In California, Anaergia Inc. has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge at the East County Advanced Water Purification (East County AWP) facility now under construction in Santee, California. Anaergia anticipates the Energy Recovery project will also eventually digest food waste along with […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that data from Citi Research shows that a draft bill about to be sent to Congress seeking to boost ethanol blending in gasoline to 30% from the current 27% would divert 3.5% of the country’s current sugar production to produce ethanol. The increased demand would require 1.2 billion additional liters of […]
In Illinois, GAIL (India) Limited and LanzaTech Global have entered a partnership to explore innovative technology solutions that advance GAIL’s Net Zero 2040 goals and have the potential to support wider decarbonization applications globally. GAIL and LanzaTech will explore setting up a pilot scale CO2 capture and conversion project that has the potential to be […]
In the Netherlands, Relement announced the successful completion of a ground-breaking pilot plant run to produce 3-methylphthalic anhydride (bio MPA). Last year, Relement contracted Solvay Research and Innovation Centre in Lyon (Frace) for this scale-up. This achievement marks a significant step towards revolutionizing the chemicals industry with our sustainable and innovative solutions, starting with bio […]
In the UK, Motorsport UK, working with Coryton Fuels, will bring sustainable fuel options to the 2023 edition of Formula Student for the first time in its 25-year history. The finals of the celebrated competition will get underway on Thursday this week at Silverstone Circuit and will conclude on July 23. Formula Student challenges teams […]
In Italy, the Corriere Della Sera newspaper reports the Antitrust authority has launched an investigation against Eni, Esso Italiana, Saras, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Tamoil Italia (which also owns Repsol Italia), Italiana Petroli and Iplom for allegedly colluding on biofuel prices, implemented through the publication of information on Staffetta Quotidiana. This was announced by Staffetta itself, […]
In Florida, CSX’s testing of 20 percent soybean oil-based fuel in a locomotive fleet serving a Tampa, Florida, phosphate customer began in 2022 to demonstrate the effectiveness of the B20 biodiesel blend in Wabtec FDL Advantage engines, and the project continues to yield impressive results. The 10 locomotives in the test have burned more than […]
In California, Aemetis Carbon Capture has been awarded the first CO2 sequestration characterization well permit issued by the State of California. All of the necessary city, county, regional and state agency permits have been received to drill the CO2 sequestration characterization well on the 24-acre Riverbank site that was acquired by Aemetis in 2022. A […]
In Finland, Hycamite TCD Technologies, a leader in emission-free methane pyrolysis technology, has received an investment from Sojitz Group and Stephen Industries. Sojitz Group is a Japanese conglomerate with approximately 400 subsidiaries and affiliates in Japan and worldwide. Stephen Industries is a family-owned Finnish company. The Finnish Climate Fund and existing and first external investors […]
In France, within the context of its project to build two low-carbon hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP), Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Co., Ltd (SCIPIG), a subsidiary of Air Liquide, signed a bilateral green loan for 500 million RMB (around 67 million euros) with BNP Paribas […]
