In Hong Kong, dry bulk shipping firm Pacific Basin Shipping Limited said it has selected green methanol as the biofuel around which it expects to build zero-emission ships. In May 2022, the company had entered into a memorandum of understanding with Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd and Mitsui & Co. to cooperate on the development of […]
In The Netherlands, biofuels provider GoodFuels announced the results of a new partnership with global certification organization Control Union and France’s IDS Group to test the effectiveness of a unique isotopic tracer for biofuels. A successful pilot, conducted during a recent delivery of 500 tons of biofuel to the Norden-owned tanker Nord Gardenia, has proven […]
In The Netherlands, multimodal group Samskip has signed a new agreement with GoodFuels, committing the Samskip container ships Endeavour, Innovator, Hoffell and Skatafell to run on marine grade bio-residual fuels until the end of 2022. GoodFuels MDF1-100 biofuel is formulated entirely from sustainable waste streams from the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive list. “Sustainable marine biofuels […]
In Japan, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Astomos Energy and Sustainable Energy and have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly study the establishment of a marine transportation system having less environmental impact through the effective use of organic substances generated on board ships. Waste generated on board is stored on the ship’s deck and […]
In Texas, Kraton Corporation, a producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, announced its sponsorship of The Road Forward, an initiative of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to achieve net zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050. NAPA President and CEO Audrey Copeland, said: “Kraton’s support of […]
In The Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Dutch shipping company Jumbo Maritime has revealed that its heavy lift vessel Jumbo Jubilee has completed a transatlantic voyage to and around the United States powered mostly with biofuel. According to the report, the company chose GoodFuels‘ biofuel with the aim to cut carbon emissions. The biofuel is […]
In Virginia, AgroSpheres announced that it had raised $22 million in a Series B financing round with the aim of accelerating product commercialization, expand manufacturing capacity, and seed broader applications of the AgroSpheres AgriCell platform technology. The financing round led by Lewis & Clark AgriFood and Ospraie Ag Science. Bidra Innovation Ventures and its existing […]
In France, Bugaboo, DSM Engineering Materials, Fibrant and Neste announce that their cross-value chain partnership has successfully enabled the launch of an entire Bugaboo stroller portfolio made with bio-based materials. Specifically, the majority of the strollers’ plastic parts are made using DSM Engineering Materials’ Akulon® 100% bio-based B-MB polyamide 6 (PA6), which in turn is […]
In Canada, LanzaTech has partnered on a next-generation bioreactor demonstration facility at the City of Edmonton’s Waste Management Centre that is expected to improve the economic viability of an integrated biorefinery. The first-of-a-kind demonstration facility is expected to show a new intensified bioreactor design with greater efficiency and lower operating costs. The demonstration facility, operated […]
In Finland, Neste and Rolls-Royce have agreed to build a strategic partnership on accelerating the use of renewable diesel as a lower-emission solution for diesel engines. Both parties share a common vision of renewable fuels playing a key role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in off-highway applications, such as construction and power generation. The key […]
