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  1. SAF
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    INERATEC and Ramboll expand eSAF production collaboration

    INERATEC and Ramboll are expanding their cooperation to develop industrial e-SAF production in Germany. They are currently in the FEED phase for upgrading the ERA ONE plant in Frankfurt-Höchst to convert Fischer-Tropsch crude into certified e-SAF.

  2. SAF
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Aeroflot and Gazprom Neft agree to develop and use SAF in Russia

    Aeroflot and Gazprom Neft signed an agreement at the RuCORS forum in St. Petersburg to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and certification in Russia. The cooperation covers Aeroflot Group airlines, aiming to create a resource-economic model and pilot refueling to meet ICAO international requirements.

  3. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Macron urges EU to raise biofuel blending to B10

    French President Macron urged EU President Ursula von der Leyen to ease biofuel blending limits from B7 to B10 to address soaring fuel prices. The Association Quality Management Biodiesel (AGQM) notes that B10 is compatible with many existing diesel vehicles, offering an immediate reduction in fossil diesel use.

Oct 1Thu
  1. Biodiesel
    American Soybean Association · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Small Refinery Exemptions Impact Biofuel Demand

    ASA Chief Economist Scott Gerlt explains how small refinery exemptions (SREs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard reduce biofuel demand, particularly affecting biomass-based diesel. While EPA reallocation mitigates some impacts, SREs remain a source of controversy and uncertainty for agricultural prices.

  2. SAF
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Mind the Gap: The New Map from Lab to Scale

    Aether Fuels integrated its Aurora platform with a Fischer-Tropsch reactor at Research Triangle Park, processing renewable natural gas and CO2. AmSpec testing confirmed the synthetic aviation fuel meets ASTM D7566 Annex A1 specifications for the FT-SPK pathway.

  3. Feedstocks
    BiodieselBR · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Indian industry association forecasts 30% higher sunflower-oil imports after tariff cut

    BiodieselBR republishes a Reuters report quoting India’s Solvent Extractors’ Association. Its president forecasts sunflower-oil imports of 3.5 million tonnes in 2026/27, up 30%, following a crude-sunflower-oil tariff reduction; soyoil purchases are forecast at 5 million tonnes. These are attributed forecasts for the coming crop year, not realised imports.

  4. Biodiesel
    ANTARA News · BusinessSignificance: Routine

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    Prabowo's B50 drive helps strengthen energy security: expert

    An energy expert stated that Indonesia's B50 biodiesel policy and E10 ethanol mandate help safeguard energy security by ensuring supply sufficiency and affordability. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry reported that B50 distribution reached 75–80 percent nationwide as of August 31, 2026, with full implementation at all fuel stations targeted for October 2026.

  5. Feedstocks
    Renewable Carbon News · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    NSO and Fraunhofer test UNIFORMER biomass platform

    Estonian startup New Standard Oil and German Fraunhofer institutes have started validating the first industrial prototype of the UNIFORMER platform at TRL-6. The modular system aims to convert European bio-waste into renewable materials, chemicals, and energy products.

  6. SAF
    Hydrocarbon Processing · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Dongde Energy starts $1.6-B eSAF project in China

    Dongde Energy has begun implementing a $1.6-B sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Xinjiang, China, to produce 100,000 tpy of SAF using green hydrogen and captured CO₂. The project includes 2 GW of wind power and a 50,000-tpy hydrogen facility, described by Dongde as China’s first and largest SAF demonstration project of its type.

  7. Renewable methanol
    Hydrocarbon Processing · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    AFRY selected to lead engineering for Unipers NorthStarH2 eMethanol plant

    AFRY has been awarded by Uniper to deliver FEED for NorthStarH2, a planned eMethanol production facility in Östersund, Sweden. The project aims to produce 115,000 tonnes of e-methanol annually using renewable electricity and biogenic CO2, with a Final Investment Decision planned for 2028 and commissioning scheduled for 2031.

  8. Feedstocks
    GAPKI · Indonesian Palm Oil AssociationSignificance: Routine

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    GAPKI: Smallholder Inclusion Key to Indonesia's EUDR Readiness

    GAPKI stated that Indonesia's palm oil industry is relatively ready for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), but smallholder farmers remain the most vulnerable link in the supply chain. The association proposed a 'regulated inclusion' approach to ensure smallholders remain integrated while meeting traceability and legality requirements.

  9. Renewable methanol
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    India lays foundation for e-methanol plant at Kandla

    Gujarat and Assam chief ministers and the federal ports minister laid the foundation stone for India's first port-based e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port in Kandla. The 150 tonne per day facility, costing almost $240 million, will supply fuel to ships on the Asia-Europe route, with the first 50 tonnes per day phase targeted for January 2027.

  10. Renewable methanol
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Japan completes methanol-fueled chemical tanker

    Kokuka Sangyo took delivery of the 1,223-dwt Kokuryu Maru, its first dedicated methanol-fueled chemical tanker, which completed its first methanol bunkering on Sept. 24 at Kinoe Port in Hiroshima Prefecture. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical will charter the vessel, which will primarily transport methanol on domestic routes and also serve as a methanol bunkering ship.

  11. Renewable methanol
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    China details methanol-fueled Yangtze cruise ship

    China Changjiang National Shipping Group plans to deliver Changjiang No. 7, a 638-passenger methanol-powered smart cruise ship, by late December 2026. Designed by Wuhan Changjiang Ship Design Institute and built by China Merchants Industry Holdings, the vessel targets the high-end Yangtze Three Gorges leisure market.

  12. Renewable methanol
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    China sets rules for inland methanol bunkering barges

    China’s Maritime Safety Administration issued immediate technical and inspection rules for inland methanol bunkering barges. The guidelines cover methanol-only, converted, and combined barges, mandating separate tanks, independent systems, and safety equipment while prohibiting simultaneous bunkering of two ships or fuels.

  13. Feedstocks
    Cosmo Energy · Press ReleasesSignificance: Notable

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    Sakaide begins household used-oil collection for Japan’s domestic SAF supply chain

    Cosmo Oil, Sakaide City, JGC Holdings, Revo International and SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY announced a cooperation agreement signed on 30 September. Sakaide opened eight household used-cooking-oil collection points that day; collected oil will be transported to the operating SAF plant in Sakai. The release does not state the expected household collection volume.

    Why it matters:Adds municipal collection infrastructure to a domestic used-oil-to-SAF supply chain.

  14. SAF
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Cardano Foundation partners with Petrobras on SAF and Diesel R blockchain projects

    Cardano Foundation announced two blockchain initiatives with Petrobras for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and Diesel R. The projects use blockchain to track environmental benefits and fuel lifecycle data, including a Book-and-Claim model for SAF certificates.

  15. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Aemetis sells Section 45Z tax credits for $22.4M

    Aemetis announced it received $22.4 million from selling Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credits generated from 2026 ethanol and RNG production. The company expects to increase the per-gallon credit value once low-carbon corn feedstock use is fully documented.

  16. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Grassley and Klobuchar introduce bill to extend Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit

    Sens. Grassley and Klobuchar introduced legislation to extend the Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit through 2029. The credit, which expires on December 31, 2026, provides a $0.20 per gallon tax incentive for biodiesel producers using domestic feedstocks.

  17. Biodiesel
    BiodieselBR · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    BiodieselBR reports Brazilian distributors lifted over 1.82 million m³ in the fourth two-month period

    BiodieselBR, citing an ANP balance released on 29 September, reports that Brazilian distributors lifted slightly more than 1.82 million m³ of biodiesel in the fourth two-month period of 2026, compared with just over 1.77 million m³ a year earlier. Its headline states that 98% of contracted fuel was collected. The accessible article excerpt describes physical liftings, not installed production capacity.

Sep 30Wed
  1. Feedstocks
    Google News · BIODIESEL · deSignificance: Notable

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    Mainz team turns biodiesel by-product glycerin into formic acid and hydrogen via hybrid electrolysis

    Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a new "hybrid electrolysis" process that converts glycerin — generated in large volumes as a by-product of biodiesel production — into two valuable raw materials: formic acid and hydrogen, with results published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials. Unlike conventional water electrolysis, the process uses glycerin as a feedstock alongside water, so that instead of oxygen the anode product is formic acid, a versatile chemical industry feedstock that today is mostly produced from fossil sources. The process also yields hydrogen, which can serve as an energy carrier. Study leader Prof. Dr. Carsten Streb (JGU Department of Chemistry) said the approach can make an important contribution to electrifying the chemical industry, a transformation companies are currently pursuing at scale to cut CO2 emissions.

  2. Feedstocks
    GAPKI · Indonesian Palm Oil AssociationSignificance: Routine

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    GAPKI Reports Commodity Prices for 29 Sep 2026

    GAPKI published commodity price data for 29 September 2026, including CBOT soybean and soy oil prices. It listed CPO prices from MDEX, ICDX, JFX, and KPB Nusantara, along with MYR and IDR exchange rates.

  3. Feedstocks
    Malaysian Palm Oil CouncilSignificance: Routine

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    Palm oil may gain premium over soyoil in 2027 on supply risks, says industry official

    Eddy Martono, chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association, told Reuters that palm oil could trade at a premium to soyoil in 2027 due to El Niño production risks and rising Indonesian biodiesel demand. He projected Indonesia's 2027 palm oil output to fall 3.7% to 56.6 million metric tonnes while biodiesel demand rises 18.5% to 17.4 million tonnes, cutting exports by 14.9% to 26.5 million tonnes.

  4. Renewable methanol
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Nord Gas Solutions to develop 35MT/day biogas liquefaction plant in Poland

    Nord Gas Solutions secured a contract for a 35-ton-per-day biogas liquefaction plant in Poland, expected to be the country's first bioLNG production facility. The brownfield project will convert manure-based biogas into bioLNG using Puregas CA75 LBG and MR35 technologies to support renewable fuel production.

  5. Biodiesel
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    BP reportedly weighs sale of Brazilian biofuels business

    Bloomberg reports BP is reportedly considering selling its Brazilian biofuels business, bp Bunge Bioenergia, as it reviews its portfolio. The unit, fully owned by BP since 2024, operates 11 sugarcane units with capacity equivalent to about 50,000 barrels of ethanol per day.

  6. HVO
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    XCF Global sells $10M renewable diesel in August

    XCF Global reported over $10 million in August revenue from selling 1.3 million gallons of renewable diesel from its New Rise Renewables Reno facility. This marks the first month of completed commercial sales following the facility's July restart, with production scaling from 50,000 to over 70,000 gallons per day.

  7. HVO
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    EcoCeres to supply ISCC-certified HVO to AstraZeneca Wuxi plant

    EcoCeres announced a partnership to supply ISCC-certified HVO from used cooking oil to AstraZeneca's Wuxi facility for backup power. The company states the fuel can cut lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 90% compared with conventional diesel.

  8. SAF
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    EASA: EU 2025 SAF supply hits 2.8%, exceeding 2% mandate

    EASA's 2026 report shows EU Sustainable Aviation Fuel supply reached 1.1 million tonnes in 2025, a 2.8% share exceeding the 2% ReFuelEU mandate. SAF was supplied at 121 airports, reducing GHG emissions by 3.77 million tonnes.

  9. E-fuels
    Biofuels Digest · NewsSignificance: Routine

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    Skyrenu delivers first eFuels batch using Sherbrooke tech

    Skyrenu Technologies delivered its first batch of eFuels and eChemicals using CO2 captured directly from the air at Secant Fuel. This milestone, developed by two Sherbrooke companies from University of Sherbrooke research, demonstrates linking direct air capture to carbon conversion.