Author Archive: Meghan Sapp

Airbus to renew entire fleet of chartered vessels with wind-assisted e-methanol dual fuel engines

Airbus to renew entire fleet of chartered vessels with wind-assisted e-methanol dual fuel engines

October 26, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In France, Airbus will renew the entire fleet of chartered vessels that transport aircraft subassemblies between production facilities in Europe and the United States with three modern, low-emission roll-on/roll-off vessels, supported by wind-assisted propulsion. Airbus has commissioned shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs to build, own and operate these new, highly efficient vessels that will enter into […]

Circa Group applies for patents for two new solvents for CO2 capture processes

Circa Group applies for patents for two new solvents for CO2 capture processes

October 26, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Norway, Circa Group AS has applied for patents for two new solvents for CO2 capture processes. As both the interest and the urgency to capture and transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increases, Circa has developed two new CO2 solvents from its platform molecule, levoglucosenone (LGO). The two new solvents named Furatech:1 and Furatech:2 are […]

Aprobio pushing for B20 mandate from 2024

Aprobio pushing for B20 mandate from 2024

October 26, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Brazil, Association of Biofuel Producers of Brazil (Aprobio) released a note on Tuesday defending the adoption of the mandatory mixture of 20% of biodiesel with fossil diesel from 2024. The request was announced after the installed production capacity almost doubled compared to the current demand. “Aprobio defends the progressive increase with predictability and legal […]

FlexSea lands $3.6M seed round for seaweed-based plastics

FlexSea lands $3.6M seed round for seaweed-based plastics

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In the UK, FlexSea, a startup with its roots at Imperial College London, has announced the completion of a seed round worth £3 million in equity and grants. The investment will help the company commercialize a range of sustainable packaging solutions it has developed, based on plastics derived from seaweed. The aim is to address […]

Vitol expanding biofuel bunker delivery to Singapore in 2024

Vitol expanding biofuel bunker delivery to Singapore in 2024

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Singapore, Vitol is strengthening its position in Asia’s expanding biofuel market, with the delivery of specialized bunker barges to Singapore in 2024. From early next year, Vitol through its wholly-owned subsidiaries V-Bunkers and Vitol Bunkers will be able to offer a range of biofuel blends, from B24, B30 and even up to B100 if […]

EDL selects Johnson Matthey and bp’s FT technology for German HyKero plant

EDL selects Johnson Matthey and bp’s FT technology for German HyKero plant

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In the UK, Johnson Matthey and bp announced that EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (EDL) has selected their co-developed, award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology for EDL’s HyKero plant located in Böhlen-Lippendorf, south of Leipzig, Germany. The HyKero plant is planned to produce 50,000 metric tons (MT) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year when fully […]

Ethanol production hits 9-week high at 1.04M barrels per day

Ethanol production hits 9-week high at 1.04M barrels per day

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production reached 1.04 million barrels per day last week, the highest in nine weeks that helped to rebuild stocks to 21.398 million gallons after hitting a two-year low the week before. Even with the higher stocks, volumes were 893,000 barrels below last year’s […]

Honeywell makes UOP technologies available in Asia Pacific

Honeywell makes UOP technologies available in Asia Pacific

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Singapore, Honeywell announced the availability of technologies and digital solutions to enable customers in Asia Pacific to produce renewable fuels from multiple sources of renewable feedstocks. To help customers address this challenge and the rapidly growing demand for renewable fuels, Honeywell UOP offers solutions that enable the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable […]

Evonik introduces new bio-circular product to help unlock sustainable 3D printing at scale

Evonik introduces new bio-circular product to help unlock sustainable 3D printing at scale

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, Evonik is introducing a new grade of its polyamide 12 powders that is designed to unbound sustainable 3D printing at scale. INFINAM® eCO PA12 is the world’s first PA12 powder material for industrial 3D printing that substitutes 100 percent of fossil feedstock with bio-circular raw material from waste cooking oil in a mass […]

Sumitomo Chemical begins building ethanol-to-propylene pilot facility

Sumitomo Chemical begins building ethanol-to-propylene pilot facility

October 25, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Japan, Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The development of this technology is one of the projects supported by the NEDO Green Innovation (GI) Fund. The company will work to complete […]

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