In Finland, a recently published USDA Biofuels Annual Report suggests that Neste may have received fraudulent used cooking oil (UCO) volumes at its renewable products refinery in Singapore, specifically virgin palm oil from Indonesia exported fraudulently as UCO via China. Neste takes suspected fraud cases seriously and investigates them accordingly. In addition, the company continuously […]
In Belgium, European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced more food and animal feed than fuel in 2022, according to audited data released by the industry group. ePURE members – representing 85% of EU installed capacity – produced 5.9 million metric tons of food and feed co-products including high-protein animal feed and 4.5 million tons […]
In Washington, asserting that U.S. tax policy should be tied to the best standards the government has to offer, 17 of the nation’s top corn grower leaders sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week encouraging her to adopt an emissions model developed by the Department of Energy as her agency works with the […]
In California, Vertimass EMEA B.V. has signed a purchase agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Ekobenz, a Poland-based company that commercially produces high-quality renewable gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and other fuels. The Ekobenz facility will also provide a commercial-scale platform on which to build near-term introduction of the Vertimass Consolidated Alcohol Deoxygenation and […]
In Belgium, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) has released a position paper concerning the Commission’s proposal for a Green Claims Directive (GCD) from March 2023. The proposed Directive seeks to establish consistent EU-wide rules for substantiating, communicating, and verifying voluntary green claims, with the ultimate goal of providing consumers and businesses with trustworthy environmental information. This initiative is geared towards […]
In Brazil, Braskem and the University of São Paulo (USP) have announced a partnership to develop lines of research for converting CO2 into other chemical products. CO2 is one of the greenhouse gases and among the biggest contributors to climate change. The project’s mission is to deploy the technologies resulting from these lines of research […]
In South Dakota, Reuters reports on the first day of what would have been three weeks of deliberation, the three-person Public Utilities Commission has unanimously rejected Summit Carbon Solutions’ permit application for its planned CO2 pipeline. The company has said it will refine and refile its application as a result of the rejection that was […]
In the Netherlands, Gunvor Group is partnering with VARO Energy, which will build large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturing at the extensive Gunvor Energy Rotterdam (GER) site. The facility will have a total production capacity of 350,000 metric tons per year; approximately 70% will be SAF, with the remainder a mixture of bio-naphtha and bio-propane. […]
In Texas, Lummus Technology announced the commercial availability of its ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology. The technology provides operators with a large-scale, commercially demonstrated solution to reduce the aviation industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. Lummus’ ethanol to SAF technology offers a safe and reliable solution by integrating ethanol to ethylene (EtE), olefin oligomerization […]
In India, Universal Biofuels has completed an expansion of its India biodiesel plant annual production capacity to 60 million gallons more than one year ahead of schedule, supplying the expanding demand for biodiesel by India government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). The Aemetis Five Year Plan describes an increase from 50 million gallons per year (MGY) […]
