In India, each year farmers in Northern India are forced to burn agri stubble in their fields to remove paddy residue, resulting in severe air pollution in the region. SAEL has developed a business model where crop residues are used as fuel in waste-to-energy projects. SAEL is an emerging renewable company in India with presence […]
In Estonia, using Fibenol’s lignin called LIGNOVA as a raw material, Lignovations has developed a new functional ingredient called LignoGuard that has passed all relevant safety tests to be used in cosmetic products including those for sensitive skin. Fibenol’s unique fractionation technology efficiently converts wood processing residues into lignin and wood sugars at an industrial […]
In Germany, German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF), together with Arburg GmbH + Co KG, are developing an energy- and material-efficient 3D printing process for manufacturing of lightweight bio-based fiber composites. In fiber composites, which occur naturally, reinforcing fibers such as collagen or cellulose fibrils are embedded in a matrix of lignin, hemicellulose […]
In Sweden, Project Air, an industrial collaboration to build a unique production facility for sustainable methanol in Stenungsund, Sweden, will receive EUR 97 million in support from the EU Innovation Fund. The announcement marks an important milestone for the project, which is being led by chemicals company Perstorp AB. The facility is expected to be […]
In Spain, the opportunity for Spain to become a future European gas hub through the development of renewable gases, such as biomethane and green hydrogen, is becoming increasingly evident. Specifically, biomethane is emerging as one of the great keys, not only for the transformation of the energy mix in the short term, but also to […]
In Brazil, a partnership between Equinor and the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) will enable the start of research for the production of bio-hydrocarbons (or drop-in biofuels), such as green diesel and aviation biokerosene, the from agroforestry residues. The objective is to contribute to the refining of a low-carbon hydrocarbon, in […]
In France, TotalEnergies has launched its eighteenth biogas production unit in France, which will be the largest in the country with a maximum capacity of 160 gigawatt hours (GWh). Named BioBéarn and located in Mourenx in the south-west of France, this new unit, fed with organic waste, has begun feeding its first cubic meters of […]
In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. has signed with Mitsubishi Corporation a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the establishment of a partnership to supply, offtake and market Camelina as a low-carbon feedstock oil for biofuels. Mitsubishi Corporation recently announced its aim to mass produce sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize commercial aviation. Under the MOU, the companies […]
In Hong Kong, Bain Capital Private Equity has completed a significant equity investment in EcoCeres, Inc. The transaction follows Series A investment in EcoCeres from Kerogen Capital in February 2022. EcoCeres is an Asia-based advanced biorefinery platform with industrial-scale production capacity that converts waste-based biomass into a wide spectrum of biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials. The […]
In the UK, The Royal Air Force has used sustainable aviation fuel blended with regular jet fuel to achieve the first sustainable aviation fuel blend air-to-air refuelling of a Typhoon and C-130 Hercules aircraft. A RAF Voyager delivered the fuel to the Typhoon and Hercules. The Voyager was previously used in successful initial trials in […]
