In Japan, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has for the first time agreed to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that was blended in Japan under a public-private initiative led by the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). ANA will procure the blended SAF from ITOCHU Corporation, and will use […]
In the Netherlands, 17 companies will together save 2023 metric tons of CO2 this year by providing several vessels owned by shipping company Samskip with biofuel. Companies that import or export their freight by vessel generally have little influence on the container shipping company’s fuel choice. GoodShipping aims to change this with the ‘insetting’ concept. […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium N.V. has signed an offtake agreement with Kvadrat A/S, a leader in design innovation, producing quality contemporary textiles and textile related products for architects, designers, and private consumers across the world. Kvadrat will purchase the 100% plant-based and fully recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) from Avantium’s FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) Flagship Plant, […]
In Illinois, wastewater from biorefineries that convert plants into fuel is full of organic materials that cannot be efficiently treated with conventional wastewater systems, making it costly and energy-intensive to manage. However, those rich organic materials are an untapped source of chemical energy that can be recovered as valuable products, including biogas, a clean-burning renewable […]
In Indonesia, Bloomberg reports that despite a slow start, the government is still committed to blending 35% biodiesel this year, after raising it from 30% in February. Demand for biodiesel has been weak despite the higher mandate, however, with consumption during the first quarter of the year only reaching 2.1 billion liters compared to the […]
In Spain, Ence Biogas, a subsidiary of the Ence-Energía Group and Celulosa, has signed a contract with Sener to provide the conceptual, basic and detailed engineering for six biomethane plants, which will be located in various parts of Spain. This agreement will be implemented this year so that the administrative process to authorize the plants […]
In Denmark, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark officially initiated a world first with the safe injection of carbon dioxide from Belgium into a depleted oil field in the Danish North Sea. Project Greensand, shows for the first time the feasibility of CO2 storage from being captured at an INEOS Oxide site in […]
In Norway, together with shipowner Spar Shipping AS, NORDEN recently bunkered approximately 1100 metirc tons of biofuel at GoodFuels in Rotterdam used on two voyages bound for Asia and Africa respectively. The bunkering of 1100 tons of biofuel is the first biofuel bunkering by NORDEN on chartered vessels, marking an important milestone in our commitment […]
In Washington state, Snohomish County is establishing a world-leading Research and Development (R&D) Center focused on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) at Paine Field Airport. The project, which is a partnership with Washington State University (WSU), when combined with other WSU assets in Washington will create the world’s first SAF repository of this type for advancing […]
In Colorado, the Akron News Reporter newspaper reports Carbon America held a community open house last week to share its plans to establish carbon capture and storage for Yuma Ethanol. The project would sequester 175,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually at an underground facility located on state land about 10 miles by pipeline from the […]
