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 the United Arab Emirates, Zawya reported that Iraq’s capital Baghdad has attracted a total of 42 companies bidding for projects to convert solid waste to energy. According to the city’s municipality, the projects will produce unspecified quantities of energy and sell it to the electricity ministry at prices to be agreed on later. 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 […]
In Belgium, the Methanol Institute (MI), in collaboration with industry leaders including CEWEP, eFuel Alliance, Eurogas, ESWET, Fertilizers Europe and FuelsEurope, has taken a significant step towards advancing sustainability in European industry. The coalition has jointly sent a letter to the European Commission, Council of the EU, and European Parliament calling for the definition of […]
In India, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, said that the 10 percent target on biofuel blending by November, 2022 was attained 5 months in advance, and the 20 percent biofuel blending target of 2030 has been advanced to 2025. Also slowly and surely, the […]
In Ireland, RTE reports that the Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating is calling for HVO to be included in the budget set for release on Tuesday as an alternative for heating fuel. Current figures show that the transition to heat pumps as promoted by the government, which in many cases requires a “deep retrofit”, is […]
In Nigeria, Voice of Nigeria reported that the House of Representatives has passed through second reading, a bill for the provision of a policy framework for the development of biofuels energy industry in Nigeria, through the establishment of Biofuels Energy Regulatory Commission and Biofuels Research Agency. The bill seeks to establish a fuel ethanol industry […]
In the UK, Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) launched a transition review into countervailing measures on biodiesel imported from Argentina. These measures are among those inherited from the EU system and the TRA is reviewing them to establish whether they are still suitable for the UK’s needs. At present the duty payable on imports of biodiesel from […]
In Nigeria, the Vanguard newspaper reports an Act to Provide a Policy Framework for the Development of Bio-Fuels Energy Industry in Nigeria has made it to the second reading in the House of Representatives that aims to establish the Bio-Fuels Energy Regulatory Commission and the Bio-Fuels Research Agency. The bill is meant to boost the […]
In California, the Renewable Fuels Association called on the California Air Resources Board to expeditiously approve the use of cleaner-burning, lower-carbon E15 gasoline blends, which contain 15 percent ethanol. RFA noted that California is one of only two states in the country that still do not allow the use of E15, and the state’s failure […]
