In France, GEFCO France and Gardien Transports started testing biodiesel made from waste oil and fat in November as an alternative fuel for two car transporters distributing new vehicles in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. This one-year project supports GEFCO France’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from its finished vehicles logistics (FVL) operations. For […]
In Germany, Cologne-based bioeconomy company BluCon Biotech recently received a commitment of €931.111 in funding from the German Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) for the scaling of its proprietary fermentation technology made from agricultural residue, such as straw, to produce part of the bio-plastic polylactic acid (PLA). The globally unique and highly innovative technology […]
In California, carbon dioxide (CO2), a product of burning fossil fuels and the most prevalent greenhouse gas, has the potential to be sustainably converted back into useful fuels. A promising route for turning CO2 emissions into a fuel feedstock is a process known as electrochemical reduction. But to be commercially viable, the process needs to […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that after having missed the deadline for 2021 and 2022 blending levels this week, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release those mandates in the next few days. Refiners have been pushing hard for the Biden Administration to cut blending levels and have shorted the RIN market to dangerous levels […]
In Illinois, United operated an unprecedented flight that will serve as a turning point in the industry’s effort to combat climate change: for the first time in aviation history, a commercial carrier will fly an aircraft full of passengers using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). United also announced the second round of corporate participants in the […]
In the UK, having been fully utilized this year working for Ørsted and James Fisher Marine Services supporting offshore wind farms on the UK’s west coast, Tidal Transit’s Kitty Petra crew transfer vessel (CTV) was recently mobilized from Barrow-in-Furness to Grimsby for scheduled winter maintenance. As part of its program of activities working towards carbon […]
In Texas, Viking Energy Group, Inc. has entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a group of companies that are in the process of engineering, developing, constructing and bringing into commercial operations a processing plant located in Reno, Nevada, which is designed to produce renewable diesel. The estimated production […]
In Russia, Severstal, one of the world’s largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies, has taken a strategic decision to increase the share of renewable energy in its energy portfolio, in part by increasing heat generation from biofuels at the operating boiler houses of Karelsky Okatysh, the leading iron ore mining and processing company in […]
In California, Booster announced it converted more than 90 of its diesel customers with close to 1200 vehicles to renewable fuels within the first month of its decarbonization initiative. This move will help Booster’s customers cut emissions by more than 70 percent, saving more than 34 million pounds of carbon emissions next year. Booster notified […]
In Iowa, Summit Carbon Solutions has commenced drilling multiple stratigraphic test wells, a key milestone in its development of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. The test wells and Summit’s permanent geologic storage sites are in North Dakota, where Summit has formed relationships with local landowners and is now collecting data to guide […]
