In New York state, Sprague Operating Resources now offers Renewable Diesel (RD) for both delivery and transport rack loading at their Bronx terminal, New York City’s largest storage and rack loading facility. “In the Motion Picture Industry, renewable diesel has been successfully used on the west coast for years. Now, with Sprague being the first […]
In the UK, Green Fleet reports the John Lewis Partnership has teamed with ReFuel to construct a bio-CNG fueling station in Kent that will serve around 500 trucks per day. The new facility, near to Waitrose’s southeast distribution center, will allow the company that is already the UK’s largest bio-CNG user for heavy goods vehicles […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports that oil marketing companies will have to spend an additional $12 million on ethanol purchases following the government’s price increase for ethanol produced from broken rice and corn. No corn-based ethanol has been supplied so far this marketing year despite incentives and a production quota while less […]
In the Netherlands, twelve of Europe’s leading fossil fuel companies are deceiving the public about their willingness to curb their climate-damaging impact by transitioning to renewable energy sources, according to analysis commissioned by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The report, ‘The Dirty Dozen: The Climate Greenwashing of 12 European Oil Companies’, analysed the 2022 […]
In Iowa, Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) announced that its patented Distillers Corn Oil (DCO) Technology is achieving record distillers corn oil yields for Ace Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin, with increases of over 20% above historical rates. DCO Technology™ mechanically separates more oil from whole stillage into the thin stillage stream and then clarifies the stream […]
In Maryland, electrochemistry innovator EDAC Labs announces $3 million in seed funding to scale up its unique carbon removal technology. The round was led by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, an early-stage investor in climate-related innovations, together with a prominent set of angel investors. EDAC Labs’ electrosynthesizer device creates acid and […]
In the UAE, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation and INPEX CORPORATION reached an agreement last month to conduct a joint feasibility study for a carbon recycle chemicals project including production of the world’s first commercial-scale polypropylene produced from CO2 and green hydrogen in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. […]
In Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reported that MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100% sustainable. The MIT researchers are currently working in collaboration with researchers at Washington State University, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. […]
In California, Topsoe was selected by Marathon Petroleum Corporation as the technology provider for renewable fuels production at the Martinez Renewable Fuels Facility in California. The facility, part of Marathon’s 50/50 joint venture with Neste, utilizes Topsoe’s HydroFlexTM technology to convert bio-feedstock into renewable diesel. The continued partnership between Topsoe and Marathon builds upon the […]
In Iowa, carbon removal company Equatic has developed a new process that relies on seawater electrolysis to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2), while simultaneously producing clean hydrogen. A new white paper written after consultation with EcoEngineers (Eco), a clean energy consulting, auditing, and advisory firm, outlines Equatic’s approach to quantifying and verifying Equatic’s carbon […]
