In Arizona, Eco Safety, Inc dba Eco Safety Products has acquired Soy Technologies, LLC a Lexington, Ky based specialty chemical manufacturer. The acquisition includes all remaining brands and intellectual property of the company. The purchased operations and existing products will be manufactured at the ESP facility in Phoenix, Arizona and/or with the current toll blending […]
In Finland, there are around 2,000 cargo ships with an estimated 25,000 seafarers sailing on the Baltic Sea at any given time. The greywater and sewage generated on these vessels can be legally discharged into the Baltic Sea. How could this wastewater be used in the circular economy? How much renewable biogas could be produced […]
In Texas, Koch Engineered Solutions announced that its affiliate company, Optimized Process Designs (OPD), has executed a definitive Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreement with Fidelis New Energy, LLC for the primary renewable fuels processing facility as well as the related infrastructure required to support the GigaSystem™ carbon negative renewable fuels facility. The multi-billion-dollar Grön Facility […]
In the UK, Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (ABSL) has been awarded a £4.8 million grant from the Direct Air Capture and Greenhouse Gas Removal Innovation Program, Phase 2 of the competition launched by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which provides funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP). The Biohydrogen Greenhouse […]
In Singapore, CTI-Maritec has been offering full range of biodiesel blends testing for bunker fuels since early 2022. Since then, CTI-Maritec has tested quite a number of biodiesel blends in residual marine fuel, typically the biodiesel blends are ranged from B20 to B30. In addition to the ISO 8217 parameters, it is highly recommended that […]
In Turkey, Tüpraş will license Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology to produce biofuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal fat at their refinery in Izmir. The new Ecofining plant is being designed to convert approximately 8,300 barrels per day of waste feeds/feedstocks to SAF, renewable diesel, and other products. By utilizing the […]
In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, POET Biorefining LLC, in Glenville, Minnesota, exceeded its permitted stormwater discharge limits, including total suspended solids and carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD), the measurement of dissolved oxygen depletion in wastewater released into a body of water. Other violations included missing 10 percent of […]
In Brazil, Amyris, Inc. has successfully started fermentation at its new precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita establishes Amyris as the leading manufacturer of highly engineered organisms at industrial scale. The first of its kind precision fermentation plant is a strategic investment made to meet rapidly growing demand […]
In the UK, Tata Chemicals Europe has officially opened the UK’s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant, signaling a key milestone in the race to meet the UK’s net zero targets. The £20 million investment has been completed by Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe, one of Europe’s leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and […]
In Finland, Neste, MAN and Altens signed a partnership contract aimed at promoting biofuels in France. France is a strong market for biodiesel and FAME, but many OEMs would like to see more renewable diesel, also known as HVO100, on the market. The objective of this partnership is to promote the common vision of Neste, […]
