In Brazil, Zachs Equity Research reports Petrobras is moving forward with its $1.2 billion bioQAV and renewable diesel facility at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery near Sao Paulo. Set to begin commercial production 2030, the expansion project aims to produce 15,000 barrels per day of sustainable fuels, making it one of the largest in Latin America. […]
In Sweden, St1 Biokraft has begun a collaboration with Destination Gotland and at the same time takes a major step in delivering Swedish-produced liquid biogas to shipping. The delivery corresponds to renewable fuel for approximately 30 one-way trips between Visby and Nynäshamn, where a portion is Swedish-produced biogas. Of these, the Swedish-produced portion corresponds to […]
In Poland, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) has invested 25 million euros in the SWEN Impact Fund fot Transition 3 (SWIFT 3) managed by the French company SWEN Capital Partners. The money will be used for the development of biogas and biomethane m.in. projects in Poland, which will strengthen the energy independence of our country. SWIFT […]
In Spain, Axpo’s refuelling of a Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) vessel was its first ship-to-ship bio liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the Port of Barcelona. MOL’s Lapis Ace vehicle carrier received bio-LNG from Axpo’s bunkering vessel Green Pearl, marking another milestone in the development of alternative marine fuels infrastructure and services in Spain. […]
In Canada, PyroGenesis Inc. announced a collaborative project to convert contaminated biomass into syngas with its client Innofibre – Centre d’innovation des produits cellulosiques, a CCTT (“College Centre for the Transfer of Technologies”) at the Cégep de Trois-Rivières. The CCTT is focused on the paper and biorefining industry in Quebec. PyroGenesis’ technology was included during the […]
In Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) celebrated Incobrasa Industries’ new soybean processing plant and solar array in Gilman, reinforcing Illinois’ position as the nation’s leading soybean-producing state and a growing hub for biofuels, food processing, and advanced agricultural manufacturing. The completed project includes a 170,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art […]
In Florida, Refinity announced key advances across both its commodity olefins and specialty hydrocarbons platforms, including an exclusive license from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for technology designed to convert waste plastic-derived light olefins into distillate-range products for further upgrading into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel (RD), or lubricants and other technical fluids. The […]
In Texas, a remarkable quality of bioengineering is that scientists can take biological processes honed by millions of years of evolution and use them to efficiently create drugs, chemicals and other products to improve our lives. Now Tufts researchers have found new ways to expand the potential for using bacterial spores as catalysts for chemical […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that the country will roll out its 50% blending mandate on July 1 as planned after fuel test results released last week showed positive results. Rolling out B50 is meant to reduce, and potentially eliminate, fossil diesel imports, with the B40 during H1 and B50 during H2 expected to reduce import […]
In Romania, OMV Petrom SA concluded a sales contract with OMV Downstream GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of OMV AG, for part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to be produced in Petrobrazi refinery. The contract was concluded for a period of five years, with the possibility of extension for […]
