In Japan, researchers from the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have developed a novel hydrogen evolution catalyst, bis(diimino)palladium coordination nanosheets (PdDI), that offers platinum-like efficiency at a fraction of the cost. Their groundbreaking study, which was published on November 28, 2024, and made available online on January 27, 2025, in Volume 31, Issue 6 of […]
In the UK, the government’s revenue certainty mechanism is meant to help producers get the investment they need to ramp up the production of SAF in the UK. A UK SAF industry will support the delivery of emissions reductions through the SAF Mandate, help drive growth and can provide good green jobs across the whole […]
In Italy, Industria Quimica reports ETW Energietechnikhas built a biomethane plant in southern Italy, in collaboration with its Italian partner Ranieri Tonissi from Genoa. The Taranto plant in the Puglia region has a capacity of 4,400 standard cubic meters of landfill gas per hour and consists of the proven and easy-to-use ETW SmartCycle® PSA biogas […]
In Germany, Argus has launched a new online service to publish monthly average prices for German HVO – hydrotreated vegetable oil, otherwise known as renewable diesel, alongside fossil diesel prices. The free site aims to improve market transparency for downstream and upstream transportation users, including distribution and logistics companies as well as shippers. Germany’s greenhouse […]
In the Ukraine, the Board of Directors of Astarta approved the decision to begin the implementation of a new investment project – the construction of a plant for processing oil crops, including soybeans and rapeseed, in Khmelnytsia region. The planned capacity of the future enterprise is 400,000 tons per year. Total scope of investment will […]
In the UK, a new ‘edie Explains: Biomethane’ report, produced in partnership with experts at Centrica Business Solutions, helps businesses navigate the key considerations around biomethane generation and use. The report explains what biomethane is, its uses for sustainable development and how it can be utilized in CHP solutions. The report also examines future considerations […]
In Washington, the American Biogas Council (ABC) has launched its Biogas Carbon Accounting Tool (Biogas CAT), a groundbreaking tool to count the full lifecycle emissions of biogas projects. This new tool was prepared for the ABC by EcoEngineers, a leading clean energy consulting, auditing and advisory firm, to fill gaps that no other carbon tools […]
In Portugal, winners of the first auction of renewable gases, biomethane and renewable hydrogen, financed through the Environmental Fund, committed to a maximum period of 36 months, after the date of granting the aid, for the first injection of renewable gases into the National Gas System (SNG). As announced by the Directorate General of Energy […]
In Illinois, United recently announced that the UAV Sustainable Flight Fund has made an investment in direct air capture (DAC) company Heirloom, adding Heirloom’s measurable, quantifiable carbon reduction technology to its already robust portfolio of decarbonization strategies. The Fund also entered into an agreement for the right to purchase up to 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide […]
In Ohio, one limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have achieved a breakthrough in understanding the vulnerability of […]
