In Brazil, Xinhua news agency reports the president has inaugurated Raizen Energia’s 21 MW biogas facility, the country’s first commercial scale biogas installation using sugarcane byproducts. It has the capacity to power 62,000 homes. Electricity produced from the facility will be distributed through the national grid, although the president highlighted in his speech about the […]
In Uganda, NTV reports that Smart Start Industries has commissioned its $1.87 million, 70 million liter per year ethanol plant in Masindi. The facility uses molasses as feedstock, taking advantage of the increased investment in sugarcane production national over the last several years. The biofuel law that would see ethanol blended into gasoline has been […]
In Germany, UFOP published a nearly 40-page progress report “Biodiesel & Co. 2019/2020” that provides information on national and international biofuel policy issues, the latest statistics on biodiesel production and current biofuel quota regulations in a variety of EU member states. The report is supplemented by comprehensive statistics on national and international biodiesel production, on […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production expanded 1.5%, or 15,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 937,000 b/d—equivalent to 39.35 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The four-week average ethanol production rate increased 0.3% to 912,000 b/d, equivalent to an annualized rate of 13.98 billion gallons (bg). Ethanol stocks grew […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy issued a request for information seeking viewpoints regarding research and development needs associated with specific challenges to enhanced weathering (EW) as a mechanism to capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This RFI seeks to understand the current state of the art for EW including: Disposition […]
In the United Kingdom, ReSolute, the Flagship EU project focused on creating sustainably-sourced alternatives to fossil-based solvents, just launched, is led by Circa Group, and will build a flagship plant to create levoglucosenone, a chemical building block that can be used to produce bio-based solvent Cyrene in one step, using feedstock from non-food renewable biomass. […]
In Minnesota, Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based technology company, entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 3,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $4.00 per share, in a registered direct offering, with net proceeds going towards current product development pipeline advancement and more. Cellectis S.A., […]
In the United Kingdom, Recycling Technologies, a plastic recycling technology provider; Neste, provider of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, and drop-in renewable and circular chemical solutions; and Unilever, the consumer goods manufacturer, will collaborate to further develop chemical recycling to recover and reuse plastic packaging that is currently either incinerated, buried in landfill or exported […]
In Colorado, Husk Power Systems announced that Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO has invested $5 million in the company. The $5 million investment from FMO, which was deployed from its Infrastructure Development Fund, followed a $20 million investment in 2018 by Shell, Swedfund, ENGIE Rassembleurs D’Energies. In its latest publication, FMO also spotlighted Husk Power, […]
In Singapore, Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has appointed GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers for its 2010-built 47,377 deadweight ton MR tanker M/T Pacific Beryl. The successful bunkering, which took place on October 9 in Dutch waters is in line with EPS’ Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Policy. GoodFuels supplied EPS with a residual-fuel equivalent Bio-Fuel Oil […]
