In Belgium, ENGIE continues building its European biomethane production platform, in line with its objectives and those of the EU. Belgium will now benefit from ENGIE’s expertise in integrating biomethane into the local gas network, a first for the country. In 2023, ENGIE has set an ambitious goal: to produce 10 TWh of biomethane per […]
In Brazil, Petrobras will build its first pilot plant for generating renewable hydrogen at the Vale do Açu Thermoelectric Plant, in Alto do Rodrigues, Rio Grande do Norte. The project, with a total budget of R$90 million and carried out in cooperation with the Senai Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energy (Senai ISI-ER), will be […]
In Tennessee, Eco-Energy has commenced operations at its newly built renewable feedstock distribution facility located in Newton, Iowa. The facility will provide Marathon Petroleum Company the ability to aggregate renewable feedstocks (e.g., distillers corn oil, soybean oil, animal fats and used cooking oil) from throughout Iowa for outbound distribution to the rapidly growing renewable diesel […]
In Canada, EverGen Infrastructure Corp says Grow the Energy Circle Ltd. (GrowTEC), an operating farm scale biogas facility, has received up to C$2-million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to support the development of Phase 2 of its anaerobic digester expansion project. This funding will enable the GrowTEC facility to significantly expand and optimize RNG […]
In Canada, Braskem announced a collaboration with the University of British Columbia (UBC) to explore the feasibility of using an electrochemical reactor to produce methanol from CO, an important intermediate that can be obtained from CO2 Capture and Conversion. The project, which will last one year, is fully funded by Braskem as part of its […]
In Finland, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of EUR 44,546,484 in investment aid to 12 projects under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). Moreover, by a decision supported by the Ministerial Finance Committee on 3 October, EUR 28,048,200 was granted to Nordic Ren-Gas Oy for a large demonstration […]
In Kenya, Sistema.bio has secured a package of $15 million in financing to fuel its global growth. The company has grown its sales by over five times in the last three years, driven by deep climate, economic and health impacts for farmers worldwide. The current funds will support the continued growth of its partnerships, markets […]
In Washington state, the Tri-State Herald reports Tidewater Terminals has opened its $6.1 million biodiesel hub at its Snake River facilities. Thanks to a $3.1 million HIIP USDA grant, the facility will provide biodiesel and ethanol for custom blending to serve markets in Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon and Northern Idaho. BNSF Railway as well as […]
In Malaysia, Bloomberg reports that palm oil futures slid back from six month highs on Monday as crude oil prices retreated following an uneventful report from China that was widely thought to boost demand that then weighed on soybean oil prices in the US and China. Even though prices fell off for palm oil, their […]
In Spain, Repsol has started supplying liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled vessels Salamanca and Santoña at the LNG-bunkering terminal in Santander (Spain). This is the first test of its kind for the two companies, consisting of the supply three truck-loads, totalling 60 tons of bio-LNG, and it is the first supply of its […]
