In Germany, materials supplier Covestro and VAUDE, a family-owned manufacturer of outdoor equipment and footwear, have collaborated to develop a partially bio-based foam midsole for VAUDE’s new Lavik Eco outdoor hiking boot. It is based on thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) foams from Covestro’s Desmopan® EC 33000 series, which use non-GMO raw materials. The durable foams meet […]
In the Netherlands, Worley is providing detailed design and procurement services to support the development of a low-carbon fuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The facility is expected to be one of the biggest of its kind in Europe and will produce 820,000 metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel […]
In Spain, Ceuta Actualidad reports Contentious-Administrative Court No. 2 of Ceuta has ruled to reject the appeal filed against the city, specifically against the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainability, by Biocarburantes del Estrecho SL, the company that tried to put into operation a biodiesel plant in the port. Through a decree dated February 13, […]
In Finland, used cooking oil from more than 300 Hesburger restaurants in Finland and in the Baltics will be recycled to produce Neste’s renewable diesel. As a result of the collaboration, Hesburger will begin using Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ in the majority of its transport vehicles in Finland, reducing the greenhouse gas emissions in these […]
In Louisiana, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Air Products Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Seifi Ghasemi announced a $4.5 billion clean energy complex to be built in Louisiana that will make the state a leader in the United States (U.S.) clean energy transition. Air Products is a world-leading industrial gas company that produces […]
In Brazil, Veolia has brought on stream three new Thermoelectric Power Plants in Brazil located in Iperó, Metropolitan region of Sorocaba, in São Paulo and in Biguaçu, province of Santa Catarina, in three of its the sanitary landfills operated in the country. These units will produce 12,400 kW of renewable electricity from biogas produced by […]
In Georgia, the Coca-Cola Company, Changchun Meihe Science & Technology and UPM announced the first planned commercialization of technologies to efficiently convert second-generation biomass to plant-based monoethylene glycol (bMEG). This next-generation technology marks a significant step forward toward commercializing a process that is not only more efficient than current bMEG technologies but is based on […]
In California, SoCalGas’ biomethanation reactor system will be used to help produce renewable energy as part of a power-to-gas demonstration. This system will be installed at an anaerobic digester facility in Clinton, Maine in early 2023. The power-to-gas process converts renewable electricity into hydrogen. The biomethanation reactor converts the hydrogen and biogenic carbon dioxide into […]
In Oregon, Pamplin Media reports that NEXT Renewable Fuels is getting close to securing its permits to build a facility at Port Westward, but opponents to the project are getting louder. The project is set to be located on 118 acres of wetlands, and in order to do so the company has to create or […]
In Japan, All Nippon Airways, Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for nine consecutive years, launched “SAF Flight Initiative”, a new and dedicated program to reduce CO2 emissions and promote sustainable aviation fuel. Designed to promote Sustainable Aviation Fuel by collaborating with leading companies in this area, the program is the latest effort by ANA to […]
