In Finland, Terntank ordered new wind and methanol powered 15,000 dwt hybrid tankers with 14 cargo tank segregation in November 2022. North European Oil Trade (NEOT) will have the first of these newbuildings for the time charter. The vessel will be delivered in March 2025. The major steps towards more sustainable shipping will be taken […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production rose slightly last week to 1.014 million barrels a day, helping to push stocks to the highest seen in 50 weeks at 26.394 million barrels. Stock build up was seen across the country, with expectation of exports on the way due to […]
In Italy, Anaergia Inc. has commissioned a new biomethane facility in northern Italy, expanding its extensive waste-to-biomethane platform in Europe. The plant, Ambiente & Risorse, is owned by Anaergia and has the capacity to anaerobically digest 40,000 metric tons of landfill-diverted food scraps, converting it to 3,900,000 cubic meters of renewable natural gas (biomethane) for […]
In India, to promote eco-friendly means of transportation and decarbonize the transport sector, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has notified mass emission standards to introduce alternate fuels via blends of ethanol with gasoline ( E-10, E-12, E-15, E-20), flex- fuel (E 85) or (E 100) and Ethanol blend for diesel vehicles (ED 95), Biodiesel, […]
In Sweden, Wärtsilä will supply a biogas upgrading solution to Transwaste, a British waste management and environmental services company. The plant, near Hull in the north of England, will produce biogas from municipal waste and will inject up to 6 million m3 of biomethane into the national gas grid each year. The order with Wärtsilä […]
In California, JetBlue and Shell Aviation announced a new collaboration bringing additional supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), targeting commencement of delivery in the first half of 2023. Within the terms of the agreement, JetBlue is expected to take delivery of 10,000,000 gallons of blended SAF at LAX over […]
In Indiana, Corteva Inc., Bunge and Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, announced a commercial collaboration to introduce proprietary winter canola hybrids that produce plant-based oil with a lower carbon profile. The goal is to increase the availability of vegetable oil feedstocks primarily for the growing domestic renewable fuels market. The companies plan […]
In Kansas, farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma will have access to the rapidly growing renewable fuels market after Scoular converts a facility in Goodland, Kansas, into a dual oilseed crush plant. Scoular announced today that it will recommission the former sunflower crush plant outside of Goodland that it purchased in 2021. The Nebraska-based agribusiness will […]
In the UK, ViridiCO2, a spin-out from the School of Chemistry at the University of Southampton, has successfully closed a £3m seed funding round led by EQT Ventures. ViridiCO2 delivers innovative, disruptive Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) technology that provides a radical and unique solution for the global chemicals industry to cut its CO2 emissions and […]
In the Netherlands, DSM Engineering Materials has partnered with sustainability-focused startup DiFOLD, developing foldable reusable products. The startup has chosen DSM Engineering Materials’ Arnitel Eco – a bio-based thermoplastic copolyester – to manufacture its flagship Origami foldable water bottle. Adopting Arnitel Eco marks a major step forward in DiFOLD’s mission to reduce the environmental impact […]
