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Berkeley Lab researchers launch EcoBOT to boost plant and microbe interactions analysis

Berkeley Lab researchers launch EcoBOT to boost plant and microbe interactions analysis

June 29, 2026 |

In California, to harness biological systems (plants and microbes) for next-generation energy production and advanced materials, researchers are looking to beneficial plant-microbe interactions. Because these are complex systems, it has proven difficult to reproducibly control exactly which microbes are present. Subtle differences in materials, methods, or even the hands of the researchers themselves can lead […]

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Farms and Fuels Alliance calls on PM to follow through protecting producers from imports

Farms and Fuels Alliance calls on PM to follow through protecting producers from imports

June 29, 2026 |

In Canada, the Farms and Fuels Alliance (FFA) called on the Government of Canada to follow through on Prime Minister Carney’s September 5, 2025, commitment to amend the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) to protect Canada’s domestic biofuels sector — and to deliver on that commitment this summer, with a credit multiplier for Canadian-produced ethanol. Canada’s […]

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Finep, Petrobras and BNDESPAR agree $96.5M energy transition fund

Finep, Petrobras and BNDESPAR agree $96.5M energy transition fund

June 25, 2026 |

In Brazil, Finep, Petrobras and BNDESPAR signed a new stage in the structuring of the Investment Fund in Holdings (FIP) focused on Energy Transition and Decarbonization. With the process of setting up the fund in advanced stage and once the regulation is approved by the internal bodies of each quota holder, the Fund initiates the […]

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Tokyo Gas to supply imported biomethane to FUJIFILM for manufacturing

Tokyo Gas to supply imported biomethane to FUJIFILM for manufacturing

June 25, 2026 |

In Japan, FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Corporation have reached an agreement for the supply of city gas linked to biomethane produced overseas to Fujifilm’s Ashigara Site at the Kanagawa Factory. This agreement marks the first initiative in Japan’s chemical industry to use such city gas at a manufacturing […]

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Be8 opens subsidiary in Italy to access EU biofuels market

Be8 opens subsidiary in Italy to access EU biofuels market

June 25, 2026 |

In Italy, Be8 announced this week the creation of another group subsidiary: Be8 Milan, in Italy. The new operation is aligned with the company’s strategic planning and aims to strengthen exports of biofuels and raw materials to Europe, such as soybean oil, fats, used cooking oil, and residual inputs. In addition to exporting products to […]

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REG buys Imperium Grays Harbor biodiesel facility

REG buys Imperium Grays Harbor biodiesel facility

June 25, 2026 |

In Washington state, Imperium Renewables, Inc. closed the sale of Imperium’s assets, including Imperium Grays Harbor, LLC, to Renewable Energy Group (REGI). REG paid Imperium $15.0 million in cash and issued 1.675 million shares of REG common stock in exchange for substantially all of Imperium’s assets, including the 100-million-gallon nameplate biodiesel refinery and terminal at the […]

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Ludoil lands $45.5M green bond for its Sicilian Engas project

Ludoil lands $45.5M green bond for its Sicilian Engas project

June 25, 2026 |

In Italy, Ludoil Group has secured a green bond for a total amount of 40 million euros lasting 7 years, intended for the financing of the “Engas Project”, related to the construction of a new plant for the production of biomethane in the Municipality of Enna, in Sicily, with an authorized capacity of over 5 […]

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Aroeira to invest $144.7M in grains-based ethanol plant in Minas Gerais

Aroeira to invest $144.7M in grains-based ethanol plant in Minas Gerais

June 25, 2026 |

In Brazil, Revistarpa News reports Bioenergética Aroeira, based in Tupaciguara, in Triângulo Mineiro, will invest R$ 750 million in the implementation of a grain-based ethanol plant. Of this amount, R$ 618 million are resources from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), already approved, and the rest are its own resources. The development […]

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K-Eco signs MOU to develop Malaysian biogas sector

K-Eco signs MOU to develop Malaysian biogas sector

June 25, 2026 |

In Malaysia, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between Korea Environment Corporation and Bioeconomy Corporation establishing a framework for cooperation in the biogas sector, including knowledge sharing, technical collaboration, policy exchange, capacity building, project development, research and innovation, and the promotion of sustainable bioenergy solutions. The Republic of Korea has accumulated extensive experience […]

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Researchers fuse upcycled silk threads into components for 6G networks

Researchers fuse upcycled silk threads into components for 6G networks

June 25, 2026 |

In Michigan, silk threads can be fused into transparent, plastic-like materials that twist terahertz frequencies of light, according to research led by Imperial College London, University of Michigan Engineering and Tufts University. The findings could enable components of 6G networks to be made from upcycled silk. The new materials are also lightweight, yet stronger than […]

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