In Canada, Enerkem said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a collaboration agreement with Technip Energies to accelerate the deployment of Enerkem’s technology platform for biofuels and circular chemical products from non-recyclable waste materials. Furthermore, the collaboration will focus on strategic efforts to optimize design elements and industrialize the approach through […]
In Denmark, Norden said it has acquired a minority stake in MASH Makes, a Danish-Indian biofuel firm, which researches, develops and produces renewable fuels from biomass waste. Through this transaction Norden said it secures access to renewable fuels, specifically bio-oil, at favorable pricing. “We cannot rely solely on traditional offtake agreements with fuel suppliers to […]
In Texas, Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by LanzaTech UK Limited to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) first planned commercial sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities in Port Talbot, Wales. Fluor recognized the award in the second quarter of 2023. Fluor will help advance LanzaTech’s […]
In Germany, since February, ISCC has been made aware of potentially fraudulent behaviour regarding unusual trade volumes in the field of biodiesel made from waste and residues coming from China. Furthermore, ISCC was told that the increase of up to half a million tons of biodiesel from China caused a dramatic fall in biodiesel prices […]
In France, TotalEnergies, Baker Hughes, Technip Energies, Azimut (through the fund Azimut ELTIF – Infrastructure & Real Assets ESG) and other investors have signed preliminary agreement to invest in Zhero Europe in order to develop large scale renewable energies projects in Europe and Africa spanning across renewable power generation, power interconnections and green molecules. Zhero […]
In Belgium, Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, LLC (ZFRT) announced that they successfully conducted pilot plant testing of the ZoneFlow Reactor in ZFRT’s large-scale pilot plant at Université Catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The near-commercial-level testing validated increased steam reforming capacity by at least 15% in terms of feed flow compared to conventional state-of-the-art […]
In Romania, Clariant is evaluating strategic options for its bioethanol production operations, which are carried out exclusively in Romania, at the Podari plant. The manufacturer will provide an update to this process by the end of 2023. In December 2022, Clariant announced a financial impairment of its sunliquid plant in Podari, Romania, of approximately 225 […]
In North Dakota, ACCIONA has launched an innovative initiative the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project in the United States. The company will introduce for the first time the use of renewable biofuels generated from hydrotreated vegetable waste oil to power heavy machinery for civil works, in a pioneering initiative aimed at decarbonizing infrastructure construction. ACCIONA is […]
In Israel, Balena, the material science company aimed at making advanced biodegradable polymer materials for a more sustainable fashion industry, recently announced an exciting partnership with acclaimed designer Kitty Shukman to create a unique 3D-printed concept slide with a natural kick: ROOTS. To create her unique, 3D-printed slides, Shukman utilized Balena’s BioCir™, the first fully compostable and biodegradable […]
In Finland, UPM Biochemicals has acquired SunCoal Industries GmbH, a German-based company that developed a unique technology portfolio to produce performance products from renewable raw materials. With this acquisition SunCoal Industries’ technology will be integrated into the production of UPM’s BioMotionTM Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF), one of the products to be produced at UPM Biochemical’s […]
