In Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox announced it will partner with Kiewit Industrial to deliver Fidelis New Energy’s planned net-negative carbon impact biomass power plant at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 200-megawatt electric plant will be the largest of its kind in the world. The planned facility, called Project Cyclus, will provide power […]
In Canada, the Government of Canada is making investments to enhance Canada’s competitive advantage, diversify market opportunities, create good middle-class jobs and achieve our emissions reduction targets including a new combined investment of over C$12 million to seven organizations that are advancing emerging clean technologies to grow our economy and help Canada meet its environmental […]
In Nebraska, the Associated Press reports that a bill in the state senate seeking $1 million for the University of Nebraska to study the long-term health and environmental consequences of the AltEn ethanol plant in Mead was approved in a first-round vote of 34-4. The AltEn facility has faced environmental challenges since it first opened […]
In Tennessee, researchers collaborating through the Center for Bioenergy Innovation make the case that scientific advances support a hybrid approach using biological and catalytic methods for producing cellulosic biofuel for use in airplanes, ships and long-haul trucks. As presented in Energy & Environmental Science, this hybrid approach uses microbes to convert cellulosic biomass such as […]
In Washington, 29 members of the U.S. House of Representatives – led by Reps. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Cindy Axne (D-Iowa), Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) – sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to prioritize homegrown and renewable biofuels in order to increase U.S. energy […]
In the Netherlands, SHV Energy and LanzaTech announced a new strategic partnership to employ LanzaTech’s Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) technology to bring renewable propane and other sustainable fuels to the market via existing and novel pathways. The collaboration will further expand LanzaTech’s existing CCT technology and synthetic biology platform, which transform waste carbon into […]
In Indonesia, the Antara news agency reports that the government has set the market index price for biodiesel at $1.09 per liter plus transport cost beginning April 1, 7.77% higher than the price set for March. The higher price for April reflects the higher price for crude palm oil together with the $85 per metric […]
In California, sales of E85 flex fuel in California surged to a new record in 2021, jumping 55 percent over 2020 levels and nearly doubling since 2018, according to new data released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Last year, California drivers purchased nearly 62.5 million gallons (mg) of E85 flex fuel, a blend containing up […]
In Texas, FuelTrust and Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR), one of the world’s leading registers of ships, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. IOMSR will use FuelTrust’s fuels and emissions digital technology to validate vessels for the flag’s Green Ship scheme, and to collaborate on further projects to incentivize and enable emissions reductions. The […]
In California, through its Sustainability Fund, Shopify has committed buy $2.5 million worth of Twelve’s E-Jet fuel. Through this first-of-its-kind agreement, Shopify’s purchase of E-Jet will support Twelve as it scales, accelerate future adoption by commercial airlines and freight carriers, and help bring more E-Jet to market. Shopify is supporting nine new entrepreneurial, tech-driven companies […]
