In India, the Hindustan Times reports Uttar Pradesh is expected to allow retail sale of biodiesel under its new bioenergy policy currently under development, the prohibition of which has up until now hampered the development of regional biodiesel production. Since 2019, biodiesel producers have only been allowed to sell their fuel to oil companies but […]
In South Korea, organic solar cells (OSCs) are considered the future of photovoltaics due to their beneficial features like light weight, flexibility, and high conversion efficiency. But, most OSC electrodes use indium tin oxide (ITO), which is too costly and fragile to enable large-area, flexible OSCs. Now, researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and […]
In Washington, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is accepting applications for $100 million in grants to increase the sale and use of biofuels derived from U.S. agricultural products. USDA is making the funding available through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP). This program seeks to market higher blends […]
In Denmark, following the announcement of six strategic green methanol partnerships across the globe earlier this year, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) adds a seventh methanol partnership with Chinese bioenergy enterprise Debo on the quest to boost global production capacity. The parties have signed a Letter of Intent covering Debo’s plans to develop a bio-methanol […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. has agreed to a multi-year agreement with International Airlines Group (IAG) to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help power both British Airways and Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus’ flights from San Francisco Airport from 2025. IAG, parent company of both British Airways and Aer Lingus, will purchase a total of […]
In Canada, Anaergia Inc. has signed an agreement with European Energy A/S. Under the terms of this agreement Anaergia is to supply European Energy with up to 60,000 metric tons per year of liquefied biogenic Carbon Dioxide for a period of 10 years. Biogenic carbon dioxide is carbon dioxide that is released during the decomposition […]
In Zambia, the Lusaka Times newspaper reports the government plans to start building cassava-based ethanol plants in provincial centers from next year to facilitate local ethanol blending. Corn had been discussed as a potential feedstock but was later discarded due to food security concerns. The first $40 million, 7-million-liter fuel depot in Kasenengwa District was […]
In India, the Business Insider newspaper reports the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has called on his government to develop a biofuel policy to follow in the steps of the national policy that supports compressed biogas (CBG), biocoal, ethanol and biodiesel. Already a CBG and two biocoal plants were in production in the state as […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency has set the Cellulosic Waiver Credit price for 2022 at $2.31 compared to $2.23 in 2021. For any calendar year for which the projected volume of cellulosic biofuel production is less than the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel set forth in Clean Air Act (CAA) section 211(o)(2)(B)(III), EPA must […]
In Canada, Liberty (RNG), LLC announced the recent completion of its acquisition of Sandhill Advanced Biofuels, LLC. Sandhill is a developer of renewable natural gas anaerobic digestion projects located on dairy farms, with a portfolio of four projects in the state of Wisconsin. The completion of this acquisition represents the company’s first investment in non-regulated […]
