In the UK, the Department for International Trade will transition the current anti-dumping duties on biodiesel originating from the US, Canada, Indonesia and Argentina following Brexit on January 1 but will conduct an assessment to determine whether the trade remedies measure is appropriate to the UK. The Trade Remedies Authority (or pending establishment, the Secretary […]
In Texas, originally developed to convert natural gas into ultra-clean synthetic fuel, recent research and development activity has shown that Greenway Technology’s G-Reformer catalyst reactor and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology which combine to form the “Greer-Wright” GTL solution can also generate high-value chemicals and alcohols. The chemical outputs include n-Hexane, n-Heptane, n-Octane, n-Decane, n-Dodecane, and n-Tridecane. […]
In the UK, The Business Desk reports that Fleetsolve, owned by SIMEC, has seen such a significant expansion in its liquid biofuel-powered CHP units that it plans to invest £150 million over the next three years in a major growth drive including the creation of 70 new jobs, tripling its current workforce. From grocery stores […]
In Maine, the Bangor Daily News reports that following several attempts to find a new owner of the MSW-to-ethanol facility built by Fiberight that was mothballed earlier this year, the Municipal Review Committee that represents 115 small communities whose waste is processed by the facility has found a potential partner. The MRC signed a Memorandum […]
In the UK, Mitchell & Webber announced the first HVO trial as a heating fuel in a bungalow at the end of November. In order to switch the property to the new HVO supply from the previous fossil-based heating oil supply, Mitchell & Webber installed a nozzle change and pump pressure adjustment to the oil […]
In New York state, Atlas Air Worldwide announced the completion of a transoceanic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) test flight that originated at Spain’s Zaragoza Airport. Atlas Air Flight 562 was powered by a blend of fuel containing 2.33% SAF sourced from fresh vegetable oil. The Boeing 747-400F left Zaragoza on Monday, December 21 and arrived […]
In India, the Economic Times of India reports the Indian Space Research Organization is working to develop green fuels like hydrogen peroxide for rockets, potentially as a co-propellant with ethanol, pointing to human passengers as the reason for using non-hazardous fuels aboard space missions. Liquid oxygen (LOX) together with methane are also possible fuel options […]
In India, the Times of India newspaper reports that the cabinet has approved the extension of the soft loan program for ethanol distilleries to include grain-based facilities. Previously only facilities producing ethanol from sugarcane products could access soft financing. The hope is that with the additional $626 million in financing another billion liters in installed […]
In Florida, the 2021 50 Hottest Companies in Agriculture and Nutrition was published today, as voted by invited international Selectors and subscribers of The Daily Digest, the world’s most widely-read bioeconomy daily. The annual rankings recognize innovation and achievement in fuel, chemicals, materials, advanced foods, genetics, advanced biological and process engineering and integrated biorefinery development, and […]
Congrats! We made it to 2021! Now is the time to look to the future and see what 2021 might hold for us and here to help with that is Lux Research’s top 12 emerging technologies to watch in 2021 that have the greatest potential to transform the world over the next decade. Hint: bioinformatics, green […]
