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Abundia purchases scale-up project development firm

Abundia purchases scale-up project development firm

April 2, 2026 |

In Texas, Abundia Global Impact Group, Inc. has completed the acquisition of RPD Technologies Americas, LLC (“RPD”), a scale-up project development firm focused on the design, construction, operations of pilot plants and consulting services. The Acquisition was completed and effective on April 1, 2026. Abundia – RPD Acquisition Strategic Highlights: ·      Establishes Additional Revenue Stream […]

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Celtic Renewables expands Rosebank Distillery colaboration for another three years

Celtic Renewables expands Rosebank Distillery colaboration for another three years

April 2, 2026 |

In Scotland, Celtic Renewables has renewed its partnership with ultra-premium whisky distillery, Rosebank, part of Ian Macleod Distillers, for another three years. The partnership will see Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk send the pot ale by-product produced during its distilling process to the Celtic Renewables biorefinery located less than four miles away at Grangemouth. The new […]

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Emerson to automate Louisiana Green Fuels power facilitys

Emerson to automate Louisiana Green Fuels power facilitys

April 2, 2026 |

In Missouri, Emerson has been chosen to automate Strategic Biofuels’ $2-billion landmark Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) power facility in Caldwell Parish. The project consists of a wood-fired power plant fully integrated with commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), delivering carbon‑neutral electricity to Louisiana’s grid. At full operation, LGF will convert 1.3 million tons of forestry […]

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PureCycle Technologies lands $46.16M EU grant

PureCycle Technologies lands $46.16M EU grant

April 2, 2026 |

In Florida, PureCycle Technologies, Inc. has signed a €40 million grant agreement from the Innovation Fund with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) to fund its ‘ASTRA PP’ project in the NextGen District at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Yesterday, CINEA announced that a total of 54 projects selected under the Innovation Fund […]

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Chinese researchers develop alternative approach to chlorine production

Chinese researchers develop alternative approach to chlorine production

April 2, 2026 |

In China, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) and the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, both affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have developed an alternative approach to producing chlorine—by harnessing the osmotic energy inherently stored in chloride-rich brines. In a study published in Nature Communications, the […]

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker calls on Congress to allow year-round E15

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker calls on Congress to allow year-round E15

April 2, 2026 |

In Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging for a swift passage of legislation to permanently allow year-round sales of E15 gasoline and bring long term certainty, as Trump’s tariffs and global instability are driving up costs and squeezing Illinois farmers. In the letter to leadership of the U.S. House on […]

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Exxon execs told investors in 2020 that algae was the future but scientists told them otherwise

Exxon execs told investors in 2020 that algae was the future but scientists told them otherwise

April 1, 2026 |

In Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports that Exxon executives told investors that algae had the potential to be a viable short term biofuel feedstock back in 2020 just a week after scientists told them that algae was struggling to perform outside of lab conditions. Documents seen by the WSJ show that executives knew the […]

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EIB loans Eni $580M to convert part of its Burgondi refinery into biorefinery

EIB loans Eni $580M to convert part of its Burgondi refinery into biorefinery

April 1, 2026 |

In Italy, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Eni signed a 15-year loan for €500 million to convert selected units of Eni’s Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery, located in the Italian province of Pavia, into a biorefinery. The agreement was signed by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina Vigliotti and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi. The project involves converting the refinery’s Hydrocracker (HDC2) […]

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Phelan eFuels selects Honeywell tech for South African eSAF facility

Phelan eFuels selects Honeywell tech for South African eSAF facility

April 1, 2026 |

In South Africa, Phelan Green, through its clean fuels subsidiary Phelan eFuels, has selected Honeywell’s renewable fuel process technology for its planned electro‑sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) facility in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Phelan eFuels will deploy Honeywell UOP’s Fischer Tropsch (FT) Unicracking™ process technology, which uses FT liquids and waxes made from CO2 […]

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Nextchem lands POME SAF project in Indonesia

Nextchem lands POME SAF project in Indonesia

April 1, 2026 |

In Indonesia, Nextchem, through its subsidiary KT Tech, has been awarded a contract for early engineering works and proprietary equipment supply for a SAF plant under development in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The plant is designed to produce 60,000 tons per year of SAF with high efficiency using palm oil mill effluent (POME) as primary feedstock, […]

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