In Denmark, biogas facilities in Denmark have never before supplied as much biogas to the Danish gas system than they did in 2021 and they predict gas networks will use only biogas in 2034. At the end of 2021, biogas injected into the gas system reached a level corresponding to just under 25%, compared to […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 42,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 4.0%, to 1.006 million b/d, equivalent to 42.25 million gallons daily, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. Production was 6.9% above the same week last year, which was affected by the pandemic, but 8.1% less than the same week two years […]
In Washington, D.C., the inaugural 2022–2023 U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office AlgaePrize competition is now open. The AlgaePrize is a new competition which encourages high school through graduate level students to pursue innovative ideas for the development, design, and invention of technologies within the commercial algae value chain. The AlgaePrize, sponsored by the U.S. […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that at around 3.45 million tons, the quantity of biofuel added to diesel in quota year 2020 was approximately 1 million tons higher than the previous record value from 2019. For 2021, UFOP is expecting around 2.6 million tonnes in sales of biodiesel/HVO. The reason for this lower demand is the […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia, through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund has made a $50 million investment to support the construction of LanzaJet’s (and the world’s) first alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant. The innovative structure of Microsoft’s financing […]
In Germany, CropEnergies AG and Johnson Matthey have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol near its production site in Zeitz, Germany. Using Johnson Matthey technology, the renewable ethyl acetate produced by CropEnergies will reduce the fossil carbon […]
In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings has acquired Camelina Company España S.L. (CCE), Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed producer headquartered in Madrid, Spain. CCE has received international acclaim for more than 10 years by developing world class intellectual property (IP) in camelina to support a sustainable biofuels value chain. CCE’s IP includes superior […]
In Brazil, Nouryon has signed a 15-year agreement with Suzano, a world leading eucalyptus pulp producer. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will commission its sustainable Integrated Manufacturing Model for the new Suzano eucalyptus pulp mill in the municipality of Ribas do Rio Pardo, located in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The project, called the “Cerrado […]
In California, WasteFuel launched WasteFuel Marine, a renewable fuel solution for the shipping sector. WasteFuel Marine’s initial product will be bio-methanol for container ships. WasteFuel aims for its marine fuels to reduce CO2 emissions by 95% and Nitrogen Oxide emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional fuels. WasteFuel has recently closed an oversubscribed fundraising […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports the country’s biodiesel exports are expected to fall to their lowest in five years in 2022 due to the European Union’s phasing out of palm oil-based biofuels at just 250,000 metric tons. Exports last year were 300,000 tons. With the European Commission expecting biofuel use to fall by 2031, the situation […]
