Renata Diaz

Japan proposes GHG scores for Brazilian and Thai ethanol imports

Japan moved to set default carbon scores for Brazilian corn and Thai ethanol, a step that could decide which cargoes fit its planned E10 market.

OPAL Fuels and GFL advance two RNG projects at Alabama, Georgia landfills

OPAL Fuels and GFL advanced two landfill RNG projects in Alabama and Georgia that could add 15 million gasoline-gallon equivalents a year. The fuel will flow through OPAL’s CNG/RNG network.

Louisiana advances wood pellet manufacturing bill to boost jobs, exports

Louisiana cleared HB 670 unanimously, setting up state support for wood pellet plants tied to rural jobs, deepwater ports and export demand.

Dutch firm designs biodegradable test for microplastics in the body

Okos Diagnostics sketched a zero-waste microplastics test that uses a biodegradable cassette and color readout, aiming at a market that throws away billions of rapid tests.

Mumbai's MGL, BMC sign pact for 350 TPD biogas plant

MGL and BMC signed a concession for a 350 TPD biogas plant at Mankhurd, tying Mumbai’s wet waste to a city-scale fuel chain.

Vanguard Renewables breaks ground on Minnesota RNG facility

Vanguard Renewables started construction in Litchfield on a project that will take more than 300 tons of food waste a day and make about 270,000 MMBtu of RNG annually.

Biodiesel board urges EU ministers to lock in post-2030 transport rules

EU biodiesel producers pressed ministers for a post-2030 transport roadmap as Brussels weighs a 2040 emissions cut and a 2026 renewable-energy framework.

Maruti Suzuki expands biogas projects to cut factory emissions

Maruti Suzuki pledged INR 150 crore for a 10-tonnes-per-day biogas plant at Kharkhoda and a Manesar expansion, with Kharkhoda set to cover 20% of gas needs.

Renewable natural gas market gains momentum as policy and demand expand

RNG is growing fast on paper, but the winners will be the projects with cheap feedstock, pipeline access and enough credits to close the economics.

Jun 7, 2026·4 min read

Clean Energy Fuels starts negative-carbon RNG production in Idaho dairy project

Clean Energy Fuels said its Idaho dairy site has started making negative-carbon RNG from manure at a 35,000-cow complex, unlocking RINs and LCFS credits.

Jun 7, 2026·2 min read

Mitsubishi Heavy wins verification for biomass waste recovery system

Mitsubishi Heavy's AdBio system cleared JESC verification, with MHI targeting about a 40% jump in biogas from mixed municipal waste.

Jun 7, 2026·2 min read

U.K. moves Drax carbon capture permit into public review stage

The Environment Agency is minded to let Drax add carbon capture at Selby, opening a June 24 review of a permit that would send CO2 under the North Sea.

Jun 7, 2026·2 min read

Farmers seek certainty as Washington weighs 45Z clean fuel credit

Farmers say 45Z only works if Treasury counts real field practices, sets a usable CI model and makes the credit reachable before planting decisions harden.

Jun 6, 2026·5 min read

Biofuels Congress 2026 spotlights feedstock and policy bottlenecks

Feedstock is the bottleneck that matters most in 2026, even as EPA’s higher RFS volumes force biofuels developers to prove they can scale supply.

Jun 6, 2026·5 min read

EPA’s 2026-2027 fuel rule tightens biofuels market, boosts RIN demand

EPA’s new RFS rule adds 2.89 billion RINs of demand and strips out low-cost compliance options, squeezing refiners while lifting low-CI biofuel value.

E15 supporters push nationwide ethanol sales expansion through divided Senate

Senate Republicans and Democrats are now the last barrier to year-round E15, after the House backed it 218-203 and EPA kept the blend on the market through summer.

LaHood meets Illinois soybean leaders on biofuels policy, farm competitiveness

LaHood met Illinois soybean leaders in Bloomington as the state’s B20 mandate hit full effect, putting farm income and soybean oil demand at the center of the policy fight.

Republic Services expands renewable natural gas reach into Europe

Republic Services said landfill gas from one of its sites reached European compliance markets for the first time, widening a network already at 65 landfills and aimed at 100 RNG projects by 2030.

Refiners sue EPA over costly biofuel blending mandates

AFPM sued EPA over the 2026-27 RFS, warning the mandate could add $106 billion in compliance costs and 26 to 35 cents a gallon.

Jun 4, 2026·2 min read