In the UAE, Bloomberg reports Mubadala Investments is said to have made the best offer for BP Bunge Bioenergia in the final round of negotiations, better than the one made by Raizen who is also in the last stage, but a deal isn’t expected to be made before the October elections in Brazil. The Valor […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports the government is working to make E20 the primary fuel sold at the pump as it phases out E10 from the market. The effort to boost demand and therefore prop up prices for cassava and sugar could include adding a levy for the Oil Fuel Fund onto E10 […]
In New York state, Air Company announced the launch of its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made from captured CO2. The importance of this novel climate technology, distributed under the name AIRMADE SAF, is underscored by commitments from global aviation partners to purchase over one billion gallons of AIRMADE SAF; including JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic and Boom […]
In Canada, H2O Innovation Inc. says its Water Technologies & Services (WTS) business line has recently been awarded 10 new water treatment projects. These new contracts, with a total value of C$12, bring the WTS backlog to C$46. The new projects are coming from four municipal customers and six industrials. This combination, which weighed more […]
In Poland, the hydrotreated vegetable oil plant currently under construction in Płock will enable PKN ORLEN to offer a low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to airlines starting from 2025. This innovative product will be made from used cooking oils. SAF offers a reduction of up to 80% in carbon emissions over the lifecycle of the […]
In Italy, NextChem has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the “IPCEI Hy2Use” EU project. The project sets up the Hydrogen Valley in Rome, the first industrial-scale technological hub for the development of the national supply chain for the production, transport, storage and use of […]
In Switzerland, worldwide employment in renewable energy reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in one year, despite the lingering effects of COVID-19 and the growing energy crisis, according to a new report. Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2022 identifies domestic market size as a major factor influencing employment generation […]
In France, Global Bioenergies announced the end of the REWOFUEL project, which ran from June 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022. This project brought together several European companies such as Repsol, Sekab and Fibenol, with the objective of demonstrating the conversion of wood residues into sustainable high-performance components for road and aviation fuels, and thus […]
In Finland, Neste, Borealis and MAM collaboratively announce an exciting product development made possible by value chain collaboration. MAM has been creating innovative and unique baby products such as soothers and baby bottles for more than 45 years, and has recently launched its first climate-neutral soother. The new MAM Original Pure soother is composed of […]
In the U.K., renewable energy firm Kibo has signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a waste-to-energy project. Southport, an Anaerobic Digestor (AD) and power plant at Mersey Side in the UK, comprises an 80,000 ton waste-reception center, with AD technology that is set to produce 5.5 million m3 of […]
