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IATA launches Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization to develop SAF registry

IATA launches Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization to develop SAF registry

March 27, 2025 |

In Switzerland, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has established the Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization (CADO) to manage the IATA-developed Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry when it is released. CADO is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in Canada with its headquarters in Montreal. IATA is the founding member of CADO and its role in CADO […]

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Simon Fraser University teams with Corix on four-year research program

Simon Fraser University teams with Corix on four-year research program

March 27, 2025 |

In Canada, Simon Fraser University’s SFU’s School of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) program and Corix – the company that designed, built, owns and operates the Renewable Energy Center biomass plant on Burnaby Mountain – have embarked on a four-year research collaboration aimed at measuring the quality of locally-sourced wood waste and the plant’s performance to […]

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Trump Administration pushes biofuels and oil industries to hammer out future policy together

Trump Administration pushes biofuels and oil industries to hammer out future policy together

March 27, 2025 |

In Washington, Reuters reports the Trump Administration has told the biofuels and petroleum industries to hash out their joint vision of the future of biofuels blending to make it easier for the administration to put it into place. Two meetings have already been held, including one the American Petroleum Institute hosted last week, with discussions […]

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Wärtsilä to trial sugarcane ethanol for electricty production in Brazil

Wärtsilä to trial sugarcane ethanol for electricty production in Brazil

March 26, 2025 |

In Brazil, Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II S.A, majority owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol – a biofuel mainly produced from sugarcane – used to generate clean power. Taking place at the Suape II power station in Recife, Brazil, the […]

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Nordic Investment Bank loans Eskilstuna Biogas $16M for new facility

Nordic Investment Bank loans Eskilstuna Biogas $16M for new facility

March 26, 2025 |

In Sweden, the Nordic Investment Bank and Eskilstuna Biogas AB have signed a seven-year loan to co-finance the construction of a new biogas production plant in a facility near Eskilstuna, Sweden. The EUR 15 million loan is supported by the European Union under the InvestEU programme and is eligible under NIB’s InvestEU Framework Operation Green […]

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Homeostasis lands pre-seed fundraise to produce graphite from CO2 emissions

Homeostasis lands pre-seed fundraise to produce graphite from CO2 emissions

March 26, 2025 |

In Washington state, Homeostasis announced a successful Pre-Seed fundraise of $600,000 plus matching funds from the Washington Department of Commerce. Investments come from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Kayak Ventures and angel investors. Homeostasis addresses a critical vulnerability in America’s industrial supply chain: our nation’s dependence on foreign sources for high-purity engineered graphite. Graphite, which […]

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Quadrise signs JDA with Licella Holdings with hydrothermal liquefaction tech blend

Quadrise signs JDA with Licella Holdings with hydrothermal liquefaction tech blend

March 26, 2025 |

In the UK, Quadrise announced the signature of a Joint Development Agreement with sustainable fuels pioneers Licella Holdings Ltd. Licella is an Australian-based global technology and project developer delivering the next generation of low carbon solutions. Licella’s patented Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor (Cat-HTR) is the world’s leading hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology, using water at high temperature […]

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Elengy launches biomethane liquefaction by equivalence for tankers in France

Elengy launches biomethane liquefaction by equivalence for tankers in France

March 26, 2025 |

In France, after carrying out the first tests with its customers, Elengy is launching a new offer : biomethane liquefaction by equivalence – a service for loading bioLNG into tankers and micro-LNG carriers – at its terminals in Fos-sur-Mer and Montoir-de-Bretagne. European Regulation 2022/996, voted in 2022, made it possible to decide on the implementation […]

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EIA shows increased non-transport biodiesel consumtion

EIA shows increased non-transport biodiesel consumtion

March 26, 2025 |

In Washington, a small but increasing amount of biodiesel in the United States is consumed in the residential, commercial, and electric power sectors, according to new estimates now published in the Energy Information Administration’s State Energy Data System. Previously, it allocated all U.S. biodiesel consumption to the transportation sector, where the vast majority of biodiesel […]

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Sallaum Lines boosting marine biofuel usage in 2025

Sallaum Lines boosting marine biofuel usage in 2025

March 26, 2025 |

In France, Sallaum Lines expects to receive numerous biofuel supplies totaling around 3,400 metric tons in 2025. This strategy is expected to save around 1,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions. This strategic investment demonstrates the company’s alignment with environmental safeguarding, which is crucial in light of the current climate catastrophe.  Silver Moon operates on […]

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