In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows that ethanol stocks soared last week to 24.371 million barrels, an increase of 792,000 barrels compared to the week prior, bringing the total to a 38-week high. Rising production that averaged 1.062 million barrels a day, 119,000 more than the same time last year, […]
In the UK, H2 View reports that EET Hydrogen’s proposed hydrogen production facility in Cheshire has been greenlighted by the local council authorities. The two plants that make up the facility, HPP1 and HPP2, are targeted to produce 4,000MW+ by 2030. During the first stage, HPP1 is set to produce 350MW as soon as 2027 […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that the mothballed sugarcane mill in Goa is set to come back online in the next year to produce much-needed ethanol. Companies interested in restarting the Sanjivani Sugar Factory that has been offline since 2019 are being sought through a Request For Qualification process that has just […]
In Chile, HIF Global and Chile’s state-owned petroleum company Enap recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) to accelerate the use of carbon neutral eFuels in Chile. The agreement anticipates the delivery of approximately 22.5 to 37.5 million liters of eGasoline per year from the future HIF Cabo Negro eFuels facility, to be located in […]
In Italy, MAIRE announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions BU), through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, has signed an agreement with Saras S.p.A for an engineering design study to accelerate the path towards decarbonization of Saras’ refinery in Sarroch, Sardinia. The study relates to the development of a pilot plant for the production of green synthetic […]
In China, ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Lemissoler Navigation for its design of a 65K DWT methanol-fueled Ultramax bulk carrier, the first such methanol vessel for China’s shipbuilding industry. The Lem65ePlus-SDARI Methanol design, a joint development of Lemissoler and SDARI explores the feasibility of using methanol as fuel to reduce carbon emissions […]
In Texas, HYCO1 celebrates over 9,000 hours of run-time on its proprietary, patent-pending CO2 utilization catalyst at its Houston, Texas CUBE Technology Center (CUBE is Carbon Utilization at Best Efficiency). Operating for over a year inside of a commercial diameter reactor tube, the HYCO1 catalyst has continuously converted carbon dioxide and low Carbon Intensity (CI) […]
In Japan, the Nikkei newspaper reports that Sumitomo plans to up its bet on renewables by going into biodiesel production with a focus on wood waste and sugarcane residues. Together with the University of Tokyo and Solariant Capital, it is investing in a demonstration facility on the southern island of Tanegashima that is expected to […]
In Croatia, See News reports INA plans to invest $46 million in an agricultural waste-based biomethane facility in the middle of the country, complimenting a 2.6MW solar facility it has already built, in an effort to convert the region in a renewable energy center. The company is still selecting contractors and securing internal approvals before […]
In the Netherlands, Bunkerspot reports that last week data from ENGINE showed that following the Dutch government’s decision to halve its rebate multiplier for marine biofuel sales from 0.80 to 0.40, prices in Rotterdam for B20-VLSFO and B30-VLSFO rose $50 and $80 per metric ton, respectively. Before the Jan. 1 implementation of the new policy, […]
