In France, Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for an advanced biofuels unit and a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. Both projects are part of Galp’s program to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Advanced Biofuels Unit, […]
In Denmark, Unifeeder Group has signed a long-term time-charter agreement for two new methanol-capable container feeder vessels and has an option for additional two similar vessels. German-based ship owning group Elbdeich Reederei will build and manage the 1250 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels which will be delivered in 2026. Unifeeder Group plans to deploy the […]
In Washington, August U.S. ethanol exports scaled back 10% to 102.3 million gallons (mg)—a low for the year yet the eighth straight month to top 100 mg. Canada was our largest destination for the 29th consecutive month with exports of 62.4 mg, just 0.2% shy of last month’s record. As such, our northern neighbor accounted for nearly […]
In Japan, Sumitomo Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with KC&A, a Korean chemical/alcohol manufacturing and trading company affiliated with the Korea Alcohol Group, on developing the Japanese market for bioethanol. The two companies will jointly work to expand the applications, and ensure stable supplies, of bioethanol in Japan as a biomass-derived raw material […]
In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiaries Sustainable Oils, Inc. (North America) and Camelina Company (Europe and South America) worked with growers to contract a record 65,000 acres of camelina crop during the 2023 growing season. The total acreage comes from across the globe including the Western U.S., Argentina, France, and […]
In Indiana, bp’s Archaea Energy announced the official startup of its original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Medora, Indiana. Located next to a landfill owned by Rumpke Waste and Recycling, this is the first plant to come online since bp’s acquisition of Archaea in December 2022. Landfill gas, a natural […]
In Japan, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and EDF Renewables have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in acceleration of the development of offshore wind and related business and to encourage developments in green hydrogen. With this MoU, both partners wish to collaborate and bring together their respective and complementary expertise and experience […]
In Germany, Kuehne+Nagel has unveiled a Book & Claim insetting solution for road logistics customers who purchase Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to lower transport emissions. This offering supplements their existing solutions in Sea and Air Logistics, encompassing maritime biofuels and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), respectively. The comprehensive Book & Claim solution aligns with Kuehne+Nagel’s science-based emissions reduction […]
In South Dakota, the Dakota Free Press reports that Gevo has said that if the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline doesn’t get built, then it will have to site its proposed Lake Preston elsewhere. A company spokesperson told the Brown County Commission this week that without the pipeline, the facility would be at an economic […]
In California, Reuters reports that Shell has begun selling renewable diesel at 75 of its retail stations in Los Angeles, following behind Chevron and Phillips 66 who have been retailing the fuel in the area for several years. The push in the area follows last year’s deal with Penske Truck Leasing to whom it supplies […]
