In the UK, Altalto (Immingham) Limited, owned by Velocys, has been awarded funding from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund to complete Basic Engineering Design for its flagship waste-to-SAF facility. The grant enables Altalto to integrate NX Circular™ gasification and NX CPO™ technology from NEXTCHEM with Velocys’ proven MicroFTL™ technology, strengthening its position […]
In the UK, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched its new Biofuel Advisory service at London International Shipping Week to help shipowners, fuel suppliers and producers adopt biofuels safely and at scale. The initiative builds on two years of groundwork and combines LR’s energy transition advisory with the technical expertise of its Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis […]
In the UK, USA BioEnergy has selected Johnson Matthey (JM) and Honeywell to provide their industry-leading process technologies to USA BioEnergy to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at its Bon Wier, Texas biorefinery. JM/bp’s award-winning FT CANS technology and Honeywell UOP’s FT Unicracking process technology, which both use the Fischer Tropsch pathway, will be deployed […]
In the UK, Qualitas Energy has inaugurated its first renewable biomethane facility in the United Kingdom: Three Maids, an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant developed through its portfolio company Acorn Bioenergy. The plant, located at Three Maids Hill, Winchester, has already created 15 jobs and is expected to support up to 50 positions within the wider […]
In the UK, Bio Capital has been awarded a new contract by Inverclyde Council through the Scottish Excel Framework for the collection and processing of food waste. Under the terms of the contract, Bio Capital’s facility in Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, will manage the collection and processing of up to 1600 tpy of food waste. The […]
In the UK, cancer survivor and entrepreneur Jacqueline Shaw has created hair extensions out of biodegradable banana fiber. Sold by Shaw’s startup, The Canerow Company, the extensions are marketed for Black women and offer a safer and greener alternative to synthetic hair. A recent Consumer Reports investigation found that the 10 most popular synthetic braiding […]
In the United Kingdom, cell culture company CellulaREvolution has wound down operations and is seeking buyers for its assets, having run out of funding. Spun out from Newcastle University in 2018, the company provided bottleneck-busting enzyme technologies for cultivated meat, regenerative medicine and vaccine sectors. “We couldn’t deliver commercial milestones fast enough to secure Series […]
In the UK, DP World UK launched a unique Low Carbon Truck Program Trial, providing UK HGV fleet owners an opportunity to trial Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), a cleaner, renewable diesel alternative. In partnership with leading renewable fuel providers, the program supports businesses in making tangible progress on their sustainability journeys. Under the scheme, fleet […]
In the UK, Aston University research has shown the way forward for making renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases from glycerol. An organic compound, glycerol is produced mainly from fats and oils and is often used in health and beauty products. With crude glycerol from biodiesel production plants cheap and abundant the researchers have explored […]
In the UK, Drax was notified on Tuesday that the Financial Conduct Authority has commenced an investigation into the company covering the period January 2022 to March 2024 relating to certain historical statements regarding Drax’s biomass sourcing and the compliance of Drax’s 2021, 2022 and 2023 Annual Reports with the Listing Rules and Disclosure Guidance […]
