In Texas, Viridis Chemical, LLC announced its first production of renewable Ethyl Acetate from its manufacturing plant in Columbus, Nebraska. HELM U.S. Corporation, Viridis Chemical’s exclusive marketing partner, is already in the process of sending samples and distributing material to Ethyl Acetate customers. Björn Steckel, President Chemicals Americas of HELM U.S. Corporation, stated, “We are […]
In France, Airbus has performed a first A380 flight powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Airbus’ A380 test aircraft MSN 1 took off from Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, France at 08h43 on Friday 25 March. The flight lasted about three hours, operating one Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on 100% SAF. Twenty-seven metric tons of unblended […]
In California, The Mercury News reports that Marathon Petroleum received approval from the Contra Costa County Planning Commission to upgrade its Martinez plant so it can process vegetable oils and animal fats into renewable diesel, propane and other fuels. The refinery produced diesel from crude oil and other fossil fuels for years, and two years […]
In Canada, the Canadian Biogas Association’s new report, “Hitting Canada’s Climate Targets with Biogas & RNG”, finds that biogas and RNG can deliver big GHG reductions: 26.7 Mt by 2030, 40.2 Mt by 2050, and delivering 55% of Canada’s methane pledge. Biogas and RNG are proven climate solutions, with 279 projects across Canada already preventing […]
In Germany, Covestro now offers a renewable toluene diisocyanate (TDI) obtained via mass balancing with biomass waste which provides a significant reduction of the CO2 footprint from cradle to factory gate – with the same high quality as fossil-based products. One important application is flexible foams for upholstered furniture. TDI is an important raw material […]
In Texas, KBR and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC are working together to bring advancements to propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology. Under the collaboration, ExxonMobil’s new proprietary catalyst technology will be combined with KBR’s proprietary K-PRO Propane Dehydrogenation technology to convert propane into propylene. The combined tech solution could offer financial savings compared to PDH technologies […]
In Washington, D.C., five trailblazing projects aiming to prevent the devastating impacts of microplastic pollution have won $525,000 as part of Conservation X Lab’s (CXL) Microfiber Innovation Challenge, including Mango Materials which turns methane from waste carbon emissions into biopolyester fibers. The winners beat competition from 19 countries for their solutions to prevent shedding of […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office is looking to fill multiple vacancies for physical scientists/general engineers who are interested in decarbonizing the U.S. economy to fight climate change through research, development, and demonstration of new bioenergy technologies. Current open positions include: Feedstock Technologies program is looking for a GS-13 Physical […]
In Texas, AECOM has signed a strategic agreement with Genifuel Corporation to scale production of carbon neutral sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biogas from wild algae and biosolids. The partnership employs a patent-pending process developed by AECOM to harvest wild algae and a patented process developed by Genifuel and the U.S. Department of Energy to […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations, projects that renewable diesel supply (domestic production and net imports) will exceed biodiesel supply in the near term. It projects that renewable diesel supply will increase to 130,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2022 and 145,000 […]
