In California, Aprinnova, Inc., an Amyris, Inc. joint venture, the leading supplier of high performance, clean beauty ingredients is commercializing a plant-derived silica made from sugarcane ashes. Silica is used widely in personal care and cosmetics. It is traditionally sourced from non-renewable sand dredging, which requires significant energy consumption and emits large amounts of C02. […]
In North Dakota, this summer Cities Area Transit (CAT) buses are running on a different fuel than normal. CAT recently switched to fueling their fleet with B20, a blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel. To help introduce Grand Forks residents to biodiesel and its benefits, the Route 7 bus that travels from […]
In Washington, the COVID-19 crisis has already led to more than $3.4 billion in lost revenues for the U.S. ethanol industry, according to an economic analysis released by the Renewable Fuels Association. Based on the latest projections from the Energy Information Administration and the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, the RFA study also found […]
In Sweden, the companies Peab Asfalt and Sekab have reached a milestone by replacing a fraction of the oil-based bitumen with softwood lignin on a highly busy road area in Sweden. The progress has been made under the EU project Rewofuel. The Rewofuel project is starting the first attempts to lay asphalt with lignin on […]
In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports that Reliance Industries announced it was going to begin pivoting towards the production of chemicals and other products from CO2. One of the world’s largest oil refiners, the company refines oil and gas but the company’s CEO said during the AGM on Wednesday that it was looking at […]
In Malaysia, Sime Darby Plantation (SDP published its oil palm genome research that has paved the way for the company to produce significantly more oil palm yield on its existing land. The genome sequence that Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) is sharing is 80% more detailed than any findings that has been publicly available previously and […]
In California, Techlink Center reports that the Naval Air Warfare Center’s Weapons Division has been issued a patent for breaking down lignocellulosic material into cheaper biodiesel using acid-catalyzed condensation of the food-grade flavor enhancer 2-tridecanone. The use of 2-tridecanone means it’s not only cheaper but the cetane numbers are also up to 30 units higher […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that Green Plains has filed a class action lawsuit against Archer Daniels Midland with the U.S. District Court of Nebraska, saying that the company not only manipulated the price of ethanol at its Argo terminal to increase its profit but that it was done with the knowledge of senior ADM executives. […]
In Brazil, the Spanish news agency EFE reported Petrobras announced it has successfully completed the performance tests of a renewable diesel that it developed from vegetable oils and says that it is much more ecological and efficient than traditional biodiesel. The company reported that the large-scale tests with the new fuel were completed last Saturday […]
In Nevada, supersonic aircraft company Aerion and Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) announced they are working together to develop solutions for carbon neutral supersonic air travel. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore ways in which CE’s synthetic fuel – made from carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from the atmosphere, water, and clean […]
