In the UK, Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) launched a transition review into countervailing measures on biodiesel imported from Argentina. These measures are among those inherited from the EU system and the TRA is reviewing them to establish whether they are still suitable for the UK’s needs. At present the duty payable on imports of biodiesel from […]
In Japan, Sumitomo Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with KC&A, a Korean chemical/alcohol manufacturing and trading company affiliated with the Korea Alcohol Group, on developing the Japanese market for bioethanol. The two companies will jointly work to expand the applications, and ensure stable supplies, of bioethanol in Japan as a biomass-derived raw material […]
In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiaries Sustainable Oils, Inc. (North America) and Camelina Company (Europe and South America) worked with growers to contract a record 65,000 acres of camelina crop during the 2023 growing season. The total acreage comes from across the globe including the Western U.S., Argentina, France, and […]
In Indiana, bp’s Archaea Energy announced the official startup of its original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Medora, Indiana. Located next to a landfill owned by Rumpke Waste and Recycling, this is the first plant to come online since bp’s acquisition of Archaea in December 2022. Landfill gas, a natural […]
In Japan, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and EDF Renewables have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in acceleration of the development of offshore wind and related business and to encourage developments in green hydrogen. With this MoU, both partners wish to collaborate and bring together their respective and complementary expertise and experience […]
In Germany, Kuehne+Nagel has unveiled a Book & Claim insetting solution for road logistics customers who purchase Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to lower transport emissions. This offering supplements their existing solutions in Sea and Air Logistics, encompassing maritime biofuels and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), respectively. The comprehensive Book & Claim solution aligns with Kuehne+Nagel’s science-based emissions reduction […]
In South Dakota, the Dakota Free Press reports that Gevo has said that if the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline doesn’t get built, then it will have to site its proposed Lake Preston elsewhere. A company spokesperson told the Brown County Commission this week that without the pipeline, the facility would be at an economic […]
In California, Reuters reports that Shell has begun selling renewable diesel at 75 of its retail stations in Los Angeles, following behind Chevron and Phillips 66 who have been retailing the fuel in the area for several years. The push in the area follows last year’s deal with Penske Truck Leasing to whom it supplies […]
In Illinois, in a breakthrough for environmentally friendly chemical production, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed an economical way to make succinic acid, an important industrial chemical, from sugarcane. The team of University of Illinois and Princeton University researchers created a cost-effective, end-to-end pipeline for this valuable organic […]
In Nigeria, the Vanguard newspaper reports an Act to Provide a Policy Framework for the Development of Bio-Fuels Energy Industry in Nigeria has made it to the second reading in the House of Representatives that aims to establish the Bio-Fuels Energy Regulatory Commission and the Bio-Fuels Research Agency. The bill is meant to boost the […]
