In Saudi Arabia, LanzaTech Global, Inc. and Olayan Financing Company (OFC), the parent company of The Olayan Group’s businesses and investments in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, have formed a joint venture company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to accelerate the commercial deployment of LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology in hard-to-abate industries within the Kingdom. The […]
In China, in Arabidopsis, rice and tomato, the SEUSS gene encodes a transcriptional adaptor as well as a nuclear localization protein that is widely expressed in many developmental stages and organs. However, the function of SEUSS has not been reported in woody plants. In a previous study, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2.4 billion Czech scheme to support the construction and operation of new or converted sustainable biomethane production plants. The measure will contribute to the implementation of Czechia’s National Energy and Climate Plan and to the European Green Deal targets, while helping end […]
In Brazil, the Economic Times of India newspaper reports Mahle has developed a Global Bio-mobility Center in Jundiaí to bring together its experts from its other tech centers in the US and India to further develop biofuels and internal combustion engine development. Although the company promotes electric and hydrogen vehicles, it believes that biofuels are […]
In Norway, Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a feasibility study by TES, to explore the implementation of a carbon capture plant at a waste-to-energy facility in Germany. The planned capture capacity will be 400,000 metric tons CO2 per year. The captured CO2 will be transported by railcar to the TES facilities at Wilhelmshaven in […]
In Finland, Neste and Outokumpu deepen their cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Outokumpu will replace the fossil fuels used by its Kemi mine and Tornio steel mill and the contractors on these sites with Neste MY Renewable Diesel™. Outokumpu manufactures the world’s lowest-emission stainless steel. Its goal is to achieve carbon neutrality at its […]
In Burkina Faso, last July in Bobo-Dioulasso, a small and medium enterprise (SME) producing dried mangoes started up a new type of dryer using heat generated by burning cashew nut shells. Using agrifood waste as an energy source is the challenge being tackled by the BioStar project being conducted by some ten African and European […]
In Sweden, Stena Oil carried out a biofuel bunkering to Dalaro Shipping’s vessel Oslo Wave 3, a cargo vessel of 17,485 DWT on October 26. The bunkered B25 fuel is composed of 25 percent rapeseed methyl ester (RME) and 75 percent Marine Gasoil. The company recognizes the growing significance of sustainability within the shipping industry, […]
In Germany, DWS, on behalf of its third institutional Pan-European Infrastructure Fund (PEIF III), and MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re and ERGO, announced the joint acquisition of 100% of Weltec Holding GmbH. The company, based in Vechta, Lower Saxony, is a leading producer of biogas and biomethane in Germany. Financial details of the […]
In India, Universal Biofuels was selected by India’s three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) to supply an estimated $150 million of biodiesel under cost-plus purchase contracts for approximately 40 million gallons of biodiesel during the one-year period starting October 2023. Approximately 70% of the 25 billion gallon diesel market in India is supplied by the […]
