In Texas, Grey Rock Investment Partners, through its affiliated investment vehicles, announced an agreement to make a controlling investment in Vault CCS Holdings, LP and fund additional growth of the company through a capital commitment of up to $150 million. Vault plans to use the committed capital to execute on its near-term actionable pipeline of […]
In Romania, Renewables Now reports that Clariant has opened its $150 million cellulosic ethanol plant in Dolj. Feedstock contracts have been signed with more than 300 local farmers to secure the required 250,000 metric tons of straw required annually. The facility will produce 50,000 metric tons of cellulosic ethanol annually. Production was last expected to […]
In France, in a new study published in Nature Communications on May 24, 2022, a research team from the CNRS and the University of Paris-Saclay was able to develop new polymers that degrade in water in one week, a record time. Thanks to a polymerization technique making it possible to design macromolecules with a controlled […]
In India, The Times of India newspaper reports that the country has achieved its 10% ethanol blending target five months head of its October deadline. The announcement was made by the Prime Minister in celebration of World Environment Day, saying that the achievement has meant a savings of 2.7 million metric tons of carbon emissions, […]
In Spain, Repsol and Iberia took another step in their alliance to reduce emissions in the airline industry with the first long-haul flights using biofuel produced in Spain from biological waste. The biojet fuel used is from a batch produced in 2021 at Repsol’s Petronor refinery in Bilbao. The first flight to use biofuel was […]
In Georgia, GranBio secured the unopposed confirmation of European Patent No. EP 3259360, originally granted on August 25, 2021. The European patent has been successfully validated by GranBio in 31 countries for patent protection: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, […]
In Japan, Airbus Helicopters in Japan and Japan’s leading helicopter operator Nakanihon Air (NNK) have jointly performed the country’s first ever helicopter flight powered with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). NNK’s H215 helicopter conducted a 30-minute flight at Nagoya Airport in Aichi Prefecture. The aircraft was fueled with 600 liters of “SUSTEO 10”, a renewable jet […]
In the Netherlands, Albert Heijn, together with its partners, is accelerating the sustainability of transport to stores and customers. From the end of 2022, both the home delivery of groceries and the supplies to the shops in the center of The Hague will be 100% electric. Rotterdam, Utrecht and Amsterdam follow. For customers and local […]
In Texas, Southwest Airlines Co. announced an investment into SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC (SAFFiRE), a company formed by D3MAX, LLC (D3MAX), as part of a Department of Energy (DOE)-backed project to develop and produce scalable, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Funded with a DOE grant matched by Southwest’s investment, SAFFiRE is expected to utilize technology developed by […]
In Zambia, the Lusaka Times newspaper reports Sunbird Bioenergy is set to start producing ethanol from cassava in August. Once production begins, a blending trial will take place together with Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Ndola with expectations that 10% ethanol will eventually be blended locally. About 5,000 outgrowers produce cassava for the new facility with […]
