In Turkey, Taronis Technologies finalizes a new joint venture entity with a goal to build 100 of Taronis’ patented 300KW Venturi Plasma Arc gasification units for the production of MagneGas metal cutting fuel to serve the Turkish domestic metal cutting market, which, according to Turkish government estimates, is approximately a $200 million annual market. The […]
In Norway, the government proposes to allocate a total of 628 million NOK or $70.6 million USD, for the development of carbon capture and storage. The case will be presented to the Parliament. The government has stated that an investment decision can be made in 2020/2021. The government has already spent large sums on research […]
In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Renewable U Halifax Inc. to build, at an estimated cost of $50 Million, a renewable diesel refinery in, or within 150 kilometers of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cielo is expecting to convert 327,360 tonnes of garbage into 163,680,000 liters of renewable fuels annually from […]
Washington State’s Clean Fuels Program Takes to the Skies with Alaska Airlines In Washington, a big endorsement for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard from Alaska Airlines – the first time a major airline endorses the LCFS. As a major employer in Seattle – its headquarters location – Alaska Airlines’ support for low carbon fuel policy […]
From the UK comes news that Shell Aviation and World Energy inked a collaboration to develop a scalable supply of sustainable aviation fuel. The agreement is intended to be a multi-year collaboration, with both companies acknowledging that the path to lower carbon emissions in aviation requires long-term commitment and collaboration. The Lufthansa buy As part […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 17,000 barrels per day (b/d), or 1.6%, to 1.066 million b/d—equivalent to 44.77 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The four-week average ethanol production rate ticked 0.1% higher to 1.071 million b/d, equivalent to an annualized rate of 16.42 billion […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that prospects of a tight rapeseed supply to the market both in the current and upcoming marketing year led to a sharp rise in prices in the run-up to Christmas – not only in the case of the oilseeds, but also of by-products. Oilseed meal prices had surged sharply since November. […]
In Washington, D.C., after one of the United States’ most challenging growing seasons in history, that included weather-related planting delays, delayed crop maturation and early rains and snows during harvest, the U.S. Grains Council published its ninth annual Corn Harvest Quality Report, a representative view of the quality of corn assembled for export, collected as […]
In the United Kingdom, The Chemical Engineer reports that the Department for Transport is funding for four new biofuel plants with two of them being funded from the £20 million ($26 million) Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (F4C) and the other two funded from the £25m ($32 million) Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Competition. Rika […]
In Oregon, Pamplin Media reports that NEXT’s biofuel production facility is scheduled to open and begin commercial operations in mid-2022 and that construction will begin on the facility later this year. NEXT President Lou Soumas told Pamplin Media that they will start the hiring process for senior people first, with eventually having around 200 people […]
