In Canada, the Farms and Fuels Alliance applauded the Ontario government’s decision to introduce Canadian content requirements to ethanol, a critical move that will strengthen the province’s agricultural sector, secure thousands of Ontario jobs, and ensure a continued sustainable environmental future due to Canada’s homegrown biofuel industry. “We’re pleased that Ontario has recognized the vital […]
In Spain, ENSO has obtained 165 million euros of funding for the development of two newly built biomass plants in Spain, which will supply thermal and electrical energy to two large industrial customers under long-term supply contracts. These are the decarbonization projects of the agricultural cooperative of ACOR located in Olmedo and that of the […]
In Maryland, BTS Bioenergy recently opened the Maryland Organics Recovery Center (MORC), a new satellite facility to its flagship anaerobic digestion (AD) facility, Maryland Bioenergy Center (MBC). This strategic expansion is designed to meet the growing demand from food distribution centers for a cost-effective and logistically streamlined way to manage large volumes of inedible, expired, […]
In Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed A$44.9 million to Calix to build a novel demonstration plant using its Zero Emissions Steel Technology (ZESTY). Powered by renewable electricity and hydrogen, the plant will aim to produce up to 30,000 metric tons of low-carbon hydrogen direct reduced iron (HDRI) and hot briquetted iron […]
In Brazil, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved financing of R$ 625 million for the implementation of a new corn ethanol plant by São Martinho S/A. The project will allow the company to expand production at the Boa Vista Unit, an industrial complex located in Quirinópolis (GO), and will contribute to […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post newspaper reports that Airbus in Singapore will team up with Bogor Agricultural University to study biomass availability, logistics, supply chain mapping, and optimal factory locations in Indonesia for potential future sustainable aviation fuel production. As used cooking oil, waste palm oil and low-quality vegetable oils are typical SAF feedstocks but are […]
In India, the Times of India newspaper reports that IOCL’s Panipat refinery is the first in the country to be certified for production of sustainability aviation fuel. The refinery is co-processing used cooking oil with conventional aviation fuel to produce the SAF. Cotecna, who provided the certification, recently became India’s first CORSIA ISCC certifying body. […]
In Indonesia, the Xinhua news agency reports Indonesia has allotted 2 million hectares in Merauke for sugarcane plantations that will be used to supply feedstock for the country’s first ethanol production facility. The factory is expected to produce 300 million liters of ethanol annually in three different units starting in 2027. Indonesia has long been […]
In Vietnam, Petrolimex and PVOIL, Vietnam’s two largest fuel distributors and retailers, recently launched the country’s first commercial trials of gasoline blended with 10 percent ethanol (E10) in three major cities. A total of 42 fuel stations in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Phong began selling E10 RON95 gasoline as part of the […]
In Japan, in August 2024, a project was launched by Itochu Corporation, Eneos Corporation, Nippon Express Holdings, Inc., Japan Airlines Co., Ltd., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd., And Narita International Airport Corporation to build a new scheme for trading Scope 3 environmental value to encourage the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). […]
