In Georgia, GreenGasUSA and Darling Ingredients Inc. announced the first renewable natural gas (RNG) deliveries from a project located at Darling Ingredients’ rendering facility in Dublin, GA. The project leverages Darling Ingredients’ on-site wastewater streams to upgrade biogas to pipeline-quality RNG, reducing Scope 1 emissions while creating a new revenue stream for Darling Ingredients. The […]
In Romania, OMV Petrom announces the start of construction for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the Petrobrazi refinery. This new facility will position OMV Petrom as the first major producer of sustainable fuels in the Southeast Europe, with an annual capacity of 250,000 tons. The new unit will […]
In Japan, Zeon Corporation and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced that they have agreed to establish a bench facility to demonstrate technology for producing butadiene from ethanol derived from plant-based and other sustainable materials with high efficiency. The facility will be installed at Zeon’s Tokuyama Plant (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) and is scheduled to […]
In New York state, eXoZymes, Inc. announced that CEO Michael Heltzen was joined by eXoZymes team members to ring the Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. This comes following a successful initial public offering of common stock at $8 per share, which closed on November 14, 2024. “Our team is thrilled […]
In Germany, a team of scientists from the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Biotechnology at Forschungszentrum Jülich worked together with the company Novonesis to develop a bacterium that “eats” individual building blocks of different types of nylon and converts them into value-added products. The results of this research will help improve nylon recycling. The […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports the energy council won’t raise biodiesel blending to 15% in March as expected but will keep it at the current 14%, which will cut expected blending in 2025 by 600,000 metric tons. Higher food prices were the reason for freezing the blending level, which can be reviewed and increased at any […]
In Spain, Enagas has completed the conceptual design of the Spanish Hydrogen Backbone, awarded the basic engineering for the first two compressor stations and will deploy the Conceptual Public Participation Plan in the coming months. Enagás plans to adopt the final investment decision (FID) at the end of 2027. The Call For Interest of the […]
In Slovakia, MOL Group has produced a diesel fuel containing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the refinery of Slovnaft in Bratislava. The quality of the products has been verified by radioisotope analysis by the independent specialist laboratory of Isotoptech Zrt. The successful production test confirms that MOL Group is technologically […]
In Italy, Eni and KKR have signed an agreement under which KKR will increase its stake in Enilive through an additional purchase of Enilive’s shares from Eni. The purchase will correspond to 5% of Enilive’s share capital and will be funded through an additional investment of €587.5 million. Overall, the investment will give KKR a 30% […]
In Singapore, Ocean Network Express (“ONE”) and Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd announced a new agreement for sustainable shipping solutions through ONE’s green shipping service, ONE LEAF+. This collaboration demonstrates how the industry can advance sustainable supply chain practices and marine transportation to deliver environmental benefits. Under this agreement, ONE will use sustainable biofuels for propulsion, […]
