In the Netherlands, flexible spheres of the biomolecule chitosan, made from shrimp waste, can be used for catalysts that generate hydrogen gas from borohydride salts. In a paper in Green Chemistry, a research team at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) shows how the spheres can “breathe out” hydrogen bubbles without breaking. This is an important […]
In Iowa, the Des Moines Register newspaper reports that the controversy regarding eminent domain powers to force landowners to sell their land to make way for the Summit Carbon Solutions proposed CO2 pipeline has brought the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation together with the Sierra Club’s Iowa Chapter to fight together against the move. Both organizations […]
In Singapore, Maersk and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd have successfully conducted the world’s first ship-to-containership methanol bunkering operation of a Maersk’s container vessel on 27 Jul 2023 at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies and research institutes. This is also […]
In Louisiana, SunGas Renewables Inc. announced the formation of Beaver Lake Renewable Energy, LLC, which will construct a new green methanol production facility in Central Louisiana. A wholly-owned subsidiary of SunGas Renewables, BLRE is expected to generate from the facility nearly 400,000 metric tons of green methanol per year for marine fuel while creating more […]
In Spain, Técnicas Reunidas, a global engineering company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, to help accelerate the decarbonization of Eastern European economies. The collaboration seeks to facilitate the transition to low-carbon technologies and promote the decarbonization of carbon intensive industries. Under the MoU, […]
In Illinois, the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund – a way for companies and consumers to come together and increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the support of start-ups – has increased its investment power to nearly $200 million and added eight new corporate partners, five months after its initial launch. American […]
In California, IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) has been selected by renewable bio-jet fuel refineries developer, Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels, LLC (NWABF) to provide pre-mobilization, mobilization, start-up and commissioning services—and eventually asset management and plant operations and maintenance (O&M)—for NWABF’s development of a 2nd generation cellulosic renewable bio-jet fuel production facility in the Pacific Northwest. Located […]
In the UK, CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, will invest more than EUR 100 million into various projects in the production site of its subsidiary Ensus UK Ltd. in Wilton, UK, over the next years. The investments will enhance the overall profitability of the site as well as its competitiveness, reduce CO2 emissions and strengthen its position […]
In Brazil, CNH Industrial brand New Holland announced its partnership on July 11 with leading companies in the biomethane sector in Brazil. This partnership will aid in creating an innovative ecosystem for gas production, generated from the decomposition of organic waste. The new ecosystem is the first of its kind in the country and promises […]
In Germany, a research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Leipzig University has now developed a process that can produce adipic acid, one of two building blocks of nylon, from phenol through electrochemical synthesis and the use of microorganisms. The team also showed that phenol can be replaced by waste […]
