In Sweden, one of the major obstacles to textile recycling is that the fabrics are often made from blended materials. Södra’s new technique can separate the cotton and polyester in polycotton blends, which are one of the most widely used textiles on the market. The pure cotton fibers are then added to our wood-derived textile […]
In Illinois, United Airlines further strengthened its reputation as an aviation industry leader in environmental sustainability by committing $40 million toward a new investment vehicle focused on accelerating the development of sustainable aviation fuels and other decarbonization technologies. The carrier, which earlier this year agreed to purchase up to 10 million gallons of sustainable aviation […]
In Washington, U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes and Deputy Under Secretary Donald LaVoy announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two departments to promote rural energy and the development of technologies that will support and advance rural and agricultural communities and domestic manufacturing. The newly signed MOU, which was required under section 6501 […]
In Canada, G4 Insights Inc. has successfully demonstrated in a field trial that forestry industry residues can be turned into renewable natural gas (RNG). Their RNG technology demonstration project has been supported by a federal-provincial-industry partnership with the common goal of clean energy distribution into homes, businesses and industry connected to the natural gas infrastructure […]
In Minnesota, Heartland Corn Products, an ethanol producer in Winthrop, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $53,000 to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for a variety of environmental violations at its facility. The violations came to light when the company conducted its own environmental audit in 2018 after a change in management. […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration says on August 9, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it had granted 31 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Small Refinery Exemptions (SRE) for the 2018 compliance year, or 4 fewer than were approved for the 2017 compliance year. As of October 2019, two SRE applications were […]
In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Foundation was awarded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding for its 2020 National Clean Diesel Project. In partnership with Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT), Optimus Technologies (Optimus), and Renewable Energy Group (REG), the project supports the purchase of three new replacement snowplows that will operate on B100 and retire older […]
In Portugal, SilicoLife’s patent application for “Method for n-butanol production using heterologous expression of anaerobic pathways” was published on October 3, 2019, under publication number WO 2019/185843. BUTANOVA technology, developed as part of a collaboration between SilicoLife and the University of Minho, consists of a novel and proprietary metabolic pathway for the production of n-butanol […]
In Indiana, Biosynthetic Technologies released its biobased synthetic motor oil for commercial marketts, using high-oleic soybean oil from soybeans grown by U.S. farmers. The Department of Defense and Washington, D.C. area fleet demonstrations found the product meets or exceeds their performance requirements. As of today Biosynthetic fully synthetic motor oil, 5W20 and 5W30 is available for purchase […]
In Finland, Neste reported a 3rd quarter operating profit of EUR 435 million, which was its highest quarterly result ever. Renewable Products improved its sales margin compared to the previous quarter, and sales volumes were at a high level. Overall, Renewable Products’ comparable sales margin was USD 635/ton, and cash flow before financing activities was […]
