In Washington, last week a bipartisan group of 37 U.S. House members, led by Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Angie Craig (D-MN), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan encouraging him to support biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels volumes that fully account for availability and production capacity. Clean Fuels applauded the letter and thanked […]
In Italy, IVECO has promoted a study carried out by the Institute of Atmospheric Pollution of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) to evaluate the environmental impacts of the use of compressed biomethane deriving from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW), comparing it with traditional fuels (diesel and compressed natural gas) used in […]
In Brazil, Vale and Komatsu have signed a pioneering agreement to develop and test, in partnership with Cummins, Dual Fuel haul trucks, powered by a mixture of ethanol and diesel. They will be the world’s first trucks of their size, with payloads of 230 to 290 tons, to run on ethanol, in a joint investment […]
In Washington, Brownfield AgNews reports that Energy Information Administration data reports flooding that impacted ethanol transportation last week lowered production volumes slightly by 10,000 barrels per day to an average of 1.054 million barrels. Even so, stocks grew slightly 23.603 million barrels as input purchases by refiners and blenders fell slightly. Ethanol exports jumped to […]
In Singapore, Sydrogen Energy Pte. Ltd. announced its entry into the maritime market with a 250 kW fuel cell power module. Developed in an exclusive collaboration signed today with Shanghai Hydrogen Propulsion Technology Co., Ltd., this breakthrough system aims to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen technology in the shipping industry, supporting Singapore’s ambitious maritime decarbonization […]
In Wisconsin, ANGI Energy Systems, a Vontier business, and leading provider of sustainable biogas and biomethane compression and decompression solutions, recently its expansion into Europe. This expansion leverages ANGI’s extensive North American experience to bring its industry-leading technology to a new market and builds upon its already well-established reputation for expertise in the field of […]
In the Netherlands, Platts report that despite increasing interest from the shipping industry to include bio-LNG in its fuel mix, prices remain prohibitively high for now, even after Hapag-Lloyd took the plunge earlier this year with half a million tons worth of bio-LNG commitments through 2026. Bio-LNG prices vary depending on GHG savings, with that […]
In France, Technip Energies and Shell Catalysts & Technologies announced a technology transfer agreement which accelerates the commercialization of Technip Energies’ Bio-2-GlycolsTM technology for bio-based Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG) production from glucose. MEG is traditionally produced using fossil-based feedstock to make various types of polyesters for packaging materials, such as plastic bottles, and in clothing […]
In Illinois, carbon dioxide is leaking from industrial operations into the atmosphere, causing a cascade of dangerous changes to Earth’s climate. But some scientists wondered if instead it could instead be captured and converted to useful chemicals. A group of scientists with Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago, Northern Illinois University and Valparaiso […]
In South Dakota, the South Dakota Searchlight newspaper reports that a referendum question has been included in the Nov. 5 general elections that seeks to reject last year’s Senate Bill 201 that was approved by the Senate and the Governor that implement new protections for local governments and landowners regarding proposed pipeline projects. Opponents of […]
