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Cresta chooses Topsoe’s HydroFlex to revamp Braya Renewable Fuels

Cresta chooses Topsoe’s HydroFlex to revamp Braya Renewable Fuels

May 31, 2022 |

In Canada, Cresta Funds Management has chosen Topsoe’s HydroFlexTM solution for revamping the Braya Renewable Fuels refinery (Braya) in Newfoundland, Canada. The refinery will produce up to 18,000 barrels per day of Renewable Diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initially and the capacity will increase further in various stages of expansion. The startup of the […]

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Malaysia Airlines will use SAF in first passenger flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

Malaysia Airlines will use SAF in first passenger flights between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore

May 31, 2022 |

In Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines will operate the first passenger flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) between Kuala Lumpur – Singapore via MH603 and Singapore – Kuala Lumpur via MH606 on June 5, 2022 in conjunction with World Environment Day. The dedicated SAF-powered flights on 5 June will be operated on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, using […]

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Vantaa Energy signs with St1 for distribution carbon-neutral synthetic gas

Vantaa Energy signs with St1 for distribution carbon-neutral synthetic gas

May 31, 2022 |

In Finland, the Power-to-Gas plant (P2G) planned for completion by Vantaa Energy in 2025 in Finland produces carbon-neutral synthetic gas, the production process of which utilizes water and carbon dioxide recovered from the waste treatment process in a new and innovative way. Synthetic gas can be used as transport fuel instead of fossil natural gas. […]

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Norske Skog opens new biocomposite plant

Norske Skog opens new biocomposite plant

May 31, 2022 |

In Norway, Minister of Trade and Industry, Jan Christian Vestre, officially opened the new biocomposite plant at Norske Skog Saugbrugs in Halden on May 16, 2022. Norske Skog sees great commercial and environmental potential in the production of biocomposite through the subsidiary CEBICO AS. Norske Skog’s biocomposite product CEBICO is a more sustainable alternative to […]

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Auramarine invests in methanol fuel supply units

Auramarine invests in methanol fuel supply units

May 31, 2022 |

In Finland, Auramarine Ltd has invested in the development of one of the industry’s first methanol fuel supply units to meet the demand for methanol as a promising future fuel.  The units are suitable for both two-stroke and four-stroke engines and can be adapted to suit the conversion of existing engines to dual-fuel methanol operation […]

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Researchers discover new artificial enzyme that chews through lignin

Researchers discover new artificial enzyme that chews through lignin

May 31, 2022 |

In Washington state, a new artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through lignin, the tough polymer that helps woody plants hold their shape. Lignin also stores tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials.  Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, a team of researchers from Washington State University and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest […]

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Bracewell makes about turn on CCS and launches Capture Action Project

Bracewell makes about turn on CCS and launches Capture Action Project

May 31, 2022 |

In Washington, Energy Wire reports Bracewell launched the Capture Action Project last month to lobby for support of large-scale carbon capture projects while the government prepares to invest $8.2 billion in the growing sector. Previously the firm opposed CCS on behalf of its utility clients but has since made an about face on the issue […]

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fines Chippewa Valley Ethanol for installing storage tank without permission

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fines Chippewa Valley Ethanol for installing storage tank without permission

May 30, 2022 |

In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co., LLLP, constructed and installed a 200,000 gallon ethanol storage tank in November 2021 without required MPCA review and approval. The permit violations occurred at the company’s ethanol production facility near Benson, Minn. The review and approval is required in […]

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Coffeyville Resources studying use of Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology

Coffeyville Resources studying use of Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology

May 30, 2022 |

In Kansas, Honeywell recently announced that Coffeyville Resources & Marketing, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, has selected Honeywell for a feasibility study for lower-carbon hydrogen production in Coffeyville, Kansas. The study will evaluate the application of carbon capture and hydrogen purification as an emission reduction solution.  The Coffeyville site is evaluating utilizing Honeywell […]

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SK Chemicals builds new facility for PO3G biopolyol production

SK Chemicals builds new facility for PO3G biopolyol production

May 30, 2022 |

In South Korea, SK Chemicals has built a mass production system with a scale of several thousand tons for new biopolyol material “PO3G” (polyoxytrimethylene ether glycol) and has started up production. The brand name of this material is ECOTRION. Last month, SK chemicals unveiled its strategy to expand operations as a “green material” company with […]

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