In Sweden, Vattenfall’s new biofuel heat plant Carpe Futurum in Uppsala, Sweden, has now been inaugurated and taken into operation. The new plant will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 200,000 metric tons per year, compared with when peat and other fossil fuels were used. This will halve the climate footprint for the around 170,000 […]
In the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) has been carrying out measures to mitigate the impact of the current crisis in Europe to ordinary Filipino consumers. As part of those measures, The DOE is also asking for intervention power to study the flexibility in fuel blending under Biofuel Law that regulates mixing ethanol or […]
In Washington, Dow Jones reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell slightly last week to 1.026 million barrels per day, but stocks returned to pandemic levels to 25.95 million barrels, up from 25.27 million barrels the week prior. Analysts had expected production to fall even further to between 1.013 million barrels per day […]
In Ivory Coast, the Spark+ Africa Fund has raised over $40 million in a first close, it was announced on Wednesday. The Fund is the world’s first impact investment fund focused on financing the value chains of clean and modern cooking appliances and fuels, to make them available to more people across Sub-Saharan Africa. Clean […]
In Greece, Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced that it has successfully completed marine biofuel trials in cooperation with one of its major charterers, NYK Line, on one of the company’s Capesize Vessels. The biofuel is a 0.50% VLSFO blended with a waste-based and ISCC certified FAME component at a 90% – 10% ratio. Advanced real […]
In Australia, Australian brand Piping Hot Australia and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) announced their research partnership to develop a sustainable fiber made from seaweed. Piping Hot has commissioned this innovative biomaterial research as a vital investment in its mission for clean oceans. Commencing in February 2022, UTS climate scientists began building a prototype fiber […]
In Northern Ireland, Oftec Ireland is calling on the Northern Ireland government to consider a realistic approach when ‘The Decarbonizing Heat consultation’ arrives later this year because of the risk of increasing poverty levels if it is done in a way that further pressures household economies. Heat pumps and retrofitting will be the right choice […]
In California, Aemetis has signed an offtake agreement with Qantas Group and Qantas Airlines for 35 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel to be delivered over the 7-year term of the agreement. The value of the contract including incentives is approximately $250 million. This supply agreement with Aemetis builds on Qantas’s expanding effort for […]
In France, TotalEnergies’ Normandy platform has successfully started production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This new site complements the biojet fuel production capacities of La Mède biorefinery (Bouches-du-Rhône) and the Oudalle plant (Seine-Maritime). This move enables TotalEnergies to meet demand from its customers and respond to French legislation, which calls for aircraft to use at […]
In Scotland, The Herald reports Western laird Donald Houston of Ardnamurchan Estates who has substantial investments in Ardnamurchan Distillery, Woodlands Renewables and Celtic Renewables is bringing the three companies together to ensure the success of Celtic’s new biorefinery. The one million liter per year facility is the first of five that are planned to produce […]
