In Crete, Metacon’s fully owned Greek subsidiary Metacon SA has been awarded EU project funding to develop and demonstrate hydrogen production from biomethane in the BIOH2VAP project. The project will validate Metacon’s reforming technology in an industrial biogas setting and assess the commercial potential of converting locally produced biomethane into renewable hydrogen. The effective amount […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports ethanol production averaged 1.053 million barrels per day last week, up 46,000 barrels per day from the previous week as seasonal refinery and ethanol-plant maintenance eased. Production was still 18,000 barrels per day below the same week last year, partly because harvest delays have tightened corn supplies. Ethanol inventories […]
In Indonesia, Malay Mail reports Indonesia plans to develop about 1 million hectares of new sugarcane plantations to supply its planned E20 gasoline program. The Energy Ministry estimates that E20 would require roughly 4 million kiloliters of ethanol annually, far above current domestic production. Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said the government would prioritize degraded […]
In India, AgroSpectrum reports SunBridge BioEnergy has begun commercial production at its 300,000-liter-per-day grain-based ethanol plant in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The facility has 11 million liters of storage capacity and produces fuel-grade ethanol from damaged food grains, including maize and broken rice unsuitable for human consumption. The plant also produces DDGS and distillers corn oil […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports ethanol exports reached a five-month high of 211.8 million gallons in August, up 6% from July as global demand for lower-carbon fuels strengthened. Canada remained the largest market, followed by the European Union and United Kingdom. For the first eight months of 2026, U.S. ethanol exports totaled 1.62 billion […]
In Florida, EFE news agency reports authorities on Wednesday seized more than 600,000 gallons (2.2 million liters) of biodiesel that were going to Cuba, valued at around $2.8 million, which violates the sanctions imposed by Washington. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies announced at a news conference that they confiscated 90 cargoes of fuel, 71 […]
In Italy, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Advanced Bioenergy Fund II (ABF II), has reached final investment decision (FID) on Via Verde, an Italian biomethane platform. ABF II invests primarily in the development, construction, and operation of biogas plants across Europe, converting agricultural waste and other sustainable feedstock into biomethane. Via Verde represents ABF […]
In Germany, Verbio is entering the large-scale production of bio-based chemicals with an investment of nearly EUR 100 million. Company has officially commissioned the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed methyl ester at its Bitterfeld site. The new plant is capable of producing up to 60,000 tons of bio-based chemicals annually – high-quality renewable […]
In China, Dondel recently launched its Green Hydrogen-Coupled CO₂-to-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons. This is China’s first demonstration project integrating green hydrogen with carbon-negative aviation kerosene production, and it is also the largest demonstration project of its kind along the same technology pathway in the country. With a […]
In Japan, Spiber Inc., the biotechnology company behind Brewed Protein™ materials, recently launched SPIBER BIOFOUNDRY, a contract development and manufacturing service that opens its strain engineering and fermentation capabilities to customers. Spiber built those capabilities over nearly two decades to become the first to produce a structural protein material at commercial scale. SPIBER BIOFOUNDRY now […]
