In Japan, Reuters reports Japan Airlines will begin using fuel produced by Fulcrum BioEnergy regularly in flights originating from San Francisco beginning in 2022, perhaps as early as April, four years after it invested $8.6 million in the start-up. The airline has already used Fulcrum’s MSW-based fuel on occasion. The shift to aviation biofuel, like […]
In the UK, Green Fuels signed a memorandum of understanding with Aris Bioenergy Pvt Ltd, having a large-scale network of used cooking oil aggregation, committing the two companies to a biodiesel refining joint venture in India. Under the agreement, Green Fuels and Aris have formed a company that will leverage Aris’s considerable experience in used cooking oil collection in the Mumbai metropolitan area. This feedstock will be transformed into […]
In Brazil, Embrapa Agroenergia, in partnership with the company Haka Bioprocessos, has begun research that may result in a green diesel obtained from the hydrogenation of bio-oil from bone waste from poultry. The unit will characterize the chemical components of the raw material (bio-oil), pre-treatment, hydrogenation and characterize the final product. The Embrapa research says […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that in response to the oil industry’s attempts to get the Supreme Court to review the January 10th Circuit decision regarding small refinery exemptions, the Environmental Protection Agency has asked the court to wait until December 14 to decide whether to hear the case or not. The court was meant to […]
The Competitive Edge: Spectrolytic Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? The reason for founding the organisation was a need to bring analysis of samples (fluids) out […]
There are major barriers in growing a bioeconomy, but Idaho National Laboratory is tackling some of those by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve the supply of sustainable biomass feedstock for conversion to biofuels and high-value coproducts, which also can lower technical and cost barriers. Find out what R&D needs are to make […]
In the UK, Hoyer Petrolog UK Ltd has signed a five-year contract with BP to deliver ethanol to Hemel, Northampton and Kingsbury fuels terminals. As part of the contract Hoyer will take on responsibility for resource provision, planning and dispatch to BP-owned terminals. The contract commenced on October 1, requiring five drivers and three vehicle combinations. The BP […]
In Denmark, the marine industry races to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre is taking a key role. The 2800 m2 testing space – already equipped for today’s oil and gas fuels – has been readied for testing with biofuels. In coming years, the center will accumulate knowledge […]
In the UAE, Neutral Fuels has created a bespoke mobile app to enable tighter control of the collection and delivery of used cooking oil for its flagship UAE customer, McDonald’s. Thousands of liters of used oil are collected from McDonald’s Dubai restaurants every day and delivered to the Neutral Fuels refinery. Here, the waste oil […]
In Italy, NextChem and Indian Oil Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of industrial projects using NextChem technologies to foster the industrialization of circular economy in India. The projects will be focused on plastics recycling, producing biofuels from renewable feedstock and circular fuels and chemicals from non-recyclable waste. This memorandum is […]
