In Pennsylvania, Optimus Technologies announced the production launch of its latest Vector System, a fuel system technology that enables heavy-duty engines to operate on 100% biodiesel (B100). The system is now available for integration into trucks equipped with the International S13 engine platform via ship-thru from Fontaine Modification. The Vector System offers Class 8 fleets […]
In India, Universal Biofuels received multiple orders for an aggregate of $31 million for the delivery during May, June and July of more than 33,000 kiloliters of biodiesel to the three government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Additional OMC orders are expected throughout the year in order to continue shipments to fuel blending terminals on an […]
In the Czech Republic, Škoda Auto now uses sustainable HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel as the initial fill for newly manufactured diesel models produced at its Czech factories and for refuelling its logistics fleet. This synthetic diesel is produced from waste materials and differs from biodiesel, which is derived from agricultural crops. HVO fuel is […]
In Italy, Plenium Partners announced the financing for its first biomethane plant in Italy. ING Italia has provided over €25 million in financing for this project through a bilateral Project Finance. This is the first plant of a larger portfolio that includes three other biomethane plants in Italy, whose management agreement was closed last July, […]
In Germany, in January 2025, Mabanaft started the supply of jet fuel and a HEFA SPK Blend to airlines at Frankfurt Airport. This step marks an expansion into the German aviation market for the company, adding a further airport location to the ones already being supplied across the UK and in Norway. Since the beginning […]
In Germany, for more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. In August, negotiations to reach an agreement will continue in Geneva. Scientists at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) have studied existing strategies and are […]
In California, Renewable Fuels Association on Monday filed comments with the California Air Resources Board regarding proposed modifications to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, including CARB’s decision to maintain “unnecessary and unworkable” feedstock sustainability criteria. RFA also shared a new analysis examining the decrease in cropland needed to meet California ethanol demand since the […]
In Louisiana, Farm Progress reports that farmers along the southern and Midsouth regions of the Corn Belt are having success growing winter canola with plans to produce more this year, in time to supply Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables’new plant in Destrehan, La. With Bunge focused on farmers who can access ports along the Mississippi, the […]
In Italy, Anaergia S.r.l. entered into a binding Letter of Intent with Capwatt Biomethane Unipessoal, Lda. Under the terms of this agreement, Anaergia is to design and build nine state-of-the-art facilities for biomethane production from agro-industry waste in Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Under the terms of this binding LOI, the projects are expected to be […]
In Texas, Syzygy Plasmonics has successfully completed performance testing of the world’s largest all-electric GHG e-Reforming demonstration unit in Houston. After over 3000 hours of rigorous trials in Houston and Ulsan, South Korea with its cutting-edge Rigel Reactor, the unit demonstrates a critical breakthrough in low-cost, high-yield sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. Syzygy’s novel approach […]
