The environment

Plug Power has partnered with Edgewood Renewables to build a renewable fuels facility in Nevada, US, utilising renewable natural gas and low-carbon hydrogen.

NEXTCHEM and Uzkimyosanoat JSC have signed an agreement on a potential collaboration to develop a carbon capture project in Uzbekistan.

The pace of capacity additions for US biofuel production slowed in 2024, with production capacity increasing by a modest 3% from the start of 2024 to the start of 2025, according to the EIA’s latest biofuels production capacity reports.

BASF SE and ANDRITZ Group have signed a license agreement for the use of BASF’s proprietary gas treatment technology in a carbon capture project planned to be implemented in the city of Aarhus, Denmark.

Neste and United Airlines have expanded their existing partnership to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to three new major airports in the US.

The EU’s carbon storage targets face a significant shortfall, with expected available injection capacity by 2030 falling well below the required 50 million tpy, according to new Wood Mackenzie analysis.

MAIRE has announced that NEXTCHEM has been selected by Mana Group and Equinor to conduct a feasibility study for a waste-to-methanol plant at Norway’s Mongstad refinery.

The US is on track to export a record amount of fuel ethanol for the second year in a row in 2025, driven by growing international demand, the EIA has reported.

Duque de Caxias Refinery (Reduc), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the first refinery in Brazil certified to produce and commercialise SAF through the HEFA co-processing route.

John Cockerill and Axens launch the NesaBTF™ torrefaction technology, a pretreatment solution for the renewable fuel chain BioTfueL® process developed by BioNext.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver a biogas upgrading plant (PuregasCA) to Danish renewable energy solutions provider Bigadan AS.

Topsoe, Sasol, Griesemann Gruppe, and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have signed a cooperation agreement to enable the construction, operations, and R&D activities of DLR’s e-fuels demonstration facility for research and production of e-SAF.

Exolum has announced its decision to invest £4.5 million in creating the UK’s first independent SAF blending facility at Redcliffe Bay in south-west England, as part of new plans for a UK-wide network of SAF blending hubs.

Liquid Wind has been granted €3.6 million in funding by Industriklivet for the pre-engineering of its eFuel project in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

Syensqo has announced the global availability of several circular content certified high performance elastomers and lubricants fluids manufactured at its Spinetta Marengo plant in Piedmont, Italy.