Author Archive: Meghan Sapp

Korean scientists create one-pot generation of rainbow-colored bacterial cellulose

Korean scientists create one-pot generation of rainbow-colored bacterial cellulose

December 3, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In South Korea, integration of systems metabolic engineering with co-culture strategies that couples bacterial cellulose production with natural colorant biosynthesis enabled the one-pot generation of rainbow-colored bacterial cellulose, establishing a sustainable biomanufacturing platform that can replace petroleum-based textiles and eliminate chemical dyeing processes. A research group at KAIST has successfully developed a modular co-culture platform […]

India to mandate 1% SAF blending for 2027 reaching 5% in 2030

India to mandate 1% SAF blending for 2027 reaching 5% in 2030

December 3, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In India, NDTV reports the government plans to require 5% sustainable aviation fuel blending for foreign flights by 2030 with 1% already set for 2027 with a 2% in 2028 with potential for including domestic flights in the future. Already oil marketing companies are working on organizing themselves to be able to comply with the […]

Japanese companies secure 33% of Nebraska e-natural gas

Japanese companies secure 33% of Nebraska e-natural gas

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Nebraska, TotalEnergies, TES, Osaka Gas, Toho Gas, and ITOCHU have signed a Joint Development and Operating Agreement, granting the Japanese companies a combined 33.3% stake in the Live Oak project — a large-scale facility to produce electric natural gas (e-NG) also known as e-methane, initiated by TotalEnergies and TES and currently under development in […]

Aemetis gets permits for mechanical vapor recompression at Keyes ethanol plant

Aemetis gets permits for mechanical vapor recompression at Keyes ethanol plant

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In California, Aemetis, Inc. says the Authority To Construct air permits have been issued by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for the mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) energy efficiency project at the Aemetis 65 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Keyes, California. The MVR project is expected to increase cash flow from […]

Cycle0 commissions two new biomethane plants in Spain

Cycle0 commissions two new biomethane plants in Spain

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Spain, Cycle0 announced the commissioning of two new plants in Spain, bringing the total number of Cycle0 operational assets to seven. This announcement demonstrates progress towards our stated goal of building, owning and operating up to 30 biomethane plants in Spain, based on a commitment to invest €200 million in renewable natural gas production […]

HAM inaugurates its first Latin American bio-LNG facility in Chile

HAM inaugurates its first Latin American bio-LNG facility in Chile

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Chile, HAM Group and HAM Chile, in partnership with Empresas Lipigas, have inaugurated in the Ñuble region their first Bio-LNG (renewable liquefied natural gas) upgrading and production plant in South America. This milestone will enable the production of liquid biomethane from biogas, which will be commercialized by Lipigas to supply Chilean transport companies and […]

Moeve says 2G ethanol plant in Huelva now 50% built

Moeve says 2G ethanol plant in Huelva now 50% built

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Spain, Negocios reports Moeve and its partner Apical have already completed just over 50% of the construction of their new second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), a key facility within southern Europe’s largest 2G renewable fuel hub. With an investment of 1.2 billion euros, a flexible capacity of up to […]

Broco Energy’s Massport renewable diesel trial expands into 1.2M gallon contract

Broco Energy’s Massport renewable diesel trial expands into 1.2M gallon contract

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Massachusetts, Broco Energy announced that its renewable diesel pilot with the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has officially progressed into a fully executed long-term contract. The contract began December 1 and marks a major milestone as New England’s first renewable diesel supply agreement. Following a competitive bid process, Broco secured the contract over several larger […]

T&E study says cars running on animal fats equivalent to 120 pigs per year

T&E study says cars running on animal fats equivalent to 120 pigs per year

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Belgium, inserting a biofuels loophole in the EU 2035 cars law could see a huge spike in demand for biofuels from waste feedstocks like animal fats, used cooking oil and palm oil by-products, new Transport and Environment analysis finds. A car running on animal fats, for example, would require the equivalent of 120 pigs […]

Chinese researchers develop electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction

Chinese researchers develop electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction

December 2, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In China, electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is an effective approach for converting CO2 into high-value chemicals and promoting carbon cycling. Among CO2RR products, ethylene (C2H4), as a crucial industrial feedstock, holds extensive market demand and significant economic value. Copper (Cu)-based catalysts exhibit unique advantages in CO2RR to C2H4 conversion due to their distinctive electronic […]

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