Ecostrat Inc., New Energy Risk, Torrgas, and Torrgreen have formed a strategic alliance to offer feedstock supply insurance to project developers licensing Torrgreen’s torrefaction technology and Torrgas’s syngas production technology.
Allied Biofuels FE LLC has executed a logistics cooperation agreement with Pro Logistic Services SIA to establish the international export framework for the movement of SAF and e-SAF from Uzbekistan to strategic markets across Europe and beyond.
CHAR Technologies Ltd. on July 21 welcomed a significant regulatory development in France that, if adopted, would open the country's flagship long-term support mechanism for renewable gas to pyrolysis-based production
Neste is supporting the Tara Ocean Foundation’s work by supplying Neste MY Renewable Diesel to help reduce the expedition’s climate impact, e.g. by replacing fossil fuel use in the polar station’s energy systems in extreme arctic weather conditions.
Self-driving lab: AI and automated biology combine to improve enzymes
By University of Illinois
July 30, 2026
By combining artificial intelligence with automated robotics and synthetic biology, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have dramatically improved performance of two important industrial enzymes.
The U.S. EPA on July 14 approved a RFS fuel pathway petition filed by Chevron Renewable Energy Group Inc. that will allow the company’s Geismar, Louisiana, faculty to generate RIN for fuel produced from CoverCress oil feedstock.
In a court filing made July 28, the U.S. EPA announced it will issue a decision on two RFS compliance year 2024 SRE petitions filed by Alon Refining and HF Sinclair by Aug. 4, ahead of the Aug. 11 deadline requested by the oil companies.
NW Natural has announced its 2025 RNG purchase amount of 3.35%, marking a significant increase over 2024 volumes. The company has since secured contracts for 4% RNG in 2026 and is looking to increase its RNG percentage again in 2027.
DHL Express and Moeve announced the signing of a SAF offtake agreement at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. Under the agreement, DHL Express will purchase approximately 2 million gallons of SAF during a one-year term
FutureMetrics LLC has published a new white paper that discusses the potential for using torrefied pellets as feedstock in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) gasification systems to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
HF Sinclair Corp. on July 28 reported strong second quarter results for its renewable segment with high margins supported by improved renewable identification number (RIN) prices. Renewable products sales volumes were also up for the quarter.
Alon Refining and HF Sinclair on July 24 filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asking the court to order the U.S. EPA to issue decisions on their outstanding compliance year 2024 SRE petitions by Aug. 11.
Delta Air Lines on July 27 joined Minnesota SAF Hub partners, along with federal and state policymakers, to celebrate the completion of a new SAF blending facility at Flint Hills Resources' Pine Bend Refinery.
Waga Energy has reached a new milestone in its development with the implementation of a €128 million, 10-year structured Green Loan. The transaction will support the company’s growth across Europe on several fronts.
Strategic Biofuels has received its final Class VI Sequestration Well Permit from the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, marking a major milestone, significantly advancing the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels project in Caldwell Parish.
U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 880,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in April, according to the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 900,000 tons during the month.
Neste reported record results for the second quarter of 2026. EBITDA for the renewable products segment reached an all-time high, supported by a record high sales margin and sales volumes exceeding 1 million metric tons.
Puro.earth on July 21 announced the certification and issuance of CO2 Removal Certificates (CORCs) for the VEAS wastewater treatment plant project in Norway, developed by Inherit Carbon Solutions.
HAMR Energy has welcomed up to $32 million in conditional funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to advance its landmark projects that will transform Australian plantation forestry residues and renewable energy into SAF.
SOCAR Türkiye and Pegasus Airlines have signed a cooperation agreement in the field of SAF. Under the agreement, organizations aim to work together to identify SAF-related needs in Türkiye, conduct feasibility studies, and take other actions.
The RNG Coalition on July 23 celebrates Hawaii Gov. Josh Green's signing of SB 2999 into law. The new law directs the Hawaii Department of Transportation to establish a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) program.
XCF Global Inc. on July 23 announced that it has entered into a joint commercialization and development agreement with Continual Renewable Ventures Pty Ltd and New Rise Australia Pty Ltd. for a proposed biorefinery project in Australia.
The USDA is taking steps to speed up progress in plant science by calling on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm data the agency collects.
Wood pellet consumption in the EU is expected to expand by 2% this year, driven by increased residual use, according to a report filed with the USDA. That increased demand is forecast to result in a partial recovery of EU wood pellet imports.
The Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act of 2026 was introduced in both the House and the Senate on July 22. The bill aims to expand the RFS’s definition of renewable biomass to include additional low value woody materials.
The U.K. government on July 23 announced plans to broaden eligibility criteria for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) financing and released updated statistics on the volume of fuel used to meet the country’s SAF mandate last year.
The Timphaus farming business in Lohne, Germany, began producing biogas in 2011. After 15 years, the family that operates the farm is now expanding its biogas operations to include an EnviThan gas upgrading unit.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) could become a major driver of Canada's industrial and economic growth, according to a macroeconomic study conducted by Airbus and ICF, unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow.
Honeywell Technologies has completed its acquisition of Johnson Matthey’s Catalyst Technologies business for £1.325 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal strengthens the company’s portfolio across refining, petrochemicals and renewable fuels.
The DOE on July 22 announced it has selected 278 projects to move forward with award negotiations under the Genesis Mission request for applications released in March. Several bioenergy-related projects are among those selected by the agency.
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