In Brazil, ICM, Inc. has signed a Professional Services and Equipment Purchase Agreement with FS Indústria de Etanol S.A. to design and supply a new greenfield dry-mill grain ethanol production facility near Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The plant, modeled after FS’s Primavera facility but with a larger nameplate capacity, will produce 540 […]
In Turkey, as part of the “Strategic Transformation Plan,” Tüpraş is implementing investments and projects that support the transition to a low carbon economy. The company aims to develop biofuels by evaluating sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and wet biomass resources suitable for maritime fuel production in the SUNFUSION project, supported by the European Commission’s Horizon […]
In Brazil, Vast Infrastructure and OceanPact carried out in the TLA a supply operation with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The initiative is part of the partnership signed in May between companies to promote the use of biofuels in the Port of Açu. The agreement provides for the realization of supply operations with HVO of OceanPact […]
In Poland, the first biomethane facility in Poland was attached to the gas network of the Polish Gas Company. The installation in the sugar factory in Strzelino (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) belongs to the company of Sudzucker – the largest sugar producer in Europe – and due to its energy potential is a unique investment in […]
In India, the ANI news agency reports Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the world’s first ethanol plant that uses bamboo as feedstock at Numaligarh Refinery Ltd’s refinery unit in Assam, more than six years after he laid the foundation stone. In addition to ethanol, it also produces high-value industrial chemicals such as green furfural and […]
In France, Reuters report Air Liquide is looking to focus its efforts on its core competencies and as such is looking to offload its 29 biomethane assets that could be worth as much as $585 million. A source said the company is looking to sell all of the facilities to a single buyer but would […]
In the UAE, Zawya news agency reports Lootah Biofuels has launched sustainable aviation fuel supply from imported SAF, making it one of the few SAF suppliers in the region. The imports are meant to kick off supply while it develops its own standalone dedicated facility using used cooking oil and waste-derived fats as feedstock. Engineering […]
In Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5 vol% ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems (MMDS®: Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration System) installed at MHI’s Nagasaki Carbon Neutral Park within the Nagasaki District Research & Innovation Center, which meets domestic fuel standards. Bioethanol is gaining attention […]
In Texas, Argus has launched a suite of prices for the environmental attributes of biomethane, also known as renewable natural gas, which market participants can use to offset carbon emissions in compliance and voluntary markets. In a market first for North America, the calculated prices bring new transparency to renewable thermal certificates (RTCs) generated from landfill-derived […]
In France, Eiffage and NGE recently jointly signed the contract with SUEZ for the civil engineering of two waste-to-energy plants serving Toulouse and northern Haute-Garonne department. This contract is part of the concession for managing these units awarded to SUEZ and Banque des Territoires by the Decoset Joint Association. The deal is worth a total […]
