In Norway, Höegh Autoliners now offers its customers the possibility of transporting cargo out of Europe while running on 100% advanced biofuels meeting the highest sustainability standards. An important step in Höegh Autoliners’ ambitious sustainability strategy to reduce its environmental footprint and another concrete step on our path to zero. BMW Group have already decided […]
In Louisiana, the Houston Chronicle reports Shell plans to invest $1.48 billion to convert its former Convent oil refinery outside New Orleans. The first stage of the conversion would see renewable diesel and SAF produced for used and virgin oils as well as animal fats. The project is part of a potential $10 billion plan […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. announced a funding partnership with Brookfield Renewable, and its institutional partners, to co-develop and build new commercial-scale production plants that will employ LanzaTech’s CCT technology, which transforms captured carbon into valuable raw material commodities. The funding partnership commits an initial $500 million to be invested by Brookfield Renewable in constructing […]
In Canada, EverWind Fuels Company, a private developer of green hydrogen and ammonia production in Nova Scotia, and Svitzer, a leading global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, announced a Memorandum of Understanding to deploy one of the world’s first green fuel powered commercial tug vessels in the Canso Strait in Nova Scotia. Under […]
In Connecticut, to meet the increased demand from biopharma customers, Greenfield Global is tripling its production capacity for ethanol blends with water-for-injection (“WFI”) at its Brookfield, Connecticut plant from a 2,000 gallon tank to a total capacity just shy of 6,000 gallons. Greenfield’s increased capacity provides greater confidence in supply chain security and increases production […]
In Nebraska, Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company and KAAPA Ethanol Holdings, LLC announced a joint venture involving Aurora Cooperative’s ethanol and grain facilities located west of Aurora, Nebraska. The joint venture plans to make significant investments with the goal of increasing production and efficiency at the ethanol facilities so that the facilities remain a destination for […]
In Canada, TrustBIX Inc. announced a Biomass Traceability Pilot Project with members of the Biomass Quality Network of Canada. BQNC is facilitating the commercialization of agricultural biomass through the development of quality standards and methods for industrial applications, including biofuels, green chemicals, bioplastics and biomaterials. The pilot project will run until March 2023 with selected […]
In Spain, Camelina Company España, Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed producer, held the opening of its new innovation center in Daimiel, Spain last week. Camelina is grown for use by Camelina Company’s parent company Global Clean Energy to produce ultra-low carbon renewable fuels. Renewable diesel produced from camelina is a drop-in replacement for […]
In Washington, according to Energy Information Administration data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association for the week ending September 23, ethanol production dropped 5.1% to 855,000 b/d, equivalent to 35.91 million gallons daily and the smallest volume since February 2021. Production was 6.5% less than the same week last year and 10.5% below the five-year […]
In France, the most recent cooperation agreement between FlixBus and Volvo Buses is focused on testing the use of Oleo100 biodiesel, made from rapeseed. Oleo100 fully meets the latest environmental criteria by transforming renewable biomass into fuel. The rapeseed is pressed to obtain, on the one hand, non-GMO vegetable proteins intended for feeding animals on […]
