In India, the Economic Times reports Bihar wants the right to produce as much ethanol as it can from corn and rice husk rather than be limited by the production quotas the government has established for it. Fifteen ethanol plants are under construction while one is up and running and another has run into problems. […]
In the UK, DP WORLD’s container terminal at Southampton has taken a major step forward in the journey to net zero by becoming the first port in Britain to eliminate fossil diesel from its operations entirely and transition to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Diesel previously accounted for 90 per cent of the terminal’s emissions but […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that with ethanol at near all-time highs and sugar at five-year highs, investors are rushing to scoop up opportunities in the “Saudi Arabia of sugarcane”. As many as 40 mills are for sale and 30% of the country’s sugarcane crushing capacity, primarily smaller mills, is idle due to years of financial […]
In France, the French Championship is becoming the first single-seater competition to use biofuel using 100% renewable components for the entire season. Earlier this season, the German Formula 4 Championship also introduced environmentally friendly fuels with an innovative Shell fuel containing roughly 50% sustainable components. With a view to leading French motor sport towards carbon […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that following biodiesel blending cuts in response to high vegetable oil prices, the country is now looking to boost blending again to offset high fossil fuel prices. Neighboring Argentina is looking to do the same. Blending in Brazil is currently at 10% but could go to 15%, but it would only […]
In Belgium, the European Commission selected 74 innovative companies under the first 2022 EIC Accelerator cut-off. They are set to receive up to €382 million of funding in a combination of grants and investments. The companies were selected from over 1000 start-ups and SMEs that submitted a full application for funding for the 23 March […]
In Louisiana, Willow Glen Terminal LLC (WGT), in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, announced receipt of its inaugural product shipment. WGT has entered into an agreement to supply renewable fuel feedstock to a leading renewable diesel producer in Norco, Louisiana. Under the partnership, WGT will serve as a logistics hub, providing marine and truck transloading services as […]
In Colorado, for decades engineers have dreamed of programming organisms to sustainably produce ethylene, a chemical that is nicknamed “the king of petrochemicals” for its importance in plastics. Now, one hopeful pathway to this petrochemical is nearing reality, via a photosynthetic bacterium that is genetically specialized to turn sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethylene. […]
In California, Communities for a Better Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity sued Contra Costa County on Tuesday over its rushed approval of two proposed biofuel refineries in the Bay Area using incomplete and misleading environmental reviews. The lawsuits challenge what they say are flawed environmental review processes for two giant oil refineries looking […]
In Texas, Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC has signed a Letter of Intent to provide carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) services to POET on Navigator’s Heartland Greenway system. The agreement outlines Navigator’s integrated CCUS services for approximately 5 million metric tons of POET’s biogenic CO2 annually and establishes a collaborative path for the development of […]
