In Spain, Edison Next has reached an agreement with Iberdrola to acquire its cogeneration assets for slurry treatment and a portfolio of adjacent biomethane projects. The transaction includes five plants in operation located in León, Burgos, Huesca and Murcia, which total 52 megawatts (MW), as well as four biomethane projects in development phase located in adjacent […]
In Spain, Moeve and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) signed an agreement to create the first Green Molecules Innovation Chair, a pioneering collaborative space created with the aim of exploring solutions that contribute to the energy transition by promoting science, innovation, and young talent. The chair will work on developing projects to produce sustainable […]
In Spain, the Plastics Technology Centre AIMPLAS has launched the SOLRESS project, a four‑year initiative to turn post‑consumer coffee grounds and lignocellulosic biomass into five renewable industrial solvents. Backed by €7 million (US$7.7 million) from the Circular Bio‑based Europe Joint Undertaking, the project aims to replace fossil‑derived raw materials with biobased alternatives that meet industrial […]
In Spain, Diario El Canal reports the Port of Barcelona presented last week its new Energy Transition Plan, the roadmap derived from its IV Strategic Plan that has set itself as a target the reduction of 85% of CO2 emissions by 2040. With an investment of 1.7 billion euros to that horizon, one of the […]
In Spain, Cycle0 announced the commissioning of two new plants in Spain, bringing the total number of Cycle0 operational assets to seven. This announcement demonstrates progress towards our stated goal of building, owning and operating up to 30 biomethane plants in Spain, based on a commitment to invest €200 million in renewable natural gas production […]
In Spain, Negocios reports Moeve and its partner Apical have already completed just over 50% of the construction of their new second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), a key facility within southern Europe’s largest 2G renewable fuel hub. With an investment of 1.2 billion euros, a flexible capacity of up to […]
In Spain, Moeve and Honeywell have expanded an existing collaboration for scaling biobased linear alkylbenzene production technologies. LAB is used to produce linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, the main surfactant in the production of commonly used household detergents. Moeve’s technology to produce NextLab-R, the first LAB produced at industrial scale using renewable raw materials, will be made […]
In Spain, Baleària will incorporate the first autonomous electricity generation container from e-methanol in Europe, manufactured by the Catalan company specializing in sustainable energy solutions, Methanol Reformer, to the electric ferry Cap de Barbaria. The eNomad system will be available in the coming weeks and will turn the Cap de Barbaria into an experimental hydrogen […]
In Spain, Retema reports team from the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Jaén (UJA) has succeeded in producing biomass from the microalga Neochloris oleoabundans , which is capable of decontaminating water from olive oil mills and accumulating compounds of high industrial value. This advance opens the door to generating […]
In Spain, SARRALLE has achieved a major milestone in the path toward industrial decarbonization with the successful completion of a pioneering green hydrogen combustion system at ArcelorMittal’s Olaberria plant, one of Europe’s most advanced steel production facilities. The project represents a breakthrough in the use of green hydrogen and oxy-combustion technologies within the steelmaking industry. […]
