In California, Contra Costa County Superior Court last week ordered Phillips 66 to halt its plan to operate a biofuel refinery in Rodeo, California. The court put the Bay Area megaproject on hold until the county fully complies with environmental review requirements that it violated when first approving the project. Communities for a Better Environment […]
In Germany, Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a feasibility study to implement carbon capture at a biomass combined heat and power (CHP) facility. The planned capture capacity will be 250,000 metric tons CO2 per year. For this project, Aker Carbon Capture aims to deliver its standardized Just Catch modular product. The study will assess […]
In Portugal, Reuters reports the country is looking to set up the first auction in Europe for injection of green hydrogen and biomethane to the grid and is awaiting approval to use state aid for the project from the European Commission. The auction could take place in the next few weeks, pending Brussels’ green light, […]
In the UK, Green Biofuels Ltd. (UK) entered Administration on October 2 and Lucy Winterborne, Kristopher Stewart Aspin and Alan Michael Hudson of Ernst & Young LLP were appointed as Joint Administrators. The appointment was made by the Qualifying Floating Charge Holder under the provisions of Paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act […]
In Minnesota, the Star Tribune newspaper reports that Navigator CO2 Ventures has put its pipeline project on pause across all states while Summit Carbon Solutions is moving forward with its plans despite setbacks along parts of its planned carbon dioxide pipeline route. Navigator has withdrawn its application in Illinois in addition to pausing the permitting […]
In Japan, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. has participated in a field trial to demonstrate the utility of renewable diesel fuel (RD fuel), an alternative diesel fuel for trucks, in distribution by group company TG Logistics Co., Ltd. This field trial was conducted in collaboration with Itochu Enex Co., Ltd., which is building a supply chain […]
In Indonesia, the Director General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said that throughout 2022, the mandatory B30 biodiesel program succeeded in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 27.8 million CO2e with a biodiesel quota allocation of 11 billion liters, worth more than $10 […]
In Belize, Reuters reports the country will together with German company Variodin will invest $50 million to produce biofuels from sargassum seaweed that is clogging up Caribbean beaches together with municipal solid waste. With more financing, the project could be scaled up further to export electricity to the national grid through a Power Purchase Agreement. […]
In Germany, increasing research efforts are going into developing strategies to convert greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), into valuable products. CO2 accumulates dramatically over the years and is chemically very stable, thus challenging to transform. Yet, for billions of years, some microbes have actively captured CO2 using highly efficient enzymes. Scientists from the […]
In Belgium, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) voted its Opinion on Thursday on the Revision of Regulation EU 2019/1242 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. The European Biogas Association approves the ITRE Committee recognition of the need for the introduction of a Carbon Correction Factor which contributes […]
