In India, the Press Trust of India reports the Anti-Corruption Bureau has accused the CEO of the Biofuel Authority of Rajasthan together with a contract worker of demanding a $26,400 bribe from a company seeking to renew its license and continue operation, then accepting about a quarter of that amount. The ACP caught the accused […]
In Israel, Enzymit Inc., a syn-bio production platform company, closed a $5 million seed round to accelerate the development of its computational design platform based on enzymatic manufacturing and expand its product pipeline with the new investment. The company uses its computational design platform to engineer ‘new-to-nature’ enzymes for bio-production. These designer enzymes can replace […]
In India, The Hindu Business Line reports that Praj Industries Ltd. is in collaboration with the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), and is developing a binder that will help blend ethanol with diesel, the company’s top official has said. According to The Hindu Business Line, Praj is collaborating with ARAI, setting up three […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production pared back by 33,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 3.2%, to 1.003 million b/d, equivalent to 42.13 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Production was 2.9% more than the same week last year and 7.4% above the five-year average for the week. The […]
In Washington, D.C., sales of E15, a gasoline blend containing 15 percent ethanol, hit a record 814 million gallons in 2021, according to a new analysis from the Renewable Fuels Association. The 2021 volume represented a 62 percent increase over the prior year and was nearly double pre-pandemic sales volumes in 2019. However, RFA notes, […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium N.V. signed a conditional offtake agreement with Sukano AG, an expert in additive and colour masterbatches and compounds for polyester and specialty resins. With PEF from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, Sukano will develop masterbatches for PEF resins, facilitating fast adoption in many diversified markets and thus accelerating the growth of PEF. […]
In France and Sweden, Lhyfe, a world pioneer and pure player in renewable green hydrogen production, and wpd Offshore AB, one of the world’s leading developers of onshore and offshore wind power, entered into a memorandum of understanding to jointly establish and directly connect a facility for green hydrogen production to wpd’s planned offshore wind […]
In Denmark, NORDEN has launched a 100% carbon-neutral biofuel sailing option for customers looking to decarbonize their supply chains. The biofuel sailing is the first in a range of green freight products to be rolled out to customers this year as part of NORDEN’s transition to zero-carbon shipping by 2050. NORDEN has secured supply of […]
In Spain, Cadena Ser reports the energy crisis has aroused interest in finally opening the never-used Toreno biodiesel plant. Belonging to an American investor who did not manage to open the facilities once they were finished a dozen years ago due to the lack of competitiveness of the fuel, the plant has remained intact and […]
In California, Aemetis Biogas achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing testing of the $12 million dairy biogas-to-RNG upgrading and compression facility for the Aemetis Biogas Dairy Digester Project in California. The biogas upgrading unit is co-located at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes ethanol plant near Modesto, California and adjacent to the utility natural gas […]
