In Iowa, M&G’s Alternatives team through an external partner has invested in Summit Carbon Solutions, a company which aims to dramatically lower the carbon footprint of ethanol biorefineries and other industrial emitters throughout the Midwestern United States. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. The company plans to install carbon capture equipment at industrial […]
In the Netherlands, the Smart Freight Centre and MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics have launched new greenhouse gas accounting and insetting guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel to facilitate the use of more SAF and help decarbonize the sector. The guidelines outline an approach to insetting that is flexible enough to drive the long-term value […]
In Argentina, Reuters reports Argentina’s soybean oil prices are expected to drop due to a new law passed by Congress that aims to cut the volume of biodiesel blended into diesel sold to the domestic public, increasing supply of the derivative of the oilseed. On Friday, the Argentine Congress approved a law that provides for […]
In the UK, Kao Data announced it has taken a further step towards its Net Zero ambitions by becoming the UK’s first data center to transition all backup generators at its Harlow campus to HVO. This pioneering move, made possible by partnering with Crown Oil, means Kao Data will eliminate up to 90% of net […]
In California, JetBlue has entered into a new relationship with World Energy and World Fuel Services for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). JetBlue’s LAX flights using SAF started this month. This increase in the airline’s usage of SAF includes 1.5 million gallons of blended SAF a year for at least […]
In the UK, FLI Energy has begun construction of the Euston biogas plant, a Biomethane to Grid Anaerobic Digestion project located on the Euston Estate in Suffolk, UK. Once operating to full capacity, the AD plant will generate 10 million cubic meters of biogas, the electrical equivalent of powering over 5,000 UK homes. Under the GBP9 million […]
In Nebraska, Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) has long provided infrastructure grants to fuel retailers and supported local ethanol expansion within the state. To complement this work, NCB is additionally boosting ethanol demand in population-dense areas, like California. NCB recently partnered with Pearson Fuels to help two fuel retailers in Los Angeles County – the most […]
In Romania, the ACT news agency reports that Belgo-American New-Energy plans to invest EUR60 million in a corn-based ethanol facility in in Nadlac, near Arad. The proposed facility would use 340,000 metric tons of corn from local farmers during the first phase of production. Hungarian company EuroMediu will build the new plant starting next spring. […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports palm oil prices continue to climb higher to $981 per metric ton, supported by a tight market and a weakening Malaysian ringgit. But with OPEC+ countries agreeing to increase oil production, prices didn’t go as high as they would have otherwise. With COVID-19 again surging around Southeast Asia, it’s difficult to […]
In California, ReCarbon, Inc., the developer of the patented Plasma Carbon Conversion Unit, a combustion-free, climate-positive greenhouse gas utilization technology, executed a supply agreement with Cleveland, Tennessee-based landfill gas to hydrogen project developer, H2Renewables, LLC to develop five large landfill gas to carbon-negative green hydrogen. ReCarbon CEO and Founder, Dr. Jay Kim said, “ReCarbon is […]
