In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has suspended a $4.56 million fine for alleged ethanol price fixing lobbed on 18 sugar mills and two trade associations by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in 2018. The NCLAT has sent the decision back to the CCI for […]
In Illinois, Honeywell and GranBio Technologies will combine Honeywell’s ethanol to jet (ETJ) technology with GranBio’s cellulosic ethanol AVAP technology to produce carbon neutral sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass residues at GranBio’s forthcoming U.S. demonstration plant. GranBio’s patented AVAP process converts biomass, including forest and agricultural residues, to pure low-cost, low-carbon-intensity sugars, lignin, and […]
In Italy, Ballard Power Systems announced multiple purchase orders totaling 177 hydrogen fuel cell engines from long-standing customer Solaris Bus & Coach, a leading European bus manufacturer deploying hydrogen-powered city buses across the continent. Ballard expects limited initial deliveries of the 177 fuel cell engines in 2023, with the remainder to ship from 2024 through […]
In Texas, KBR says that its K-GreeN technology has been selected by Madoqua Power2X (Madoqua), a joint venture of Madoqua Renewables, Power2X and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, for Madoqua’s green ammonia project at Sines Industrial Zone in Portugal. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, proprietary engineering design and equipment, and catalyst solutions […]
In Malaysia, the Board of Directors of Nextgreen announced that Nextgreen Resources Sdn Bhd, its wholly-owned subsidiary, on Wednesday entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with P Teguh Services Sdn Bhd to undertake a joint venture through a special purpose vehicle to be incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act 2026 to engage in the […]
In Finland, thyssenkrupp nucera and Neste plan to collaborate on a project to incorporate a 120 megawatt (MW) water electrolyzer into Neste’s Porvoo refinery in Finland. Neste signed an agreement with thyssenkrupp nucera to reserve production capacities for an alkaline water electrolysis plant. The agreement covers the supply of six standardized 20 MW scalum® modules […]
In India, Reuters reports Numaligarh Refinery plans to start producing ethanol from bamboo at its Assam refinery in March. The technology developed by Chempolis will produce 50,000 metric tons of ethanol annually as well as 16,000 tons of furfural, the surplus of which will eventually be exported to the European Union, and 11000 tons acetic […]
In Connecticut, Protein Evolution is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Agile BioFoundry (ABF), Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), and the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a DOE Bioenergy Research Center, both led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, on two separate projects. The first project will leverage the team’s collective advancements […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that following the heightened conflict between Hamas and Israel on Monday, oil prices rose 3% which have given a boost to palm oil prices that were falling due to excess supplies. With higher oil prices due to potential increased instability in the Middle East, demand could pick up for biodiesel which […]
In Iowa, Frontline BioEnergy has achieved a breakthrough in syngas quality for biomass gasification at its new pilot facility located in Nevada, Iowa. The innovative technology, called TarFreeGas®, has achieved the ultimate goal of biomass gasification: ultra-clean biomass-derived synthesis gas. Biomass gasification is a process that takes organic material, from corn stover to wood waste, […]
