Category: Fuels

Porto Alegre gets region’s first biomethane plant

Porto Alegre gets region’s first biomethane plant

January 22, 2026 |

In Brazil, the first biomethane production plant in Rio Grande do Sul is located in the landfill of Minas do Leão near Porto Alegre. Daily, 1.7 metric tons of municipal solid waste from Porto Alegre heads to the unit owned by Riograndense Waste Recovery Company (CRVR). With the new plant, organic waste is now transformed […]

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Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production

Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production

January 22, 2026 |

In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell from last week’s high to 1.119 million barrels per day but even so, stocks rose to the highest seen since May at 25.739 million barrels. Poor weather that inhibited travel was blamed in part for the rising stock levels. On the […]

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Organic Recycling Systems lands compressed biogas project in Rajasthan

Organic Recycling Systems lands compressed biogas project in Rajasthan

January 22, 2026 |

In India, Organic Recycling Systems Ltd. (ORSL) has secured a large-scale engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order from BNG Power and Energy LLP for setting up a Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) project in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The project, to be executed by ORSL’s Bioenergy Project Development and EPC vertical, is designed to produce 5 tonnes per day […]

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EBB launches RED III implementation monitoring tool

EBB launches RED III implementation monitoring tool

January 22, 2026 |

In Belgium, the European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has put in place a monitoring tool for transposition of RED III in the 27 EU Member States that allows it to track the key elements that are important to HVO and FAME producers in Europe. Member States had until May 2025 to transpose the latest amendment to […]

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Bulgaria cancels tender to buy biodiesel trains due to lack of bids

Bulgaria cancels tender to buy biodiesel trains due to lack of bids

January 22, 2026 |

In Bulgaria, the state news agency BTA reports the transportation ministry has canceled the public tender for 10 new trains that would run on biodiesel because only one bid was received from ZOS Vrutky from Slovakia. The tender was for the first half of the planned 20 trains the government wants to purchase, but under […]

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Brazilian associations panic over possible biodiesel imports

Brazilian associations panic over possible biodiesel imports

January 22, 2026 |

In Brazil, the Association of Biofuel Producers of Brazil, ABRA – Brazilian Association of Animal Recycling, ABIOVE – Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, ACEBRA – Association of Cerealist Companies of Brazil, OCB – Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives, UBRABIO – Brazilian Union of Biodiesel and Bioquerosene and APROSOJA BRASIL – Brazilian Association of Biodiesel and […]

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Outokumpu and Norsk e-Fuel sign MOU for Finnish eSAF plant

Outokumpu and Norsk e-Fuel sign MOU for Finnish eSAF plant

January 22, 2026 |

In Finland, Outokumpu and Norsk e-Fuel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together towards realizing a CO-to-SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) production plant to be located next to Outokumpu’s stainless steel mill in Koivuluoto, Tornio, Finland. Under the signed MoU, Norsk e-Fuel will start a feasibility study in 2026. If the study leads […]

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ENGIE signs 10-year biomethane purchase agreement with PepsiCo UK

ENGIE signs 10-year biomethane purchase agreement with PepsiCo UK

January 21, 2026 |

In the UK, ENGIE announced a 10-year biomethane purchase agreement (BPA) with PepsiCo UK, helping the business progress further towards its decarbonisation ambitions. The BPA – the first of its kind for the UK food and drink industry and a first for PepsiCo across EMEA – will see ENGIE build a new anaerobic digestion (AD) […]

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Perpetual Next USA to develop three three biomass-to-biomethanol plants

Perpetual Next USA to develop three three biomass-to-biomethanol plants

January 21, 2026 |

In Delaware, Perpetual Next USA will develop an additional of three biomass-to-biomethanol production facilities in the Southeastern United States. Each of the facilities is designed to process approximately one million tons of sustainably sourced biomass feedstock per year. Development of the sites will commence in 2026. The blueprint integrates torrefaction, gasification, and methanol synthesis technologies and […]

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Kemvera completes FEL 1 for its bio-based acetic acid and ethyl acetate biorefinery

Kemvera completes FEL 1 for its bio-based acetic acid and ethyl acetate biorefinery

January 21, 2026 |

In Colorado, Kemvera has completed the process design package (FEL 1) for its planned 50,000 metric tons per year commercial-scale plant. To support scale-up for this commercial facility, Kemvera completed the design for a 500 metric tons per year pre-commercial demonstration reactor and recently commissioned its 20 metric tons per year pilot reactor and validated […]

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