In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. and VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds, LLC announced that Yield10 has granted to VISION a global license to certain proprietary varieties of Camelina sativa (“Camelina”) for the production of feedstock oil for biofuels. By facilitating the large-scale commercial production of herbicide tolerant Camelina, this license agreement is intended to empower farmers to […]
In North Carolina, the review and comment period is open through March 4 for guidelines concerning a new N.C. Agricultural Manufacturing and Processing Initiative to address the lack of capacity for value-added processing of agricultural commodities. The new initiative was established by the N.C. General Assembly in the 2023 session and will be administered by […]
In India, Global Green News reports Cochin International Airport has signed an MOU with Bharat Petroleum Corporation to set up the first green hydrogen production facility co-located at an airport in the world. The plant will produce 1MW of power and should be completed by early next year. The airport is already the world’s first […]
In Belgium, European renewable ethanol producers have launched a new legal challenge, now directed to the EU’s RefuelEU Aviation Regulation, charging that it improperly excludes crop-based biofuels from the effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from air transport. It’s the second legal challenge from the EU renewable ethanol industry to be raised in recent months alleging […]
In Pennsylvania, OPIS reports Delta Airlines’ Monroe Energy refinery successfully produced renewable diesel last year at its upcoming 200,000 barrel/year facility in Trainer and an 8-K Securities and Exchange filing showed the company is exploring the possibility of producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Many facilities producing renewable diesel also produce SAF, so the switch is an […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports oil marketing company will secure more than 3 billion liters of ethanol from dedicated ethanol plants across eight states that are under development. About 970 million liters will come from Tamil Nadu alone. The agreements require the facilities to supply the first tranche of ethanol within two […]
In Spain, Nedgia, the Naturgy Group gas distributor, and Hercesa | hi! Real Estate, a leading developer nationwide and present in eight different countries, have signed a partnership to facilitate the use of renewable gases, especially biomethane, in the real estate group’s new developments in Spain. The agreement is a giant step forward in bringing […]
In New Mexico, the Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, HB 41, has passed the Senate and now heads to the Governor for signature. The bill passed off the Senate floor last night by a vote of 26-15. The legislation, if signed by the Governor, would require the state’s transportation sector to reduce the lifecycle carbon intensity […]
In France, GEODIS has pledged to reduce its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 42% and reduce the carbon intensity of subcontracted transport (scope 3) by 30% by 2030 compared to 2022. GEODIS plans to continue the transition towards alternative vehicles and modes using decarbonized or bio-sourced energies and installing suitable infrastructures […]
In Australia, Jet Zero Australia Pty Ltd announced the execution of a first-of-a-kind License and Engineering Agreement for Australia between Jet Zero and LanzaJet, Inc (LanzaJet). The agreement will progress the development of Project Ulysses, a North Queensland Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project using LanzaJet’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology, that converts the bioethanol into SAF and […]
