In Brazil, Reuters reports that will the expected increase in the biodiesel mandate to 13% from March 2024, soybean exports are expected to fall as the additional biodiesel volumes will require 5 million metric tons of soybeans. Exports should fall between 1 million and 2 million tons, but Argentina, whose production has rebounded following a […]
In Nebraska, the Lincoln Star newspaper reports that about 10% of the contaminated solid waste trapped under cement at the shuttered AltEn ethanol plant, more than 10,000 tons, has been successfully removed and taken to a local landfill. The environmental services company contracted to remove 24,000 tons of waste has run into challenges with securing […]
In Barbados, Barbados National Oil Company Ltd., the location for the country’s first-ever biogas pilot service station, recently hosted an update meeting with the Rum and Sargassum Inc. team and Deputy Director-General of International Partnerships at the European Commission, Myriam Ferran, and her delegation. Rum and Sargassum Inc., the driving force behind this clean-energy initiative, […]
In Portugal, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a long-term financing agreement with The Navigator Company totaling €115 million. The loan is designed to support the construction and operation of a high-efficiency recovery boiler at the Setúbal industrial complex, which is a key step in Navigator’s decarbonization roadmap. The Navigator Company is an integrated producer […]
In Illinois, Midwest Bioprocessing Center (MBC), a leading producer of biobased chemicals for human health, nutrition, and personal care announced that it has been awarded a $1.8MM grant from the National Institutes of Health entitled “Production of Natural Deoxysugars for Use in Chemical Synthesis of Glycosides.” The technology being developed will allow the company to […]
In Canada, British Columbia will be the first jurisdiction in North America to require fuel suppliers to incorporate low carbon jet fuel (LCJF) into fossil jet fuel. British Columbia has also approved a revamped Low Carbon Fuel Regulation, designed to modernize the previous standard. “When the province set a new 2030 transportation emissions reduction target […]
In Germany, Reuters reports that Suedzucker has offered a nearly 70% premium to purchase the outstanding 25.94% of CropEnergies that it does not own in an effort to delist the company through 100% ownership. Suedzucker says that it has taken the decision based on its 2026 PLUS growth strategy, which is centered on biobased chemicals. […]
In Egypt, the Prime Minister held a meeting on Wednesday at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to discuss the timeline for a new green hydrogen project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). The project will be carried out by the Saudi company “ACWA Power” and will require investments exceeding $4 billion. […]
In the Netherlands, ExxonMobil’s affiliate Esso Nederland BV plans to build a pilot plant at its Rotterdam Manufacturing Complex to test a breakthrough technology that could significantly reduce CO2 emissions from key industries. The pilot plant aims to obtain data on performance and operability of the carbonate fuel cell (CFC) technology, jointly developed with FuelCell […]
In Indonesia, Bloomberg Technoz reports the Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (Aprobi) said that the high demand for crude palm oil (CPO) as raw material for biodiesel will shift the need for food, especially after B40 is tested in 2024. However, Aprobi Chairman Paulus Tjakrawan said that entrepreneurs are not worried that the high demand for […]
