In Germany, Covestro entered into an agreement with Mitsui Chemicals on the supply of raw materials phenol and acetone from ISCC Plus certified mass-balanced sources. Mitsui Chemicals uses bio-feedstock from waste and residues as raw material basis for its bio-attributed phenol and acetone products. Recently, the first shipment of mass-balanced phenol (1,500 tons) produced by […]
In India, LR Energy’s agreement with Indian Oil Corporation Limited under SATAT scheme was extended for another 5 years. The first Commercial Agreement for Production and Supply of Compressed Bio-Gas was signed in August 2020 between LR Energy and Indian Oil Corporation Limited under the SATAT scheme to promote CBG as an alternative, green transport […]
In Texas, Vertex Energy, Inc. has entered into a 5-year product supply agreement with Idemitsu Apollo Renewable Corporation, a wholly owned California-based subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan. The agreement is conditional upon certain conditions precedent, including the closing of Vertex’s planned acquisition of the Mobile, Alabama refinery as previously disclosed, and the completion of a subsequent […]
In Monaco, Safe Bulkers Inc is assessing the use of biofuels as alternative fuels. A number of pilot projects have been designed to test the operational performance and the interaction of biofuels with the vessel’s main engine and diesel generators operations and assess the CO2 emissions reduction. The first pilot project was carried out in […]
In Canada, Martini Film Studios announced its entire studio is now operating on Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). The Langley-based studio is the first film studio in British Columbia to sign up for this carbon-neutral energy innovation supported by FortisBC, one of the province’s largest energy providers. FortisBC works with local farmers, municipalities and energy companies […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels, the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, announced that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards awarded the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) a $250 million bond allocation. The bonds will form an integral part of the debt financing for construction costs of the project and be sold into […]
In Italy, specialty chemicals company LANXESS and Matrìca, a joint venture between Versalis (Eni) and Novamont, have partnered to produce sustainable biocide preservatives from renewable raw materials. Starting in January 2022, the Matrìca plant at Porto Torres (Sardinia, Italy) will supply LANXESS with bio-based raw materials from vegetable oils which LANXESS will use to manufacture […]
In the Netherlands, Tank Storage Magazine reports that Vopak is building 16 new tanks at its Vlaardingen site to support the implementation of Shell’s new 820,000 tpa biorefinery at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam. With Vopak set to store and supply feedstock for Shell under their new long-term agreement, the new tank farm […]
In Finland, Neste and ITOCHU Corporation have expanded their partnership to grow the availability of sustainable aviation fuel in Japan. In the expanded partnership, ITOCHU acts as the branded distributor of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ in Japan making Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel available first at the two largest Japanese international airports; Tokyo Haneda and […]
In India, Aemetis, Inc. announced that the Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis in Kakinada, India has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility. The refining facility is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50 million gallon per year biodiesel plant located on the East Coast of India and […]
