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US Biofuel Tax Rule to Benefit Resellers, Farmers

by Cole Martin (Argus Media) President Donald Trump's administration expects to update the rules around a low-carbon fuel tax credit to allow more types of fuel sales to qualify and to encourage farmers to grow crops more sustainably.

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The proposed regulations Tuesday will clarify, for instance, that producers can claim 45Z tax breaks for fuel that is sold to intermediaries, according to Treasury officials. Sales to wholesalers or traders are common in fuel markets, but lawyers interpreted partial guidance issued in the waning days of former-president Joe Biden's term as potentially requiring that fuel must be sold to end users to qualify.

The fuel sale question had left many refiners unclear how exactly to qualify for an incentive crucial to their margins and snarled logistics in key biofuel markets. Major biofuel producers idled facilities last year too, in part because of the lack of final rules around what was then a new and unfamiliar tax break.

45Z tax guidance has been closely awaited by producers of biofuels like ethanol, biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel, especially as the Trump administration is late setting new biofuel blend mandates and Congress has punted on a proposal to allow a higher-ethanol gasoline blend year-round.

The proposed regulations, which will go through a 60-day public comment period after publication in the Federal Register, will still need to be finalized. But they signal how the Trump administration is thinking about the complicated incentive, and will allow producers to rely on existing guidance when preparing their tax returns until final regulations are available.

Some details will depend on final rules, however. The proposal will signal that the Trump administration expects to eventually credit more on-farm emissions reductions, which would effectively reward biofuel producers that source sustainably grown crops with larger subsidies, Treasury officials said.

The Biden administration had released an initial calculator so that corn, soybean and sorghum farmers could track the climate benefits of practices like cover crops and no-till agriculture. But it was unclear whether Trump, a skeptic of climate science, would continue the effort at all.

Treasury expects to publish additional guidance on recordkeeping and verification requirements and will also need to coordinate with other agencies to fully incorporate new data on agricultural practices into a government model for tracking emissions.

Legislation signed by Trump last year already restricts the 45Z credit starting this year to US producers of fuels sourced from North American feedstocks. The law also changed how regulators track land use emissions, effectively hiking subsidies this year for crop-based fuels. READ MORE

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Clean Fuels Welcomes Proposed 45Z Rules (Clean Fuels Alliance America)

Excerpt from Clean Fuels Alliance America: Biodiesel and renewable diesel industry looks for policy certainty to support renewed growth

Today (February 3, 2026), Clean Fuels Alliance America welcomed Treasury’s proposed rules for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. While the credit has been available since January 2025, producers and farmers have struggled to capitalize on it with only minimal guidance. Today’s proposal responds to taxpayer comments on prior guidance and provides additional certainty for the industry as the formal rulemaking process moves forward.

Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ VP of Federal Affairs, stated, “We greatly appreciate Treasury for moving forward with formal rules for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. The agency responded to many taxpayer concerns and resolved some uncertainties from the guidance issued a year ago. We anticipate this proposal will provide additional market certainty for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers.”

The proposed rules provide taxpayers with safe harbors and clarify questions on qualified sales, tolling arrangements, and qualifying fuels used in non-transportation applications raised after the January 2025 guidance. The proposal makes no changes to prevailing wage rules in place since June 2024. The proposal includes changes to the 45Z Credit passed by Congress in July 2025, including limits on feedstock eligibility. Additional changes to carbon intensity scores – such as consideration of regenerative agriculture practices – await publication of a new version of the 45ZCF-GREET model.

“The delay in rulemaking led to market uncertainty that took a heavy toll on our industry, undercutting fuel production and the value added to agriculture. Clean Fuels and its members look forward to working with IRS and Treasury to finalize rules that support renewed growth for biodiesel and renewable diesel producers. The biodiesel, renewable diesel, and SAF industry has proven its ability to meet America’s demand for secure, affordable transportation fuels and to generate jobs and rural economy prosperity.”

ABOUT CLEAN FUELS ALLIANCE AMERICA

Made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as recycled cooking oil, soybean oil, and animal fats, the clean fuels industry is a proven, integral part of America’s clean energy future. Clean Fuels Alliance America is the U.S. trade association representing the entire biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel supply chain, including producers, feedstock suppliers and fuel distributors. Clean Fuels receives funding from a broad mix of private companies and associations, including the United Soybean Board, Nebraska Soybean Board and other state checkoff organizations. READ MORE

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Trump Officials Have Delayed Finalizing the Repeal of the Agency’s “Endangerment Finding” over Concerns the Proposal Is Too Weak to Withstand a Court Challenge.

by Jake Spring (Washington Post) Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court -- Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of a landmark legal opinion key to their effort to eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules because of concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss confidential information.

The EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding” concluded that greenhouse gases harm public health, establishing the basis for regulating them under the Clean Air Act. Repealing the finding would end the agency’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.

The White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which reviews agency regulations, has expressed concerns over the strength of the scientific and economic analysis of the proposed repeal, the people said.

EPA officials are resisting revisions to the policy and arguing that the regulation should be finalized and announced publicly in its current form as soon as possible, they added.

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The EPA’s policies to curtail greenhouse gas emissions will not make a large enough difference to the global climate to justify the enormous costs that regulations impose, said Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

“These rules impose vast costs on the American economy and the American people,” Furchtgott-Roth said. “They need to be abolished.”

Furchtgott-Roth said that repealing the endangerment finding would also bolster the EPA’s proposal to end Biden-era limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, which it issued in June and has yet to finalize.

The agency’s scientific argument for repealing the endangerment finding, released in July, primarily relied on an Energy Department report that was written last spring by a working group of five known climate skeptics. Scientists say the report is riddled with errors, and environmental groups have sued, saying the secretive way the department produced the report violated federal law. The working group has since been disbanded.

“Their work was obliterated. The criticism leaves nothing standing,” said David Doniger, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The EPA has pursued an ambitious legal strategy of rewriting and finalizing rules as quickly as possible to force them into the court system, experts say, aiming to receive favorable rulings before the end of Trump’s term.

But the agency missed its goal of finalizing the repeal of the endangerment finding by the end of 2025, and target dates for undoing other Obama- and Biden-era regulations have also slipped. READ MORE

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Excerpt from Politico Pro Climatewire: A top White House regulatory czar is shoring up a final rule gutting the bedrock of U.S. climate rules even as the administration’s assault on climate science comes under legal fire, people familiar with the process said Thursday.

The deliberative work happening behind closed doors at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs pits the administration’s desire to quickly scrap EPA’s endangerment finding, which underpins many of the agency’s climate change regulations, against the imperative to ensure those actions can survive legal scrutiny. The attempt to repeal the finding is shaping up as the Trump administration’s single-biggest — and riskiest — swing at the federal government’s ability to fight rising temperatures linked to fossil fuels.

Success would deliver a long-sought win to hard right conservatives by obliterating EPA’s authority to issue rules they have likened to command-and-control diktats over the entire economy. But failure would jeopardize President Donald Trump’s goal of eradicating U.S. climate regulations before his second term ends. READ MORE

Excerpt from E&E News Climatewire: Misleading. Unjustified. Hypocritical.

Those are just some of the words that Department of Energy scientists used to describe a 141-page report on climate change that was commissioned by DOE Secretary Chris Wright.

The feedback appears in newly revealed emails that were made public as part of a court fight between DOE and public interest groups. And they show that criticism of the report — which calls into question the basic tenets of climate science — isn’t limited to scientists outside the Trump administration.

The department’s own internal reviewers took issue with the document, which was written by five climate contrarians from outside DOE who were handpicked by Wright.

The latest revelations could further undermine the credibility of the DOE report, which is at the center of efforts by the Trump administration to roll back federal climate regulations. A team of outside climate scientists has dismissed its findings as “misleading or fundamentally incorrect” — in part because the report touts the “supposed broad benefits of carbon dioxide,” a main driver of global warming.

One DOE reviewer echoed that opinion and said it was “misleading” for the report to talk about how climate change could boost plant growth without mentioning its other drawbacks. Another comment described the report’s criticism of climate modeling as an “unjustified (and at worst a biased) judgement.” A third noted it is “misleading to state that the aggregate sea-level rise trend in U.S. tide gauges is not accelerating.”

Yet the DOE reviewers reserved some of their most pointed criticism for Wright himself, who wrote a one-page introduction to the report. In it, he criticized the news media for distorting climate science and declared that global warming “is not the greatest threat facing humanity.”

That last line drew an especially sharp rebuke from one of the reviewers.

“Since the Secretary criticizes others for blurring the line between scientific conclusions and policy recommendations … it is hypocritical to offer a value judgement without clearly labeling it as such,” the commenter wrote.

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Travis Fisher, a DOE adviser who helped organize the report, wrote in an email to the group of contrarian researchers that “it’s my hunch that most comments will be rejected.” READ MORE

Fuelling the Future: How Business, Finance and Policy Can Accelerate the Clean Fuels Market

(Bain & Company/World Economic Forum) Amid rising global energy demand and evolving market dynamics, clean fuels are a key pillar for a more secure, affordable and sustainable energy system. Examples ranging from biofuels, e-fuels and hydrogen derivatives to lower-carbon fossil fuels offer multiple sources of economic and societal value. This report, produced in collaboration with Bain & Company, highlights the important role of expanding clean fuels in our future energy system.

Clean fuels have been shown to reduce import dependence on fossil fuels by 5-15%, while providing two to three times the job intensity of conventional fuels. They can reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and support productive land use – provided well-designed policies protect land, biodiversity and water resources.

The report’s analysis builds on consultations with expert stakeholders to present success stories and key insights to help business leaders and policy-makers overcome barriers to greater investment in the sector. The paper is complemented by a digital playbook of solutions drawing from real-world case studies and success stories from across the clean fuels industry. For more information or to inquire about joining the initiative, please visit the Future of Clean Fuels initiative page. READ MORE

Contents

Foreword

Executive summary

1 Clean fuels: unlocking value from the new energy system

1.1 The role of clean fuels in energy’s future

1.2 Unlocking societal value – global opportunities and regional realities

2 Clean fuels landscape: scaling-up to the future

2.1 Clean fuel market and techno-economic dynamics

2.2 Implications for scaling-up the market in the next decade

3 Turning ambitions into projects: key solutions to unlock investment

3.1 Investment barriers to project progress

3.2 Three levers to unlock investment

Call to action

Appendix

Contributors

Endnotes

Excerpts: The case for clean fuels is strong, but a reality check is needed to turn ambitions into investable projects. At least $100 billion in annual investments are needed by 2030 to deliver on global clean fuel ambitions. Current investments are ~$25 billion per year, or just above 1% of total investment for clean energy. At this rate, with only 10% of announced new capacity for 2030 past investment decision, the market will fall short of its targets.

Substantial capital is available to close this gap, but companies struggle to realize adequate returns. Uncertain and incongruent policies, weak coordination among feedstock suppliers, fuel producers and customers, and an absence of firm demand are driving up costs and risks. Yet the direction is clear: latent demand is growing, technologies are maturing and significant profit opportunities exist.

Scaling-up the market in the next decade calls for a dual focus. First, existing commercial pathways need expanding; second, greater innovation is required in early-stage pathways. Ramping up commercial fuels such as biogas, bioethanol and biodiesel – alongside measures that lower emissions from existing fossil fuels – can contribute to near-term emissions reductions, with the right incentives and safeguards. These fuels can be deployed with lower capital investment into established value chains as blend-in or drop-in solutions, serving as stepping stones to the future fuel mix.

However, rapid commercialization of new feedstocks and technologies is needed to ease supply constraints, reduce fuel emissions intensity and meet demand targets within the next 5-10 years. Despite the higher cost of clean fuels, blending strategies (virtual or physical) can limit the impacts on consumer pricing as markets mature and costs come down, while pursuing a portfolio of pathways.

Joint action to deploy proven solutions has untapped potential to accelerate the market. Despite the challenges, pioneering examples demonstrate that proven approaches are successfully unlocking adequate returns to support investment. Common to these solutions is their approach to reducing risk and providing the right enabling environment to coordinate investments. Three insights emerge from these success stories:

– Performance-based policies rewarding verified emissions reductions and other benefits have successfully embedded societal value in investment decisions. For example, in Brazil, tradeable credits, along with low-interest loans and tax incentives, have stimulated demand in support of energy security and industrial development. The success of such policies depends on interoperable standards and predictable market instruments to create revenue certainty where there is a credible path to competitiveness.

– Public-private mechanisms, such as doublesided auctions or book-and-claim, pool risks and connect producers and customers where markets are sub-scale.

– Businesses partnering across the value chain can signal demand and potential supply, while rethinking how to contract, finance and allocate capital. This approach is proving successful in unlocking projects by bridging the gap between the market risks and infrastructure-type investment that characterizes clean fuel projects READ MORE

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by Anurag Chaturvedi, Darshan Nakhwa, & Ketan Thakkar (Autocar Professional) India needs clean mobility that works at scale today, not just EVs, Maruti Suzuki executive says. -- Amid a strong push for electric vehicles, ethanol blending and biogas offer India the fastest and

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Turning CA-LCFS Compliance Challenges into Credit Opportunities --- February 12, 2026 --- ONLINE

California’s updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard (CA‑LCFS) rules and the new CA‑GREET 4.0 model are reshaping how producers selling into the state are evaluated and credited. With the California Air Resources Board (CARB) now comparing annual CI data against credit

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2026 Carbon and Fuel Market Trends & Insights --- February 4, 2026 --- ONLINE

Join us for our annual look-ahead webinar, where EcoEngineers industry experts from will provide updates and insights on the latest trends, regulatory developments, and market dynamics across our major service areas: ethanol/biodiesel, renewable diesel/sustainable aviation fuel (RD/SAF), hydrogen/electric, renewable natural

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HPCL and Thermax Collaborate on Clean and New Energy Technologies

(BioEnergy Times) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Thermax Limited (Thermax) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at India Energy Week (IEW) 2026 in Goa, marking a strategic step towards advancing clean and new energy solutions, the company said in

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India Energy Week 2026: India, Japan Push Deeper Energy Collaboration Spanning Hydrocarbons to Biofuels

by Mittravinda Ranjan (ETEnergyWorld) High-level roundtable spotlights hydrocarbons, ethanol, LNG and AI-led digitalisation as pillars of an expanding India–Japan energy partnership. READ MORE Related articles Indian Energy PSUs seal landmark LNG, hydrogen and biofuel pacts to accelerate transition (ETEnergyWorld)

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IEW 2026: Honeywell Bets on Biofuels, AI to Boost India’s Energy Independence

by Mittravinda Ranjan (ETEnergyWorld) The company is focusing on maximising refinery efficiency, scaling biofuels including SAF and deploying digital tools, as it deepens local partnerships and takes Indian technologies global, says Ranjit Kulkarni. READ MORE Related articles Honeywell and TruAlt Bioenergy Sign Agreement to Drive

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Biofuels Are No Longer the Future… They’re the Present

(ResourceWise) Biofuels are no longer confined to standalone conversations or introductory explanations. Instead, they are increasingly woven into broader discussions of fuel strategy, carbon-intensity management, and near-term emissions reduction. This shift points to something very important: biofuels are becoming embedded in market

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US Biomass-Based Diesel 2026: A Tipping Point for Growth

(ResourceWise) In the aftermath of this year's Clean Fuels Conference in Orlando, sentiment across the US biomass-based diesel industry is unmistakably bullish. But that confidence is underpinned by a mix of opportunity and uncertainty that will shape the sector through 2026 and

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Arva Launches Audit-Ready 45Z Infrastructure to Help Biofuel Producers Maximize Credit Value

(Arva) Turnkey CI scoring, verified low-carbon feedstock sourcing, and field-to-facility traceability built for 45Z compliance. -- Arva today announced the expansion of its biofuels offering to support biofuel producers as they operationalize the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. As fuel value becomes

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Embrapa Publishes Studies that Increase Transparency and Refine the Calculation of the Carbon Intensity of Biofuels in Brazil.

(Embrapa (Google Translation)) Articles detail the emissions accounting methodology for RenovaBio and describe the state production profiles of sugarcane, soybeans, and corn, with their respective emissions. The RenovaCalc tool supports the certification of biofuel plants and provides the basis for calculating

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ZymoChem, Agile BioFoundry Announce Partnership to Advance the Bioeconomy

(ZymoChem) The biotech leader continues history of strong collaboration with the U.S. national labs -- ZymoChem, the biotechnology leader dedicated to creating alternative materials for everyday products, is proud to announce a partnership with the Agile BioFoundry (ABF), funded by the U.S.

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LanzaTech Awarded Contract by Spray Engineering Devices Ltd. (SED) to Build Second Generation Ethanol Facility in India as Part of “SED Smart Village” Initiative

(LanzaTech) • 24K MTA Ethanol Plant would be the first facility in India using LanzaTech’s technology for converting sugarcane bagasse to produce essential fuels and/ or chemicals. Facility will use syngas produced by oxygen-enriched air gasification of bagasse, indigenously developed by Ankur

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Praj Industries Demonstrates Ethanol-to-Jet Technology for SAF with Axens JetanolTM Technology

by Prakash Jha (BioEnergy Times) Praj Industries said it has successfully demonstrated its Ethanol-to-Jet (EtJ) process utilizing Axens JetanolTM technology at its Integrated Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) demonstration plant at Praj Matrix, its research and development centre. The achievement marks a

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- Jim Lane

You do it for what builds in you — the knowledge that you showed up for something that matters, even when it was hard. Jim Lane, publisher of The Digest READ MORE

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The Long Work: The People Who Stay

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... You work long hours on things that might take years to show their full value. You make decisions with incomplete information. You stand behind technologies that are better on balance, even if not perfect in

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Haffner Energy, LanzaJet, and LanzaTech Join Forces to Unlock Alcohol-to-Jet SAF Production from Biomass Residues

(Haffner Energy) Haffner Energy, a leading advanced solid biomass-to-clean fuels solutions provider, LanzaTech, a carbon management company providing a differentiated syngas-to-ethanol solution, and LanzaJet, the leading ethanol-to-jet technology company and fuels producer, announce today they are working together to explore joint

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Cronyism, Not Competition, Is Driving U.S. Fuel Markets

by Stephen Moore (Real Clear Policy)... Its (Renewable Fuels Standard) intention was to reduce air pollution and reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil. But its political goal was to help farm states by increasing demand for corn and other ag products

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California Accelerates Work on EV Rules, Tax Credits that Trump Opposes, State's Top Air Regulator Says

by Lisa Baertlein, Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson (Reuters) California officials are meeting Detroit automakers this week to discuss the next phase of greenhouse gas regulations for cars and trucks, the state's top air regulator said. ... Ford Motor (F.N), opens new tab and Stellantis

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Ad Campaign Touts Climate-Smart Farming

by Marc Heller (Politico Pro Greenwire) The Environmental Defense Fund is pressing Congress to make innovative research in agriculture a high priority. -- An environmental group said Thursday it’s launching a $50,000 ad campaign in four farm states to nudge policymakers toward

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ITOCHU Announces Signing of Memorandum of Strategic Partnership for Decarbonization in the Transportation Sector

(ITOCHU) ITOCHU Corporation and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Execute Japan’s First Environmental Attribute Certificate Trade -- ITOCHU Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Keita Ishii, President & COO; hereinafter “ITOCHU”) announced today (January 9, 2026) that it has signed a memorandum of strategic partnership

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Keppel and Aster Collaborate on One of Asia’s First Commercial-Scale Ethanol-to-Jet Sustainable Aviation Fuel Facilities on Jurong Island

(Keppel) Keppel Ltd., through its Infrastructure Division (Keppel), and Aster have entered into an agreement to jointly assess the development of one of Asia’s first commercial‑scale Ethanol‑to‑Jet (EtJ) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) facilities on Jurong Island, Singapore. The proposed plant is

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The Digest’s 2026 Multi-Slide Guide to Corteva

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Corteva is on track to separate into two independent market leaders by late 2026, with the “New Corteva SpinCo” focusing on advanced genetics, gene editing, and biofuels. Commercially, the company raised its full-year 2025 operating EBITDA

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Yanmar Obtains Ship Classification Certification for Hydrogen 4-Stroke High-Speed Engine

(Yanmar) Yanmar Power Solutions Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings, has become the first engine manufacturer in Japan to obtain both type approval certificate*1 and NOx certificate*2 from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for its pilot-ignition hydrogen-fueled 4-stroke high-speed engine for power generation

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Vopak Facilitates Green Methanol Bunkering Supply Chain from China to Singapore

(Manifold Times) Company is facilitating both ends of the bunkering supply chain from Vopak Tianjin to Vopak Penjuru Terminal, in partnership with Singapore’s bunker supplier Global Energy Trading. -- Liquid and gas storage and infrastructure solutions provider Vopak on Tuesday (27 January,

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UAE Targets EU for Future SAF Exports

by Tony Harrington (Aviation Week) As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) progresses production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), it is eyeing major export opportunities to other markets such as the European Union (EU), which is struggling to scale up its own

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Galveston LNG Bunker Port Announces Strategic Partnership with TOTE Services to Advance LNG Bunker Vessel Fleet on the U.S. Gulf Coast

(TOTE Services) Through their strategic partnership, TOTE Services and the Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP) project aim to deploy a fleet of dedicated Jones Act LNG bunker vessels for the delivery of LNG to customers from the first dedicated small-scale LNG

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Pernambuco Charts a Drop-in Future for Marine Ethanol

by Jim Kendrick (Biofuels Digest) In Brazil, Rádio Jornal reports Sindaçúcar/PE president Renato Cunha says Pernambuco’s ethanol is ready for global shipping, and Suape is where it begins. “Ethanol production here has a tradition in exports,” Cunha told Rádio Jornal, noting

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Vinssen, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Amoji Jointly Develop Ammonia Fuel Cells for Carbon-Free Ships

(Vinssen/Donga (Google Translation)) Signing of Joint Development Plan for Marine Application of Ammonia-Based Power Generation Solutions Samsung Heavy Industries, global ammonia solutions company Amogy, and hydrogen fuel cell specialist Vinssen are joining forces to develop an "ammonia-hydrogen fuel cell-based carbon-free power system"

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Wärtsilä 25 Ammonia Solution Chosen to Advance Decarbonisation of New Skarv Shipping Cargo Vessel

(Wärtsilä) Technology group Wärtsilä will provide its advanced Wärtsilä 25 Ammonia solution to power a new cargo vessel for Norway-based Skarv Shipping Solutions. This vessel, which will be built at the Huanghai shipyard in China, will be the first newbuild to benefit

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Trump Officials Have Delayed Finalizing the Repeal of the Agency’s “Endangerment Finding” over Concerns the Proposal Is Too Weak to Withstand a Court Challenge.

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In Panama, APS Is Working on Creating a Green Corridor between the Ports of Santos and Valencia.

(Port of Santos) ...The Port Authority of Santos (APS) took another decisive step towards the sustainability of its operations this Tuesday (January 27th), during the Green Shipping Corridors and Hubs event , held in Panama City. The meeting, promoted by the International

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Li Lecheng Met with Morten Boskov, Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Finance.

(China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Google Translation)) On January 27, 2026, Li Lecheng, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, met with Morten Boskov, Minister of Industry, Business and Finance of Denmark, in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on

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£43 Million Boost for Green Aviation to Drive Growth, Jobs and Cleaner Flights

(U.K. Department for Transport and The Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP) The funding will go towards UK research and development projects that help deliver net zero aviation by 2050. up to £43 million will be allocated to green aviation projects, paving the way for airport

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Indiana to Pursue Permitting Primacy over Carbon Dioxide Storage Wells

by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz (Indiana Capital Chronicle) The EPA makes those decisions in Indiana and elsewhere, but an increasing number of states are seeking primary enforcement authority. -- Hoosier leaders plan to take over federal review of a pipeline of contentious projects to

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Case Studies: Champions of Agroforestry in the Upper Midwest

by Maya Glicksman (Carbon 180) Our team visited Upper Midwest farmers in five states, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin, who champion agroforestry on their landscapes and demonstrate the power of diversified agriculture, particularly on marginal land. Their stories illuminate unique

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Mahoney Environmental Achieves Dual ISCC Certifications, Expanding Feedstock Options for Clean Fuels

(Mahoney Environmental/PR Newswire) Used cooking oil recycler becomes certified for both EU and international aviation sustainability programs, strengthening the supply chain for clean fuels. Mahoney Environmental Solutions, LLC achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for both EU and CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting Reduction

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SAFFA Invests up to $30 Million in SAF One Project Starting Construction in 2026

(Burnham Sterling & Company/Business Wire) Middle East project is targeting SAF production by Q4 2028 -- SAFFA Fund I, LP (“SAFFA”), an investment fund managed by Burnham Sterling Asset Management LLC (“BSAM”) with an objective to accelerate the production of sustainable aviation

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UMeWorld Advances Malaysia SAF Feedstock Facility into Industrial Execution

(UMe World/Biobased Diesel Daily) UMeWorld Ltd., a company advancing enzymatic biorefining solutions for renewable fuels and functional nutrition, announced Jan. 20 key execution milestones for its Malaysia sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock facility, marking the project’s transition into industrial execution.

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USDA Pauses Loan Guarantee Funding for Biodigester Projects

by Erin Krueger (Biomass Magazine) The USDA’s Rural Business Cooperative Service on Jan. 14 sent a letter to agency staff implementing a 90-day administrative pause on the acceptance, processing and awarding of loan note guarantees for biodigester projects. “This action is being

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Drax Launches New Biomass Tracker to Boost Transparency across Biomass Supply Chain

(Drax) Drax has today (January 26, 2026) launched its Biomass Tracker, a new digital tool that provides greater visibility into the journey our woody biomass takes through the company’s global supply chain. The interactive tool shows the countries and states where Drax

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2nd Annual OPIS Canadian Carbon & Biofuels Forum --- May 20-21, 2026 --- Vacouver, BC, Canada

Navigating shifting policies, evolving economics, and new carbon-market realities across Canada and North America Canada’s low-carbon fuels landscape is entering a pivotal phase. As the country adjusts to a new federal administration — and the policy priorities that come with it

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XCF Global, Southern Energy Renewables and DevvStream Agree to Binding Term Sheet for Three-Party Merger

(DevvStream/Business Wire) XCF Global, Inc. (“XCF”) (Nasdaq: SAFX), a key player in decarbonizing the aviation industry through sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”), and DevvStream Corp. (Nasdaq: DEVS) (“DevvStream”), a leading carbon management and environmental-asset monetization firm, today (January 26, 2026) announced that

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MOL, SINOPEC, Marubeni sign MOU to establish long-term supply system for marine biodiesel fuel

(MOL Group/Biodiesel Magazine) Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. on Dec. 11 announced that MOL, China's largest fuel supplier SINOPEC Zhejiang Zhoushan Petroleum Co. Ltd., and Marubeni Corp., which holds the top share in the marine fuel sales market for Japanese shipowners

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CVR Energy Ceases Renewable Diesel Production at Oklahoma Refinery

by Erin Krueger (Biodiesel Magazine) CVR Energy Inc. on Jan. 26 confirmed the reversion of the renewable diesel unit at its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, back to hydrocarbon processing was completed in December. The reversion reduces U.S. renewable diesel production capacity

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Breakthrough Catalyst Turns Methane into Ethanol Using Only Sunlight and Air

(Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal Center/EurekAlert!) Scientists have unveiled a sunlight-powered catalyst that transforms methane—the main component of natural gas—directly into ethanol, a high-value liquid fuel and chemical feedstock. The new material, described today in Frontiers in Energy, achieves an apparent quantum

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Hydrogen from Finland for Polish Industry – ORLEN Signs Key Agreements

(ORLEN) ORLEN has entered into cooperation agreements with three Finnish partners for the production and supply of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives. The agreements signed with ABO Energy Suomi, Nordic Ren-Gas and VolagHy Kuopio SPV will help secure hydrogen supplies during

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Oji Acquires AustroCel to Transform Its Forest Biomass Business to Core Strategy

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Austria, Oji Holdings has acquired of all shares of AustroCel Hallein GmbH, one of Europe’s leading biorefinery companies which manufactures dissolving wood pulp, advanced biofuels and lignin-based hydrogel granules which utilizes the residual streams that are generated

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Haffner Energy Launches the C-iC Modular Units line to Unlock Financing for Mid-Sized Biofuel Projects

(Haffner Energy) Haffner Energy announced today (January 27, 2026) the launch of its new C-iC modular industrial units line[1], designed to address the financing and deployment challenges facing medium-scale, decentralized biofuel projects. By removing key economic barriers, this approach makes mid-sized

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CF Industries, POET, and Major Agriculture Co-Operatives Launch Low-Carbon Fertilizer Pilot to Cut Ethanol Production Carbon Intensity

(CF Industries) CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF), a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, and POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, have launched a pilot project with major agriculture co-operatives to jointly develop a low-carbon fertilizers supply

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Honeywell Collaborates with SAF One and Tata Projects to Enable Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

(Honeywell) Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced that SAF One Energy Management Limited (SAF One) will use Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ process technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Tata Projects Limited (TPL), the Tata Group’s engineering and construction arm, has been appointed as

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FOAKBall: Creating First-of-a-Kind Projects that Succeed, a New Paradigm

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The spreadsheet worked. The chemistry was sound. The model penciled. And yet the project stalled, downsized, or died somewhere between final investment decision and steel in the ground. If you’ve worked on a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) project

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Trump in Ethanol-Friendly Iowa Pushes for Bill Boosting E15 Gasoline

by Hadriana Lowenkron (Bloomberg/MSN) President Donald Trump threw his support behind a legislative proposal that would expand sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline as he looked to build support for his economic record with a crowd that included farmers in Iowa. Trump told

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Petrobras Expands International Presence with B24 Marine Biofuel Sales

(Petrobras/Biobased Diesel Daily) Petrobras announced Jan. 15 that it has signed an agreement to supply bunker fuel with 24 percent renewable content (B24) to the Norwegian company Odfjell, one of the world’s largest shipping companies in the transport of chemicals and bulk liquids. Petrobras said this strategic operation

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Scrubbing the Skies: Introducing the Vancouver Declaration --- February 9, 2026 --- ONLINE

This webinar discusses the Vancouver Declaration, the first global agreement to focus solely on the challenge of carbon removal policy Join the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal for the next event in its webinar series, “Scrubbing the Skies: The Role of

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Hyvolution Brazil --- June 16-17, 2026 --- São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Hyvolution Brazil 2026 takes place on June 16th and 17th at the Anhembi District in São Paulo, marking the arrival in Brazil of the largest global hydrogen event. The fair and congress bring together industry, investors, and governments to discuss

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Sustainable Aviation Futures APAC --- November 23-25, 2026 --- Singapore

Powering Partnerships to Scale SAF and eFuels in APAC -- This flagship event shapes the future of aviation sustainability in the region - bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to drive real progress. SAF APAC Congress serves as a cornerstone for collaboration,