
SOURCE: EcoEngineers
August 1, 2024
BY Dave Lindenmuth
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The U.S. EPA on Aug. 31 issued a final rule extending the RFS compliance reporting deadline for compliance year 2025 from Sept. 1, 2026, to Oct. 1, 2026. The delay is related to small refinery exemption (SRE) decisions issued earlier in the day.
The U.S. EPA on Aug. 31 announced decisions on 34 compliance year 2025 SRE petitions filed under the RFS. The agency granted 18 full exemptions, 11 partial (50%) exemptions, denied three petitions and determined two petitions to be ineligible.
CenterPoint Energy has announced plans to issue a request for ideas (RFI) in Fall 2026 to gather ideas and proposals for research and development (R&D) projects under Minnesota’s Natural Gas Innovation Act.
EnviTec Biogas AG’s is currently implementing two projects in France for long-standing customers: the conversion of the “Biowatt” plant in Brittany into a biomethane upgrading facility, and the construction of the new “Valoverte” biomethane plant.
The California Senate on Aug. 26 unanimously voted to pass the Forest Organic Residue, Energy and Safety Transformation and Wildfire Prevention Act, which authorizes a new program to maintain and expand biomass power generation within the state.