In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels, the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, announced that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards awarded the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) a $250 million bond allocation. The bonds will form an integral part of the debt financing for construction costs of the project and be sold into […]
In Italy, specialty chemicals company LANXESS and Matrìca, a joint venture between Versalis (Eni) and Novamont, have partnered to produce sustainable biocide preservatives from renewable raw materials. Starting in January 2022, the Matrìca plant at Porto Torres (Sardinia, Italy) will supply LANXESS with bio-based raw materials from vegetable oils which LANXESS will use to manufacture […]
In the Netherlands, Tank Storage Magazine reports that Vopak is building 16 new tanks at its Vlaardingen site to support the implementation of Shell’s new 820,000 tpa biorefinery at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam. With Vopak set to store and supply feedstock for Shell under their new long-term agreement, the new tank farm […]
In Switzerland, a main candidate is hydrogen produced from organic waste, or “biomass”, of plants and animals. Biomass also absorbs, removes, and stores CO2 from the atmosphere, while biomass decomposition can also bring us ways to negative emissions or greenhouse gases removal. But even though biomass heralds a way forward, there is still the question […]
In Washington, on Wednesday’s Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing, Sen. Joni Ernst began her portion by asking the witnesses about the high cost of fuel and whether the RFS is the cause, to which one witness, Emily Skor of Growth Energy, clarified that it is not the cause. Ernst agreed the RFS […]
In Finland, Neste and ITOCHU Corporation have expanded their partnership to grow the availability of sustainable aviation fuel in Japan. In the expanded partnership, ITOCHU acts as the branded distributor of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ in Japan making Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel available first at the two largest Japanese international airports; Tokyo Haneda and […]
In India, Aemetis, Inc. announced that the Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis in Kakinada, India has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility. The refining facility is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50 million gallon per year biodiesel plant located on the East Coast of India and […]
In Canada, Enerkem has received funding as part of the Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) Low Emissions Fuels and Products Technology Competition for its Integration of Advanced Carbon Recycling Technologies to Produce Sustainable Drop-in Fuels in Canada. A grant totaling over C$5.5 million is presented to the team, allowing them an opportunity to demonstrate leadership […]
In the UK, Linde has expanded its existing agreement with Celanese Corporation and will begin supplying carbon dioxide and hydrogen to the Celanese manufacturing facility in Clear Lake, Texas. Linde currently supplies oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide to the Clear Lake facility. Under the terms of the expanded agreement, Linde will now also supply carbon […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag reports data from the Energy Information Administration shows ethanol production swung back higher last week to 1.009 million barrels a day, 16,000 higher than the week before. As a result, stocks grew to 25.483 million barrels, up by 684,000 barrels. Although production levels have rebounded slightly, Brownfield Ag reports that the […]
