by Casey Crownhart (MIT Technology Review) Fuel cells powered with the metal could provide a new source of electric power that's far more energy-dense than lithium-ion batteries. -- A new type of fuel cell that runs on sodium metal could one day
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(Canadian Biomass) There are few people whose names are more synonymous with biofuels in Canada than Ian Thomson. Just ask Fred Ghatala, president of Advanced Biofuels Canada. “Ian is a pioneer leader in the development of Canada’s renewable and low carbon fuel
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
First U.S. Machine to Turn Air into Gasoline Debuts in NYC
(Aircela) In a rooftop demonstration in Manhattan’s Garment District, New York–based fuels company Aircela unveiled the first working machine in the U.S. that produces gasoline directly from air. Compact and modular, the unit combines direct air capture and on-site fuel synthesis into a
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Remora’s Carbon Capture Technology Targets Heavy-Duty Transportation
by Kim Kisner (SBN Detroit) Co-Founder and CEO Paul Gross Talks Tech, Scale, and Strategy -- Founded in 2020 and based in Wixom, Michigan, Remora is developing a carbon capture device designed to attach directly to semi-trucks and locomotives and collect emissions. The captured
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California Dairy Farms Achieve Major Methane Reduction Milestone
(Dairy Cares/PR Newswire) California dairy sector is reducing 5 million metric tons of methane (CO2e) annually. -- Dairy Cares and the California dairy sector today announced a major milestone in planet-smart dairy farming. This year, the state's dairy farms will achieve an annual reduction of
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Can We Fly Guilt-Free with Britain’s New Stance on Sustainable Aviation Biofuel?
by Bhok Thompson (Green Prophet) The United Kingdom has taken a significant step in advancing sustainable aviation by approving an increase in the co-processing blend limit for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from 5% to 30%. This decision, endorsed by the UK Ministry of
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
$1.5M Gift to Help ABPDU Advance U.S. Biomanufacturing
(BioSciences) Since 2011, the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has helped over 90 companies scale up innovative biotechnologies, advancing them from the lab to commercial relevance. Now, the ABPDU will be enhancing its efforts
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Gevo to Sell Luverne, Minnesota Ethanol Facility to A.E. Innovation; Will Retain Isobutanol Assets for Future Innovation
(Gevo/Globe Newswire) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Agri-Energy, LLC (“Agri”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gevo, to A.E. Innovation, LLC (“A.E.”) for $7 million. The transaction includes Agri’s
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
RIC Energy and Siemens Partner to Jointly Develop Renewable Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, and e-Fuels
(RIC Energy) RIC Energy and Siemens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop innovative projects in the fields of renewable hydrogen, green ammonia, and e-fuels in Spain. The collaboration will especially boost the sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) plant
May 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Construction Starts for Södra's New Plant - Becoming the World's Largest Producer of Sulphate Lignin
(Södra/CISION (Google Translation)) The sulfate lignin can also be used as a basis for new biofuels and biostimulants. -- Wednesday, May 28, marked the start of construction for Södra's new sulphate lignin factory in Mönsterås. The facility is an important step in
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South Europe Ground Services Uses 100% Renewable Diesel in Ground-Support Equipment at Select Airports in Spain
(Moeve/Biobased Diesel Daily) South Europe Ground Services, the handling subsidiary of International Airlines Group operating at 38 airports in Spain, is advancing its commitment to airport decarbonization through the use of 100 percent hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO100), also known as renewable
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Infinium Announces Construction of Large Scale eFuels Production Facility in Texas
(Infinium) Project Roadrunner, a sustainable aviation fuel plant in West Texas, to bring skilled jobs and generate economic growth for the region -- Infinium, the world’s leading producer of commercially available eFuels, announced today that construction is underway on its second U.S.-based
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
E85 Pilot Program In Mexico Shows Positive Results
(U.S. Grains Council) During the past six weeks, 10 taxis in Monterrey, Mexico converted to Flex Fuel technology and traveled more than 43,000 miles, using in excess of 1,500 gallons of E85—gasoline blended with 85% bioethanol—cutting operating costs by more than
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
UPM Sharpens Its Focus on Biofuels Growth Strategy and Plans to Discontinue the Rotterdam Biofuels Refinery Project
(UPM) Following extended technical, commercial and strategic evaluations UPM plans to discontinue the development of its potential second biomass-to-fuels refinery at the Port of Rotterdam. As a result, UPM plans to halt all engineering work related to the CAPEX investment in
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Homegrown Fuels Podcast with David Hallberg
by Sue Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Homegrown Fuels podcast features David Hallberg who began advocating for ethanol in the late 1970s as a Congressional staffer. He helped craft language for the tax credit (VEETC) that supported ethanol blending, started the
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Synhelion’s Solar Fuel Powers Steamboat in World First
(Synhelion) The Lake Lucerne Navigation Company (SGV) AG has used solar fuel from Synhelion for the first time. The steamboat Gallia was symbolically fueled with solar diesel from Synhelion’s industrial scale plant DAWN – a milestone for more sustainable mobility on
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Top 5 Greenest Airlines in the USA (2025)
by Prakriti Mitra (Business Upturn) Leading the charge towards sustainable air travel, the top five greenest airlines in the USA demonstrate innovation, investment, and commitment to reducing aviation’s carbon footprint. ... In the USA, several airlines have made remarkable strides toward reducing their environmental
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Brenmiller bGen(TM) Green e-Methanol Project in Spain Secures +€25 Million Funding from European Hydrogen Bank
(Brenmiller Energy Ltd./Access Newswire) --bGen™ thermal energy storage system to be charged using renewable energy to store and provide 56 MWh of clean heat for green e-methanol production at SolWinHy Cadiz S.L. -- SolWinHy selected as one the European Union's top
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
AM Green and Port of Rotterdam Authority to Establish Green Energy Supply Chain Enabling up to 1,000,000 Tons per Year
(Port of Rotterdam) USD 1 Billion dollar trade between India and Europe -- AM Green and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding to focus on building a green energy supply chain between India and Northwestern Europe via Rotterdam,
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Castlerock Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Castlerock Biofuels, in collaboration with Ensyn, holds exclusive US rights to RTP® fast thermal conversion technology. They plan a facility in Maine to produce 20 million gallons annually of Renewable Fuel Oil (FPBO) from woody biomass
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
When the Spotlight Moves On, Does Carbon Still Matter? Looking at Big News from Pyran, Carbon Clean, HutanBio
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) We’ve rarely had a week in the bioeconomy where so much worthy advancement on carbon-smart technology won so less applause. Pyran announced that an independent cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment for its 1,5-pentanediol, confirms that Pyran’s bio-based PDO
May 27, 2025 Read Full Article
Wallem Group Sets out Best Practice Guidance for Marine Biofuels
(Wallem Group) Wallem Group, a leading global maritime partner, has published a new whitepaper to ensure ships, ships systems and crews are fully prepared to load, store and use biofuels in everyday vessel operations. ‘Marine Biofuels: Adoption, use and best practice’ recognises the
May 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Companies Behind Dairy Industry’s First Methane Targets Show Early Success
by Jim Giles (Trellis) ... Danone is also partnering with Sistema, a company that has developed a modular biodigestor that smaller farms can use to process manure into fertilizer and biogas. READ MORE Related articles Sistema.bio Signs MoU with Danone to Deploy 6,500
May 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Envigas and Skellefteå Kraft Eye Large-Scale Biocarbon and Pyrolysis Oil Production
(Bioenergy International) In Sweden, biocarbon and pyrolysis oil producer Envigas AB, and compatriot municipal energy utility Skellefteå Kraft AB have announced plans to jointly explore the feasibility of establishing a large-scale production facility for biocarbon and pyrolysis oil in Hedensbyn, Skellefteå. According
May 26, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to a Public Call for Investments in Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and Low-Carbon Shipping Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation summarizes the key information presented by Artur Yabe Milanez regarding the BNDES’s Public Call for investments in sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and low-carbon shipping fuels. The initiative, launched in August 2024 with an initial
May 26, 2025 Read Full Article
Exolum Invests €50 Million in Improving Infrastructure for Aviation Fuel at Barcelona-El Prat Airport
(Biofuels International) Exolum has renewed the concession for the provision of aviation fuel storage and distribution services at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona - El Prat Airport, as the successful bidder of the tender process called by AENA. This agreement, which will remain in
May 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Biodiesel’s Evolution in a Changing Renewable Fuels Market
(Biofuels International) ... The increased focus on HVO and SAF has put pressure on biodiesel producers as they compete for the same feedstocks. In certain regions, however, biodiesel has maintained a stronghold. In Brazil, for example, biodiesel is a very strong market.
May 24, 2025 Read Full Article
HD Hyundai Mipo Leads the Ammonia-Propelled Ship Market
(HD Hyundai Mipo) Agreement to apply ammonia propulsion engine to 4 multipurpose liquefied gas carriers -- Leading the next-generation eco-friendly shipbuilding market, including the start of construction of LCO2 carriers HD Hyundai Mipo (CEO Hyung-Kwan Kim), an affiliate of HD Korea Shipbuilding &
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Brazil Bets on Macaúba Palm to Make Renewable Diesel and Aviation Biofuel
by Sean Mowbray (Mongabay) Macaúba, a palm tree found across the Americas, is tipped as a new biofuel feedstock to decarbonize transport and aviation. The macaúba palm produces an oil when highly refined that can be made into renewable diesel and
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
TMD Energy Diversifies into Waste Oil-to-Biodiesel Business
by Naida Hakirevic Prevljak (Offshore Energy) Malaysia- and Singapore-based marine fuel bunkering services provider TMD Energy Limited (TMDEL) has decided to expand strategically into oil waste collection, enhancing its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments. The company, which specializes in integrated bunkering
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Nigeria Secures $300m Biofuel Refinery Investment – Alabi
By Tracy Moses (Point Blank News) Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Davidorlah Farms, Mr. Oluwasegun Alabi, has revealed that a U.S.-based company is set to inject $300 million into Nigeria for the establishment of a biofuel refinery. Mr. Alabi shared this development
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Decal Will Install a Loading Arm at Its Barcelona Terminal to Store Biofuel. Public Comment DEADLINE around June 9
(el Mercantil (Google Translation)) The company has requested an extension of its concession to extend the new structure to berth 32E of the Muelle de la Energia -- The petrochemical terminal operator Decal has requested an extension of its concession at
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Here’s to the Crazy Ones: Looking at Jobs, Buffett and the Bioeconomy through a New Lens
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... But beneath the headlines and market cycles, some systems persist. Not because they are favored—but because they are structured to survive. They align along four vectors: structure, signal, friction, and entropy. They walk alone, yet the
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the National Ag-based Biomanufacturing Incentive
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) NCGA (National Corn Growers Association) supports the National Ag-based Biomanufacturing Incentive to boost domestic manufacturing by converting renewable U.S. feedstock into high-value non-fuel/non-food products. It proposes tax credits (30% ITC or $0.10/lb PTC) to enhance investment
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Avantium on a Roll: It’s PEF’s Big Year, Were the Visionaries Right, the Nay-Sayers Wrong?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Avantium has just completed its first commercial FDCA plant after nearly two decades of development, last October, and start-up is underway. ... It’s also shouldering €189 million in CAPEX, high burn, and an urgent need for scale, validation,
May 23, 2025 Read Full Article
Unilever Alimentos and CJ Selecta Announce Investment of 5.5 Million Euros in Regenerative Agriculture Program in Soy Planting
(Unilever Allimentos adn CJ Selecta) Entitled Renova Terra and with the goal of implementing regenerative agriculture practices in 45 thousand hectares by 2030, the project seeks to transform agricultural practices in soy production in the Cerrado, strengthen sustainable chains and
May 22, 2025 Read Full Article
100 Million Lost for the Public and Workers: Enerkem on the Verge of Bankruptcy
by Hugo Joncas (La Presse) After Northvolt and Lion Electric, the Legault government will also lose the tens of millions it invested in Enerkem: the Montreal company has just filed for bankruptcy protection. It will likely end up in the hands
May 21, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Aemetis focuses on renewable natural gas (RNG) and low carbon fuels in California. Their Biogas project includes 12 in-service dairy digesters, a 36-mile pipeline, and an in-service RNG facility connected to PG&E. A fueling station is
May 21, 2025 Read Full Article
University of São Paulo (USP) Tests First Renewable Hydrogen Plant Based on Ethanol
(Agência FAPESP*) The University of São Paulo (USP) is testing the world’s first experimental station dedicated to the production of renewable hydrogen from ethanol. The project, carried out by the Research Center for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI), represents a milestone
May 20, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Axens
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Axens provides technologies for CCUS (DMXTM), Hydrogen transport (LOHC) using MCH, and e-Fuels (Gasel® FT). E-fuels are highlighted for energy diversification and meeting EU demand for e-SAF blending by 2055. Challenges include the need for low
May 20, 2025 Read Full Article
Trial Cultivation of Camelina for Biofuel Kicks off in Oman
by Jomar Mendoza (Oman Daily Observer) MUSCAT: In a groundbreaking move aimed at advancing green energy and sustainable agriculture, Hema Energy—through its alternative energy arm X2E LLC—has commenced a trial cultivation of Camelina sativa in Oman in collaboration with ARA Petroleum
May 19, 2025 Read Full Article
United States Biodiesel Market Research Report 2025-2033: EPA and DOE Push Biodiesel and SAF as Key Drivers in America's Clean Energy Future
(Research and Markets/Globe Newswire) In the United States, biodiesel is also extensively applied in transportation, agriculture, and the industrial sector. It fuels trucks, buses, and marine vessels, lowering greenhouse gas emissions as well as fossil fuel dependence. The agricultural industry is
May 19, 2025 Read Full Article
Norden to Grow MPP Fleet with Two More Fuel-Efficient, Biofuel-Capable Ships
by Naida Hakirevic Prevljak (Offshore Energy) Danish shipping company Norden has decided to expand its fleet with another two fuel-efficient, biofuel-compatible 17,500 dwt multipurpose vessels. -- On May 14, 2025, the company said it signed agreements for the two additional newbuilding leases
May 19, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Enabling Economical and Scalable Sustainable Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Conor Madigan from Aether Fuels presented on enabling economical, scalable sustainable fuels. Key takeaways include their Aether AuroraTM technology for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and diesel, using a novel Fischer Tropsch route. This technology employs intensified
May 19, 2025 Read Full Article
How Farmers Edge and National Sorghum Producers Are Removing Friction from Sustainability Reporting
(Farmers Edge and National Sorghum Producers/AG Funder News) Farmers Edge and National Sorghum Producers (NSP) have joined forces to solve a major data challenge in agriculture: building a scalable, trusted system to capture sustainability data directly from growers and deliver it across the ethanol
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Exclusive: Swiss Startup Picks Rotterdam for Green Aviation Fuel Plant
(The Next Web) Metafuels aims to decarbonise jet fuel using 'aerobrew' -- Swiss tech startup Metafuels has unveiled plans to open its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the Port of Rotterdam. Metafuels’ CEO Saurabh Kapoor told TNW that Turbe represents a “major
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Uzbekistan Set to Launch Central Asia's First Waste-to-Biofuel Plant
(MENAFN/Trend News Agency) Laziz Kudratov, the Minister of Investments, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan, recently met with Elham Pourtangestani, CEO of Envirol, to discuss the construction of the first waste-to-biofuel plant in Central Asia, which will be located in Uzbekistan, Trend
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
OPAL Fuels Announces Joint Venture for North Carolina Renewable Natural Gas Production Facility
(OPAL Fuels/Business Wire) OPAL Fuels (Nasdaq: OPAL) announced today that it has entered into a joint venture with an affiliate of environmental services leader Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) for a new biogas-to-renewable natural gas (“RNG”) facility at Republic’s Charlotte Motor Speedway
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Swedish-Produced Biomethane Bunkered at the Port of Gothenburg
(Port of Gothenburg) For the first time, St1 and St1 Biokraft have delivered their own Swedish-produced liquefied biomethane to the maritime sector — as Terntank's vessel Tern Ocean was bunkered at the Port of Gothenburg. St1 and St1 Biokraft are now
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Upgrading Lower Alcohols to Higher Alcohols & SAF
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Terra Mater BV presented on their technology to catalytically convert lower carbon alcohols into higher carbon alcohols for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Key takeaways included the potential of their TM-ATJ-SPK fuel blend to improve properties like
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Topsoe’s Advanced SAF Technology Chosen by Zhongneng Yida in China
by Ulrik Frøhlke (Topsoe) o Topsoe has been selected by Zhongneng Yida New Energy Co., Ltd (Zhongneng Yida) to deliver technology for production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) at a new facility. o The facility will be located at the city of
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
The Bioenergy Two-Step: Learning from the Petroleum Playbook
by Jim Spaeth (Biofuels Digest) ... Call it the Bioenergy Two-Step. Step one: convert locally available biomass into a flexible intermediate—something like syngas, pyrolysis oil, or even ethanol. Step two: move that intermediate to a larger-scale facility—a dedicated biorefinery, or even a co-processing
May 16, 2025 Read Full Article
Engineering Excellence: Katzen
by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Seventy years after its founding by Raphael Katzen, the company that bears his name remains committed to his core tenets: integrity, objectivity and excellence. ... Katzen began his career developing processes for paper pulp production and acid
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Gevo Shifts Focus for ATJ Project to North Dakota
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Gevo Inc. CEO Patrick Gruber discussed plans for a proposed 30 MMgy alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) project in North Dakota during the company’s first quarter earnings call, held May 13. The company has not disclosed a timeline
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Fermentation Forward: To Bring Any New Commercial Yeast, Enzyme or Additive Product to the Ethanol Industry, IFF Completes Years of Research
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... The size of the actual yeast strains used in any given plant may be micrometers small, but the amount of time and resources that go into proving out and producing strains capable of helping
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
States Support Low-Carbon Futures
by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... (Terry) Wanzek also serves in the state legislature. So, when approached by the state’s ethanol association to sponsor legislation, he needed little convincing. “We grow a lot of corn and you can draw lines
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Australia's Largest Import of Sustainabil Aviation Fuel Lands in Sydney
(Qantas) Qantas, Sydney Airport and Ampol, supported by Qantas’ SAF Coalition partners, have today marked the largest ever commercial importation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into Australia, with nearly two million litres of unblended SAF arriving this week. Sustainable Aviation Fuel
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Sinobunker Sets New Record for Largest Biofuel Bunkering Operation in China
(Manifold Times) Company successfully delivered 4,200 mt of B24 bio bunker fuel to “KIRSTEN MAERSK” at Ningbo Beilun Third Container Terminal, also marking its first biofuel refuelling operation in East China. -- China Shipping & Sinopec Suppliers Co Ltd (SinoBunker) recently said
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Connecting Industry & Building Consensus
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Sam Lehr from Molecule Group discussed connecting the Bio-based, Synthetic, and Hydrogen-based Fuels, Chemicals and Materials industries. Key takeaways include engaging in global dialogues and policy advocacy, representing industry to bodies like COP30, G7, and G20.
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Completion of the First e-Fuel Plant Module!
(INERATEC) The first module of our e-Fuel pioneer plant was picked up from the INERATEC headquarters in Karlsruhe after a successful FAT (Factory Acceptance Test). It was then transported to its destination in the Industrial Park Frankfurt Höchst, where it is
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Marubeni and ExxonMobil’s Low-Carbon Ammonia Deal Marks Major Step in Unleashing New Energy Supply
(Marubeni) ExxonMobil will supply approximately 250,000 tonnes of low-carbon ammonia annually on a long-term basis to Marubeni; The deal will drive new energy supply, support jobs, and strengthen U.S. and Japanese industrial cooperation [Spring, Texas, U.S., and Tokyo, Japan] — Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni)
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Nufarm and ChrysaLabs Partner to Address Barriers in Carbon Innovation Measurement for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(Nufarm/Globe Newswire) Nufarm is excited to announce its collaboration with ChrysaLabs, a leader in soil data, insights, and carbon measurement, to support the quantification of soil carbon sequestration benefits associated with Nufarm’s expansion of its Carinata production in South America. Carinata
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Reinvigorating Forest Economies through Biofuel Production
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Daniel S. LeFevers of SunGas Renewables highlighted their S1000 technology for advanced biofuels production. Key takeaways included utilizing abundant, sustainably managed forest and sawmill residues as feedstock. This approach, combined with carbon capture and storage, offers
May 15, 2025 Read Full Article
Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance Launches Advanced, Next-Generation SAF Procurement DEADLINE August 29, 2025
(Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance) SABA's third RFP seeks to leverage corporate demand to help move a next-generation SAF facility to final investment decision. -- Today (May 6, 2025), the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) released a request for proposal (RFP) to increase
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Airbus Sees Region as Biofuel for Aircraft Hub
(Bangkok Post) Thailand to account for 5m tonnes a year -- Airbus is banking on Southeast Asia becoming the world's top producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), while the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) plans to mandate 1% SAF usage for
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
From Emissions to Solutions: CO2-Based Graphite, Plastics, and Methanol Win Big at “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” Innovation Award
(nova-Institute) UP Catalyst, Far Eastern New Century Corporation, and Oxylus Energy were recognised at the “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” Innovation Award for transforming carbon emissions into high-performance battery materials, sustainable plastics for footwear and textiles, and methanol fuel, marking major strides toward
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
A New Twist on Existing Tech
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Nataqua is a startup company that aims to help ethanol producers profit from carbon dioxide emissions by producing more ethanol on site. ... The company isn’t yet ready to offer its unique carbon dioxide-to-ethanol reactor to producers,
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
‘Every Molecule Matters’: Corn Kernel Fiber (CKF)
by Lisa Gibson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The steps are simple, with low capital and strong ROI: Engage with the appropriate analytics labs to help calculate in-situ cellulosic ethanol production from corn kernel fiber; register those gallons with the appropriate markets; and
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Finding a Path Forward for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(MId-West Farm Report Madison) Geoff Cooper is the CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association. He says he wants to see support for flex-fuel vehicles and a clear path forward on tax credits for Sustainable Aviation Fuel production. He says airplanes are
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Air to Jet Fuel: United Announces Investment in Power-to-Liquid Fuels Company Twelve
(United Airlines/PRN Newswire) Twelve's technology is an industrial alternative to photosynthesis to transform carbon and water into inputs for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – company recently entered into one of the largest SAF contracts with large European airline group for 260
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Slovak Biofuel Company Expands from Regional to Global Player
(The Slovak Spectator) Investments in India, Brazil announced. Just 18 years ago, the Slovak company Envien Group began producing bioethanol. Over the years, it expanded into Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, and Croatia—becoming a key player in the Central European biofuel market. Now,
May 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Cowboy Clean Fuels and Mercuria Announce Landmark Offtake Agreement for Carbon-Negative Renewable Natural Gas
(Cowboy Clean Fuels/PR Newswire) Cowboy Clean Fuels (CCF), a Wyoming-based climate tech and energy transition company, today announced a groundbreaking offtake agreement with Mercuria, one of the world's leading independent energy and commodity trading groups. This partnership marks the first commercial agreement
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MHP Exported the First Ukrainian Batch of Liquefied Biomethane Bio-LNG to the European Union
(MHP (Google translation)) MHP, an international company in the field of food and agrotechnology, launched commercial production of liquefied biomethane ( Bio -LNG) and made the first delivery of Ukrainian Bio -LNG to a partner in the European Union . MHP produces Bio-LNG entirely from poultry
May 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Montauk Renewables jump in Q1 2025 print
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Pennsylvania Montauk Renewables reported first quarter 2025 financial results. ... RNG production was flat at 1.4 million MMBtu. RINs sold increased by 25.3%. Profitability depends highly on environmental attribute prices like RINs. New EPA rules and
May 12, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainability Still Matters
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation features Tammy Klein of Transport Energy Strategies. It discusses mixed policy signals in the U.S., stressing sustainability balances environmental, economic, and social concerns. Key highlights include contrasting potential Biden and Trump administration approaches on
May 12, 2025 Read Full Article
SAF Market Faces Falling Near-Term Premiums, but EU Mandates Could Create a Shortfall
by Thomas Washington (S&P Global) Airlines have limited profitability, so SAF price matters; SAF industry hopes for demand rise from European mandates; eSAF even costlier than SAF due to feedstock challenges -- The premium of sustainable aviation fuel over conventional jet fuel has dwindled
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HutanBio's Microalgal Biofuel Production Shown to be Net-Negative in an Independent Life Cycle Assessment by EcoAct
(AltEnergyMag.com) A new independent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) by EcoAct (a wholly owned subsidiary of Schneider Electric Sustainability Business) confirms that HBx, a microalgal biofuel developed by UK-based HutanBio, achieves net-negative carbon emissions during production. HBx production removes up to 1.48
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
Norden Conducts First US Biofuel Journey in ‘Measured’ Step toward Cleaner Shipping
by Sara Kosmajac (Offshore Energy) Denmark-based maritime transportation player Norden has completed its inaugural biofuel voyage out of the United States, marking the next step in the company’s ambition of supporting a wider application of this clean energy source in
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
Who’s Tackling the Challenges in Biobased Chemicals and Biomaterials? Looking at EUBCE 2025
by Jim Spaeth (Biofuels Digest) Renewable chemicals and biomaterials are no longer niche—they are the future of carbon. Europe stands at the threshold of massive opportunity, from decarbonized manufacturing to circular materials innovation. But crossing that threshold? That’s another story. The
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
LanzaJet and BioD Announce Feasibility Study for SAF Plant in Colombia
(Lanza Jet) Leveraging Colombia’s Available Biomass Potential and Strategic Location, LanzaJet and BioD Are Exploring the Pioneering Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Latin America. -- LanzaJet and BioD are pleased to announce the launch of a feasibility study to develop the first
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
Has US Oil Production Peaked? CEO Reopens Debate.
by Mike Soraghan (E&E News Energywire) President Donald Trump wants more oil drilling, but one Texas producer expects low prices to send output downward. -- Oil and gas leaders have been saying for a while that oil production in the United States
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
Topsoe Chosen as Technology Provider by Zhejiang Jianglan for SAF Project
by Ulrik Frøhlke (Topsoe) • Topsoe has been selected by Zhejiang Jianglan Bio-Energy Technology Co. Ltd (Zhejiang Jianglan) to deliver technology and services for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) production. Once fully operational, the plant is set to produce 300,000 tons of SAF annually
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
GRAMM SAF Project Comes to the Royal Port of Barrow
(GRAMM Energy/OpenPR) GRAMM, a collaborative industry consortium, today (April 17, 2025) announced its application to the UK Advanced Fuels Fund, seeking vital support to accelerate its ground-breaking Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project. The GRAMM SAF project will catalyse energy transition of
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Taieb in Nigeria to Explore US Export Opportunities to Support Ethanol Consumption
(U.S. Grains Council) ... U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Regional Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Ramy H. Taieb led a delegation to Nigeria to study the country’s potential for enhanced ethanol consumption. The team met with government officials
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Clean Ammonia for Power Generation—Is the Hype Fizzling Out?
by Mariana Santos Moreira (OPIS) As we move towards global net zero, ammonia is gaining attention as both a major chemical industry greenhouse gas emitter and a prospective large-scale clean hydrogen carrier. Commercial ammonia production is transforming as a result: “Clean
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Back to Basics: Renewable Diesel 101
(EcoEngineers) Join us for an introductory webinar covering the fundamentals of renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). As part of our ongoing “Back to Basics” series, this session will provide an overview of production methods, common feedstocks like used
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
LiYF Advances Patent-Pending 2G Bioethanol Technology
(Biofuels International) LiYF, a Swiss-based clean-tech startup developing second-generation (2G) bioethanol, has successfully achieved Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL 6) for its patent-pending process that improves production efficiency, reduces operating costs and increases ethanol yield. The process uses agricultural and forestry waste
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
RealAg Radio: Biofuel Policy Shifts, Corn and Bean Markets, and a Political Update, May 7, 2025
(RealAgriculture) hanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio brought to you by Azotic Technologies. Lyndsey Smith is joined by: Ted Seifried with Zaner Ag Hedge on the corn, soybeans and wheat markets; Devin Mogler with National Oilseed Processors Association
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Koppö Energia Decides for thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Green Methanol Technology
(thyssenkrupp) E-methanol produced with captured CO2; uhde® green methanol technology -- Koppö Energia Oy has chosen uhde® green methanol technology and ordered a FEED (Front End Engineering Design) from thyssenkrupp Uhde. The planned e-methanol plant is part of a power-to-x (P2X) project
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Rule Follower: Biofuels Navigates Evolutions in Trade, Renewable Energy Policies Podcast
(S&P Global) The US biofuels industry begins 2025 facing significant policy uncertainty, despite having produced record volumes of ethanol, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel in 2024. Biofuels expert Corey Lavinsky joins EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss the current state of US biofuels
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Alder Renewables and Bioénergie AECN Announce Project Avance: Unlocking Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production in Québec
(Alder Renewables) The ambitious project aims to build a first-of-its-kind pilot plant to produce SAF and unlock optionality for today’s refiners -- Alder Renewables and Bioénergie AE Côte-Nord are proud to announce Project Avance, a strategic partnership to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel
May 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Farm Waste Turned into Biofuel Produces Healthy Profit
by Zhou Huiying, Liu Kun, Liu Kun and Hou Liqiang (China Daily) Several major grain-producing regions have been proactively leveraging their abundant agricultural and forestry residues to aid the low-carbon transition, converting waste into renewable energy and organic fertilizers. As the country's
May 07, 2025 Read Full Article
Neste Expands APAC Footprint with Advanced Biofuels Driving Growth
(Grain Journal/MarketDigits) Bioenergy Market APAC: Key Developments Shaping the Sector in 2025 -- The bioenergy sector across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is witnessing transformative growth in 2025. As countries intensify efforts to transition toward sustainable energy systems, several policy reforms, technological advancements,
May 07, 2025 Read Full Article
GCMD’s Life Cycle Study Quantifies Net GHG Emissions Savings for Pathways with Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS)
(Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization) Incorporating CO2 that is captured from HFO combustion onboard vessels into concrete production results in the highest GHG emissions savings of the different utilisation pathways explored, as it partially displaces the need for carbon-intensive cement ashore; Post-capture transport
May 07, 2025 Read Full Article
5 Bioeconomy Persisters: Why Are These Technologies and Companies Advancing Strong in Times of Uncertainty
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... At times like these, I like to highlight companies and technologies that are continuing to advance strong — because it reminds us of something more important than which innovations succeed — rather, it tells us
May 07, 2025 Read Full Article
U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Takes off as New Capacity Comes Online
(U.S. Energy Information Administration) Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is growing in the United States as new capacity comes online. U.S. production of Other Biofuels, the category we use to capture SAF in our Petroleum Supply Monthly, approximately doubled from December 2024 to
May 07, 2025 Read Full Article
China's Zhejiang Jiaao Gets Rare Export License for SAF
(Hydrocarbon Processing) China's Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech said on Wednesday its subsidiary had obtained a state-granted export license for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for 2025. This is one of the first such permits Beijing has granted to the country's nascent low-carbon aviation fuel
May 06, 2025 Read Full Article
Masdar and OMV Advance Partnership on Green Hydrogen Development
(OMV) • Companies sign non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to partner in the production of green hydrogen, synthetic sustainable aviation fuels, and other synthetic chemicals Agreement covers potential opportunities in Austria, the UAE and in Central and Northern Europe for the production
May 06, 2025 Read Full Article
Germany’s Corden BioChem Resumes Production at Bioethanol Plant Abandoned by Swiss Clariant in Romania
(Romania-Inside.com) Corden BioChem, a German industrial biotechnology company operating as an independent company within the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), announced it will begin production and plans investments of tens of millions of euros at the bioethanol factory it took over
May 06, 2025 Read Full Article
2025: The Year of SAF Mandates
(Argus Media) An Argus overview on SAF regulations, market fundamentals and prices READ MORE
May 05, 2025 Read Full Article
SAF Investor London 2025 --- May 28-29, 2025 --- London, UK

The widespread adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is no longer an engineering challenge. It is an economic one. New technologies now need to prove they can scale up and meet the industry’s need for billions of dollars of capital that are
May 05, 2025 Read Full Article
New Study Shows Clean Fuels Industry Contributes $42.4 Billion to U.S. Economy
(Clean Fuels Alliance America) A new study commissioned by Clean Fuels Alliance America shows the U.S. biomass-based diesel industry generated $42.4 billion in economic activity in 2024, supported 107,400 jobs and paid $6 billion in annual wages. The study, “Economic Impact of Biodiesel on
May 05, 2025 Read Full Article
Speed of Lightning, Roar of Thunder: 8 Underdog Stories That Punch Above Their Weight
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... These are the stories that matter in the long-haul, but they don’t always come gift-wrapped with a PR Newswire bow. ... 1. Simplifyber: $12M Series A for Biomaterials in Apparel ... In Plain Language: Wearing bio-based clothing every day is
May 05, 2025 Read Full Article
Renewable Methanol: Powering Decarbonisation across Hard-to-Abate Sectors
by Kristian Ilasko (Hydrocarbon Engineering) As the global drive toward net-zero intensifies, industries are seeking practical, scalable solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable methanol is emerging as a key enabler in this transition, offering a low-carbon alternative derived from
May 02, 2025 Read Full Article
OMV Unveils Austria’s Largest Green Hydrogen Production Plant
(OMV) OMV's first-time production of green hydrogen on a commercial scale; OMV has successfully started-up its plant in Schwechat near Vienna with an annual production of up to 1,500 metric tons of green hydrogen; It contributes to the production of more sustainable fuels
May 02, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Wet Wastes
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Understand the potential of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) to produce significant volumes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from wet wastes. HTL offers a continuous process with high carbon yields. Research focuses on addressing key challenges like nitrogen
May 02, 2025 Read Full Article
Sunshine Strategies for Rainy Days: For Builders and Creators, This One’s for You
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... I find the best strategy in confusing conditions is to drive towards the light, always worked for me. Rainy here, it’s sunny there, let’s go that way. There’s good news a-plenty, let’s share that and build
May 02, 2025 Read Full Article
BioMADE and Lygos to Fast-Track Pilot Biomanufacturing Facility in California
(BioMADE) The Hayward facility aims to open by the early 2026 and will expand domestic bioindustrial manufacturing capabilities, strengthen national security, and secure domestic supply chains for needed materials. -- Today, BioMADE announced an agreement with Lygos, a pioneering sustainable specialty chemicals
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
BioMADE Finalizes $132M National Security Investment in Demonstration-Scale Biomanufacturing Facility in Minnesota
(BioMADE) The Maple Grove facility will be key in BioMADE’s national network of pilot- to demonstration-scale infrastructure to advance U.S. biomanufacturing and enhance national security. -- Today (April 29, 2025), BioMADE announced Maple Grove as the Minnesota site in its national network
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Bureau Veritas Joins NavHyS Project to Advance Liquid Hydrogen Innovation in Shipping
(Bureau Veritas) Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) is pleased to announce its participation in NavHyS, a new European research project dedicated to advancing the use of liquid hydrogen (LH₂) in maritime applications. Funded by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, NavHyS brings
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Viridi Energy Brings First Company-Operated RNG Facility Online in Baldwin County, Alabama
(Viridi Energy/Business Wire) The landfill gas-to-RNG project marks a key milestone in Viridi’s strategy to scale US renewable energy infrastructure -- Viridi Energy (“Viridi” or “the firm”), a leading renewable natural gas (RNG) platform, today announced it has begun operations at its new
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
CVR Energy Reports Profitable Q1 for Renewables Segment
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) CVR Energy Inc.’s renewables segment on April 28 reported positive adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2025 despite the expiration of the $1 per gallon blenders tax credit. Renewable diesel production volumes were up for
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Difficult and Costly Energy Transition unless the EU Invests in Biomass
(Chalmers University of Technology) Biomass is currently the EU’s largest renewable energy source, but climate strategies often focus on other energy sources. A comprehensive analysis, led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, now shows that biomass is crucial for Europe's ability
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Sojitz Enters Biomethane Production and Sales Business in India
(Sojitz) Sojitz Corporation (“Sojitz”) invests in a holding structure of the special purpose company, IOC GPS Renewables Pvt. Ltd. (“IGRPL”) established jointly by GPS Renewables Private Limited. (“GPSR”) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (“IOCL”), the largest state-owned oil company in India,
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Dreexo Energy Lands in Cadiz with a Biofuel Production Project and an Investment of 27 Million Euros.
by Amaya Lanceta (Diario de Sevilla) --The company will build the treatment plant on a plot of land in the Zona Franca fiscal area. -- Cadiz advances in the Blue Economy under the Free Trade Zone's unifying strategy -- Dreexo Energy will establish a biofuel
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Continued US Leadership in SAF Can Yield Rural Economic Benefits
(Climbing. Fast.) Collaboration between the aviation industry and the U.S. government in just the past few years has helped the nation achieve a commanding lead in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), while rural communities are poised to reap significant
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Advanced Gasification for Renewable Natural Gas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Learn about sorption-enhanced chemical looping gasification (SE-CLG) for efficient renewable natural gas production from biomass wastes. This intensified process integrates air separation, CO2 capture, and syngas conditioning in a single step. Developed phase transition sorbents (PTSs)
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
ASEAN and Canada Study Finds Southeast Asia Could Be a Key SAF Producer and Exporter
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir) A high-level trans-Pacific research programme has concluded that abundant supplies of agricultural feedstock across multiple countries in Southeast Asia could facilitate the region’s emergence as a key global supplier of sustainable aviation fuels. The study was undertaken
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Is the Transition to Renewable Energy Sustainable for Humans?
by Philippe Marchand (Transport Energy Strategies) France’s General Accountability Office, in French Cour des Comptes, the public comptroller which rational organization dates back to Napoleonic times (1807 precisely), has recently published a 260-page report on the biogas value chain public support strategy, unusually
May 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Fueling America’s Future with Sustainable Aviation Fuel
by Meg Whitty (LanzaJet) ... Over the next five years, the SAF industry is estimated to reach $20B in value with a compound annual growth rate of 61%. It has the potential to strengthen rural economies and increase energy security; it is
April 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Prometheus Fuels: Our First Product
(Prometheus Fuels) We’re proud to announce our first product — a 99.9% pure, carbon neutral methanol fuel that is molecularly identical to fossil methanol, but made from air. Orders for our first million tons of the fuel are sold out. What do
April 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Utility Global and Hanwha Corporation E&C Division to Collaborate on Cost-Effective Clean Hydrogen Production Using Biogas from Wastewater Treatment Facilities
(Utility Global) Utility Global, Inc. (“Utility”), a global leader in economic clean hydrogen production, announced that it will partner with Hanwha Corporation E&C Division (“Hanwha”) to carry out a Pre-FEED (preliminary front-end engineering and design) study for the deployment of its
April 30, 2025 Read Full Article
The Journey: Food vs Fuel, Grain-Based Fuels, a Trip to Mount Rushmore, and the Law of Persistence
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... To endure, a system must embed persistence deep into its structure, its rituals, its resilience, and its memory, these giants looking out over the Black Hills, they embody that. And I draw inspiration from them
April 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Don’t Make Us Duplicate Disclosures, Companies Tell California Regulators
by Barbara Grady (Trellis) Businesses react to the country’s first climate disclosure laws. -- o Ideas differ on what should define “doing business in California.” o Many companies would prefer to avoid the new requirements altogether. o Emissions and climate risk
April 30, 2025 Read Full Article
Lummus Expands Digital Solutions with NAPCON Acquisition and Strategic Partnership with Neste
(Lummus Technology) New AI and digital capabilities will enhance operations, performance and digitalization for customers -- Lummus Technology, the global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Neste announced the companies have signed an agreement in which Lummus Technology will
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
Revo Completes Construction of Unique SAF Pilot Plant in Tahara City, Japan
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Revo International Co. Ltd. announced April 22 that it held a completion ceremony April 18 at its newly constructed Aichi factory in Tahara City, Japan, to mark the completion of its manufacturing facilities for “C-Fuel,”
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
TotalEnergies: Antwerp Platform Adapts to Energy Transition Challenges and Market Trends
(TotalEnergies/Business Wire) TotalEnergies’ (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) Antwerp platform provides an update on its investments for the future and announces plan to reconfigure its petrochemicals operations to strengthen competitiveness. A key industrial site for TotalEnergies for more than 75 years, the Antwerp
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
ASA: 2025 Update on Soybean-Crush Expansion
by Scott Gerlt (American Soybean Association/Biobased Diesel Daily) The soybean-processors industry has been expanding over the past two years. The practical domestic capacity of the industry has increased from about 2.23 billion bushels per year at the beginning of 2023 to about
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
Planting Seeds for a New Renewable Fuel Policy
by Kara Gundel (Engine Technology Forum) ... Here’s why, biodiesel and renewable diesel are classified as advanced biofuels by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) due to their significant environmental benefits. These fuels must achieve at least a 50% reduction in
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
Johari Urges Palm Oil Industry to Support Biofuel Initiative
(Bernama/The Star) Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani has urged palm oil industry players to support the TG2 Black Pellet initiative, a renewable biofuel innovation capable of replacing coal in power generation. He said the technology, developed by Netherlands-based
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
South Cotabato Firm to Invest P3-B for Coconut-Based Biofuel Venture
by Allen V. Estabillo (Minda News) An industrial company based in Tupi town, South Cotabato province is investing some P3 billion for the production of coconut-based biofuel. South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said his family-owned Tupi Supreme Activated Carbon Inc. is
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
BWC Terminals Completes New MOTEMS-Compliant Dock for Renewable Fuels at Port of Stockton
(BWC Terminals) BWC Terminals (BWC) today (April 22, 2025) celebrated the official completion of its expanded renewable fuels terminal at the Port of Stockton, marking a significant milestone in strengthening California’s renewable fuels and maritime infrastructure. BWC executives, customers, and partners
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Low-Energy Wastewater Treatment
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Discover the M-BREWW project’s innovative approach to transform wastewater treatment from an energy consumer to a producer. Their system integrates a cloth filter anaerobic membrane bioreactor (CFAnMBR), ammonia ion exchange, and electrolysis to recover energy and
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
KFUPM Launches Research Project to Improve Green Hydrogen Feasibility
(Arab News) Project aims to reduce the cost of producing the element to make the process more economically viable; Uses a portable solar panel to power a process known as water splitting, which separates the hydrogen atoms from oxygen in water RIYADH: A
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Madhya Pradesh Unveils Policy to Boost CBG and Advanced Biofuels
(Chemical Industry Digest) The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a comprehensive new biofuels initiative under the Madhya Pradesh Renewable Energy Policy 2025. Aimed at transforming the state’s energy landscape, the policy targets the establishment of at least one biofuel plant in
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Cosmo Oil Marketing and STARLUX Airlines Sign Basic Agreement Regarding SAF
(Cosmo) Cosmo Oil Marketing Co., Ltd. (hereafter, “Cosmo Oil Marketing”), a subsidiary of Cosmo Energy Holdings, and STARLUX Airlines Co. Ltd. (hereafter, “STARLUX Airlines”) have signed a basic agreement regarding Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to advance sustainable air transportation. The SAF traded
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
US Corn Ethanol-to-Jet Production Outlook Remains Cloudy
by Corey Lavinsky (S&P Global) ... The absence of Renewable Fuel Standard pathways for making jet fuel from corn ethanol is one hurdle slowing down progress. Unfavorable math involving the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit is another. ATJ is one of several
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Ecologically Informed Solar Enables a Sustainable Energy Transition in US Croplands
Matthew A. Sturchio, Adam Gallaher, and Steven M. Grodsky (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) Solar energy is often framed as a threat to croplands. However, vast croplands in the midwestern United States already support corn ethanol biofuel, a form
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Vueling Seeks Partnerships to Create a SAF Pilot Plant
by Aleix Mercader (El Economista (Google Translation)) ... Between 2023 and 2024, Vueling increased its supply of SAF ( Sustainable Aviation Fuel ) tenfold . In just one year, the low-cost airline went from 1,285 to 12,766 tons of green fuel in an effort to reduce its emissions.
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s March 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Haffner Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This ABLC presentation deck highlights Haffner’s Hypergas technology for clean fuels and decarbonization solutions from residual biomass, backed by 31 years of experience. Presented by Nathalie Ionesco, Haffner Energy Inc COO, the guide details their proprietary
April 28, 2025 Read Full Article
Ulsan Port Authority Leads Efforts on Marine Biofuel Adoption as IMO Regulations Tighten
(American Journal of Transportation) In a major push toward decarbonizing maritime logistics, President Jae-young Byeon of the Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) and Chief Executive Sun-bae Hong of the Korea Maritime Cooperation Center (KMC) jointly announced the successful conclusion of the “2nd
April 26, 2025 Read Full Article
GEOMIT and CMAA Sign MOU to Develop Biogas and Biomethane Projects
(GEOMIT) GEOMIT and CMAA Sign MOU to Develop Biogas and Biomethane Projects from Sugarcane Residues -- GEOMIT and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop commercial-scale biogas and biomethane projects from
April 25, 2025 Read Full Article
GC Advances Integrated Biorefinery, Moving Forward with Bio-Chemicals and Bio-Polymers to Drive High-Value, Low-Carbon Business
(PTT Global Chemical Public Company) PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC), a global leader in chemicals for better living, is accelerating its biorefinery productions, building upon its success as Thailand’s first producer of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). GC is now
April 25, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexus PMG
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This guide to Nexus Holdings’ PMG unit, presented at ABLC, focuses on addressing the significant technical, operational, and financial distress holding back low-carbon infrastructure growth. The promise is to build a better world by leveraging their
April 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Heard on the Floor at NSCEB: Insights, Analysis & Recommendations on the Just-released National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
by Mark Warner (Liberation Labs) On April 10, 2025 in Washington, the NSCEB released its final report to Congress and hosted a day-long convening of leaders from industry, government, and academia. I was there, and the mood was a mix of
April 25, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to BioForming S2A Technology
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This Digest’s March 2025 Multi-Slide Guide showcases Johnson Matthey and the demonstrated and ready BioForming® S2A technology, developed with Virent, which converts biomass sugars into renewable fuels including SAF and bio-gasoline. While the presenter isn’t named,
April 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Can Corn Fuel Cars and Planes?
by Ava Splear (Farm Progress/Prairie Farmer) U.S. EPA announced year-round availability of E15 in seven states. Plus, new demand for ethanol is being developed through the sustainable aviation fuel market. -- o E15 has been approved for year-round availability in seven
April 24, 2025 Read Full Article
China New Energy Group Company Signs Agreement to Commercialize Syngas bioEnergy Technology to Address Energy Security for Farmers and Ranchers
(China New Energy Group/New Media Wire/Yahoo!) Strategic Partnership Brings Modular, Carbon-negative Power to Agriculture and Ranching - Starting in the California Central Valley -- China New Energy Group Company (OTC: CNER), a publicly traded clean energy infrastructure and finance company, today announced that
April 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Egypt’s Ministers Coordinate on Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(Egypt Today) Egypt’s ministers of petroleum, environment, and civil aviation held a joint meeting at the Ministry of Petroleum’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to coordinate efforts on the ongoing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production project. The project, currently being implemented
April 23, 2025 Read Full Article
South Dakota Panel Rejects Permit for an $8.9 Billion Carbon Capture Midwest Pipeline
by Sarah Raza (Associated Press) The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday after South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission denied its route permit application. The commission voted 2-1 to deny the application by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions,