In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports Nayara Energy plans to invest $71.85 million in two new ethanol plants, based in Andrha Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh respectively. The facilities, expected to come online in 2026 with each be able to produce 200,000 liters of ethanol daily from corn and broken rice. Three more ethanol plants […]
In Argentina, Reuters reports the country has lowered the price for biodiesel slightly from May onwards to about $1.062 per metric ton while it raised prices for sugarcane-based ethanol nearly 10% to about 70 cents per liter. Although the increase was lower, the price for corn-based ethanol was increased to about 65 cents per liter. […]
In Colorado, on its path to opening a facility designed to turn agriculture residue into a scalable biofuel business, SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC plans to break ground on its pilot plant near Liberal, Kansas, in late 2024. In 2023, the company negotiated a license agreement for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) deacetylation and mechanical refining […]
In Norway, Infinium has reached an agreement with SMA Mineral (SMA) that will advance the development of Infinium’s eFuels project at the Mo Industripark in Mo i Rana, Norway. The Infinium facility will utilize the carbon dioxide (CO2) that SMA will produce at its Zero Emission Quick Lime (ZEQL) manufacturing facility in the industrial park […]
In New Hampshire, Terragia Biofuel, a technology startup aiming to drive the next generation of biofuels, recently announced it has raised a $6 million seed round led by Engine Ventures and Energy Impact Partners (EIP). The company will use the capital to commercialize its novel biology-based approach to converting cellulosic biomass into ethanol and other […]
In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and ISKU, a leading Finnish furniture manufacturer, have joined forces to create a new kind of chair that showcases the potential of biocomposite materials. The chair is made from a cellulose-plastic compound that uses natural annual fibres, polypropylene and wood pulp from Finnish forests as raw materials. […]
In Japan, Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical have decided to perform a joint feasibility study on feedstock and fuel conversion at the three companies’ ethylene production facilities in western Japan in order to advance carbon neutrality and lead the decarbonization of society. In order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in accordance with […]
In the UK, Binn Group said it partnered with French firm Paprec to begin work on a new Energy from Waste (EfW) facility, which will provide low carbon energy to local industries. The construction of the plant will create 200 jobs. The new facility at the Binn Eco Park in Tayside, Scotland will be funded […]
In Denmark, Bunker Holding A/S, a marine fuel suppliers, and SyntexNRG, a renewable fuels and technology development company, announced that they have entered into an agreement for the development and production of renewable methanol to supply the fuel at the ports where Bunker Holding has physical operations located around the world. Carlos Torres, Global Head […]
In The Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that he Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) has partnered with Japanese shipping company NYK Line to launch Project LOTUS aimed at testing the long-term impact of continuous use of biofuels on vessel operations. According to the report, the six-month project will trial the continuous use of a biofuels […]
