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Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz kommt in Bundestag
Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz kommt in Bundestag
Hamburg, 26 May (Argus) — Der Gesetzentwurf für das Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz steht am Donnerstag, 11. Juni, erstmals auf der Tagesordnung des Bundestages. In einer einstündigen Debatte wird das Gesetz damit in erster Lesung im Bundestag beraten, bevor es dann dem Ausschuss für Wirtschaft und Energie überwiesen wird. Das Bundeskabinett hatte den Entwurf am 13. Mai beschlossen und damit in das parlamentarische Verfahren eingebracht. Ziel ist es, das bisherige Gebäudeenergiegesetz (GEG) in ein Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz (GModG) zu überführen und zentrale Vorgaben neu auszurichten. So soll insbesondere die bisherige Pflicht entfallen, wonach neue Heizungen zu mindestens 65 % mit erneuerbaren Energien betrieben werden müssen. Stattdessen sieht der Entwurf die Einführung einer sogenannten "Biotreppe" vor. Demnach sollen Gas- und Ölheizungen ab 2029 schrittweise steigende Anteile erneuerbarer oder CO2-armer Energieträger einsetzen. Die Pläne stoßen in der Landespolitik sowie in Stellungnahmen unterschiedlicher Verbände auf Kritik. Auf Länderebene positioniert sich insbesondere Hamburg kritisch. Die Hamburger Bürgerschaft hat am 20. Mai beschlossen, stärkere eigene Regelungskompetenzen im Heizungsrecht einzufordern. Hintergrund ist das Ziel der Hansestadt, bis 2040 Klimaneutralität zu erreichen. Dieses Ziel wird nach Ansicht Hamburgs durch den Entwurf gefährdet, da dieser auch im Jahr 2040 noch einen Anteil von bis zu 40 % fossiler Energieträger wie Gas oder Heizöl zulassen würde. Auf Verbandsebene warnen Vertreter der Bioenergiebranche vor einer möglichen Regelungslücke: Da das GModG nur für nach Inkrafttreten installierte Heizungen gelten soll, könnten bereits seit Einführung des GEG eingebaute Anlagen künftig aus entsprechenden Verpflichtungen herausfallen. Aus der Biomethanbranche werden zudem präzisere Vorgaben sowie eine umfassende Strategie gefordert. Im aktuellen Entwurf fehlen sowohl konkrete Einschränkungen für Importe als auch klare Anforderungen an Treibhausgaseinsparungen. Auch Umweltverbände äußern deutliche Bedenken. Sie bewerten den Entwurf als Rückschritt für den Klimaschutz und stellen infrage, ob die Regelungen mit EU-Recht sowie dem verfassungsrechtlichen Klimaschutzgebot vereinbar sind. Nach der ersten Lesung werden die Beratungen in den Ausschüssen beginnen. Dort sollen sowohl Änderungsvorschläge aus der Politik als auch Stellungnahmen von Verbänden berücksichtigt werden. Erst danach wird der überarbeitete Entwurf in zweiter und dritter Lesung zur Abstimmung in den Bundestag eingebracht. Da die Umsetzung des Gesetzes maßgeblich von Ländern und Kommunen abhängt, gilt die Zustimmung des Bundesrates als entscheidend. Aufgrund bereits bestehender Differenzen zwischen den Ländern erscheint ein Vermittlungsverfahren wahrscheinlich, was den Zeitplan zusätzlich verzögern könnte. Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE) strebte zuletzt ein Inkrafttreten zum 1. Juli 2026 an. Von Svea Winter Senden Sie Kommentare und fordern Sie weitere Informationen an feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
War halves Kuwaiti oil products output, export in March
War halves Kuwaiti oil products output, export in March
Dubai, 22 May (Argus) — Kuwait's refinery output dropped by roughly half and exports by more than half in March, following the start of the US-Iran war on 28 February, which caused damage to Kuwait's oil infrastructure. Joint Organisations Data Initiative (Jodi) updates show that Kuwait's refinery production, excluding LPG, stood at just 627,000 b/d in March, its lowest since at least October 2022. Kuwait normally produces close to 1.1mn b/d, and in February its output reached an all-time high of 1.31mn b/d, according to Jodi data that goes back to 2002. Middle distillates and naphtha output were most affected. Jet fuel production fell by 58pc and gasoil by 45pc compared with average 2025 outputs, while naphtha dropped by 73pc. Fuel oil production was down by 17pc, while gasoline was the only oil product that increased compared with 2025, by 20pc. Kuwait's refining infrastructure was repeatedly hit by Iranian drone attacks in March and April. The 346,000 b/d Mina al Ahmadi refinery was hit on 3 April , after being hit on 19 and 20 March , and on 2 March, while 454,000 b/d Mina Abdullah was also struck on 19 March . Kuwait also operates the 615,000 b/d al-Zour refinery, but no direct hits have been reported there. The exact extent of the refinery damage has not been specified, making it difficult to assess the impact on operations. But at the end of March some units were shut at Mina al Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah was fully offline — it is now set to return online by 30 June — while al-Zour was operating at around 50pc capacity. Plant run rates could have also been lowered in response to the ongoing blockade of the strait of Hormuz, which continues to prevent refineries in the Mideast Gulf from exporting oil products. Kuwait's total oil product exports dropped by 60pc in March, compared with the average in 2025, Jodi data show. Middle distillates again suffered the biggest losses, with an around 78pc drop in jet fuel and 63pc drop in diesel exports. Naphtha exports fell by 59pc and fuel oil by 32pc, with gasoline again the only product marking an increase. The war has also severely disrupted regional and global flight schedules, with most of the countries in the Middle East closing their airspace at the start of the conflict. Kuwait was the last country in the region to announce that its airspace was reopening, on 24 April — nearly two months after shutting it, and is only starting the resumption of full operations at its international airport from 1 June . The flight disruption has sharply curtailed Kuwaiti jet fuel demand, which dropped to just 1,000 b/d in March, compared with an average 19,000 b/d in 2025. By Ieva Paldaviciute Exports 000 b/d Mar-26 2025 ±% Gasoline 17 2 963 Naphtha 67 165 -59 Jet-Kerosine 57 260 -78 Gasoil 106 289 -63 Fuel Oil 87 127 -32 Total exports 334 843 -60 Total product exports excludes LPG Jodi Refinery output 000 b/d Mar-26 2025 ±% Gasoline 78 65 20 Naphtha 53 194 -73 Jet-Kerosine 110 262 -58 Gasoil 180 327 -45 Fuel Oil 206 249 -17 Total output 627 1,096 -43 Total refinery output excludes LPG Jodi Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Japan’s cracker rates fall to a historic low again
Japan’s cracker rates fall to a historic low again
Tokyo, 22 May (Argus) — Average operating rates of Japan's naphtha-fed ethylene crackers fell to 67.3pc in April, reaching a record low for the second consecutive month, according to the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association (JPCA). Persistent naphtha supply disruption due to the US-Iran war in the Middle East, along with multiple planned turnarounds of the crackers, have pressured operating rates. The April operating rates dropped by 11.3 percentage points from the same month in 2025, and by 1.5 percentage points from March, when rates hit a record low of 68.8pc. Four crackers were shut for regular maintenance in April, compared to none a year earlier. Ethylene output in April declined by 37pc on the year to 283,500t but rose by 4pc from March. Production of major polymers — low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene (PP) — also fell by 27pc to 79,100t and by 24pc to 146,400t, respectively, from a year earlier. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) output dropped by 24pc on the year to 93,200t. But production of LDPE, PP, and PVC in April recovered from March levels, as domestic petrochemical producers have attempted to diversify feedstock naphtha import sources beyond the Middle East, according to JPCA. LDPE and PP output rose by 47pc and 17pc in April on the month, while PVC production increased by 4.3pc on the month. JPCA expects naphtha purchases from countries outside the Middle East to rapidly increase in May. Meanwhile, Japan has secured polyethylene and PP inventories that could cover domestic demand for more than three months, and naphtha production at domestic refineries has helped ease the impact of supply disruptions, JPCA added. Japan relies heavily on the Middle East for its naphtha supply. The country imported 583,609t of naphtha from the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain in March, accounting for 73pc of total imports of 798,523t imports in March, according to the latest data from finance ministry. By Nanami Oki Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Q&A: Australia's ACCUs could support biofuels
Q&A: Australia's ACCUs could support biofuels
Sydney, 22 May (Argus) — Australian wood-fibre processor and exporter Midway was selected this week to lead the development of a new reforestation and afforestation carbon-crediting method that might include pongamia trees, which could lead to harvesting of oil seed to be used in biofuel production. Carbon projects manager John Lawson spoke with Argus on the sidelines of industry member organisation Carbon Market Institute's (CMI) Carbon Farming Forum in Fremantle, Western Australia, where assistant minister for climate change and energy Josh Wilson made the announcement . Edited highlights follow: What are the next steps and the expected timeline for this method development? We have a project team stood up and ready to go, and we have already started engaging a lot of industry expertise and interest to contribute to this through targeted input and workshops. We're meeting with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water next week to finalise what the specific milestones are for them and what they want to see, and then we'll be able to have a view as to what we think we can deliver. But we're targeting a 12-to-18-month timeline to get the method to a finalised state to the department. Is there any estimated carbon abatement potential for the method? Some of the work we need to do is to shore some of that up, as pongamia is a completely novel activity. It will depend a bit on how complex the method ends up being, and what the rules are. But a reasonable, conservative rule of thumb might be 100 [Australian Carbon Credit Units] (ACCUs) per hectare, and we've heard people talking about anywhere from 80,000 to 150,000 hectares as potential, which could see significant investment. So, we're talking about millions, if not tens of millions of potential [CO2] abatement. How different would it be from the expired reforestation and afforestation method? We're not proposing to change foundationally what the method is — that is, capturing the sequestered carbon in these forests. It's about creating more flexibility for plantation foresters by expanding what types of forests can be considered under the method to include seed oil crops and other harvest operations, and then have some corresponding changes to the abatement calculations. We're looking to try and simplify some of the measurement and verification approaches. There's potential to expand the type of both mixed species environmental plantings and commercial forestry species under this method. Importantly, this will also create opportunity for some of the activities previously under the farm forestry method, which sunset [in 2024] and wasn't remade. And how different would it be from the existing plantation forestry method? Foundationally, the activity wouldn't be any different, it's just adding a different measurement and verification avenue. Instead of having to use FullCam [Full Carbon Accounting Model] like you do in the current method, it would allow you to do a measurement-based, on-site process. It's important to note that we aren't coming into this presuming that we have all the answers already. What we gave the department is a clear policy position about what we thought the method could be, specifying three areas of focus: adding woody biomass from seed oil crops like pongamia; adding a measured version of plantation forestry; and what we've called a collection of general method improvements. Is pongamia the main driver behind this method? Pongamia seems to be the highest interest species, but that's not to say it's the only species that could be covered under the method. There are opportunities for other species as well. Our view is not to make this a Pongamia-specific activity, it's to make it specific to those types of seed oil crops. It's focused on woody species that support measurable sequestration in the way that the method currently does. The minister announced that Midway will be leading a consortium, but no names were publicly disclosed. How many companies are involved and what types of businesses they are? There's about a dozen companies. The types of businesses that are looking at this are largely emitters, from sectors like transport, mining, energy, LNG. There's very good interest as well from the forestry sector — many forestry developers were interested in providing support. This is a bit outside method development, but would the plan be processing the oil seed in Australia to produce biofuels like renewable diesel? What we're aware of from the people we've spoken to — and we obviously have our pilot project with Rio Tinto — is that the intention is for those seeds to be harvested and processed locally. Just to think about the supply chain logistics, it makes more sense to do that domestically. And there's certainly a lot of interest and need for biofuels in Australia to help with safeguard mechanism compliance , which is another great benefit of what we're proposing under the method. This is one way to capture and recognise real carbon sequestration that does exist in the trees, but it also commercially helps to fund these plantations that ultimately provide even greater benefit in reducing supply chain emissions through the biofuel from the oilseed — in the mining industry, or in large freight logistics, or other activities that have to switch from diesel and other fossil fuels. By Juan Weik Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. 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