In Sweden, together, Topsoe and Preem have concluded the revamp of Preem’s Gothenburg refinery, which is part of Preem’s endeavors to reduce Sweden’s total carbon emissions by 20%. This is the second revamp of the hydrotreater, following a revamp in 2010 that upgraded the unit to co-process 30% renewable feedstock using Topsoe’s HydroFlex™ technology. The […]
In Nebraska, Battelle and Catahoula Resources will jointly develop solutions for the capture, transport and sequestration of carbon dioxide produced at ethanol facilities in Nebraska. The agreement pairs the world’s largest private independent research and development company with a portfolio company of private investment firm The Energy and Minerals Group, one of the largest investors […]
In Thailand, the research arm of Krungsri Bank has released its latest biodiesel outlook for the next three years where it says growing demand of up to 4% per year will see demand grow to as high as 5.7 million liters by 2023. Although the government is using biodiesel as a way to support palm […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the 90-Day Progress Report on Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry. The report is in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad which directed USDA to collect stakeholder input on how to best use programs, funding and financing capacities to […]
In Illinois, ADM and the University of Illinois announced the successful completion of the Illinois Basin – Decatur Project (IBDP), a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project designed to evaluate and test the technology at commercial scale. This is one of two CCS projects located adjacent to ADM’s corn processing plant in Decatur, Illinois. The […]
In West Virginia, Downey Ridge Environmental Company, developer of Greasezilla FOG separation and processing systems, announced that Sheltowee CleanTech Fund I, LLC, is investing over $8,000,000 to expand Greasezilla technology nationwide. Greasezilla will invest the capital to build ten new Greasezilla FOG receiving stations with private and public joint venture partners across the country. Eric […]
In Nebraska, DTN reports the Mead Planning Commission has voted to strip the conditional use permit from the controversial AltEn ethanol plant with a vote by the village council schedule for June 8. The facility shut down after the state of Nebraska sued it to stop polluting the nearby area. Rather than using feed corn, […]
In the Philippines, the Manila Bulletin reports that oil companies have begun increasing the cost of gasoline at the pump incrementally but will eventually increase the price by 0.017 per liter due to the higher costs of ethanol. The government regulates the 10% ethanol blending mandate and how much of it must come from domestic […]
In Argentina, El Confidencial report CARBIO says that the biofuels bill presented by the ruling party “will eliminate any possibility of future development of biofuels and a whole chain of derivatives that could drive a new chemical oil industry. “ He also pointed out that “it benefits certain companies that show themselves as SMEs and […]
In Sweden, Neste reports they may be the first to have developed a renewable gasoline for commercial use in existing conventional petrol cars. The final phase of testing is now beginning with the target to complete commercial tests of the fuel, and thereby enabling significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and hybrid cars. […]
