In Louisiana, DG Fuels announced it is evaluating a 3,000-acre site in St. James Parish as the potential location of a new low-emission fuel manufacturing facility. The proposed $3.1 billion investment would create 1,055 new direct jobs and 5,231 new indirect jobs. The Washington, D.C.-based company has developed a patented system for utilizing renewable energy […]
In Washington, Cascadia Daily News reported that BP is currently exploring SAF production and green hydrogen facilities at its Cherry Point refinery, in Washington state. According to the report, BP’s leadership has identified the refinery as one capable of producing sustainable aviation fuel. “If built, these two facilities would produce significant amounts of low-carbon energy […]
In India, The Economic Times reported that Akasa Air Co-Founder Aditya Ghosh said India can play a leading role with respect to sustainable aviation fuel by plugging into the global supply chain opportunities. Ghosh said that airlines and airports will be pushed to take sustainable measures, but added that currently, SAF is much more expensive […]
In Washington D.C., the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Chemical Engineer Arpit Bhatt explained that the path to SAF will look different for every airport depending on a number of conditions. “The availability of feedstocks and the use of jet fuel vary across different locations,” Bhatt said. “It is very important to do a regional […]
In the UK, the Foreign Office reported that four South African clean energy startups have been selected to pitch their products to investors from the City of London. The UK government said that each of these four firms has received support through the UK government’s Climate Finance Accelerator programs, which works to develop a sustainable […]
In Washington D.C., Benzinga reported that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently invested $65 million in U.S. startup Air Company. The firm, which is backed by Toyota Motor Corp. and JetBlue, will use the funds to refine its production and ultimately build carbon-capture and fuel-generation facilities on U.S. Air Force bases, the report said. […]
In Sweden, local engineering, design and advisory company AFRY said that TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso and LSCS Invest, has invested $37 million in constructing a textile fiber process technology demonstration plant in Sweden. TreeToTextile is offering a new technology to produce biobased textile fibers with a low environmental footprint […]
In Canada, Pan American Energy said it has partnered with Integrity Mining and Industrial (IMI), a subsidiary of Integrity Bio-Chemicals, to collaborate on evaluating IMI’s suite of sustainable green chemistries to enhance lithium recovery from petalite bearing pegmatite, spodumene and lithium bearing clays. Pan American said it intends to share samples from its planned exploration […]
In Fiji, The Fiji Times reported that Government will build an ethanol plant at Rakiraki. Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh said the new ethanol plant would generate income for Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC). This income would allow FSC to get rid of years of relying on Government loans, the ministry said. “The plant in Rakiraki […]
In Israel, NILIT, a specialist in premium Nylon 6.6 for apparel, said it has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus system (ISCC+) accreditation for its primary SENSIL ByNature facility in Israel. The ISCC+ system is an independent sustainability certification program that confirms the controlled use of renewable feedstocks throughout a supply chain. The […]
