In New Jersey, startup RenewCO2 announced its spin-out from Rutgers University, securing an exclusive licensing to scale its novel catalyst technology to convert carbon from hard-to-abate sectors and transform it into a feedstock for carbon-negative, plastic monomers at a fraction of the cost of plastics derived from fossil sources. Founded by two immigrants out of […]
In Illinois, wastewater contains valuable nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus that can be captured and recycled as fertilizer. The water itself can be treated and reused as fresh water. Most wastewater treatment plants do not currently capture these valuable resources for reuse. Nevertheless, there is significant potential for reaping their benefits, according to scientists at […]
In India, the Times Now newspaper reports that following last week’s launch of the Toyota flex-fuel hybrid vehicle, the petroleum and natural gas minister confirmed the government plans to roll out E20 at the pumps by January, but it could be as early as December. The original target was for April 2023. The government wants […]
In the Netherlands, ChainCraft, a Dutch scale-up active in circular chemical production is proud to announce it closed a EUR11 million funding round and secured the upcoming equity funding for its full scale flagship plant. ChainCraft produces circular chemicals from food waste through innovative fermentation technology, replacing fossil and palm oil based chemicals. For this […]
In Argentina, the Clarin newspaper reports that everything indicates that the local biofuel market is preparing to close a good year. On the one hand, the production of ethanol from corn, focused on the local market, maintained a historically high production rate during the first seven months of 2022 and its input/output ratio remains above […]
In Missouri, Bunge and Olleco, the renewables division for ABP Food Group, announced an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture to create a business that encompasses the full life-cycle of edible oils. The joint venture is expected to work with foodservice and food manufacturing customers in Europe – excluding UK and Ireland – to […]
In the UK, bp has submitted a bid for its proposed large-scale green hydrogen plant, HyGreen Teesside, to the UK Government’s Hydrogen Business Model (HBM) and Net Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF). Both the HMB and NZHF seek to set up the UK’s low-carbon hydrogen economy and support commercial development. The company also established four new […]
In Washington state, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Food Lifeline of Seattle approximately $200,000 to assist in the development of a community-owned anaerobic digester in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. Anaerobic digestion is a process in which microorganisms break down organic materials, such as food scraps, manure, and sewage sludge, in the absence […]
In the UK, in September 2022, the Mintec Category Index for EU vegetable oils declined for the fourth consecutive month, down by 3.7% month-on-month (m-o-m), to EUR 1,161/MT. The decline was primarily attributable to expectations of improvements in the global vegetable oil supply for the 2022 marketing year (MY). The index remained up by 12.4% […]
In Texas, Prairie Energy Partners, a wholly owned company of Southern Rock Energy Partners, is working to finalize the location of its proposed $5.56 billion and 423-job, next-generation, full conversion crude refinery—with the final two competing sites in Victoria County, Texas, and Payne and Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The refinery complex will reduce and eliminate 95 […]
