In the UK, ScottishPower, with Hutchison Ports, is exploring the opportunity to develop, build and operate a multi-hundred MW green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe – with the potential to decarbonise industry and transportation in the region. Both companies have set out their vision to help create a greener port, which could […]
In Brazil, Platts reports analysts expect hydrous ethanol production to have risen more than 6% during the last half of July compared to year prior at 1.45 billion liters while they see anhydrous ethanol production having fallen nearly 5% to 931 million liters. For the year, total ethanol production is seen at just 1.3% higher […]
In Michigan, FutureGen Michigan has sought rezoning of 33 acres in a newly annexed part of the town of Holland for what could potentially be a biofuel or biomass-based electricity facility. The City Council approved the rezoning application in an ordinary business meeting last week. In addition to energy, the technology FutureGen Michigan plans to […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports Mato Grosso’s corn-based ethanol producers believe that have sufficient feedstock available for the year even if China comes back into the market to by Brazilian corn. China and Brazil have signed a trade protocol for Brazilian export of corn to China, which although the producers say they don’t expect to result […]
In India, the Financial Express newspaper reports the Prime Minister is set to dedicate Indian Oil Corp’s second-generation ethanol plant in Panipat to the Indian people on Wednesday in celebration of World Biofuel Day. The rice straw-based facility is expected to produce 30 million liters of ethanol per year while providing a reliable market for […]
In Germany, Kuehne+Nagel has secured the equivalent volumes of a waste-based next generation biofuel to save CO2e emissions of 40,000 TEUs. In line with the company’s zero emissions targets, customers can participate to neutralize the CO2e emissions from their own shipments on any trade or service worldwide. The Kuehne+Nagel biofuel concept is based on next […]
In Washington, U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has achieved a significant milestone in decreasing the minimum fuel selling price (MFSP) of drop-in biofuels, which are fuels made from biomass and other waste carbon sources, and that are compatible with existing petroleum fuel infrastructure and conventional vehicles. BETO partnered with T2C-Energy, LLC (T2C) […]
In Kansas, ICM, Impacto Energia S/A and its sister company, Impacto Bioenergia, have agreed to build a new dry-mill ethanol production facility in Bahia, Brazil, with an estimated Q1 2025 start date. The greenfield plant, designed for a daily grinding capacity of 1,700 metric tons of corn, will be equipped with ICM’s proprietary Base Tricanter […]
In Montana, Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, has agreed to invest $250 million in Montana Renewables LLC in the form of a participating preferred equity security, which values MRL at a pre-commissioning enterprise value of $2.25 billion. The preferred equity investment is not interest-bearing and carries certain minimum return thresholds. In connection with […]
In Indonesia, the Malaysia Reserve newspaper reports Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) has teamed with EMB Business Sdn Bhd to use wastewater processing for ethanol and biogas production. The companies say that 1.5% of 15 liters of wastewater can become ethanol and 15% can become biogas. They expect to build a commercial scale facility for […]
