Tag: Texas

HyOrc teams with Zeltech to develop HyOrc’s hydrogen-ready gas-engine locomotives in the US

November 11, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, HyOrc Corporation announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Zeltech (Zero Emissions Locomotive Technologies) to jointly develop and deploy HyOrc’s hydrogen-ready gas-engine locomotives in the United States. This dual focus on two high-growth, high-margin markets strengthens HyOrc’s positioning as it advances toward its OTCQB uplisting and ongoing SEC reporting process, offering […]

XCF Global signs MOU with Impact Jets to supply SAF

November 4, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, XCF Global, Inc. announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Impact Jets, LLC, a private aviation platform, to accelerate SAF adoption across the private jet market. Under the MOU, Impact Jets is expected to launch a “Powered by XCF SAF” program to onboard private jet operators and clients into direct SAF purchasing through XCF. […]

Sasol launches insect oil-based palm and deforestation-free surfactant

October 29, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, Sasol International Chemicals announced the launch and commercialization of a bio-circular, palm and deforestation-free surfactant derived from insect oils available under the trade name LIVINEX IO 7. This new, innovative product (patent pending) is the first nonionic surfactant of its kind in the fabric, home care, industrial and institutional cleaning markets. Insect oil, a […]

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality opens applications for $12M in biofuel funding

October 28, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is now accepting applications under the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan’s (TERP) Alternative Fueling Facilities Program (AFFP) with $12 million in funding available to encourage the construction and reconstruction of alternative fueling facilities within the 88 counties making up the Clean Transportation Zone. Grant Amounts · Up to […]

XCF Global licenses SAF tech to New Rise Australia for use in three plants

October 23, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, XCF Global, Inc. has signed a binding term sheet with New Rise Australia Pty. Ltd. to accelerate the development of renewable fuel production facilities across Australia. The binding term sheet grants New Rise AU an exclusive 15-year license to use the design, layout, and configuration of XCF’s New Rise Reno facility to build […]

Houston American Energy chooses BTG Bioliquids’ SAF tech

October 21, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, Houston American Energy Corp. and Abundia Global Impact Group, LLC announced the execution of a binding Term Sheet with BTG Bioliquids B.V. pursuant to which HUSA intends to develop biomass-to-liquid fuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuel projects that will integrate BTG Bioliquids’ proprietary fast pyrolysis technology for the production of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from […]

Texas A&M University researchers develop biodegradable battery

October 15, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, a team of researchers at Texas A&M University has developed a biodegradable battery using natural polymers. Its findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research group in the College of Arts and Sciences has spent the past 15 years shifting toward natural products for the construction of […]

oneworld alliance launches SAF with investment fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures

October 14, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, oneworld alliance and member airlines, in partnership with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), recently announced the launch of a new investment fund designed to address the limited availability and high cost of today’s Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF). The fund, led by cornerstone investors Alaska Airlines and American Airlines, seeks to accelerate the global development […]

University of Houston researchers make breakthroughs in CCS

October 8, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, researchers at the University of Houston made two significant breakthroughs that could reduce the cost of capturing harmful emissions from power plants, marking a major step in addressing climate change. The first breakthrough, published in Nature Communications, introduces a membraneless electrochemical process that slashes energy requirements for amine-based carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture. The […]

XCF Global signs MOU with FlyORO Technologies on SAF supply chain improvement

October 6, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, XCF Global, Inc. and FlyORO Technologies Pte. Ltd. announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. Under the MOU, XCF and FlyORO will explore the creation of a global partnership to help solve one of aviation’s biggest bottlenecks: SAF supply chain and blending inefficiencies. As most blending occurs upstream at production facilities, there […]

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