In Curacao, the Curacao Chronicle reports Steamboat Fuels has decided to build a renewable diesel facility near Bullen Bay using used cooking oil and animal fats as feedstock. The company chose the island due to its availability of ready workers with industrial processing experience, strategic location and maritime infrastructure for importing feedstock and exporting finished […]
In Switzerland, Hugo Boss became a front-runner in the race to adopt HeiQ AeoniQ yarns by putting a $5 million equity investment in HeiQ AeoniQ LLC and additional contingent $4 million based on performance milestone arrangements. The Lycra Company has also become the exclusive distributor for HeiQ AeoniQ yarn by making a significant, undisclosed investment […]
In France, Global Bioenergies has developed a process for converting plant resources into isobutene, one of the main building blocks of chemistry, whose derivatives are used in cosmetics, fine chemicals, commodities and fuels. A production unit is currently under construction in Pomacle to serve high value-added markets. One of the intermediates in the isobutene synthesis […]
In Spain, La Voz reports that Jaen biofuels firm Linares Biodiesel Technology (Libitec) has withdrawn from the project to operate a storage plant in the outer port of Ferrol for which, however, administrative procedures continue to advance. The company was behind Terminal de Líquidos Ferrol SL, which processed the request for the occupation of some […]
In California, Clean Energy Fuels Corp., along with its industry partner Union Energy Solutions Limited Partnership, an unregulated affiliate of Enbridge Gas Inc. – an Enbridge Company, announced it has signed an agreement to fuel United Parcel Service (UPS) Canada delivery fleet vehicles with compressed natural gas (CNG) at its London, Ontario station. UPS Canada […]
In Germany, Renewable Energy Group will install a state-of-the-art pretreatment facility in Germany, enabling the company to refine some of the lowest carbon intensity, hardest to convert waste fats and oils for bio-based diesel production. The project is located on the North Sea harbor of Emden, Germany at the border to The Netherlands. This project […]
In Iowa, Bunker Holding Group, the world’s largest supplier and trader of marine fuels, and Renewable Energy Group, Inc., a leading global producer and supplier of renewable fuels, entered into a strategic global collaboration agreement to further develop the U.S. and EU marine markets for sustainable bio-based diesel. Partnering REG’s expertise in bio-based diesel with […]
In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reports that Shell said it became the first in the Netherlands to offer bio-LNG to all of its customers, following the launch of Nordsol’s bio-LNG installation at Amsterdam Westpoort. The plant opened in late 2021 and is the first bio-LNG installation in the country. Customers can now fill up with […]
In Connecticut, FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced that a carbon capture demonstration project using the Company’s proprietary carbonate fuel cell technology has been awarded $6.8 million in funding as part of Canada’s Clean Resource Innovation Network low emission fuels and products technology competition. While emissions reduction and other environmental benefits are key priorities in the CRIN […]
In Belgium, the European Biogas Association said biomethane can be a way out of the EU gas price crisis as the price of biomethane is 30% lower than the current natural gas pricing today. Biomethane can be produced starting from €55/MWh, whereas natural gas costs around €80/MWh, without considering CO2 prices. This renewable gas will […]
