In Nebraska, Green Plains Inc., Tallgrass, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology as part of the federal agency’s effort to support the development of valuable biofuels and bioproducts for the clean energy economy. The DOE award will […]
In the Netherlands, Greenergy is increasing production in its Amsterdam biodiesel manufacturing plant by over 25%. As part of the investment the company is also upgrading its pre-treatment processing capability to treat a wider range of waste oils as feedstocks for biodiesel production. The upgrades will be complete in 2023. With waste oils a proven […]
In Canada, Imperial announced a long-term contract with Air Products to supply low-carbon hydrogen for Imperial’s proposed renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta. Air Products will provide pipeline supply from its hydrogen plant under construction in Edmonton. Imperial will use Air Products’ low-carbon hydrogen to produce renewable diesel at Strathcona that […]
In Maryland, Enviva Inc. and Alder Fuels have signed a contract for the long-term, large-scale supply of woody biomass from Enviva, which sources low-value fiber, such as forest byproducts like tree tops, limbs, and commercial thinnings, to further commercialize the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The agreement would make Enviva an exclusive supplier of […]
In California, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, has announced a collaboration, through its innovation investment platform CCEP Ventures, with the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) to develop scalable methods of converting captured CO2 into sugar. CCEP Ventures’ initial investment with UCB will support the Peidong Yang Research Group on foundational research […]
In India, Projects Today reports Krishak Bharati Cooperative is planning to develop three ethanol plants in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. All three will be grain based and are expected to be up and running in the next three years with the Gujarat facility already starting construction this month. It will produce 250,000 liters per day […]
In North Carolina, biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a microbial community phenomenon that essentially equates to teaching neighbors how to complete necessary tasks by ripping out and sharing parts of the brain. The process allows microbiomes to keep themselves and their environments healthy and could help scientists create robust, bespoke microbial systems for […]
In Switzerland, Argentina has requested WTO dispute consultations with Peru concerning anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed by Peru on imports of biodiesel from Argentina. The request was circulated to WTO members on September 6. Argentina is challenging six measures relating to the imposition by Peru of anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on biodiesel originating from […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $46 million for 22 projects that will create biofuel energy to help decarbonize the transportation and power generation sectors. These innovative projects, led by universities, private companies, municipal resource management entities, and local governments, will develop waste conversion and carbon capture technologies to produce fuels from biomass […]
In Sweden, St1 has made an investment decision to construct a biogas upgrading and liquefaction refinery in Sobacken, Borås. A prerequisite for the biorefinery investment decision is the long-term off-take contract to buy raw biogas, which St1 has signed with Borås Energi och Miljö. With the agreement, also the two public gas filling stations of […]
