In Vermont, Vanguard Renewables has selected Kinsley Energy Systems to supply high-efficiency combined heat and power (CHP) for a groundbreaking renewable energy project. Kinsley will provide an 800 kW TEDOM CHP system to power a new renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility located on Goodrich Farm in Salisbury, Vermont. The system, owned and operated by Vanguard, produces […]
In Canada, Enerkem Inc. announced the closing of a C$50 million equity investment from Suncor. As Canada’s leading integrated energy company, Suncor first participated in the ownership of Enerkem in April 2019 as part of a C$76.3 million equity financing alongside Enerkem’s existing shareholders. With this new investment, Suncor becomes a significant, strategic shareholder of Enerkem. […]
In the UK, despite an impressively growing preference for biofuels for transportation purposes and the rising demand for biofuel testing services, the high costs associated with biofuel testing services will continue to limit the growth of market over the next few years. With strong signs of biofuels entering the mainstream, it is highly likely that […]
In the Netherlands, Platts reports that Sunoil has bought the 80,000 metric ton Biodiesel Kampen facility, but not the legal entity, that has been beset with controversy the last couple of years and production is expected to ramp up before mid-2020. Kampen’s owner has been imprisoned for fraud, forging documents and money laundering while court […]
In Nigeria, the Nation newspaper reports that the national cassava growers association says the cassava supply chain is seriously under-utilized and that with proper investment the crop could be used as feedstock to produce ethanol, replacing 400 million liters of annual ethanol imports valued at $442 million. A properly functioning cassava supply chain could also […]
Looks like we were a day early on our story about the revolutionary pace of activity in the production of biobased amines, when we looked at the topic yesterday in “Amination Studios” here. Ethylene amines from ethylene oxide Today, Nouryon inaugurated a demonstration plant in Stenungsund, Sweden to showcase a new technology platform to produce […]
In Washington, the USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service announced the solicitation of applications for funds available under the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program to provide guaranteed loans to fund the development, construction, and retrofitting of commercial scale biorefineries using eligible technology and of Biobased product manufacturing facilities that use technologically new commercial […]
In India, Growdiesel is launching an exclusive Industrial Certification program for students who want to be a step ahead and gain practical experience. This program aims to provide a deep, practical insight into the renewable fuel and energy sector. Students who are currently enrolled in Chemical, Biotech, Mechanical, Automobile, Electrical, Civil, I.T., C.S., Electronics, Agriculture […]
In the Netherlands, VALCORA has signed its first third-party agreement with an aviation fuel provider to offer customers even more ways of offsetting carbon emissions. In collaboration with Shell, VALCORA will offset fuel emissions through nature-based carbon credits. All Shell Aviation fuels sold through the VALCORA digital fuel purchasing platform will be carbon neutral, meaning that […]
In Malaysia, the Daily Express newspaper reports that Sabah’s biomass resources are seriously underutilized, with 60 million metric tons of oil palm waste and 1.4 million cubic meters of forestry waste produced annually that could instead be used to produce biomaterials. Use of waste biomass from oil palm is seen as a key tenet to […]
