In the UK, H&V News reports that OFTEC and the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) have teamed together to ask the Chancellor to rethink his stance on taxing renewable fuels for heating in the upcoming Spring Budget. Currently, duties are charged on biofuels whereas they are not charged on kerosene for heating fuel, […]
In the UK, Velocys has begun a new chapter following the completion of its take-private on January 18, 2024. As part of the transaction, a new consortium of growth investors, including Carbon Direct Capital, Lightrock, GenZero and Kibo Investments, has infused Velocys with $40 million of growth capital. The funds will be used to accelerate […]
In California, the City of Long Beach has entered into exclusive negotiations with Bioenergy Devco, the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, to construct an organics recycling facility that will recycle food waste, converting it to an organic soil amendment and renewable natural gas. This facility will help Long Beach advance its sustainability goals and […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that São Martinho’s chief financial officer believes the gold rush to produce ethanol from corn in the country is coming to an end, saying that such plants are no longer economical. The company just commissioned a corn-based ethanol plant. Over the next few years, another 2.5 billion liters of installed capacity […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Indian Biogas Association says that by investing $36 billion in compressed biogas, the country could reduce its natural gas imports by 12 million metric tons annually. To make the investments viable, especially for bulking biomass feedstocks such as rice straw, the IBA says the government needs […]
In Japan, Kyodo News reports began a one-year trial of biocoke in its coal-fired steam locomotives on Jan. 31 as it aims to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. The biocoked is made from made from buckwheat chaff, wood chips, coffee grounds and other materials and is blended at 40% with coal during the trial. Another […]
In Sweden, Stena RoRo’s tenth E-Flexer series was delivered from the CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard. The vessel, named Ala’suinu, will be on a long charter agreement with the Canadian state-owned Marine Atlantic and operate a ferry line in eastern Canada between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The vessels’ engines are of the multi-fuel type and can […]
In Germany, COLIPI recently received €1.8 million seed funding for further development of CO2-Neutral Climate OilTM, led by venture capital firm HTGF along with Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg, Nidobirds, and business angel Stefan De Loecker. Grants totaling €4.3 million complement the funding that will be used to enter the market with Climate Oil and scale precision […]
In Texas, already valued for its resilience, biomass production and ability to improve soil fertility, bioenergy sorghum has another attribute that researchers have recently characterized: high wax production. Plant waxes are useful across a wide scope of commercial products like cosmetics, inks and candles, and as edible food coatings and biofuels. Bioenergy sorghum’s production of […]
In India, MoneyControl reports that the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri believes that growing demand is sufficient support for the biofuel industry and that further subsidies aren’t necessary. For those plants that are very expensive to build, he says the oil marketing companies will build them, so there isn’t need for […]
