In Washington, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that the Federal Transportation Administration is awarding transit districts in Oregon $17,129,662 for the purchase or lease of low- or no-emission vehicles, and related equipment or facilities. This FTA funding is part of the Low- or No-Emission Grant Program and the Grants for […]
In Washington, Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has released a new report focused on actionable pathways for deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at scale. The report – Taking Root: A Policy Blueprint for Responsible BECCS Development in the United States – affirms how BECCS can advance decarbonization needs by providing the permanent removal of greenhouse […]
In Washington, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA plans to invest up to $500 million from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to increase the availability of domestic biofuels and give Americans additional cleaner fuel options at the pump. In December 2022, USDA made available $50 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding […]
In India, under the ‘scheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills for augmentation of ethanol production capacity’, the central government has extended soft loan through banks to the mills for setting up new distilleries/ expansion of existing distilleries and installation of incineration boilers or installation of any method as approved by Central Pollution Control […]
In the Philippines, Philippine News Agency reported that Misamis Oriental province is set to enter into a waste-to-energy program agreement with investors from China. Provincial Board Member Gerardo Sabal III said the Provincial Board has permitted Governor Peter Unabia to enter into an agreement with Chinese investors as part of its renewable energy commitments. “This […]
In California, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), on behalf of their members, filed suit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the Eastern District of California over the In-Use Locomotive regulation. The CARB rule would limit the useful life of today’s locomotive fleet […]
In Washington, a group of fuel production stakeholders, including H2Carrier and MAN Energy Solutions, joined Environmental Defense Fund in support for the full decarbonization of the shipping industry by 2050. The companies call on International Maritime Organization (IMO) Member States to develop policies that incentivize the production and adoption of sustainable fuels, and to adopt […]
In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), one of the Senate’s only corn farmers, today criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule setting minimum biofuels blending levels for the next three years below current production capabilities. While the plan makes modest increases to blend levels for certain biodiesel products, the overall biofuels volume remains unchanged […]
In the Netherlands, SkyEnergy says in its monthly Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market Outlook that for the US to reach a domestic SAF production capacity of 27 billion gallons – equal to 2019 jet fuel demand – the US would have to deploy around 250 SAF refineries by 2050, representing a cumulative investment opportunity of $400 […]
In India, MENA FN reports that India plans to launch a global biofuel alliance next month when it hosts the Energy Ministerial Meeting. Currently holding the G20 presidency, India seeks to use the alliance to boost the implementation of biofuel products and deployment of biofuel technology. The International Energy Agency supports the initiative. In order […]
