Archive for 2020

RSB launches new engagement in China’s sustainable aviation fuel market

RSB launches new engagement in China’s sustainable aviation fuel market

August 9, 2020 |

In Switzerland, as part of their global drive to support the aviation industry in achieving decarbonization through the use of alternative sustainable aviation fuels, RSB is turning its attention to China. In a project made possible by the ClimateWorks Foundation, RSB is working with MotionECO, to develop a roadmap for SAF in China to help […]

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AgBiome gets new CFO, secures patent protection for new microbiome crop product

AgBiome gets new CFO, secures patent protection for new microbiome crop product

August 9, 2020 |

In North Carolina, AgBiome, a developer of products from the Earth’s microbial communities, received a patent directed toward the Connate product line granted in the United States, which harnesses the power of the plant microbiome to create biologicals crop protection. AgBiome also has a new CFO, Gerald Coward, who was the former CFO at the […]

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REG reports $546M revenues on 183M gallons of fuel sold

REG reports $546M revenues on 183M gallons of fuel sold

August 9, 2020 |

In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group, Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter 2020 were $546 million on 183 million gallons of fuel sold. Net income from continuing operations available to common stockholders was $1 million in the second quarter of 2020, compared to a net loss of $58 million in the second quarter of 2019. […]

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Frontiers in the Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj’s Bio-Mobility, 2G Ethanol & Renewable Chem

Frontiers in the Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj’s Bio-Mobility, 2G Ethanol & Renewable Chem

August 9, 2020 |

At ABLC Digital in July, Pramod Kumbhar, President and CTO at Praj Matrix’s R&D Center shared this illuminating slide guide on their Bio-Mobility platform, enfinity – Praj’s 2G ethanol technology, their latest work in marine biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, and biodiesel, demo plant, the next frontier of renewable chemicals and materials, and more.

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes…Amyris turns to face the strange with sugarcane-derived squalene vaccine adjuvant

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes…Amyris turns to face the strange with sugarcane-derived squalene vaccine adjuvant

August 9, 2020 |

COVID-19 has changed the way we do things…like drink more alcohol, wash our hands more, wear a mask, limit our gatherings and trips, but positive things have come about too. More time to connect with friends and family via online tools, a new respect for healthcare, agriculture and other essential workers, breathing cleaner air, and […]

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Green Fuels and INOCASs team on macaúba project in Minas Gerais

Green Fuels and INOCASs team on macaúba project in Minas Gerais

August 6, 2020 |

In Brazil, Green Fuels and INOCAS announced an agreement to engage in the development of a sustainable fuels value chain in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using macaúba in novel intercropping and agrosilvopastoral techniques, the partners intend to ensure future sustainable fuel production for distributed energy and land, marine and air transport sectors, as signatories of the Zona da Mata Biokerosene and Renewables Platform (an integrated biofuels and reforestation value chain promoted by the […]

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Triton Algae Innovations scales up scientific team despite COVID challenges

Triton Algae Innovations scales up scientific team despite COVID challenges

August 6, 2020 |

In California, San Diego-based future food company Triton Algae Innovations has scaled up its hiring, adding six new team members in the last two months despite the economic and practical challenges presented by the COVID pandemic. Triton is focused on bringing to market an entirely new variety of healthy food products derived from its non-GM […]

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EIB helps The Navigator Company to decarbonize with major biomass boiler investment

EIB helps The Navigator Company to decarbonize with major biomass boiler investment

August 6, 2020 |

In Portugal, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will support The Navigator Company, a major Portuguese industrial group and Europe’s leading pulp and paper manufacturer, with a EUR27.5 million loan for the construction and operation of a new biomass boiler at their integrated mill facility located in Figueira da Foz, a cohesion region in Portugal. This […]

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Nigeria signs MOU with Israeli methanol company for local production

Nigeria signs MOU with Israeli methanol company for local production

August 6, 2020 |

In Nigeria, Core TV news reports the Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the DOR Group of Israel for the production of methanol in Nigeria with an aim to replace kerosene as cooking fuel. The agreement follows an earlier cooperation agreement between Nigeria and Israel signed in June. Dor chemicals is the […]

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BP’s green shift could focus heavily on vertically integrated renewable diesel

BP’s green shift could focus heavily on vertically integrated renewable diesel

August 6, 2020 |

In the UK, Forbes reports BP announced this week that it would shift to cleaner forms of energy and cut oil production by 40% by 2030. As part of its strategic plan to move towards renewables includes a significant biofuels piece beyond its renewable diesel production at its Cherry Point Refinery in Blaine, Washington. Forbes […]

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