In Massachusetts, President Biden gave his “Cancer Moonshot” speech on the 60th anniversary of JFK’s moonshot speech at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston and as part of it signed an Executive Order to launch a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative. On Wednesday, the White House will host a summit on […]
In Wyoming, CarbonCapture Inc., a U.S. climate tech company that develops direct air capture (DAC) systems based on a groundbreaking modular open systems architecture, announced an exclusive partnership with leading carbon storage developer Frontier Carbon Solutions targeted to permanently remove five million tons of atmospheric CO2 annually by 2030. “With the passage of the Inflation […]
In New York state, Linde will build a 35-megawatt PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen in Niagara Falls, New York. The new plant will be the largest electrolyzer installed by Linde globally and will more than double Linde’s green liquid hydrogen production capacity in the United States. Linde will build, own and […]
In Washington, the RFA says July U.S. ethanol exports rose 6% to 107.2 million gallons (mg), marking the tenth consecutive month that exports breached 100 mg. Canada imported 41.6 mg, up 1%, to maintain its status as our largest customer. Sales to Singapore quadrupled to 12.3 mg (its largest imports of U.S. ethanol since Jan. 2018), […]
In California, nearly two years of planning and teamwork have cemented Phillips 66’s position as one of the country’s largest renewable-diesel producers — and California drivers at over 600 76® stations can now fuel their diesel engines with a cleaner-burning alternative. Making this happen required procuring new feedstocks, repurposing pipeline and terminal infrastructure, and reimaging […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels says the Louisiana Community Development Authority’s (LCDA) Executive Committee voted unanimously to adopt a resolution granting final approval for the issuance of up to $1.1 billion of its Revenue Bonds to finance a portion of the Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF). The utilization of waste materials to produce fuels enables the […]
In France, Bolloré Logistics has recently signed an agreement with strategic partner Hapag-Lloyd to promote the use of marine biofuel and contribute to the reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions related to maritime transport. This commitment, starting on September 1, for a weekly allocation of 100 TEUs transported with biofuel, will allow a reduction of […]
In South Korea, Hyosung TNC has succeeded in extracting spandex from corn and commercializing the world’s first bio-based spandex. Hyosung TNC announced last month that it successfully developed bio-derived spandex, ‘creora bio-based’, using a natural material extracted from corn instead of coal, and obtained a global eco-friendly certification. The ‘creora bio-based’ spandex uses a corn-derived […]
In China, high-efficiency utilization of CO2 facilitates the reduction of CO2 concentration in the global atmosphere and hence the alleviation of the greenhouse effect. The chemical utilization of CO2, which refers to converting CO2 into value-added chemicals and liquid fuels, has a distinct and direct CO2 emission reduction effect, and can alleviate the energy crisis […]
In India, the Tribune newspaper reports that 45 days after farmers began their sit-in to demand investigation into alleged groundwater discharge pollution from an ethanol plant in Zira, the National Green Tribunal has finally created a committee to look into the matter. Representatives from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (PCB) […]
