In Germany, Lufthansa Group is introducing an Environmental Cost Surcharge. The surcharge is intended to cover part of the steadily rising additional costs due to regulatory environmental requirements. These include the statutory blending quota of initially two percent for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for departures from European Union (EU) countries from January 1, 2025, adjustments […]
In the UK, enfinium has signed a three-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with ENGIE, a global leader in low-carbon energy and services, to provide reliable, homegrown electricity from its latest facility in Leeds. Under the agreement, enfinium’s Skelton Grange facility will supply around 390 GWh of electricity per year over a three-year period from 2025, […]
In Texas, XCF Global, Inc. and Continual Renewable Ventures Pty. Ltd. signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding that seeks to launch New Rise Australia Pty. Ltd., a venture dedicated to the development and commercialization of synthetic aviation fuel projects across Australia. New Rise AU is expected to operate under a licensing agreement that leverages XCF’s […]
In Belgium, Europe’s biomethane sector is growing, but not fast enough. Installed production capacity hit 7 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually by the end of Q1 2025, up 9% from 2024. Yet growth is beginning to slow, despite investor appetite remaining strong, even slightly higher than last year (€28 billion). This mismatch highlights the urgent […]
In Spain, CycleØ has acquired Spanish waste management facility Grupo Azón Ramón y Cajal S.L. (GARYC) in a strategic move to transform municipal waste into renewable natural gas (RNG). This acquisition, part of CycleØ’s €200 million expansion in Spanish renewable gas infrastructure, will enable the company to convert 121,000 tonnes of waste each year into […]
In Washington, Growth Energy announced that Americans could potentially save more than $10.1 billion in fuel costs this summer thanks to an emergency summer E15 waiver issued earlier this year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The waiver allowed for the continued sale of E15, a fuel blend made with 15% American ethanol that costs less […]
In Australia, a collaborative project led by the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) is aiming to accelerate Australia’s transition to net-zero by transforming dairy waste and duckweed into scalable, sustainable biofuels. Backed by nearly A$200,000 through the Australian Government’s Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite program, the project will develop scalable technology to convert nutrients from […]
In Washington, biodiesel stakeholders praised members of the Senate Finance Committee for their work to make improvements to the Clean Fuels Production Credit (Section 45Z). The coalition includes Sustainable Advanced Biofuel Refiners (SABR); NATSO, representing travel centers and truck stops; American Trucking Associations (ATA); Illinois Soybean Growers; National Energy & Fuels Institute (NEFI); SIGMA: America’s […]
In Hong Kong, Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) participated in the Mainland Hong Kong Green Energy Matchmaking Event at the Central Government Offices, organized by the Commercial Office of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Towngas signed memoranda […]
In Canada, Greenlane Renewables Inc. announced the filing of an additional patent application for its new landfill gas upgrading technology. This new filing adds to the size and strength of Greenlane’s intellectual property portfolio, reinforcing technology leadership in the production of renewable natural gas (“RNG”), and builds upon its December 2024 announcement of new patent […]
