Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) to prepare for the future concession of a green hydrogen production plant. The initiative, dubbed PORTALI-H2, seeks to position the port as an energy benchmark in the Mediterranean, aligned with the […]
In Illinois, biologists and computational scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory recently refined two artificial intelligence (AI) programs originally built by Meta, the company that owns Facebook, to predict protein shapes. Their new combined model, called ESMBind, can predict the 3D structure of proteins to reveal how they bind to […]
In Canada, the federal government’s decision to introduce biofuel production incentives is a significant step toward revitalizing the domestic energy sector and securing Canadian jobs, says Unifor. “Canada’s energy security must remain a top priority,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “By strengthening the biodiesel and renewable diesel markets, we have an opportunity to create good jobs […]
In France, Axens has successfully started up 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) unit at site in Asia. The facility has the capacity to entirely convert 300 KTA of renewable feedstock into high value Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This unit is a revamp of existing hydroprocessing assets in which a simple two-stages scheme has been implemented. Combined […]
