In Iowa, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development will invest $1 million to help construct a 2,200 kilowatt (kW) farm methane gas digester plant operated by Vermont Renewable Gas in Lyndon, Vermont. The plant will be located at Industrial Parkway in Lyndonville, Vermont. Woody biomass will be put through a High Temperature Ablative Pyrolysis […]
In Argentina, Reuters reports Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a fourth straight session on Thursday, boosted by expectations of lower palm production and shrinking domestic stockpiles. The benchmark palm oil contract for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up 18 ringgit, or 0.4 percent, at 4,504 ringgit a metric tonne in […]
In Spain, Enerkem and Technip Energies have signed a formal collaboration agreement to advance the Ecoplanta waste‑to‑methanol project in El Morell, near Tarragona. The facility will gasify up to 400,000 t/y of municipal solid waste into 240,000 t/y of sustainable methanol and downstream chemicals. Final investment decision (FID) was approved in July 2024, and the plant is expected online by 2029. The partnership focuses on technology […]
In Florida, Signature Aviation, the world’s largest network of private aviation terminals, has announced the expansion of its blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offering to six new locations across the United States following a blended SAF supply agreement with Valero Marketing and Supply Company (Valero), a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation. Effective in January 2025, […]
In France, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) will start quarterly auctions for biogas Guarantees of Origin (GOs) on behalf of the French Ministry of Energy on December 4, 2024. At the auctions, the French State sells GOs produced by selected biogas facilities benefiting from a state support mechanism. EEX already provides registry services for biogas […]
In Norway, Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser was awarded a grant from the EU Innovation Fund of up to EUR 135 million for industrialization of its next-generation pressurized alkaline technology. The technology is currently being prototyped, and the potential industrialization is planned at Herøya, Norway. The initial build-out is planned for an annual capacity of 1-2 GW, […]
In the Czeck Republic, the network of ORLEN filling stations has started offering hydrotreated vegetable oil with 100% purity (HVO100). This fuel is made of vegetable oils and waste products in the food and catering industry, including used cooking oil. It can lower GNG emissions by up to 90% compared to conventional fossil fuels, which […]
In Indonesia, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) will take advantage of the delayed implementation of European Union Deforestation-Free Regulations (EUDR) to improve the ecosystem of palm oil in Indonesia. Recently, the association said the delay of the EUDR implementation will give time for the palm oil industries, especially smallholders, to make some needed adjustments […]
In Singapore, Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd, and PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PT PLN EPI), a sub-holding company of PT PLN (Persero), have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) for a green hydrogen production facility in Sumatra, Indonesia, capable of producing 100,000 metric tons per annum. The […]
In Italy, NEXTCHEM and KazMunayGas-Aero (KMG AERO) have signed an agreement to collaborate on advancing energy transition initiatives, leveraging on NEXTCHEM’s proprietary technology portfolio and process engineering capabilities. These initiatives aim at contributing to the decarbonization and upgrade of KAZAKHSTAN’s industry and assets, in particular for the production of sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon hydrogen through CO2 capture, as well […]
