In Australia, Container Exchange (COEX), the not-for-profit organisation that runs Queensland’s container refund scheme, is partnering with waste management and resource recovery company Cleanaway to reduce carbon emissions when transporting containers for recycling. The 12-month pilot with Cleanaway will see part of the fleet transporting containers across Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast […]
In Norway, Statkraft and Fortescue have agreed to amend and extend the conditional power agreement currently in place for the Holmaneset project. Currently in the feasibility phase of the green hydrogen and green ammonia project, Fortescue is continuing to progress studies and approvals. The amendments extend the existing agreement timeframe to 2029, while also extending […]
In China, researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a “top-down” synthetic microbiome strategy to enrich microbial consortia capable of efficient lignin degradation from straw compost and straw-returning soils, providing new insight into how microbial communities work together to break down lignin. Their findings are published in […]
In Washington, Growth Energy expressed its support for regulatory amendments proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that streamline the regulatory process, addressing unnecessary barriers that have the potential to undermine the benefits of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a clean energy program that drives economic and environmental benefits by […]
In France, DHL Global Forwarding and CMA CGM have taken a significant step toward decarbonizing global container transport. The two companies have agreed to jointly use 8,990 metric tons of UCOME second-generation biofuel, enabling an estimated 25,000 metric tons of CO2e well-to-wake emission reduction for ocean freight transported under DHL’s GoGreen Plus service. This initiative […]
In Texas, Darling Ingredients Inc. announced the sale of approximately $50 million of production tax credits to a corporate buyer. These credits were generated under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) by the company’s Diamond Green Diesel joint venture. The company previously announced it sold $125 million and $60 million in production tax credits, bringing the […]
In Finland, UPM has achieved an important milestone in the startup of production of commercial, wood-based chemicals in its Leuna biorefinery in Germany. The refinery, which is the largest industrial-scale investment in biochemicals in Europe, has started the production and commercialization of industrial sugars. After successfully starting up the hydrothermal breakdown of wood on industrial […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. says that BeZero Carbon Ltd., a preeminent global carbon rating agency, has upgraded its rating for the Gevo North Dakota (“GND”) facility that has carbon capture and storage to an “A” rating. Gevo is a pioneer in the voluntary carbon markets focused on the production and delivery of carbon dioxide removal […]
In Brazil, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved the financing in the total estimated amount of R$ 450 million for Biometano Verde Paulínia S.A. (BVP) build a biogas purification plant in biomethane at Ecoparque Orizon VR, in Paulínia (SP). BVP is Onebio’s social reason, a partnership between Edge, the Cosan Group […]
In Hong Kong, Neste and Cathay Group have agreed on the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ for the group’s aviation operations across three major aviation regions: Europe, the United States, and Asia-Pacific. This agreement supports Cathay to scale up its use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Leveraging Neste’s SAF supply capabilities at major […]
