In Brazil, Platts reports that increased demand for biodiesel blending domestically has soaked up a lot of surplus soybean oil that would have typically been available for export. US Foreign Agricultural Service data showed that despite a record soybean crop last season, export availability of soybean oil remained steady at 1.3 million metric tons. Oil […]
In Brazil, Bioenergy Research Laboratory (Labioen), a research complex focused on innovation in the bioenergy and biomaterials sector, has just started operating at Unicamp. Labioen is expected to contribute to the development of technologies that meet the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ceremony took place this Thursday (3), at Labioen’s facilities. Integrated […]
In Brazil, Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd., which is aiming for the social implementation and commercialization of distributed ammonia manufacturing plants, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with ATVOS AGROINDUSTRIAL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A in Brazil regarding a green aqueous ammonia factory in Mineiros (GO), where Atvos’s Morro Vermelho Unit (UMV) is located, responsible for ethanol production. […]
In Brazil, Vast Infraestrutura and Be8 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at developing the biofuels market for the maritime sector at the Port of Açu, located in the northern part of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Today, the port is the second largest in the country in terms of vessel movement. In […]
In Brazil, Cemvita announced a strategic collaboration with REMA, a renowned Brazilian research institution based in Florianópolis (research center affiliated with the Federal University of Santa Catarina / UFSC, develops environmental and technological solutions for complex challenges in the industrial and agricultural sectors with multidisciplinary team works across Environmental Engineering, Automation, Chemical Engineering, Agronomy, and […]
In Brazil, Vibra Energia has signed an exclusive commercialization contract for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that Brasil BioFuels (BBF) intends to produce in Brazil from 2025. The agreement is valid for five years and adds to the contract already signed between the parties for the purchase and sale of the green diesel HVO (acronym, for […]
In Brazil, the INFRA news agency reports board of directors of the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels) unanimously denied a request of Sindicom (National Union of Companies Distributors of Fuels and Lubricants) for the suspension of the mixture of 14% of biodiesel from diesel oil (B14) for 90 days. The request, […]
In Brazil, Atvos has received the Installation License (LI) for the construction of its first biomethane plant. The new plant will be built in Nova Alvorada do Sul (MS), where the Santa Luzia Unit (USL) is already installed, responsible for the production of ethanol and electricity from sugarcane biomass. With the document issued by the […]
In Brazil, Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II S.A, majority owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see ethanol – a biofuel mainly produced from sugarcane – used to generate clean power. Taking place at the Suape II power station in Recife, Brazil, the […]
In Brazil, a São Paulo-based biotech startup is converting coffee waste into cocoa substitute in an effort to address shortages, high prices, and large environmental footprint of chocolate production. Cellva Ingredients—formerly a cultivated pork startup—claims its CoffeeCoa can replace up to 70% of cocoa in many applications. “Coffee and cocoa have intrinsically similar notes and […]
