In Belgium, E-kerosene, generated by combining green hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO₂), has the potential to substantially reduce the climate impact of aviation. In its new forecast, T&E has analyzed the planned production capacity of 18 European e-kerosene manufacturers. By 2025, T&E finds that over 0.16 Mt of e-kerosene would be available for airlines […]
In Germany, a team of microbiologists from Goethe University Frankfurt has found an enzyme in bacteria that live in the absence of air and bind hydrogen directly to CO2, in this way producing formic acid. The process is completely reversible – a basic requirement for hydrogen storage. These acetogenic bacteria, which are found, for example, […]
In Latvia, the Baltic News Network reports the government has canceled its biofuel blending mandate until the end of 2023 in an effort to lower fuel prices in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that has wreaked havoc on food and energy markets. Fuel retailers may blend biofuels voluntarily, however. The media has reported that […]
In Arizona, Proteum Hydrogen Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of Proteum Energy, LLC, and the University of Regina have embarked on a joint project aimed at advancing Proteum’s patented and proprietary steam non-methane reforming (SnMR) technology. The project, conducted through the University’s Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI), focuses on optimizing performance of Proteum’s commercial system […]
In Germany, SPRIN-D announced their selection of C-Cause, a project partnership led by The Alfred Wegener Institute, Carbonwave, GEOMAR and Seafields, as one of five projects chosen for their ‘Carbon-to-Value’ challenge. SPRIN-D (Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation) is funded by the German Federal Government and tasked with financially supporting break-through ideas. The team is supported by BASF to help provide bio-based feedstocks for use in chemical production processes. C-Cause (Chemical Carbon […]
In Sweden, Perstorp is taking a converting a large majority of the produced at their Perstorp plant – Pentaerythritol (Penta), Neopentyl glycol (Neo) and Trimethylolpropane (TMP) – to Pro-Environment products. By doing this, Perstorp will enable reduced greenhouse gas emissions for its polyol customers and downstream value chains. From 2023, all fossil versions of the […]
In Iowa, Golden Grain Energy LLC will install a Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at its 120 million gallons per year (mmgy) plant in Mason City, Iowa. The plant, located in north central Iowa, is dedicated to adding value to the local community by turning locally grown corn into clean-burning ethanol and animal feed. Golden […]
In California, Aemetis Biogas LLC connected its third anaerobic digester via pipeline to the company’s main RNG gas cleanup unit located at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes facility in Keyes, California. Aemetis remains on track to complete an additional five digesters by the end of Q4 2022, with five more digesters under construction in the […]
In Germany, CropEnergies AG acquired secured just under 20 percent in LXP Group GmbH at the end of May 2022 for approx. EUR 2 million. LXP Group GmbH has developed a patented, energy-efficient process that enables mild digestion of lignocellular biomass, in particular residual and waste materials such as cuttings, as well as wood residues […]
In Wisconsin, aromatic compounds are the starting material for a wealth of useful medications, such as aspirin and morphine. Yet, many of these chemicals come from fossil fuels because it’s hard to get plants to make enough of them to harvest economically. Others are essential human nutrients and can only be obtained through our food […]
