In Australia, Origin Energy has signed an agreement for biomethane supply from Jemena, which will see Origin become the first company to supply Australian customers with renewable gas. Origin has agreed to purchase up to 110TJ of biomethane per year when the trial is expected to begin in April 2023, through until the end of […]
In Washington, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a new report outlining a vision for what is possible with the power of biotechnology and biomanufacturing, and R&D needs to achieve this ambitious vision. The President’s E.O. called on federal departments and agencies to assess the potential for biotechnology and biomanufacturing […]
In Australia, Energy360 are building a bioenergy system for JBS Australia, the country’s largest protein and food processing company, which will capture emissions from wastewater treatment and create a renewable gas system for their Beef City, QLD and Scone, NSW sites. Energy360 will be providing custom designed bioenergy systems and installing covers on the in-situ […]
In Spain, ACCIONA Energía celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for the biomass plant in Logrosán (Extremadura) on Tuesday, marking the start of construction. The biomass plant is located 10 kilometers from the municipality’s urban center, and it will cover a total area of 200,000 square meters, with over half dedicated to storage. The commencement of production […]
In Germany, Bloomberg reports that increasing demand for used cooking oil for biofuels together with ongoing drought in key oilseed countries such as Argentina have led Oil World to predict that the global UCO market will be in deficit by the second half of the year. Lack of UCO availability is likely to increase palm […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production have eased below 1 million barrels per day to 997,000 barrels per day last week, the lowest level seen in 10 weeks. Stocks followed production lower, moving away from the nearly one year high it was at week prior to 26.188 million […]
In Indiana, BioTown Biogas activated its new digester and processing facility, one of the largest on-farm biodigesters in the world. The activation was marked by an on-site commissioning ceremony and ribbon cutting, to be attended by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and other elected and business leaders. BTB sources food waste, dairy manure, beef manure, […]
In Washington, the Department of Energy announced $14 million in funding to support and optimize the production of affordable biofuels and biochemicals while significantly reducing carbon emissions. This funding will advance the Biden-Harris administration’s goals to address the climate crisis by building a clean and equitable energy economy and driving innovation in renewable energy and […]
In Singapore, Argus has extended its Argus Open Markets (AOM) real-time electronic price discovery platform to include used cooking oil (UCO) and used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) prices in Asia-Pacific. The Asia-Pacific UCO and UCOME markets are growing quickly as stricter emissions reduction targets around the world drive rising demand for renewable feedstocks and […]
In Latvia, with the aim to promote biomethane production and its free circulation in Latvia, the unified natural gas transmission and storage system operator AS Conexus Baltic Grid (Conexus) has developed a unique solution in the Baltics, allowing biomethane producers to deliver biomethane to a centralised biomethane entry point using special mobile gas containers to […]
