In Italy, announced April 27, 2021, NatureWorks and IMA Coffee’s joint strategic partnership accelerates on the first significant trial phase on K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods. Compatibility testing on capsules, filter, and top lid films are being performed at IMA Coffee Lab with the precise aim to identify and achieve optimum material sealing parameters and […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports Stellantis is looking to produce and sell its ethanol hybrid vehicles by 2025 but the company’s CEO for South America said that a definitive time frame had not yet been set. As many as seven hybrid and electric models could be sold into the region by then. Ethanol is a key […]
In India, Reuters reports that in preparation for achieving 20% ethanol blending by 2025, oil marketing companies are increasing ethanol storage capacity by 51%. The top three companies currently own storage capacity for 178 million liters equating to about 4.3 billion liters annually, considering 15 days storage. To handle 10.6 billion liters by 2025, they’re […]
In Maine, Bangor Daily News reports that following pushback from authorities in Jonesport, bluShift will instead look to do its future rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company says that other Maine towns have expressed interest in hosting launches but Jonesport, the originally hoped for launch site, set up a moratorium on […]
In Spain, Repsol’s Chairman, Antonio Brufau, attended the presentation of the beginning of the construction works of the first advanced biofuels plant in Spain at the company’s Cartagena refinery. Repsol, in alignment with its ambition to become a net zero emissions company by 2050, will invest €200 million in this project that will enable the […]
In Singapore, Jatropha JOil Singapore Pte Limited (JOil) has become the first corporate to be awarded the world-class sustainability certification Gold Standard for its Jatropha plantation in Ghana. Its Jatropha trees produce fruits that are a non-food, low carbon footprint source material for a variety of eco-friendly industrial applications, including biofuel. A best-in-class certification globally […]
In Canada, Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. announced the closing of the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement of 5,500,000 common shares of Pond at a purchase price of C$0.20 per Common Share for aggregate gross proceeds of C$1,100,000. No warrants will be issued pursuant to the Private Placement. The second tranche of the Private […]
In California, Forza Innovations Inc. successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Sustainable Origins. The acquisition is part of Forza Innovations’ ongoing strategic plan for future revenue and expansion. From its newly appointed innovation lab in San Diego and growing team aims to make this acquisition of Sustainable Origins and optimize the company’s current operations to […]
In Luxembourg, targeting initially at a total volume of €250 million, the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) is oversubscribed with a total of approximately €300 million. With the final closing of the subscription, the international team of the ECBF was able to gain the trust of further investors for the implementation of its mission. During […]
In Maine, Aerospace Testing International reports bluShift successfully tested its hybrid, biofuel Modular Adaptable Rocket Engine for Vehicle Launch, MAREVL 2.0, with partial power for five seconds. Future tests will include full-power, 90-second full duration burns while later this year it expects to do suborbital flight testing following static fire tests. This latest round of […]
