In Brazil, Informa Araguaia reports the federal government will nationalize the rules of the Social Biofuel Seal, aiming to ensure that 50% of purchases of this product come from family farming. Among the changes, the nationalization of production stands out, especially in the states of the North and Northeast Regions, including semi-arid areas, such as […]
In Missouri, Spire and KC Water are partnering on Kansas City, Missouri’s first renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, a project that will capture methane emissions from the wastewater treatment process to generate renewable energy. KC Water selected Spire after an extensive proposal process to construct the RNG facility, which is an extension of a current […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that state-owned PalmCo has announced an investment in a 443,000 metric ton-per-year biodiesel facility while delaying the launch of its IPO. Having chosen the technology and being close to deciding on a contractor, it expects the biodiesel plant to come online in 2026. The IPO, however, doesn’t have a new date […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows that ethanol stocks soared last week to 24.371 million barrels, an increase of 792,000 barrels compared to the week prior, bringing the total to a 38-week high. Rising production that averaged 1.062 million barrels a day, 119,000 more than the same time last year, […]
In the UK, H2 View reports that EET Hydrogen’s proposed hydrogen production facility in Cheshire has been greenlighted by the local council authorities. The two plants that make up the facility, HPP1 and HPP2, are targeted to produce 4,000MW+ by 2030. During the first stage, HPP1 is set to produce 350MW as soon as 2027 […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that the mothballed sugarcane mill in Goa is set to come back online in the next year to produce much-needed ethanol. Companies interested in restarting the Sanjivani Sugar Factory that has been offline since 2019 are being sought through a Request For Qualification process that has just […]
In Chile, HIF Global and Chile’s state-owned petroleum company Enap recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) to accelerate the use of carbon neutral eFuels in Chile. The agreement anticipates the delivery of approximately 22.5 to 37.5 million liters of eGasoline per year from the future HIF Cabo Negro eFuels facility, to be located in […]
In Italy, MAIRE announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions BU), through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, has signed an agreement with Saras S.p.A for an engineering design study to accelerate the path towards decarbonization of Saras’ refinery in Sarroch, Sardinia. The study relates to the development of a pilot plant for the production of green synthetic […]
In the UK, a study published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability has found that green ammonia could be used to fulfil the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. Researchers at the University of Oxford looked at the production costs of […]
In Washington, Growth Energy this week filed two petitions for rehearing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Court’s 2023 decision on small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS allows small refiners to request exemptions from the program’s fuel blending obligations if they can demonstrate to the U.S. […]
