In Romania, Clariant is evaluating strategic options for its bioethanol production operations, which are carried out exclusively in Romania, at the Podari plant. The manufacturer will provide an update to this process by the end of 2023. In December 2022, Clariant announced a financial impairment of its sunliquid plant in Podari, Romania, of approximately 225 […]
In North Dakota, ACCIONA has launched an innovative initiative the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project in the United States. The company will introduce for the first time the use of renewable biofuels generated from hydrotreated vegetable waste oil to power heavy machinery for civil works, in a pioneering initiative aimed at decarbonizing infrastructure construction. ACCIONA is […]
In Israel, Balena, the material science company aimed at making advanced biodegradable polymer materials for a more sustainable fashion industry, recently announced an exciting partnership with acclaimed designer Kitty Shukman to create a unique 3D-printed concept slide with a natural kick: ROOTS. To create her unique, 3D-printed slides, Shukman utilized Balena’s BioCir™, the first fully compostable and biodegradable […]
In China, sequencing the genome of single bacterial cells has long been technically difficult due to the seemingly unalterable bias in the gene amplification stage of the process, making it hard to produce high-coverage genome sequence from precisely just one bacterial cell. A new process developed by researchers at the Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of […]
In Washington, ion a letter sent Tuesday to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, the Renewable Fuels Association urged the agency to quickly finalize its regulations accepting the petition of eight Midwest governors that would reduce evaporative emissions and allow summertime sales of the lower-cost, lower-carbon E15 fuel blend in their states. RFA President and CEO […]
In Finland, UPM Biochemicals has acquired SunCoal Industries GmbH, a German-based company that developed a unique technology portfolio to produce performance products from renewable raw materials. With this acquisition SunCoal Industries’ technology will be integrated into the production of UPM’s BioMotionTM Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF), one of the products to be produced at UPM Biochemical’s […]
In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. announced positive results in the first field test of stacked herbicide tolerance (“HT”) traits in Camelina. These proprietary stacked HT Camelina varieties developed by Yield10 demonstrate tolerance to the application of an over-the-top herbicide for weed control as well as tolerance to Group 2 herbicide soil residues. These results represent […]
In Brazil, Compagas together with Scania, and in partnership with the Municipality of Ponta Grossa (PR), started on Tuesday a demonstration with a bus 100% powered by biomethane, which becomes part of public transport in the city for the next 30 days. Casa Scania Cotrasa will provide full day-to-day support to the chosen customer, Viação […]
In China, Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd, a Chinese refining and petrochemical company, has selected Axens’ Vegan technology to produce low carbon, cost competitive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by retrofitting its existing assets. Vegan® technology is a second-generation hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) solution which processes up to 100% of any kind of lipid, including wastes […]
In Denmark, NORDEN has acquired a minority stake in MASH Makes, a Danish-Indian biofuel scale-up, which researches, develops and produces renewable fuels from biomass waste. The investment is a strategic partnership, where NORDEN secures access to renewable fuels, specifically biooil, at favourable pricing. The partnership places NORDEN at the forefront of the research and development […]
