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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.
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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.
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ISCC held its North America stakeholder conference in Nashville on 29 September 2026, attracting over 220 participants. The event covered regulatory updates, ISCC certificate growth, and discussions on circular economy developments and certification systems.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GAPKI reported commodity closing prices for 30 September 2026. Data includes CBOT soybean, EU palm oil, MDEX CPO, ICDX CPO, and JFX OLE prices.
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INERATEC and Ramboll are in the FEED phase to expand the ERA ONE power-to-liquid plant in Frankfurt-Höchst with an upgrading unit for on-site e-SAF production. The project, supported by Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and the EIB, integrates isomerization, hydrocracking, and distillation to convert Fischer-Tropsch crude into certified e-fuels.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Caramuru's board authorized a US$100 million loan from Rabobank to fund a new biodiesel investment plan. The specific details of the investment plan were not disclosed in the available documents.
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Aether Fuels announced its integrated demo line produced ASTM D7566-compliant SAF from Kentucky landfill gas and industrial CO2. AmSpec testing confirmed FT-SPK compliance, supporting the planned 50 bpd Project Beacon in Singapore.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FrieslandCampina has allied with seven transport companies in the Netherlands and Germany to make milk transport more sustainable. The parties aim to convert half their fleet to bio-CNG trucks and develop refuelling infrastructure to reduce CO₂ emissions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cosmo Oil and partners will utilize used cooking oil-derived naphtha co-produced at its Sakai Refinery SAF unit, which began production in FY2025. The naphtha has obtained ISCC certification, following a 2021 NEDO subsidy for bio-jet fuel supply chain development.
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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.
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Uber Boat by Thames Clippers warns that UK Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation changes exclude tidal rivers from HVO eligibility, making renewable fuel nearly 50% more expensive than diesel. The company states this policy inconsistency has forced a return to conventional diesel, risking slowed decarbonisation on the River Thames.
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Bayer and Neste finalized a commercial agreement to scale newgold® winter canola as feedstock for renewable diesel and SAF in the US Southern Great Plains. The partnership aims to expand acreage, supply lower-carbon oilseeds, and sell high-protein meal co-products to animal feed markets.