In Canada, H2O Innovation Inc. has recently completed a plant retrofit for an ethanol client located in Iowa. This project, one of the first of its kind in North America, demonstrates the corporation’s technical expertise and market access required to provide a direct replacement solution. Experience gained from this project should well-position H2O Innovation to […]
In India, CSIR-IIP Dehradun’s home-grown technology to produce bio-jet fuel has been formally approved for use on military aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF). This certification represents India’s growing confidence in aviation biofuel sector and another step towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. The technology, developed by the Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), a constituent laboratory of […]
In Jamaica, Entorno Inteligente reports small farmers across the country will start growing castor on 5,000 acres for biodiesel feedstock for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company thanks to a new partnership with the Jamaica Bauxite Institute. Currently, the JUTC imports castor oil from India but the Ministry of Transport and Mining believes there is capacity […]
In Texas, Archaea Energy Inc. announced that its subsidiary Archaea Holdings, LLC has entered into a long-term RNG purchase and sale agreement with Northwest Natural Gas Company. NW Natural provides natural gas service to approximately 2.5 million people in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Under the agreement, NW Natural will purchase the environmental attributes generated by […]
In the UK, Barton Blakeley Technologies has developed the first carbon conversion system, converting CO2 emissions into hydrophobic silica. The technology, known as HYPER Xi, converts waste carbon dioxide into materials used in a wide range of industries that manufacture everyday products. The material is used for various functions such as waterproofing, thickening, thinning, anti-microbial […]
In Washington, Hydrocarbon Processing reports that Energy Information Agency began reporting non-ethanol biofuel production, imports, feedstocks, and consumption data in its monthly energy review beginning in October. Data from before 2021 includes data sourced for EIA surveys and the Environmental Protection Agency to help fill gaps. Biodiesel feedstocks reported include refined vegetable oils, recycled cooking […]
In Oregon, alternative-energy research at Oregon State University is charting a path toward the mass adoption of clean cars powered by direct-ethanol fuel cells. Researchers have developed a catalyst that solves three key problems long associated with DEFC, as the cells are known: low efficiency, the cost of catalytic materials and the toxicity of chemical […]
In Ohio, the Ohio Country Journal reports that the state’s House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of House Bill 165 which would provide $10 million in funding over the next four years to provide fuel retailers a 5-cent-per-gallon tax credit for sales of higher ethanol blends between 15% and 85%. The bill must now […]
In Canada, Advanced Biofuels Canada (ABFC) released the Biofuels in Canada 2021 (BIC) report, with full open-source access to Canadian market data for renewable, low-carbon, and conventional fuels. This report is fifth in a series commissioned annually by Advanced Biofuels Canada and independently authored by Navius Research, a leading energy and environment quantitative market analysis […]
In Australia, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced that it will play a key role in the development and delivery of the German-Australian Hydrogen Innovation and Technology Incubator known as HyGATE. ARENA will team up with Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), to administer HyGATE which will support real-world pilot, trial, demonstration […]
