In Vietnam, Vietnam+ reports the former board chairman of PetroVietnam has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in corruption related to the construction of the Phu Tho ethanol plant. His total prison sentence is for 30 years as a result of other corruption cases. Other senior executives on the failed project […]
In Malaysia, Singapore’s Today reports that palm oil prices have skyrocketed to 13-year highs at $1,007.30 per metric ton, further compounding challenges for the Malaysian and Indonesian governments who have bet heavily on palm oil biodiesel blending to lower FX and support local industries. Production has tightened due to weather challenges and the impacts of […]
In France, a year after successfully producing biomethane from forest biomass, the GAYA platform achieved a world first and took a historic step forward with the production of its first cubic metres of renewable gas from Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF). In the absence of dedicated recycling channels, this type of fuel is mostly made up […]
In California, Aemetis, a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on below zero carbon intensity products, reported $166 million in revenues for 2020, compared to $202 million in 2019, primarily attributable to decreases in the production and sales price for ethanol in North America caused by the COVID pandemic and oil refinery blending […]
In Sweden, tanker shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its concept InfinityMAX hybrid bulk carrier design, pushing the boundaries for zero carbon, multi-modal vessel design in shipping. The InfinityMAX concept will use hydrogen as a marine fuel and wind turbines to generate further energy. The InfinityMAX concept, which is designed to carry both dry and wet […]
In Canada, Greenlane Renewables Inc. hit a record revenue of CAN$8.8 million (about USD$7 million), an increase of 167% over the CAN$3.3 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2019, and record revenue of CAN$22.5 million, an increase of 147%, compared to the CAN$9.1 million of revenue generated in 2019 since the PT Biogas acquisition […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy is beginning design and construction of the Grid Storage Launchpad, a $75 million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage. “The Grid Storage Launchpad facility will […]
In California, Manda Harvest, a micronutrient fertilizer derived solely from fermented plant materials, is the first fermented fertilizer from Japan to receive an Organic Input Material certification from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Harvest offers growers a new, single-product option for filling nutritional gaps and achieving maximum crop potential. Born in Japan and […]
In Germany, Clariant and India Glycols Limited (IGL) announced a strategic partnership to establish a 51-49% joint venture in renewable ethylene oxide (EO) derivatives. By combining production and distribution capacity, the joint venture is expected to become a leading supplier of renewable materials to the rapidly growing consumer care market in India and neighboring countries, […]
In South Dakota, Dakota Ethanol announced the company has surpassed 1 billion gallons of ethanol production at its 90 million-gallon-per-year (MGY) facility in Wentworth, South Dakota. Dakota Ethanol began production in September 2001 with a nameplate capacity of 40 MGY. The evolution of the plant is credited to the united vision of its parent company […]
