In Ireland, Bus Éireann has launched a tender to secure HVO for an in-service bus trial in a fleet and location to be decided. The fuel must be of a high quality and conform to BS EN 15940 standard without admixture of bio. Bus Éireann requires suppliers to provide a secure storage solution for the […]
In Greece, Advent Technologies Holdings launched a proof of concept project with Vantage Towers Greece to replace diesel generators with fuel cells. Vantage Towers Greece is the largest and only independent tower infrastructure company in Greece, operating more than 5,250 towers for Vodafone Greece and Wind Hellas. By replacing diesel generators with fuel cells at […]
In Italy, Eni announced the incorporation of Eni Sustainable Mobility, its new company dedicated to sustainable mobility. The company is vertically integrated along the entire value chain, bringing together services and products that support the energy transition and accelerate the path to net zero emissions throughout their entire life cycle. Eni Sustainable Mobility will develop […]
In Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports Meadow Lake Tribal Council Bioenergy Center in northwestern Saskatchewan is pumping out energy for the community during its first winter in action. The country’s largest First Nations-owned sawmill, NorSask Forest Products, has been burning its wood waste in a beehive burner for the past 50 years but a […]
In California, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it entered into a four-year $150 million sustainability-linked senior secured term loan with Riverstone Credit Partners L.P., a dedicated credit investment platform focused on energy, power, decarbonization, and infrastructure managed by Riverstone Holdings LLC. This financing provides Clean Energy with additional capital to execute its renewable natural gas […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows last week’s unusually cold weather that saw temperatures tumble well below freezing for much of the country together with the Christmas holidays pushed down ethanol production to the lowest level seen since early October at 963,000 barrels. Despite lower production, stocks rose to a […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s New Biogas Projects Experts Appraisal Committee has accredited Sistema.bio’s small-scale biodigesters under the National Biogas Program in an effort to quickly scale up anaerobic digestion for farmers to producer gas for cooking and organic fertilizer production. The company already has […]
In Singapore, Offshore Energy reports one of Ocean Network Express’s containerships has bunkered with Chevron’s marine biofuel. The 4,800 TEU containership MOL Endowment bunkered 992.2 metric tons of VLSFO-B24 with support from the Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex). In February, the company trialed marine biofuels on one of its Panamax boxships. Using biofuels is part […]
In Indiana, WCSI news reports POET plans to reopen its Cloverdale biorefinery next year thanks to the anticipated increase in ethanol blending to 15% from the current 10%. The company has four other ethanol plants operating in the state, but Cloverdale is set to produce around 100 million gallons of ethanol annually. The additional blending […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association’s annual review of vehicle owner’s manuals and warranty statements indicates that E15 is explicitly approved by the manufacturer for use in the vast majority of model year 2023 cars and light trucks. Notably, for the first time, Mitsubishi lists E15 as an approved fuel in some of its 2023 […]
