In the Netherlands, Fashion for Good has launched the ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste Project’ to validate and scale technologies that can successfully transform agricultural waste into sustainable textile fibers. With catalytic funding provided by Laudes Foundation, Fashion for Good partners adidas, BESTSELLER, Vivobarefoot and Birla Cellulose, and six innovators, the consortium project will assess the technical […]
In Canada, University of Toronto spinoff CERT Systems uses water and electricity to turn waste CO2 into ethylene and other carbon-based fuels using an electrocatalyst operating at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The catalyst is able to break and reform CO2 into larger, valuable molecules with electricity and protons from water. The process allows CERT […]
In Washington, as gas prices hit all-time record highs, and with the U.S. banning Russian oil, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are calling for American biofuel to be unleashed under their bipartisan plan to replace Russian oil with clean, American-made renewable fuels that are available right now. The senators’ new bill—the […]
In Nebraska, Union Pacific Railroad will begin using a higher biodiesel blend in locomotives it acquired from Wabtec. The new collaboration helps Union Pacific as it works to increase the percentage of low-carbon fuels consumed to 10% of its total diesel consumption by 2025 and 20% by 2030. Union Pacific will begin testing with B20 […]
In Canada, EverGen Infrastructure Corp., Canada’s Renewable Natural Gas Infrastructure Platform is pleased has entered into a letter of intent with Grow the Energy Circle Ltd. (“GrowTEC”) in its capacity as general partner of CKPPQ Farms LP, dated March 4, 2022, to acquire a 67% interest in a biogas facility in Alberta and to work with GrowTEC […]
In Italy, announced April 27, 2021, NatureWorks and IMA Coffee’s joint strategic partnership accelerates on the first significant trial phase on K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods. Compatibility testing on capsules, filter, and top lid films are being performed at IMA Coffee Lab with the precise aim to identify and achieve optimum material sealing parameters and […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports Stellantis is looking to produce and sell its ethanol hybrid vehicles by 2025 but the company’s CEO for South America said that a definitive time frame had not yet been set. As many as seven hybrid and electric models could be sold into the region by then. Ethanol is a key […]
In India, Reuters reports that in preparation for achieving 20% ethanol blending by 2025, oil marketing companies are increasing ethanol storage capacity by 51%. The top three companies currently own storage capacity for 178 million liters equating to about 4.3 billion liters annually, considering 15 days storage. To handle 10.6 billion liters by 2025, they’re […]
In Maine, Bangor Daily News reports that following pushback from authorities in Jonesport, bluShift will instead look to do its future rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company says that other Maine towns have expressed interest in hosting launches but Jonesport, the originally hoped for launch site, set up a moratorium on […]
In South Korea, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of single-use face masks are discarded every day, creating a huge surge in plastic pollution. In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Korea University investigated the feasibility and potential environmental benefits of converting discarded surgical masks into burnable fuel via a process called […]
