In India, The Hindu Times newspaper reports that oil marketing companies are seeking 660 million liters of ethanol through tender despite the fact that the government had previously limited ethanol production to 170 million liters. The ethanol supplied to the buy tender can be from any potential feedstock. With ethanol blending mandate at around 15%. […]
In France, Paris-Vatry SAF is a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel production project led by Haffner Energy. This facility is designed to meet the exponential demand for the decarbonization of air transport. Developed with multiple public and private partners, Paris-Vatry SAF will be located at Paris-Vatry airport, in the Grand-Est Region. The biofuel will be produced using […]
In China, Reuters reports that major domestic companies including Junheng Industry Group Biotech, Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech and Tianzhou New Energy plan to bring 1 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel production online in the next 18 as the world’s second largest aviation market seeks to decarbonize. That new production would account for about 2.5% […]
In Italy, IFC the (International Finance Corporation) and the Italian Climate Fund announced a $210 million investment in Eni S.p.A.’s Kenya subsidiary to expand the production and processing of advanced biofuels, supporting the decarbonization of the global transport industry and the livelihoods of up to 200,000 small-scale Kenyan oilseed farmers. The investment consists of $135 […]
In Denmark, KK Invest, DBC Invest and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have entered into an agreement regarding the acquisition of the majority of the shares in Sindal Biogas. The ambition is to build a flagship plant for bioenergy in Denmark and thereby contributing positively to the green transition in Hjørring Municipality and Denmark. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners […]
In Georgia, Vega Biofuels, Inc. has filed a Provisional Patent Application for its generation four (G4) torrefaction machine. Vega recently announced that its G/4 torrefaction machine increases the manufacturing capacity by approximately twenty five percent. Vega believes that portions of the process for the new machine are unique in the current marketplace and therefore, filed […]
In Japan, Sojitz and Ginkgo Bioworks have entered into a binding definitive agreement. Together, Sojitz and Ginkgo aim to build connections with key Japanese businesses and encourage the use of synthetic biology to develop sustainable production processes. Sojitz Corporation and Ginkgo will collaborate in a joint business development effort to offer Ginkgo’s R&D services to […]
In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience announced the company received a final delisting notice from Nasdaq. The delisting is a result of failure to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) requiring companies listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market to maintain […]
In California, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Maas Energy Works announced a new joint development agreement to build nine renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities at dairy farms across seven states. This new endeavor will include dairies located in Colorado, South Dakota, Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska and New Mexico, and will collect the manure from […]
In The Netherlands, The Hague Airport (RTHA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a letter of intent for the further development of supply chains for sustainable fuels, such as SAF and hydrogen as aviation fuel. Both ports are working on establishing new chains for supplying, producing and purchasing alternative fuels and will share knowledge […]
