In California, Aemetis signed a Master Developer Agreement with the City of Riverbank to lease/purchase the 125-acre former military base in Riverbank, California known as the Riverbank Industrial Complex. The Riverbank facility features 710,000 square feet of existing buildings, a four-mile railroad loop with 120 railcar storage capacity, and an onsite hydroelectric substation with 100% […]
In Finland, Neste has signed its first renewable hydropower purchase agreement with Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Vattenfall will deliver the hydropower from its Nordic hydropower plants and the deliveries will start at the beginning of January 2022. Neste is committed to combating climate change and reducing climate […]
In Illinois, Honeywell has signed an agreement with The University of Texas at Austin that will enable the lower-cost capture of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and heavy industry. Honeywell will leverage UT Austin’s proprietary advanced solvent technology to create a new offering targeted at power, steel, cement and other industrial plants to lower […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol stocks fell to 20.705 million barrels last week, falling for the first time since early November, on the back of lower ethanol production. Ethanol stocks were 2.464 million barrels higher during the same period last year. Ethanol production fell to 1.051 million barrels […]
In Oman, the Oman Daily Observer reports that Al Shawamikh Oil Services will install a solar energy system at Wakud’s biodiesel facility, the country’s first. The plant uses used cooking oil collected locally as feedstock for the biodiesel it produces. The decision to power the facility with solar power, the largest one of its kind […]
In Mexico, researchers at the National Technological Institute of Mexico, Morelia Technological Institute campus, have developed a prototype of a photobioreactor for optimization of the Chlorella Vulgaris microalgae for which they requested patent registration by Model of Utility before the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI). In addition to increasing current biomass production, it will […]
In Kentucky, WTVQ reports the agriculture commissioner announced companies may now apply to participate in the Renewable Chemical Production Program which provides tax credits for more than 30 specified biomass-based chemicals. Legislation for the program was passed by the state legislature in 2020 and aims to provide up to $10 million in tax credits annually […]
In California, Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc announced the completion of an interim financing to fund Fulcrum’s second waste-to-fuels project, culminating in the issuance by the Indiana Finance Authority of $375 million of Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds through Fulcrum’s wholly owned subsidiary Fulcrum Centerpoint, LLC (Centerpoint). Proceeds from the offering will be held in escrow with the […]
In Spain, Europa Press reports the National Association of Producers of Biodiesel from Waste (Ewaba Spain) has denounced on Tuesday that the unilateral breaking of contracts signed by the different gas suppliers with this industry “will lead the sector to the red, with the consequent danger closure and the reversal of commitments to reduce greenhouse […]
In Peru, Gestion reports Heaven Petroleum Operators (HPO) confirmed that it has complied with the requirements made in the tender to sell biodiesel to Petroperú. Through a statement, the company assured that it has participated on several occasions in tenders to sell biofuel to Petroperú, without breaking the regulations. In this case, it was a […]
