In Australia, the government of Tasmania said it continues to move forward with its vision to establish Bell Bay as Australia’s first green hydrogen hub. The Government foreshadowed a proposed change to the Irrigation Company Act 2011 to enable Tasmanian Irrigation to supply bulk raw water to the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub at Bell Bay. […]
In India, Mint reported that Vertex Hydrogen, which is developing the UK’s first large scale, low carbon hydrogen production hub at Essar’s site in Ellesmere Port, has signed agreements to supply over 1,000MW of low carbon hydrogen to leading industries in the region. The project will capture some 1.8 million tons of CO2 per annum […]
In Australia, mining firm BHP said it is trialing the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to help power mining equipment at its Yandi iron ore operations in Western Australia. Supplied through a collaboration with bp, the renewable diesel made from HVO will be used in haul trucks and other mining equipment over an initial […]
In Italy, Eni Sustainable Mobility and Saipem have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of using biofuels on Saipem’s drilling and construction naval vessels, with particular attention to operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Saipem has a global fleet consisting of 45 vessels for construction and drilling. This agreement forms part of the […]
In Spain, Spanish firm Cepsa said it has signed an agreement with ACE Terminal by which the former company will supply green ammonia to the planned import terminal in the port of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, for end use applications in the industry after conversion of the ammonia back into hydrogen, or for direct end […]
In Japan, Japanese shipping firm Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K LINE) said it has completed its third trial of marine biofuel. K Line said that the trial involved the use of B24 marine biofuel comprising 24% fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) blended with very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO). The marine biofuel was supplied by integrated […]
In Iowa, ingredient manufacturer Kemin Industries announced the launch of FermSAVER, a tea-extract product utilized during yeast fermentation for ethanol production, as part of its Kemin Bio Solutions portfolio. The firm said that FermSAVER was developed to help reduce stress when yeast is exposed to excess heat generated during the summer months. Supplementation with FermSAVER […]
In Canada, renewable chemicals firm EcoSynthetix announced that a key player in the wood panel market has committed to implement the company’s DuraBind resin for particleboard. The manufacturer, a producer of particleboard for a leading international retailer, is preparing to make this step in the implementation process this year following several years of trials and […]
In Finland, Neste said that Bell Textron has completed its first flight fueled solely by 100% sustainable aviation fuel with its Bell 505 becoming the first-ever single engine helicopter to fly using 100% SAF. Neste noted that this milestone flight was achieved through a cooperation between Bell, Safran Helicopter Engines, GKN Aerospace, Neste and Virent. […]
In Spain, the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) said that a team of researchers from UPM and the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) have used waste from the fruit industry to extract orange oil and analyze its potential as a fuel for bioreactors. The results obtained show that this oil is a viable alternative to […]
