In Sweden, Azelio has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Biodico for a modular biofuel project in Atascadero, California. The MoU frameworks a collaboration over a capacity of about 120 MWe of Azelio’s energy storage technology in the US market until 2024. This capacity is distributed along the following timeline: 13 kWe in 2021 (Atascadero […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol reported that Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Ethanol, Inc., has entered into an amendment to extend the waiver and payment deferral terms of its credit agreements with CoBank, ACB through December 15, 2019. Neil Koehler, Pacific Ethanol’s president and CEO, stated, “We appreciate CoBank’s support of […]
In the UAE, Etihad Airways and Boeing announced a first-of-its-kind ‘eco partnership’, in which a specially-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be used to test products, procedures and initiatives designed to reduce aircraft carbon emissions. The ‘Etihad Greenliner’, to be introduced early next year, will be used by both companies to explore and assess environmental sustainability […]
In the UK, Velocys announced it has constructed and now delivered Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactors and catalyst to Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) for use in a biomass-to-jet fuel demonstration facility in Nagoya, Japan. Toyo is currently constructing the bio-jet fuel facility as part of a consortium of Japanese companies. The order for Velocys was previously announced […]
In Texas, HollyFrontier plans to construct a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at its Artesia refinery. The RDU will have a production capacity of approximately 125 million gallons a year and allow HollyFrontier to process soybean oil and other renewable feedstocks into renewable diesel. This investment will provide HollyFrontier the opportunity to meet the demand […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that prices for conventional soybean meal reached their provisional annual high at the beginning of June, driven by soybean prices in Chicago. However, they have sagged continuously ever since. Following several months of weakness, German soybean meal prices jumped sharply at the beginning of June. Within of two weeks, 44 per […]
In Finland, Stora Enso is partnering with the Finnish pension insurance company Varma in the construction of a new head office in the center of Helsinki. Stora Enso will lease part of the building, which will showcase modern wooden architecture. Varma will organise an architecture competition for the design of the building and apply for […]
In Nevada, Hemp, Inc. was covered in NewsWatch 12 (ABC) for their state-of-the-art hemp processing facility as the Company works through harvest season in Rogue Valley. The interview with Barry Epling, CEO of Farming Capital Corp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hemp Inc. discusses why hemp farmers need to plan ahead and consider the type of […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium Renewable Polymers is establishing an Avantium branch office in Japan as part of its strategy to focus on high-value applications for PEF (polyethylene furanoate). This branch office will operate under the name Avantium Japan K.K and will help accommodate the development and marketing of PEF in high-value applications in the Japanese […]
In Colorado, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory announced a new $3 million prize that will help generate innovation in marine-energy-powered ocean-observing platforms is now open for applications and also announced the 20 winners for the CONCEPT Stage of the Waves to Water Prize competition, which is the first prize administered as part of the U.S. […]
