In Finland, Neste has agreed to acquire the used cooking oil (UCO) collection and aggregation business and related assets in the United States from Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC. The transaction includes shares in SeQuential Environmental Services, LLC, and Pure, LLC, as well as a UCO processing plant in Salem, Oregon. The transaction is subject […]
In Brazil, Journal Cana reports FS, with units in Lucas do Rio Verde and Sorriso, in Mato Grosso, announced the expansion of the use of the railway to transport its cargo. The company acquired 80 wagons that will be operated by Rumo, the largest railroad operator in Brazil, in a deal worth BRL115 million. In an […]
In Canada, Trains magazine reports that in late October Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen fuel cell working prototype engine successfully made its first maiden revenue run, pulling a full load a main line speed on the main line. It was the second main line run for the converted engine this year. Canadian Pacific has two hydrogen production […]
In Texas, Ship and Bunker reports that a panel at the IBIA Annual Convention in Houston recently felt that US demand for marine biofuel was well behind that in Singapore and Northwest Europe. One of the speakers felt that it may be because US biofuel policy doesn’t include tax incentives for using biodiesel as marine […]
In India, Mint reports the online biofuel marketplace startup Buyofuel has raised $1.4 million in pre-Series A funding led by Inflection Point Ventures, together with Venture Catalysts, LetsVenture, Lead Angels Fund, and Gruhas Proptech. The platform already has a buyer base of 600,000 metric tons per month and 200,000 tons of supply per month along […]
In Illinois, a Nature Catalysis study from six chemists at the University of Chicago shows an innovative new system for artificial photosynthesis that is more productive than previous artificial systems by an order of magnitude. Unlike regular photosynthesis, which produces carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water, artificial photosynthesis could produce ethanol, methane, or other fuels. […]
In the UK, new analysis by Zemo Partnership shows how a greenhouse gas-based fuel duty structure could encourage uptake of low carbon renewable fuels in hard-to-electrify transport applications and accelerate the transition to net zero. The new study (‘Decarbonising Heavy Duty Vehicles and Machinery’) by Zemo Partnership, the public-private membership group driving transport decarbonisation, explores […]
In Denmark, as part of the strategy to decarbonise its customers’ supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered a green methanol partnership with U.S. based project developer Carbon Sink LLC. This is Maersk’s 8th such agreement in the efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol. The parties have signed a Letter of […]
In California, Aemetis says construction has begun for the TotalEnergies and Schneider Electric solar microgrid system with at 2.0 MW photovoltaic (PV) array and a 1.25 MW battery energy storage system. Once construction has been completed, the microgrid will be integrated with the new Rockwell/Allen Bradley distributed control system (DCS) at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels […]
In Pennsylvania, Penske Truck Leasing announced it has expanded its use of renewable diesel in California through a preferred supplier agreement with Shell Oil Products U.S. The move is a continuing effort by Penske to help reduce emissions across its truck rental, heavy-duty truck leasing and logistics fleet operations. All vehicles refueling at Penske Truck […]
