Category: Fuels

Clariant, Siegwerk, Borealis, and Beiersdorf create circular packaging initiative

Clariant, Siegwerk, Borealis, and Beiersdorf create circular packaging initiative

July 5, 2022 |

In Germany, moving circular plastic packaging forward. In a first and unique collaboration for the personal care industry, Clariant, Siegwerk, Borealis, and Beiersdorf are combining expertise to tackle the challenge of creating recyclable consumer packaging, based on 100% retrieved plastic packaging waste, for cosmetics applications. The pioneering initiative, named “Design4Circularity”, is providing innovations and insights […]

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Danish Board of Business Development commits $12.25M to Topsoe’s electrolyzer plans

Danish Board of Business Development commits $12.25M to Topsoe’s electrolyzer plans

July 5, 2022 |

In Denmark, in light of the ambitious Danish Power-to-X strategy and EU’s green hydrogen goals, which have now increased the demand for electrolyzers with the recent REPowerEU, Topsoe recently announced its intention to build the world’s most advanced industrial scale electrolyzer production facility to speed up commercial-size Power-to-X. The production facility will be able to support […]

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Malaysian palm oil exports fall and push up stocks as Indonesia returns to the market

Malaysian palm oil exports fall and push up stocks as Indonesia returns to the market

July 5, 2022 |

In Malaysia, the Star newspaper reports palm oil exports fell again in June which in turn pushed stocks level to the highest seen in seven months to around 1.71 million metric tons, up 12.3% from the end of May. While exports fell, production rose more than 8% to 1.53 million tons, creating the excess stock […]

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Emergency building up for Indonesia palm oil farmers as prices crash

Emergency building up for Indonesia palm oil farmers as prices crash

July 5, 2022 |

In Indonesia, Reuters reports that with the country’s return to the global vegetable oil market following temporarily banning exports of palm oil during three weeks in May to ensure food security in light of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, there are now concerns about an emergency building up for farmers thanks to the quickly […]

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Nebraska allows AltEn to apply 150 million gallons of discharge to 320 acres

Nebraska allows AltEn to apply 150 million gallons of discharge to 320 acres

July 5, 2022 |

In Nebraska, Brownfield Ag News reports that despite the extensive environmental controversies emanating from the AltEn ethanol facility, the department of environment and energy has provided the company with a new permit allowing it to apply 150 million gallons of discharge to 320 acres in Saunders County through July 2027. The company is not allowed […]

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Tidewater Renewables sells carbon credits at $73.4 each

Tidewater Renewables sells carbon credits at $73.4 each

July 4, 2022 |

In Canada, Tidewater Renewables Ltd. announced a multi-year agreement with an investment-grade company to sell Federal Clean Fuel Regulation credits that it will receive through the production and sale of fuel produced at the Renewable Diesel & Renewable Hydrogen Complex at Prince George, BC adding previously unrecognized value and an incremental revenue stream to the […]

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Stella McCartney to launch mycelium-based leather alternative

Stella McCartney to launch mycelium-based leather alternative

July 4, 2022 |

In the UK, Marks & Clerk reports that after four years of development and around eight iterations, Stella McCartney is about to launch an initial small run of 100 Frayme handbags using a mycelium-based leather alternative, MYLO.  Mycelium, the mushroom-based fabric, is being touted as the front-runner in the contest to find a less environmentally […]

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Evonik launches new range of sustainable liquid polybutadienes

Evonik launches new range of sustainable liquid polybutadienes

July 4, 2022 |

In Germany, with POLYVEST eCO, Evonik’s Coating & Adhesive Resins business line has launched a new range of sustainable liquid polybutadienes. The use of sustainably produced butadiene in the manufacture of this innovative product line has been shown to reduce the use of fossil raw materials by up to 99.9%. With the POLYVEST eCO range, […]

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Infinited Fiber to build factory to produce fiber-based clothing

Infinited Fiber to build factory to produce fiber-based clothing

July 4, 2022 |

In Finland, Infinited Fiber Company plans to build a commercial-scale factory to produce regenerated textile fiber for the world’s leading apparel companies at the site of renewable materials company Stora Enso’s closed Veitsiluoto paper mill in Kemi, a Finnish city on the northern shore of the Baltic Sea. The size of the investment is estimated […]

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Western Legacy Development wants biodiesel facility co-located with slaughterhouse

Western Legacy Development wants biodiesel facility co-located with slaughterhouse

July 4, 2022 |

In South Dakota, DRG News reports Western Legacy Development Corporation wants to build a biodiesel facility co-located with its planned beef and bison processing facility near Rapid City. Discussions are underway with multinational companies regarding potential offtake of would-be future biodiesel production. The facility would use tallow to produce the biodiesel, an offtake agreement for […]

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