Category: Fuels

Adidas teams with Allbirds on bio-based, low GHG running shoes

Adidas teams with Allbirds on bio-based, low GHG running shoes

May 27, 2021 |

In Germany, Adidas together with Allbirds announced the first product from its collaboration, FUTURECRAFT.FOOTPRINT. At 2.94kg CO2e it represents a personal best for both brands as the result of a collective ambition to make a performance running shoe with no carbon footprint. Seeing the possibilities of accelerating a carbon neutral future for sports and style, they teamed up to forge a unique partnership: opening up their materials, supply […]

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UNICA data shows H1 May ethanol production steady on year by hydrous up 20%

UNICA data shows H1 May ethanol production steady on year by hydrous up 20%

May 26, 2021 |

In Brazil, Reuters reports UNICA data shows the sugarcane crush is catching up to last year despite delays in starting the season. Data for H1 May shows that cane crushed was just 3% lower than during the same period last year with ethanol production nearly flat at 1.81 billion liters, down only 0.6% on the […]

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Poorly grounded equipment blamed for 2019 California ethanol tank explosions

Poorly grounded equipment blamed for 2019 California ethanol tank explosions

May 26, 2021 |

In California, the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper reports a multiagency report shows the 2019 explosions of the ethanol storage tanks at the NuStar facility at in Crockett was a likely the result of poorly grounded equipment, causing a “static discharge or ignition charge”. The tanks held more than 250,000 gallons of ethanol and created a […]

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Thai-Laotian biomass pellet JV gets Japanese investor to shore up supplies for Japanese market

Thai-Laotian biomass pellet JV gets Japanese investor to shore up supplies for Japanese market

May 26, 2021 |

In Lao, Kyuden Mira Energy plans to buy a 20% stake in the biomass pellet project under development by Siphandone Ratch-Lao Co., a Thai-Laotian joint venture, in an effort to secure more pellets for power generation in Japan. The new facility in Champasak Province, southern Laos is set to produce 100,000 metric tons of pellets […]

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UK government selects 24 project for phase 1 of direct carbon capture R&D program

UK government selects 24 project for phase 1 of direct carbon capture R&D program

May 26, 2021 |

In the UK, the government has selected 24 projects for the first phase of its R&D challenge to find direct air carbon capture and greenhouse gas removal technologies, many of which are bio-based. From those projects, a select few will go on to the second phase where pilot projects will be implemented to test and […]

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Delta Air Lines stopped buying RINs as prices soar in hopes of securing waiver

Delta Air Lines stopped buying RINs as prices soar in hopes of securing waiver

May 26, 2021 |

In Pennsylvania, Reuters reports that Delta Air Lines has stopped buying RINs despite its growing $346 million liability for Monroe Energy—double its 2020 RIN purchase—because prices for credits are soaring and it hopes it can convince the Biden Administration to reduce its obligations. Merchant refiners like Monroe and others are seeking a temporary waiver form […]

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UK farmers will have to include mass balance in Red Tractor sustainability reporting

UK farmers will have to include mass balance in Red Tractor sustainability reporting

May 26, 2021 |

In the UK, Farmers Weekly reports that even though the UK has left the European Union, its farmers will still have to comply with tighter regulations on mass balance figures from June 1 as part of the Red Tractor sustainability program to comply with biofuels sustainability rules. The UK market is expected to mirror EU […]

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Eurotank Amsterdam investing in 75,000 m3 of HVO and biofuels storage

Eurotank Amsterdam investing in 75,000 m3 of HVO and biofuels storage

May 25, 2021 |

In the Netherlands, Eurotank Amsterdam (ETA, part of VTTI) is investing in the conversion of its gas oil tanks, making them suitable for storing biofuels, mixed biofuels and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), following a successful pilot project. The project will realize a total capacity of 75,000 cubic meters and the first phase will be commissioned […]

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Neste awards Technip two contracts for Rotterdam project

Neste awards Technip two contracts for Rotterdam project

May 25, 2021 |

In France, Technip has been awarded two contracts by Neste for work on the development of their renewables production platform in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of the existing Partnership Agreement between Neste and Technip Energies.  The first contract covers Engineering, Procurement services and Construction management (EPCM) for the modification of Neste’s existing renewables production […]

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Ceres to build $350M canola crushing facility in Saskatchewan

Ceres to build $350M canola crushing facility in Saskatchewan

May 25, 2021 |

In Canada, Ceres Global Ag Corp. will build a $350 million integrated canola processing facility in Northgate, Saskatchewan, to help meet the current and growing global demand for canola products. The state-of-the-art facility will have capacity to process 1.1 million metric tons of canola and refine over 500,000 metric tons of canola oil, for both […]

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