Biofuel news

The crisis in the Middle East should be a wake-up for the global chemical industry to end its dependence on fossil fuels for feedstocks and consider sustainable alternatives, according to Scottish green chemicals firm Celtic Renewables.

Alfa Laval has announced the signing of a 1.1 BSEK (€102 million) contract to supply hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) pre-treatment technology for Acelen’s new biorefinery project in Brazil.

MAIRE has announced that it has signed an MoU with the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Kazakhstan Samruk-Kazyna and the Italo-Kazakh Trade Association (ACIK) to cooperate on the development of a SAF platform in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Petrobras has approved the FID for the RPBC Biorefining project, which entails the construction of a dedicated plant for producing SAF and renewable diesel at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery in Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil.

Petrobras has completed the production and sale of the first batch of SAF produced from CORSIA-certified low-risk ILUC soybean oil, which attests to sustainability criteria and a lower risk of impact on new areas.

Compliance credits for biomass-based diesel and ethanol have doubled in value since the start of 2026. The credits have increased in price, mostly because of higher US biofuel blending targets, the EIA has reported.

Syzygy Plasmonics has announced that it has entered into a capacity reservation agreement with World Fuel Services for future SAF production from Syzygy's planned NovaSAF™ facilities.

ORLEN has significantly expanded its biofuel production capacity with the launch of a hydrotreated vegetable oil plant in Plock, Poland, with a rated output of around 300 000 tpy.

Inter Terminals has now been granted an extended environmental permit for waste handling, enabling the storage and handling of feedstock for second-generation biofuels.

Ameresco Inc. and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. have announced their agreement to spin off Ameresco’s biofuels business into a newly formed joint venture, Neogenyx Fuels.