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 […]
Using biological solutions, exclusive partnership to create functional proteins that provide customers with superior nutritional benefits for animal feeds. Green Plains and Novozymes’ collaboration will utilize the biorefinery footprint, process know-how, and global distribution capabilities of Green Plains together with Novozymes’ vast expertise in microbiology to create a diverse range of value-added products resulting in […]
In Washington state, BP and Arzeda entered a second extended collaboration agreement for developing a bio-process for production of a renewable chemical of high strategic and industrial interest to BP. After successful completion of the first phase of the project, BP and Arzeda chose to enter the second phase with the aim to accelerate progress […]
In Colorado, Inscripta raised $125 million in a Series D financing with support from the company’s existing investors and new investors JS Capital Management LLC and Oak HC/FT. Paladin Capital Group led the round, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $259.5 million. The new funds will be used to accelerate applications expansion […]
In Russia, chemists from RUDN University, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), and the University of Cordoba (Spain) developed a new method for the synthesis of biofuels from renewable vegetable raw materials. They proposed to use bimetallic catalysts for the production of 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) biofuel. The chemists managed to increase the yield of DMF by one third, up […]
In Zambia, Lusaka Times reports that Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Alfreda Kansembe has held bilateral talks with Brazil’s sugar, ethanol and energy companies in an effort to find partners to help establish the biofuel industry in Zambia. Dr. Kansembe toured energy plants in and around the city of Pirajuba and talked with companies like […]
In Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) published a notice of intent to issue a joint Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment.” This FOA, jointly funded by the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Advanced Manufacturing […]
In Oregon, Agilyx Corporation, a leader in chemical recycling of post-use plastics back into plastics chemicals and low carbon fuels, announced a collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI) technology with the General Electric Company through its Licensing business unit that would combine Agilyx’s experience in chemical recycling with GE’s experience in the application of Industrial AI, […]
