In Brazil, in recent decades, scientists have sought solutions to improve the sustainable production of biofuels from renewable sources. The latest advance in this field was announced at the end of May by Brazilian researchers and could boost the production of sustainable biofuels for aviation and maritime shipping. The enzyme discovered by the CNPEM group […]
In Washington, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) led a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to finalize a generation pathway for electric renewable identification numbers (eRINs) for electricity produced from renewable biomass and used as transportation fuel under the long-approved renewable electricity pathway of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). EPA included the eRINs program as part of […]
In the UK, Advanced Ionics, the developer of a new category of hydrogen electrolyzers useful for expanding green hydrogen production, closed a $12.5 million Series A financing led by bp ventures, with additional investors including Clean Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and GVP Climate. The new capital will help catalyze Advanced Ionics’ growth and facilitate […]
In Singapore, production of renewable diesel at Neste’s Singapore refinery expansion has been restarted in early August according to the company’s plans. The production line at the expanded part of the refinery was shut down in June for unexpected equipment repairs. The ramp-up of the production at the expanded part of the refinery continues and […]
In Norway, Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a letter of intent for four next generation vessels (and up to eight optional units of 9,350CEU class methanol dual fuel pure car and truck carriers) with Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu). The first vessels will start being delivered from the second half of 2026. The company believes that methanol is […]
In Singapore, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) successfully bunkered the third supply chain of a biofuel blend as part of its pilot to develop a quality, quantity and GHG abatement assurance framework for drop-in green fuels on July 24. Partnering with tonnage provider Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), this GCMD-led trial involved the Kaupang, a […]
In California, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement against Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) in connection with numerous unqualified environmental marketing claims the company made in 2019 that natural gas is “renewable.” Such claims are misleading. The vast majority of natural gas — including a vast majority of the gas distributed by SoCalGas — is not renewable, but rather is derived from fossil fuels. An investigation by the […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a public webinar on September 7 regarding the new regulatory provisions of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. These regulatory provisions include updated third-party engineering review requirements, new independence requirements for independent third-party auditors and professional engineers, an alternative recordkeeping requirement for parties using separated food waste, […]
In Ireland, RTE reports that Circle K is expanding the availability of HVO at the pump to counties Cork, Tipperary and Carlow following its first pump at the Dublin Port late last year. The company is working to ensure that HVO will be available along all national motorways by year’s end with priority on areas […]
In Michigan, researchers from Michigan State University’s School of Packaging have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable. The researchers made a bio-based polymer blend that’s compostable in both home and industrial settings. The work is published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. With this technology, […]
