In the UK, Yorkshire Water has signed 15-year agreements with SGN Commercial Services and Centrica Energy Trading that will see biomethane gas to grid plants introduced at its Knostrop and Blackburn Meadows wastewater treatment works. Biogas is produced as a by-product of Yorkshire Water’s sewage wastewater treatment processes and can be upgraded to separate methane […]
In India, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri held the third ministerial meeting of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership where they welcomed: · establishment of the public-private Energy Storage Task Force and related efforts to support large-scale integration of renewable energy needed […]
In Canada, Green Impact Partners Inc has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) to construct and operate a 30-MW natural gas-fired cogeneration facility for the Future Energy Park. The cogeneration plant will provide high efficiency steam and electricity to the biofuels facility as part of its integrated operations philosophy. The Future Energy Park […]
In Nevada, U.S. Energy signed a long-term agreement with Edgewood Renewables, a leading developer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects, to operate a rail transload facility and refined products bulk plant in northern Las Vegas. Strategically located two miles from the Kinder Morgan Calnev pipeline and terminal, this facility will help combat […]
In Canada, Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems Inc. have signed a non-binding letter of intent to establish a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of Westport’s HPDI fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications. Volvo and Westport share the vision of creating sustainable transport solutions to accelerate the decarbonization efforts […]
In California, Anaergia Inc. has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge at the East County Advanced Water Purification (East County AWP) facility now under construction in Santee, California. Anaergia anticipates the Energy Recovery project will also eventually digest food waste along with […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that data from Citi Research shows that a draft bill about to be sent to Congress seeking to boost ethanol blending in gasoline to 30% from the current 27% would divert 3.5% of the country’s current sugar production to produce ethanol. The increased demand would require 1.2 billion additional liters of […]
In Illinois, GAIL (India) Limited and LanzaTech Global have entered a partnership to explore innovative technology solutions that advance GAIL’s Net Zero 2040 goals and have the potential to support wider decarbonization applications globally. GAIL and LanzaTech will explore setting up a pilot scale CO2 capture and conversion project that has the potential to be […]
In the Netherlands, Relement announced the successful completion of a ground-breaking pilot plant run to produce 3-methylphthalic anhydride (bio MPA). Last year, Relement contracted Solvay Research and Innovation Centre in Lyon (Frace) for this scale-up. This achievement marks a significant step towards revolutionizing the chemicals industry with our sustainable and innovative solutions, starting with bio […]
In Florida, CSX’s testing of 20 percent soybean oil-based fuel in a locomotive fleet serving a Tampa, Florida, phosphate customer began in 2022 to demonstrate the effectiveness of the B20 biodiesel blend in Wabtec FDL Advantage engines, and the project continues to yield impressive results. The 10 locomotives in the test have burned more than […]
