In India, Money Control reports Chhattisgarh wants to set up ethanol production from rice paddy waste in an effort to boost local fuel production as corn and sugarcane aren’t widely available in the state. Chhattisgarh is known as the rice bowl of India. The idea is to set up six hubs in key rice areas […]
In Mexico, Metrobús has put into circulation two buses on Line 2, which will use a mixture of diesel and biofuel produced at the Central de Abastos in Mexico City from waste. This is a pilot test that will be launched in a total of 10 buses in all the lines of the system during […]
In Spain, Cinco Días reports Biodiesel de Aragón (Bioarag) has registered in the MARF Market of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) its first green bond issuance program for a total amount of EUR10 million, which will allow it to access new financers by issuing during the next 12 months of medium and long-term bonds. With […]
In Iowa, Summit Carbon Solutions has received a strategic investment from John Deere to advance the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. The project will accelerate decarbonization efforts across the agriculture industry by enabling the production of low carbon ethanol, resulting in the production of more sustainable food, feed, and fuel. Summit Carbon Solutions […]
In Canada, Alberta’s government is using C$4.7 million from the TIER fund through Emissions Reduction Alberta to create a C$28.6-million facility in Lethbridge County that will produce an estimated 70 million liters of high-value renewable fuel. This facility will be the first of its kind in Canada, turning local agricultural waste, inedible animal fats and […]
In California, Genomatica closed $118 million in Series C funding to accelerate the global commercialization and expansion of sustainable materials, with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100 million tons per year. Leading life science investor Novo Holdings led the round, with additional participation by existing and new investors including Viking Global Investors, […]
In Canada, NEXE Innovations Inc. is launching its premium espresso pods in the U.S. and Canada at nexecoffee.com on July 29, 2021. This is the first NEXE-branded coffee product that the Company is introducing into the single-serve coffee pod market that is currently valued at more than $25 billion annually. Approximately 56 billion coffee pods are consumed each year which end […]
In the UK, bp and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping signed a partnership agreement committing to a long-term collaboration on the development of new alternative fuels and low carbon solutions for the shipping industry. As a strategic partner to the Center, bp will second experts to work on relevant research and […]
In India, the Economic Times of India newspaper reports the Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs told the Lok Sabha parliament in a written statement that sugar mills are expected to earn $2 billion from ethanol this season, in the year ending in November. More than 2 million metric tons of sugar will […]
In the UK, LanzaTech UK, and cleantech company Carbon Engineering (CE), have partnered on a first-of-a-kind project to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) out of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Project AtmosFUEL will investigate the feasibility of a large-scale, commercial air-to-jet facility in the UK that will produce more than 100 million liters of SAF each […]
