In the UK, Supergen Bioenergy Hub announced the successful award of £5 million to deliver the new impact focused bioenergy hub for the next 4 years starting in November 2023. The funding awarded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) comes as […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Penn.), and Brendan Boyle (D-Penn.) introduced the Safeguarding Domestic Energy Production & Independence Act to bring down rising compliance costs associated with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and ensure our nation’s independent refiners can […]
In Germany, BMW Group Plant Dingolfing will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50 percent of its process hot water requirements from 2025 onwards. The company signs a supply contract to this effect for just under 100,000 MWh of thermal energy per year with UP Energiewerke GmbH, […]
In Texas, Nexus PMG announced a $50 million growth equity round, led by an affiliate of Greenbacker Capital Management LLC with participation from the Ontario Power Generation Pension Fund and Liberty Mutual Insurance. The close of this investment represents a significant milestone as the firm builds upon a decade of experience in the low-carbon waste-to-value sector and will […]
In Vermont, Casella Waste Systems, a regional solid waste, recycling, and resource management services company, and Waga Energy announced the signing of a commercial agreement on July 10, 2023 to develop renewable natural gas facilities at three Casella landfills. As part of the commercial agreement, Waga Energy will deploy the capital required to fully fund […]
In France, Technip Energies and LanzaTech Global, Inc. signed a Joint Collaboration Agreement to create a new pathway to sustainable ethylene utilizing their combined technologies. Together LanzaTech’s carbon capture and utilization technology with Technip Energies’ Hummingbird® technology transform waste carbon into ethylene, the most common building block in petrochemicals. This new joint process uses carbon […]
In Florida, Blue Biofuels, has received a Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 grant. The grant, valued at $206,500, will further propel Blue Biofuels’ mission to revolutionize the biofuels sector and create sustainable transportation and aviation fuel. The DOE SBIR Phase 1 grant will enable Blue Biofuels to advance its […]
In Louisiana, Stone Oil, one of the Gulf Coast region’s largest marine-fuel suppliers, has begun distributing renewable diesel to the marine industry, helping the shipping sector meet its decarbonization goals in a significant, impactful way. Stone Oil currently has 15 locations in the Gulf Coast region to serve its marine customers and expects more soon […]
In the Netherlands, IFF announced the launch of its new-to-the-world Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials (DEB) technology for the development of biobased materials at scale. Designed to deliver meaningful sustainability benefits – with performance comparable or superior to fossil-based materials – DEB technology helps to address growing preferences for environmentally-friendly, high-performance biopolymers. The technology platform offers manufacturers […]
In the Netherlands, the Dutch cabinet recently announced that the National Growth Fund (Nationaal Groeifonds) has selected the BioBased Circular (BBC) proposal for funding. The BBC programme, submitted also on behalf of Avantium, includes a track dedicated to the engineering and construction of a Flagship Plant to produce plant-based glycols based on Avantium’s Ray Technology™. […]
