In Sweden, Fossil Free Marine is now approaching commercialization of their new unmanned floating mobile marine fuel station. More than 10 years’ development time lie behind the unique functional design, described by the company as “a reverse engineering from a number of different regulations, most of them taken from the tightly regulated land-based fuel sector”. […]
In Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Situation reports Green Fuel says it can produce enough ethanol to supply domestic demand as the blending mandate ramps up to 20% later this month. Blending was brought back up to 10% in April in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which brought down pump prices by 4 cents per […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium N.V. has been awarded a €3 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe program for its participation in the 4-year research and development program WaterProof. This program aims to demonstrate the value of electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into high-value chemicals and products. The €3 million grant will be paid […]
In India, the Free Press Journal reports the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is looking to contract a partner for a Design, Build, Own, and Operate biochar and briquette project using garden waste. The region produces around 100 metric tons of garden waste per day. The tender to find the partner has already been launched. The […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Globe newspaper reports that Protech Mitra Perkasa will invest $50 million in the country’s first bio propylene glycol plant, set to be built on Java Island. With construction set to begin next year, the facility will produce 30,000 metric tons of bio propylene glycol annually. There is no domestic production of […]
In Washington, enzyme electrodes are useful in a range of applications, including biosensing systems and electrochemical devices. Biofuel cells (BFCs) are specially promising candidates for powering a variety of bioelectronic devices by converting biochemical energy into electricity under mild biological conditions. Despite their characteristics, most biofuel cells provide low power output and short-term operational stability […]
In Switzerland, Reuters reports Indonesia’s economic affairs minister said during an interview at Davos that the country has no intention to reduce its 30% biodiesel blending mandate. He said fossil fuel energy costs are now higher than palm oil-based energy, so if biodiesel consumption was reduced, the government would end up having to subsidize fossil […]
In Japan, JERA Co., Inc., through its subsidiary JERA Americas Inc., having decided to participate in thermal power generation projects in Massachusetts and Maine in the United States, has concluded a stock purchase agreement with an affiliate of funds managed by Stonepeak to acquire a 100% interest in the projects. The acquisition is expected to […]
In the UK, Rio Tinto and bp have agreed to work together on a one-year biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from Rio Tinto’s marine fleet. Under the trial, bp is supplying Rio Tinto with marine biofuel for approximately 12 months. The fuel will be trialed on Rio Tinto’s RTM Tasman vessel on a […]
In Belgium, late on May 16, the European Parliament’s environment committee voted on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), including limiting subsidies to burning forests biomass and crop-based biofuels. Forests biomass: with a 45 to 36 majority the committee voted in favor of amendment CA9, recommending that primary woody biomass should no longer be […]
