What’s the reaction from industry? Coal for Christmas? Should Santa bring coal for EPA’s stocking this year? Do the biofuels and agriculture industries think the EPA just put coal in their stocking? Is it thumbs up or thumbs down from biofuel industry advocates on last week’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency renewable fuel volumes? What about […]
In Colorado, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Colorado School of Mines discovered a promising new algal strain which can be cultivated outdoors at high temperature and in saltwater and can rapidly convert carbon dioxide into renewable biomass. The strain they identified— Picochlorum renovo—was one of hundreds that the researchers studied. Picochlorum […]
In Norway, the Government is presenting a status plan on Norway’s climate policy which deals with emissions, describes existing measures and instruments, as well as the latest projections for emissions and uptake until 2030 including the increased use of biofuels such as their mandatory quota obligation that is increase from 12% to 20% biofuels starting […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that in the EU, biodiesel production has increased for another year, accounting for more than one third of world production, and said that the single most important biodiesel producer is the European Union, which accounted for 34 per cent of global output of 41 million tonnes in 2018. The term “biodiesel” […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production decreased 8,000 barrels per day (b/d), or -0.7%, to 1.064 million b/d—equivalent to 44.69 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. However, the four-week average ethanol production rate increased for the ninth consecutive week, rising 0.8% to 1.064 million b/d, equivalent to an annualized […]
In the United Kingdom, biotech company Circa Group is leading the consortium for new EU project ReSolute – a flagship Horizon 2020 project set to develop the first commercial plant to produce Cyrene a new, biobased, sustainably-sourced, safer alternative to traditional, fossil-based solvents. Building on previous Horizon 2020 project ReSolve, the project will build a […]
In South Africa, Engineering News reports that energy and chemicals company Sasol is looking at a demo project to install Fischer-Tropsch assets with “green hydrogen” made from renewable energy and water using electrolysis. According to Engineering News, Sasol uses coal and water right now in their hydrogen production, but since the company wants to lower […]
In Finland, the world’s first industrial lubricant with nearly 100% bio-based content, AT Renewable Penetrating Lubricant, is being launched by AT-Tuote. The product is based on a new formulation: 95% of its content is derived from renewable sources, Neste MY Renewable Isoalkane being the key component. Thanks to its primarily bio-based content, AT Renewable Penetrating […]
In Finland, Finnair, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, and a group of other companies have started a feasibility study for a synthetic fuels pilot production plant. The pilot plant would use CO2 from Finnsementti cement facility in Lappeenranta and the excess hydrogen from Kemira’s production as main raw materials. CO2 and hydrogen can be brought […]
In Belgium, ArcelorMittal Europe announced a CO2 roadmap to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030. The target, for ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, is in line with an ambition announced in May this year, to be carbon neutral in Europe by 2050. The roadmap to achieve the 30% target is based on three distinct pathways […]
