In the UK, bp has submitted a bid for its proposed large-scale green hydrogen plant, HyGreen Teesside, to the UK Government’s Hydrogen Business Model (HBM) and Net Zero Hydrogen Fund (NZHF). Both the HMB and NZHF seek to set up the UK’s low-carbon hydrogen economy and support commercial development. The company also established four new […]
In Washington state, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Food Lifeline of Seattle approximately $200,000 to assist in the development of a community-owned anaerobic digester in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. Anaerobic digestion is a process in which microorganisms break down organic materials, such as food scraps, manure, and sewage sludge, in the absence […]
In the UK, in September 2022, the Mintec Category Index for EU vegetable oils declined for the fourth consecutive month, down by 3.7% month-on-month (m-o-m), to EUR 1,161/MT. The decline was primarily attributable to expectations of improvements in the global vegetable oil supply for the 2022 marketing year (MY). The index remained up by 12.4% […]
In Texas, Prairie Energy Partners, a wholly owned company of Southern Rock Energy Partners, is working to finalize the location of its proposed $5.56 billion and 423-job, next-generation, full conversion crude refinery—with the final two competing sites in Victoria County, Texas, and Payne and Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The refinery complex will reduce and eliminate 95 […]
In Missouri, Washington University researchers have led the development of a system that uses carbon dioxide, CO2, to produce biodegradable plastics, or bioplastics, that could replace the nondegradable plastics used today. The research addresses two challenges: the accumulation of nondegradable plastics and the remediation of greenhouse gas emissions. The work was published in the Sept. […]
In Belgium, Euractiv reports that Europe’s starch industry, represented by Cofalec, has said the policy to make molasses an emission-free biofuel feedstock is a “nightmare” for beer and wine producers. The bloc’s sugarbeet industry has long sought the designation of molasses as a residue so that it could be used as an advanced biofuel feedstock […]
In the Netherlands, Marubeni Corporation has conducted a trial voyage on one of Marubeni’s chartered vessels using a marine biofuel blend, from Vlissingen, the Netherlands to Morgan’s Point, Texas, USA. To the best of its knowledge, this is the first biofuel supply to an ethylene carrier in the world. The ethylene carrier GasChem Dollart was […]
In India, Toyota on Tuesday launched the pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology in Delhi. Hon’ble Shri. Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Hon’ble Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries, Hon’ble Shri. Bhupinder Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change and Hon’ble Shri. […]
In Bulgaria, SeeNews reports Agria has made a bid to take over local bioethanol producer Almagest, buying 100% of the company’s shares. Almagest produces ethanol from grain while Agria is a consolidated agricultural group in the country. The integration of the ethanol producer into the wider group will allow for it to enter the renewable […]
In Germany, Reuters reports that CropEnergies’ profits on ethanol production tripled during the second quarter to more than $100 million EBIDTA, sending its shares up 12% on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Although energy and feedstock costs have increased significantly, a major increase in sales volumes led to the soaring profit during the three months through […]
