In Japan, Japan Airlines (JAL) operated a commercial flight from Tokyo Haneda to Fukuoka airport using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on February 4. The product was a blend of traditional jet kerosene and SAF produced in Japan. In October 2018, JAL launched a project to convert cotton clothing into SAF, produced within the country of […]
In the Netherlands, for the first time worldwide, a KLM passenger flight partly flown on sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, was carried out in The Netherlands. The first commercial passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Madrid last month was carried out on an admixture of 500 liters of sustainable synthetic kerosene. Shell produced the synthetic […]
In California, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has signed a new agreement for an estimated 47.5 million gallons of its renewable natural gas (RNG) to fuel the nation’s largest transit bus fleet. This agreement will mark the completion of Metro’s 5-year goal to transition its diesel […]
In Finland, in 2020, Neste’s renewable products helped customers in several geographic markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10.0 million tons altogether. This amount equals the annual carbon footprint of 1.5 million average EU citizens (source: World Bank) or the removal of 3.7 million passenger cars from the roads for a full year. For […]
In Arizona, United Energies Development Corporation, a wholesale industrial retail gas producer and alternative energy company, has broken the cost barrier to making “Green” Hydrogen from electrolyzing water. This will be the only hydrogen generation company in the world using this process, according to their press release. United Energies Development Corporation is constructing the patented […]
In Washington, D.C., the Algae Biomass Association reports that federal support for advanced algae R&D is on a solid foundation for 2021 with the recent passage of an omnibus appropriations bill that was included in last year’s COVID-19 relief legislation with $40 million from the Department of Energy for advanced algae systems. These funds extend […]
In Finland, Neste released their 2020 financial statements showing an operating profit totaling EUR 828 million (about $995 million) with Renewable Products posting a solid full-year comparable operating profit of EUR 1,334 million (about $1.6 million) and renewable diesel demand remained good during the pandemic, but feedstock markets tightened during the year. Year 2020 in […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association reports that U.S. ethanol exports totaled 1.33 billion gallons in 2020, down 9 percent from 2019 and the lowest volume since 2016 but says that exports were a relative bright spot in 2020, as the annual volume was the fourth-highest on record and nearly one out of every […]
In Washington, D.C., the Good Food Institute released their 2021 Competitive Research Grant request for proposals which is designed to address the scientific and technical barriers to producing whole-cut alternative protein meat products. Phase 1 applications are due March 10, 2021. GFI notes, “Alternative proteins have come a long way, but one pivotal product category […]
In South Carolina, Mainstream Pine Products, LLC has plans for an estimated $90 million crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery at the Charleston International Manufacturing Center (CIMC) in Berkeley County which will be capable of processing 110,000 tons of CTO from wood pulp used in paper manufacturing. This facility will serve as the centerpiece of Mainstream’s […]
