In Washington, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in calling on the Biden administration to block taxpayer money from being used to subsidize biofuels produced using imported foreign feedstocks such as Chinese used cooking oil and Brazilian ethanol. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, […]
In Australia, industry super-owned global fund manager IFM Investors, GrainCorp and Australia’s largest transport energy provider Ampol have signed a three-way Memorandum of Understanding to explore the establishment of an integrated renewable fuels industry in Australia. As the initial priority under the MOU, Ampol and IFM will progress the feasibility assessment of a renewable fuels […]
In Germany, at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam, Uniper has become the first shipper to start using the BioLNG production capacity to convert biomethane into BioLNG. The BioLNG produced at the Gate terminal is certified under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) scheme. The underlying commodity is biogas produced in one of the EU […]
In Iowa, Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) announced the successful completion and commissioning of the world’s largest MSC System to date at Tharaldson Ethanol’s 175 million-gallon biorefinery in Casselton, North Dakota. This marks the twelfth FQT MSC system installed world-wide and expands the production of corn fermented protein, a high-quality protein ingredient in animal feed, providing […]
In Texas, Auris-Avalon Group of Companies and Prismecs announced a strategic alliance aimed at advancing the development and deployment of integrated clean energy projects globally. The strategic alliance leverages the unique strengths of both companies to meet the growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), biodiesel, green electricity, green hydrogen, and other renewable energy products. […]
In Spain, Repsol and Iberia have signed an agreement with Inditex for the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The SAF used represents 5% of the fuel that Iberia uses to transport Inditex’s merchandise on its flights. Iberia has made a first purchase of SAF to be used for Inditex’s cargo, which Repsol will supply directly […]
In Germany, Messer is to build a plant for the production of green hydrogen in the Brainergy Park Jülich intermunicipal industrial estate. The business park is designed to promote the topics of “new energies” and “energy transition”. The hydrogen plant will be operated by HyDN GmbH, a joint venture between the district of Düren and […]
In Singapore, Clifford Capital and Pentagreen Capital, the sustainable infrastructure debt financing platform established by HSBC and Temasek, recently announced a joint green loan collaboration of $30 million with BE C&I Solutions Holding Pte. Ltd. (“BECIS”) to catalyse the construction of distributed sustainable bioenergy projects across Southeast Asia and India. The borrowing entity is BECIS […]
In Ohio, chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years. Now, an international collaboration of scientists is exploring ways to use electricity to streamline the process. In their study, recently published in Nature Catalysis, researchers demonstrated that carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, can be converted into a type of liquid […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association last week submitted comments urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement the use of a “book-and-claim” accounting framework for tracking and transferring the greenhouse gas benefits of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices through the biofuels supply chain. The comments were filed in response to USDA’s request for information (RFI) on procedures for […]
