In the UK, Earth Capital Limited has announced the launch of its new company, Sustainable Energy Holdings Limited, formed of a merger of four of its portfolio companies, all low-carbon bioenergy generation assets: Eccleshall Biomass, Limelight Energy, Black Dog Biogas and Bright Light Energy Ltd. These UK-based biomass-fuelled renewable energy plants will now benefit from […]
In India, Nexgen Energia, India’s fastest-growing clean fuel energy company announces its expansion plan to enter the Ethanol segment and set up plants across the country. The company plans to invest around $37.8 million into its upcoming projects in the coming fiscal year. Nexgen Energia has a sizable existence in almost all the clean energy […]
In Washington, DTN reports Energy Information Administration data reports ethanol production fell to 926,000 barrels per day last week, down nearly 4% from the week prior and the lowest since April. At the same time, blending rose to the highest level seen in a year to 929,000 bpd with increases seen in all regions except […]
In New York state, recently Clean Fuels Alliance America, the Empire State Energy Association, and the New York State Energy Coalition sent a joint letter to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Deputy Commissioner Thomas Berkman assuring him that ample supply exists to meet the state’s Bioheat fuel mandate, which was due […]
In Germany, Continental is to use BIOVYN, bio-attributed PVC, from INOVYN in the production of its technical and decorative surface materials for its automotive customers. The agreement will help to reduce its carbon footprint and meet customer demand for sustainable bio-based products. BIOVYN™ is a new generation of PVC grades certified by the Roundtable on […]
In the UK, funding for researchers at Cranfield University to look at new ways to generate hydrogen energy from biomass has been announced by the Government. The technology would allow biomass – organic products such as wood, grasses or used brewery hops – to be used to generate hydrogen while capturing CO2 emissions at the […]
In Vermont, relying on manure biogas systems to mitigate livestock GHG emissions ignores both the extensive emissions created throughout the lifecycle of the livestock industry before lagoon storage and the environmental justice impacts that perpetuating confined animal feeding operations, the only profitable user of manure biogas systems, will have on communities impacted by factory farms. […]
In Singapore, GoodFuels successfully supplied sustainable marine biofuel to NYK’s bulk carrier MV Frontier Explorer, in the first such delivery to a major maritime client since the company opened its Singapore office. MV Frontier Explorer was refuelled with biofuel in a blend with VLSFO during its port call to Singapore on 5 July, en route […]
In California, for the past 6 years, Cortus Energy has been a partner with the Mariposa Biomass Project regarding a plant for cogeneration in Mariposa County, California, USA. Since Cortus is not ready to start the project now due to other more nearby opportunities, the Mariposa Biomass project has terminated Cortus Energy’s participation in this. […]
In India, the Free Press Journal reports that the State Bank of India has begun legal proceedings against country’s largest sugar and ethanol producer, Bajaj Hindustan Sugar, due to the company’s insolvency. The SBI and other creditors have been working to restructure the company’s debt to improve its financial solvency, which has helped, but has […]
