In Georgia, POET has signed a purchase agreement with Savannah Marine Terminal (SMT) to acquire its rail-to-container transload facility in Savannah, Georgia. The acquisition will include all equipment and real estate to operate the grain transload facility. The Port of Savannah, one of the highest volume container ports in the U.S., has geographic synergy with […]
In Germany, Deutsche Bahn (DB) is continuing to drive the green traffic turnaround on the rails: Both the Sylt Shuttle and the Sylt Shuttle Plus are now running between Westerland and Niebüll with climate-friendly HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil). By saying goodbye to diesel, around 7,500 tons of CO2 are saved each year on the popular […]
In Greece, Neste and HELLENIC PETROLEUM Group have entered into an agreement for the commercial distribution of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM on flights by Aegean Airlines, the leading air carrier in Greece. HELLENIC PETROLEUM Group, through its subsidiary EKO, will ensure the supply of Neste-produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on AEGEAN flights departing from […]
In Spain, Cepsa Química has supplied consumer goods leader Unilever with NextLab linear alkylbenzene (LAB), a new range of sustainable products which include renewable and recycled raw materials. This sets a new milestone for circular chemistry, as NextLab linear alkybenzene (LAB) is made using “green carbon” derived from biomass instead of the fossil fuels the […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production rose to an average of 1.043 million a day last week, helping to boost stocks to 23.394 million barrels. Ethanol production was up an average of 22,000 barrels per day from the week before and 30,000 barrels from the same time last […]
In India, Projects Today reports Fylfot Geoworks is planning to build a 100,000 liter per day grain-based ethanol plant at Patvi in Ambala district of Haryana with construction set to kick off in October and commissioning expected by September 2023. Broken rice, maize, and wheat will be used as ethanol feedstock. In addition to the […]
In Brazil, Petrobras and Bunge signed a contract to acquisition of refined soybean oil for the production of R5 Diesel at the Getúlio Vargas Refinery (Repar), in Paraná. The raw material began to be supplied at the end of July and production will take place in September 2022. Around 1.5 million liters will be destined […]
In Germany, for the first time, the thermochemical production of kerosene using solar energy, water, and CO2 is demonstrated in a fully-integrated solar tower fuel plant. This work, realized within the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 project SUN-to-LIQUID, advances the technological readiness level of solar fuels production by demonstrating the technical feasibility of the […]
In New Zealand, a group of New Zealanders has launched a campaign urging the government to drop the proposed ‘biofuels obligation’ set to begin on April 1, 2023. The ‘Don’t Burn Our Future’ advocacy group says the Government’s plan to legally require fuel suppliers to add biofuel to petrol and diesel is at best naïve […]
In Canada, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced an investment of over C$1.8 million under the AgriAssurance Program to assist Bioindustrial Innovation Canada to further develop quality standards to accelerate growth of the bioeconomy in the agriculture sector. The bioeconomy, which is part of the green economy, is based on the production […]
