In Finland, Neste and ITOCHU Corporation have expanded their partnership to grow the availability of sustainable aviation fuel in Japan. In the expanded partnership, ITOCHU acts as the branded distributor of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ in Japan making Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel available first at the two largest Japanese international airports; Tokyo Haneda and […]
In India, Aemetis, Inc. announced that the Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis in Kakinada, India has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility. The refining facility is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50 million gallon per year biodiesel plant located on the East Coast of India and […]
In Canada, Enerkem has received funding as part of the Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) Low Emissions Fuels and Products Technology Competition for its Integration of Advanced Carbon Recycling Technologies to Produce Sustainable Drop-in Fuels in Canada. A grant totaling over C$5.5 million is presented to the team, allowing them an opportunity to demonstrate leadership […]
In the UK, Linde has expanded its existing agreement with Celanese Corporation and will begin supplying carbon dioxide and hydrogen to the Celanese manufacturing facility in Clear Lake, Texas. Linde currently supplies oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide to the Clear Lake facility. Under the terms of the expanded agreement, Linde will now also supply carbon […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag reports data from the Energy Information Administration shows ethanol production swung back higher last week to 1.009 million barrels a day, 16,000 higher than the week before. As a result, stocks grew to 25.483 million barrels, up by 684,000 barrels. Although production levels have rebounded slightly, Brownfield Ag reports that the […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports UNICA data shows ethanol sales fell 32% in January to 1.76 billion liters, the lowest since April 2021 during lockdown, due to high ethanol prices. Hydrous ethanol prices fell 44% to 918 million liters as cheap gasoline prices—despite higher global petroleum prices—weighs on demand for ethanol in flex-fuel cars. High sugar […]
In the UK, a method of producing vital chemical building blocks for use in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries that mimics how plants manufacture them has been developed by University of Warwick scientists. Using enzymes in the same way that plants do, the scientists have created bacteria that ‘digest’ molecules to synthesize new compounds in […]
In Wisconsin, research led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and funded by the National Wildlife Federation assessed the environmental impacts of corn ethanol and the policy that governs it, using a combination of econometric analyses, land use data and biophysical modeling. In keeping with their previous “research” on biofuels and the RFS, the RFA says […]
In Sweden, by 2025, the ambition is that all district heating in Gothenburg, Sweden, is produced by renewable or recovered energy sources. Göteborg Energi and Siemens have therefore joined forces with the aim of testing state-of-the-art gas turbine technology that enables the operation of renewable fuels in Rya combined heat and power plant, which is […]
In Canada, Boralex Inc has sold the 34.5 MW Senneterre power plant, the last remaining biomass power generation asset in its portfolio, to Resolu Forest Products Canada Inc., an Abitibi-Témiscamingue-based company that has been a supplier of by-product for the Power plant for the past two years. As laid out in its updated 2025 Strategic […]
