In the UK, Scottish start-up Eco Clean is undertaking a research project with experts from the University of St Andrews to develop a new process that uses by-products from fish farming to produce surfactants – one of the main components in detergents and other industrial and institutional cleaning products. With six-figure funding support from the […]
In New Jersey, deploying a technique that promises to supercharge the development of biofuels, researchers at Princeton University have found a way to make yeast cultures glow when producing next generation fuels that could power cars and airplanes. The glowing cultures address a major challenge that has slowed biofuel production: developing yeast strains that produce […]
In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a finalized extension to the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) compliance deadlines for 2019, 2020, 2021, and for 2022. The 2019 RVO compliance deadline for small refineries was originally set for November 30, 2021, and the 2020 RVO compliance deadline for all obligated parties was previously set […]
In California, Aemetis Biogas has completed an additional seven miles of underground pipeline to transport biogas from five new dairy digesters to the centralized Renewable Natural Gas upgrading facility located at the Aemetis Keyes biofuels plant. Including the four miles of biogas pipeline commissioned in late 2020, Aemetis has now installed more than 11 miles […]
In California, BASF Enzymes LLC and Innospec Fuel Specialities LLC have entered into a distribution agreement to increase the overall value to the customers and to show their commitment to the ethanol yield industry. As part of this collaboration, BASF will be the distributor of DCI-11 Plus ClearTrak™ – a concentrated corrosion inhibitor – to […]
In Germany, material manufacturer Covestro and biotechnology pioneer Genomatica announced an important industry milestone to advance sustainability resulting from their partnership. The two companies have teamed to be the first to successfully produce significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylene diamine). HMDA, with a worldwide market of 2 million […]
In Estonia, DEAC and Neste join forces to cooperate on sustainable data storage solutions. DEAC is one of the largest independent data centers in Northern Europe, which has been acquiring renewable electricity starting from 2021. Cooperation with Neste, world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, and renewable feedstock solutions for various polymers and chemicals […]
In India, Neev II Fund has invested in GPS Renewables, a leading bioenergy technology and project integration company. GPS Renewables, with its passion to solve the waste management problem, started its bioenergy journey with captive food waste into biogas solutions, powered by proprietary technology for automated bio-health monitoring technology called the BiogasBot. Over the years, they […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol stocks built for the fourth straight week as they reached their highest levels since mid-May 2020 last week at 24.476 million barrels. Slower demand is seen as the likely reason the Midwest region has broken its record stock levels. Production is also easing […]
In China, natural gas can be used as fuel for generating electricity, heating and powering transportation. It is also the raw material to manufacture hydrogen and ammonia. Currently, biogenic and thermogenic processes are the two widely accepted methods for natural gas production. Whereas high content of CO2 in gas products is inevitable during these processes, […]
