In Texas, peanut oil powered the world’s first diesel engine when it was premiered by Rudolf Diesel at the World Exposition in Paris in 1900. Now, a collaboration between Chevron and Texas A&M AgriLife is reviving the use of peanuts as a renewable feedstock for diesel fuel with a lower carbon intensity. The five-year, multi-million-dollar […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports the country is likely to delay its B35 roll out that was scheduled for July 20 as regulatory issues with different ministries still need to be ironed out. Impacts of the higher blend on engines still need to be determined as well. The government sought to boost the blending mandate to […]
In Kenya, Eni completed the construction of the oilseed collection and pressing plant (agri-hub) in Makueni, Kenya, and started production of the first vegetable oil for bio-refineries. The first agri-hub will have an installed capacity of 15,000 tons with an expected production of 2,500 tons in 2022. The agri-hub will process castor, croton and cottonseeds […]
In the UK, Boeing and Alder Fuels announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) around the world. Using Boeing airplanes, the companies will test and qualify Alder-derived SAF, advance policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy in aviation, and grow the amount of SAF for the global aerospace market. […]
In California, the state took an important step toward approving the use of cleaner, lower-cost E15 by releasing the results of a multi-year study of the fuel’s emissions impacts. The results of the study, which tested 20 vehicles, show that shifting from E10 to E15 reduces emissions of most pollutants that contribute to ozone formation […]
In Ohio, Hexion Inc. announced that it has begun using bio-based methanol in the production of formaldehyde at its Baytown, Texas, manufacturing site. The formaldehyde is then provided to a key customer that leverages bio-benzene to produce methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), ultimately offering a product with more sustainable attributes through significantly lower air emissions compared […]
In Zimbabwe, ZBC News reports that Tongaat Hullet is considering doubling its ethanol production while separately it reported that Green Fuel is set to increase its ethanol storage capacity by 6.5 million liters to help increase supply flows. Tongaat Hullet currently produces 40 million liters per year. The government has been pushing for consistent E20 […]
In Germany, BASF launched PuriCycle, a new line of advanced high-performance products for the purification of most complex waste plastics pyrolysis feeds. The PuriCycle portfolio includes novel catalysts and adsorbents developed to selectively remove or convert a wide range of impurities in pyrolysis oils and enable downstream processing of circular plastics streams. PuriCycle can help […]
In Australia, University of Technology Sydney researchers in the Climate Change Cluster (C3) have partnered with PSI – the world-leading manufacturer for biological sciences instruments – to develop and install an automated robotic system that screens thousands of types of algae each day. Previously, it took scientists around six months of manual, full-time experimental work […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that Sao Paulo state is trying to help increase ethanol’s competitivity against gasoline by cutting the ICMS tax on ethanol to 9.57% from 13.3%, which the government says could cut fuel costs by 3 cents per liter at the pump. The ICMS tax on gasoline was already cut to 18% from […]
