In Washington, Reuters reports the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is expected to reassign at least 50% of the Small Refinery Exemptions the agency granted last year to larger oil refiners, something that is expected to upset the oil industry. The ethanol industry has been calling for those exempted RINs to be reassigned in order […]
In Spain, the Spanish government has adapted the regulatory rules of green hydrogen aid and approved the new rules for the decarbonization of industrial heat within European auctions as a service. In its second participation in the European Hydrogen Bank’s AaaS scheme, Spain will contribute €440.5 million to finance more national renewable H2 production projects. […]
In Brazil, ANP determined the interdiction of the storage tanks and other equipment of the operational unit of the fuel distributor Vibra Energia located in the municipality of Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, where there was explosion in ethanol storage tank. The company is prevented from moving dangerous products and will only be able to […]
In Ukraine, the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine has officially launched the Register of Biomethane – the state digital system of accounting, verification and confirmation of the origin of renewable gas. The biomethane register is an information and communication system designed to register biomethane volumes submitted to the gas transmission […]
In India, BioEnergy Times reported that Egypt has taken a step towards cleaner energy by launching its first biogas facility that turns slaughterhouse waste into renewable energy and organic fertilizer. The new unit has been set up at the Kafr Shukr slaughterhouse in Qalyubia Governorate, according to the report. The pilot facility collects waste from […]
In Washington, Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy, and the National Corn Growers Association released a joint statement regarding the lack of progress toward a permanent, legislative fix offering consumers year-round access to E15. After reaching an impasse in January, House leaders agreed to establish an E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council, which was charged with reaching […]
In Washington, Reuters reports the White House is rushing to get the 2026 biofuel blending quotas approved before its self-imposed deadline the end of March, with the Enviornmental Protection Agency aiming to submit the final proposal for the Trump Administration’s review by the end of this week. It takes the White House roughly 30 days […]
In Iowa, the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) called on Congress and President Trump to finally approve nationwide, year-round E15. The recently formed Rural Domestic Energy Council was scheduled to release an E15 approval framework by February 15, but no announcements have been made. While February 15 has passed, […]
In France, Gaz Mobilite reports the government published on February 12 the third Multiannual Energy Programming (EPP 3) which specifies the trajectories of the various French energy sectors, including that of biomethane. While the text focuses on low-carbon electrification and the revival of nuclear power, it also sets targets for so-called “non-electric” sectors. Biomethane is […]
In Kazakhstan, Kazinform International News Agency reported that the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yermek Kosherbayev held a meeting with Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche, The meeting also focused on energy cooperation, including supplies of Kazakh oil to the refinery in Schwedt. Prospects for cooperation in the production and export of […]
