In India, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels -2018. The “National Policy on Biofuels – 2018” was notified by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on June 4, 2018 in supersession of National Policy on Biofuels, promulgated through the Ministry of […]
In Finland, together with its partner Nordic Marine Oil, Neste is piloting a new Neste Marine 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia – a solution helping the maritime sector to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The ISCC PLUS certified marine fuel enables up to 80% GHG emission reduction over the lifecycle compared to fossil […]
In California, environmental justice and conservation groups sued the city of Paramount, California over its approval of a biofuel refinery expansion without adequate environmental review. The lawsuit challenges the environmental review process for restarting the mostly shuttered petroleum refinery and converting it to produce biodiesel, biogas and “sustainable aviation fuel.” The groups say the review […]
In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group sold 157 million gallons of fuel during Q1 2022, a 23 million gallon increase compared to the first quarter of 2021. Petroleum diesel sales increased 27 million gallons due to the Company’s acquisition of Amber Resources and North American renewable diesel sales increased 7 million gallons. The increase in volumes […]
In Germany, KRAHN Chemie and UPM Biochemicals signed an exclusive distribution agreement to market UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. RFF are a completely new category of functional fillers, replacing fossil-based carbon black and precipitated silica. The distribution agreement covers UPM BioMotion™ X10, X20 and X40 product grades to be […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports as much as 400,000 metric tons worth of sugar export contracts have thought to have been cancelled in recent weeks in response to higher ethanol prices in light of rising petroleum prices. A trader told Reuters that nearly every company trading sugar with Brazil has suffered from these cancellations leading to […]
In Florida, Blue Biofuels, Inc. announced that OTC Markets has approved the company for listing on its OTCQB exchange as of May 13, 2022. The company said it is successfully improving production volumes of soluble sugars with its 4th generation system as the subsequent system ordered from K.R. Komarek, Inc. is being built. The Company […]
In the UK, an important stage on the long voyage to marine transport decarbonization was reached recently when Green Fuels Research (GFR), a pioneer in renewable fuels, successfully demonstrated use of unblended sustainable marine fuel (SMF) at Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir near Port Talbot, South Wales. The fuel was used in a Beta Marine B14 engine […]
In Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law HF2128, the Biofuels Bill. This bill was a top priority of hers, which she introduced to the legislature earlier this year and received strong bipartisan support. This historic bill makes Iowa the first state in the nation to adopt an E15 standard and expands access to higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel across the state, […]
In Colorado, GreenGas Colorado Project is nearing completion on-time and in line with budgets. Green Impact Partners expects commissioning to begin mid-summer with RNG production to be at full capacity in early 2023. Design enhancements completed through the construction process have resulted in an increase in the expected quantity of RNG to greater than 360,000 […]
