In Germany, in response to the European biodiesel market being flooded with vast quantities of Chinese biodiesel with partially doubtful declarations of origin and feedstock, the voluntary schemes ISCC, 2BSvs, KZR Inig, RSB and REDcert have agreed to improve their already established communication channels for exchanging certification-related information. As all schemes already provide a publicly available […]
In Norway, Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded an integration feasibility study by Söderenergi, one of Sweden’s largest district heating producers, to implement carbon capture at Igelstaverket in Södertälje. Located around 30 km from Stockholm, Igelstaverket is Sweden’s second largest biomass combined heat and power plant (CHP). The planned capture capacity will be around 500,000 […]
In the UK, Pyrum Innovations and SUEZ recycling and recovery UK Ltd have entered into a one-year exclusivity agreement to build Pyrum’s first pyrolysis plant in the UK. Under the terms of the agreement, the utility, which is active in water and waste management, will determine the site for the first plant over the next […]
In Japan, two enzymes that plants need to make oils live in different organelles, a pair of RIKEN researchers has found. This finding will help inform efforts to tweak the metabolism of plants to boost their production of oils, which can be used as biofuels among other things. Oils are formed in the endoplasmic reticulum—a […]
In Washington, Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has released a new report focused on actionable pathways for deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at scale. The report – Taking Root: A Policy Blueprint for Responsible BECCS Development in the United States – affirms how BECCS can advance decarbonization needs by providing the permanent removal of greenhouse […]
In Denmark, A.P. Moller – Maersk has made an order of six mid-sized container vessels – all having dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group will build the six 9,000 TEU vessels which will be delivered in 2026 and 2027. In 2021, Maersk ordered the world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel following […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels has entered into an agreement with SLB, a global technology company, to provide carbon sequestration services for Strategic Biofuel’s Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) Project, supporting the production of deeply carbon-negative fuels. In the past 20 years, SLB has been involved in over 100 carbon sequestration projects around the world in various […]
In Denmark, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I) announced that it has signed an agreement with Wega Group OY to establish an advanced bioenergy platform in Finland. CIP and WEGA will join forces to source, develop, and construct advanced bioenergy projects in Finland – primarily focused on technologies […]
In Texas, Vertex Energy, Inc. has completed its first series of commercial sales transactions of renewable diesel from its recently completed Renewable Diesel production facility at its refinery located in Mobile, Alabama. The initial sales totaled approximately 110,000 barrels of RD to Idemitsu Apollo Renewable Corporation, a wholly-owned California-based subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan, per the […]
In California, Aemetis Biogas is operating the Central Dairy Project production facilities 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and exceeded the RNG production plan by approximately 20% during Q2 2023. “Production rates at our dairy digesters are notably higher than our original projections,” stated Andy Foster, President of Aemetis Biogas. “Our biogas pipeline, […]
