In Ireland, the country’s first on-farm demonstration-scale biorefinery integrating grass biorefining and anaerobic digestion was recently inaugurated in Cork. Funded by Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the €3 million facility will serve as the Irish demonstration site for Rural BioReFarmeries, which receives approximately €7.35 million in CBE JU funding. Coordinated by Munster […]
In Bulgaria, Renewables Now reported that Germany’s RWE has agreed to supply up to 75 GWh of renewable electricity annually to Air Products to feed the US industrial gases company’s existing hydrogen plants as well as a new hydrogen liquefaction facility currently under construction in Rotterdam. Under the long-term power purchase agreement (PPA), the electricity […]
In Belgium, the Hydrogen Council said its Global Hydrogen Compass 2026 stated that the committed investment in clean hydrogen has surpassed $130 billion, corresponding to 6.9 Mtpa of committed capacity across more than 570 projects worldwide, 90% of which are under construction or already operational. “Shifting geopolitical priorities are strengthening hydrogen’s role as a strategic […]
In Bulgaria, Renewables Now reported that the municipal utility of Poland’s city of Koszalin has signed a $81 million contract with local engineering company AB Industry for the construction of a plant for recovery of energy from waste. The planned facility will have an annual capacity of 30,000 tons of waste, which will enable the […]
In the Philippines, Business Times reported that the local government’s special green energy auction (GEA) round for waste-to-energy (WTE) projects has attracted 11 qualified bidders covering 14 projects. The Department of Energy (DoE) said in an advisory that it had issued the list of qualified bidders after deliberations by the Green Energy Auction-Bids Evaluation and […]
In Malaysia, the Star reported that Kawan Renergy Bhd (KRB) has received the green-light from Sustainable Energy Development Authority to build and run a 2.5 megawatts (MW) biomass power plant under Malaysia’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme through its subsidiary, Magenko Renewables. The approval grants Magenko a 21-year concession to sell green electricity to the national […]
In Italy, Eni and Petronas have signed a feasibility agreement (FA) to evaluate the development of innovative high-performance bio-gasoline starting from the established Ecofining technology process, through which Eni has been producing HVO biofuels from renewable raw materials since 2014. The partners said that the aim of the agreement is to assess the technical, market, […]
In Germany, Bayer and Neste have finalized a commercial agreement to jointly scale Bayer’s newgold winter canola. The collaboration will enable Bayer to significantly expand acres of winter canola in the Southern Great Plains of the US, strengthening the oilseed supply potential of lower-carbon-intensity feedstocks to meet the growing global demand for biofuels such as […]
In Brazil, Petronoticias reports Binatural, one of the largest biodiesel producers in the country, is expanding the use of pure biofuel (B100), in road operations involving its own fleet, partner carriers and customers. Initiatives should avoid the emission of more than 1,600 tons of CO2 in three years, according to methodology based on the GHG […]
In the UK, Trade Remedies Authority has published its final determination in its subsidy investigation into imports of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel from the USA. The TRA found that imported HVO from the USA was subsidized and caused injury to the UK industry. The TRA recommended a fixed duty of between £258.10 and £266.68 […]
