Category: Policy

Referral of the proposed subsidy to Drax Power Limited

Referral of the proposed subsidy to Drax Power Limited

June 5, 2025 |

In the UK, Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) has accepted a request for a report providing advice to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) concerning its proposed subsidy to Drax Power Limited. The SAU has accepted a request for a report from DESNZ concerning its proposed subsidy to Drax. This request relates to […]

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DOE terminates $3.7B in grants for CCS and decarbonization initiatives

DOE terminates $3.7B in grants for CCS and decarbonization initiatives

June 4, 2025 |

In Washington, last week U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced the termination of 24 awards issued by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) totaling over $3.7 billion in taxpayer-funded financial assistance. DOE found that these projects failed to advance the energy needs of the American people, were not economically viable and would not […]

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Environmentalists call out dropping ILUC in SAF tax credit extension bill

Environmentalists call out dropping ILUC in SAF tax credit extension bill

June 3, 2025 |

In Washington, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports some environmentalists are worried about the bill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall introduced in April that would protect the tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), created by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, and extend for another 10 years while prohibiting imported feedstocks from benefiting. […]

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NGOs and farmers sue Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for NEXT refinery water quality permit

NGOs and farmers sue Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for NEXT refinery water quality permit

June 2, 2025 |

In Oregon, Columbia Riverkeeper, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, and two local residents sued the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for issuing a water quality permit for the proposed NEXT refinery located adjacent to the Columbia River Estuary.  If built, the non-conventional diesel refinery would fill over 100 acres of wetlands and discharge harmful […]

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Congo to launch first ethanol facility in June 2025

Congo to launch first ethanol facility in June 2025

June 1, 2025 |

In South Africa, Energy Capital & Power reported that ghe Republic of the Congo will launch its first ethanol distillery in June 2025, according to Antoine Thomas Nicéphore Fylla-Saint Eudes, Minister of Industrial Development and Private Sector Promotion. The report noted that the facility is being built by Saris Congo in Nkayi, Bouenza Department. Construction […]

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Iowa governor Kim Reynolds meeting stakeholders before deciding on eminent domain bill

Iowa governor Kim Reynolds meeting stakeholders before deciding on eminent domain bill

May 29, 2025 |

In Iowa, the Gazette reports Iowa governor Kim Reynolds is meeting with a diverse group of stakeholders regarding the bill that has been passed by both chambers of the state’s legislature that would regulate hazardous liquid pipelines and other energy infrastructure projects and would restrict the use of eminent domain. The governor has until June […]

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Iowa governor Kim Reynolds meeting stakeholders before deciding on eminent domain bill

Iowa governor Kim Reynolds meeting stakeholders before deciding on eminent domain bill

May 28, 2025 |

In Iowa, the Gazette reports Iowa governor Kim Reynolds is meeting with a diverse group of stakeholders regarding the bill that has been passed by both chambers of the state’s legislature that would regulate hazardous liquid pipelines and other energy infrastructure projects and would restrict the use of eminent domain. The governor has until June […]

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Spain grants CycleØ gas carrier license

Spain grants CycleØ gas carrier license

May 27, 2025 |

In Spain, Industria Quimica reports CycleØ confirmed its application for a gas carrier license in Spain has been approved. This new status as a gas carrier further strengthens the company’s investment in Spain, allowing it to market and supply gas directly in the Spanish market. This confirmation is in addition to the three operational biomethane […]

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Congressional Biofuels Caucus launches for the 119th Congress

Congressional Biofuels Caucus launches for the 119th Congress

May 26, 2025 |

In Washington, Congressional Biofuels Caucus Co-chairs Adrian Smith (R-NE), Angie Craig (D-MN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), and Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) released the following statements celebrating the launch of the caucus for the 119th Congress and welcoming new Co-chairs Hinson, Fedorchak, and Budzinski. “American biofuel producers have an untapped ability to […]

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Israel plans first waste-to-energy plant in Negev

Israel plans first waste-to-energy plant in Negev

May 25, 2025 |

In India, ET Manufacturing reported that Israel is planning the construction of a new facility for recovering energy from waste, to be located in Neot Hovav in the Negev. Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, in cooperation with the Accountant General’s Department of Finance, the Municipality of Beer Sheva, and the Neot Hovav Local Industrial Council, […]

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