In Minnesota, Kanadevia Inova announced the official groundbreaking of the Louisville Township Renewable Gas Project, a pioneering large-scale anaerobic digestion facility located in Louisville Township, Minnesota, USA. With all key project details finalized, Kanadevia Inova’s North America team and its partners are launching one of the most advanced organic waste-to-renewable gas projects in the region […]
In Canada, Svante Technologies Inc and Calgary-based Carbon Alpha Corporation announced that Svante has acquired Carbon Alpha and its related subsidiaries, including Carbon Alpha Development Corp. and its ownership interests in North Star Carbon Solutions Corp. and North Star Carbon Solutions Limited Partnership, a project developer for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Western Canada. […]
In Brazil, Be8 officially took over the operation of the industrial biodiesel unit of Alto Araguaia (MT) on Tuesday. The closing of the operation, announced in November last year, occurred after the completion of the approval stages of the Administrative Council of Economic Defense (CADE). With the sixth operation in the sector, the company consolidates […]
In the UK, Grangemouth will benefit from £10 million new investment to create new jobs and boost skills development. Further investment into Celtic Renewables will support the company’s expansion into large‑scale commercial production of sustainable biochemical solutions, creating 149 new jobs in the area by 2030. The funding comprises £5 million in Scottish Enterprise equity […]
In India, Tata Consulting Engineers marked the commissioning of India’s first rice/biomass integrated bioethanol refinery in Odisha. The facility combines first-generation and second-generation technologies to produce ethanol from broken rice grains and agricultural residues such as paddy and wheat straw. With a capacity of 100 kilolitres per day, the plant supports the Ethanol Blended Petrol […]
In Missouri, a new Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute report says allowing greater use of E15 – such as through legislative action to allow for year-round blending of up to 15% blends – would allow for additional flexibility in meeting blending requirements by creating the opportunity of firms and people to choose to use […]
In Belgium, the European Network Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) published its report on annual renewable gas injections into gas networks (including biomethane and renewable hydrogen), for the gas years from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2025. This report is required by Art. 26(3)i of the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market Regulation (EU) […]
In Washington, data released Friday by the Energy Information Administration show that U.S. ethanol production rose to a record 16.49 billion gallons (bg) in 2025, in response to stronger domestic consumption and record-shattering exports. The U.S. ethanol blend rate (i.e., the national average ethanol content in gasoline) jumped to a record 10.51 percent, moving further past the […]
In Germany, Clariant recently announced a strategic collaboration with Vertimass LLC aiming to accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced zeolite catalysts for the catalytic conversion of biobased alcohols via Vertimass Consolidated Alcohols Deoxygenation and Oligomerization (CADO) process. The envisaged project combines Vertimass’ novel technology with Clariant’s six decades of expertise in zeolite catalyst development […]
In the UK, Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, proposes to update the names of its European biomethane GO assessments, effective May 15, 2026. The proposal aims to provide greater clarity around the geographic, feedstock, subsidy, and certification status for each assessment, providing granular information at a glance. The underlying specifications, definitions, and methodology of […]
