In Uruguay, Honeywell announced that Syzygy Plasmonics will use Honeywell UOP Fischer-Tropsch (FT) UnicrackingTM technology to make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from dairy waste and renewable energy at the world’s first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility. Syzygy’s modular commercial plant, NovaSAF-1, located in Duranzo, Uruguay, is expected to produce more than 350,000 gallons of SAF per year. […]
In China, Reuters reported that China’s soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on between Washington and Beijing. The report noted that Chinese processors may buy up to 10 million metric tons […]
In Uruguay, Avalon Energy Group and Sulzer Chemtech announced the signing of a Strategic Alliance and Partnership Agreement to scale up the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Under the agreement, Avalon has selected BioFlux™ technology for its portfolio of SAF projects currently under development worldwide which will lead to a commercial technology licensing agreement […]
In Argentina, Ambito reported that Uruguay is on track to double the area of rapeseed and carinata cultivated during the next 2025/2026 harvest with some 250,000 hectares planted, 100% more than in the 2024/2025 campaign when 125,000 hectares were reached nationwide, based on data from Urupov and IPB. Pablo Uteda, the general manager of Nuseed […]
In Uruguay, Infonegocios reported that Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) announced the acquisition of a grain and oilseed storage facility in Colonia, Uruguay. This facility, operated by the company for the past six years, is strategically located 2.5 kilometers from the port of Nueva Palmira , Uruguay’s main bulk terminal. The report noted that crops such […]
In Uruguay, HIF Global and Alcoholes del Uruguay (“ALURhave signed the Implementation Agreement which establishes the framework for the interaction between HIF’s future e-Fuels facility in Paysandú and ALUR’s biofuel plant nearby. The HIF Paysandú e-Fuels facility, with an estimated investment of $6 billion, aims to produce 700,000 tons of renewable fuels annually. The HIF […]
In Uruguay, Avalon BioEnergy Uruguay S.A., a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Avalon Energy Group LLC, launched plans for its first fully integrated Agriculture-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Latin America, located in Uruguay. This project is endorsed by the Ministry of Environment, and the Government of Uruguay. The proposed SAF biorefinery will significantly contribute to […]
In Uruguay, Medios Publicos reports the government is studying the possibility of increasing the mixture of ethanol in gasoline as well as resuming the use of biodiesel in diesel. Current regulations provide for a mixture of bioethanol in gasoline of at least 8.5%, even through the current blend in reality is closer to 9.8%. Biodiesel […]
