In Denmark, Clariant recently announced the successful startup of its MegaMax 900 methanol synthesis catalyst at European Energy’s e-methanol plant. Located in Kasso, Denmark, the facility is one of the world’s first and, up to now, largest commercial e-methanol plant, using biogenic CO2 and green hydrogen to produce up to 42,000 tons of green methanol […]
In Iran, an international group of researchers investigated the environmental sustainability of two algae-biorefinery systems that utilize endemic brown macroalgae Nizimuddinia zanardini. The first scenario involved the production of fuel ethanol, and electricity, while the second scenario included the co-production of fuel ethanol, electricity, and high-value bio-based chemicals, i.e., protein, mannitol, and alginate. Combining process […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) recently reintroduced the bipartisan and bicameral Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, which would protect American farmers by restricting the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels made only from domestically sourced feedstocks. U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (R-Kansas-01) and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio-09) have introduced an identical bill […]
In Denmark, the Bodø Declaration was launched following the international SAF seminar in Bodø on April 9–10, which brought together industry representatives, researchers, NGOs, and the European Commission. The event highlighted the need for long-term regulatory frameworks, investment security, and cross-sector collaboration to enable a credible transition. The declaration builds on initiatives such as Project […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that increased demand for biodiesel blending domestically has soaked up a lot of surplus soybean oil that would have typically been available for export. US Foreign Agricultural Service data showed that despite a record soybean crop last season, export availability of soybean oil remained steady at 1.3 million metric tons. Oil […]
In Washington, most US biofuel production numbers are clearly on track to end the first quarter of this year in negative territory either on a quarter-over-quarter or year-over-year basis, Rystad Energy analysis suggests. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the updated statistics for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program on March 20 covering the […]
In Spain, Bloomberg reports that bp has taken the decision to pause investment in sustainable aviation fuel production expansion at its Castellon oil refinery, a project that was announced part of a wider $2.2 billion decarbonization plan back in 2023. A source told Bloomberg that the decision was taken because the SAF market wasn’t growing […]
In Iowa, American Power Group Corporation says its vehicular dual fuel solution can generate significantly low carbon emissions when displacing diesel fuel with dairy manure renewable natural gas (“RNG”). APG delivers low carbon fueling results on existing Class 8 diesel engines when utilizing its vehicular dual fuel solution and displacing 50-60% of fossil diesel consumption […]
In Spain, XFuel’s European Innovation Council Accelerator project, ROW2FUEL, was awarded €7.7M blended finance from the October 2024 call to bring their sustainable transportation fuel to market. XFuel owns two proprietary technologies to produce high-grade transportation fuel from all types of scalable waste material: Chemical liquid refining (CLR) that refines and cracks hydrocarbon liquids and […]
In the UK, the 83rd session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) was held from April 7-11, 2025 when The “Interim Guidance on the Carriage of Blends of Biofuels and MARPOL Annex I Cargoes by Conventional Bunker Ships” was approved, which allows transportation of blends of not more than […]
