Just in the last few days, it’s been all about low carbon, lower carbon, net-zero carbon – and all of it from waste. Virgin Group and Agilyx’s strategic partnership to produce lower carbon fuel from plastic waste. REG’s state-of-the-art pretreatment facility to refine some of the lowest carbon intensity, hardest to convert waste fats and […]
In Iowa, Bunker Holding Group, the world’s largest supplier and trader of marine fuels, and Renewable Energy Group, Inc., a leading global producer and supplier of renewable fuels, entered into a strategic global collaboration agreement to further develop the U.S. and EU marine markets for sustainable bio-based diesel. Partnering REG’s expertise in bio-based diesel with […]
In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reports that Shell said it became the first in the Netherlands to offer bio-LNG to all of its customers, following the launch of Nordsol’s bio-LNG installation at Amsterdam Westpoort. The plant opened in late 2021 and is the first bio-LNG installation in the country. Customers can now fill up with […]
In Connecticut, FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced that a carbon capture demonstration project using the Company’s proprietary carbonate fuel cell technology has been awarded $6.8 million in funding as part of Canada’s Clean Resource Innovation Network low emission fuels and products technology competition. While emissions reduction and other environmental benefits are key priorities in the CRIN […]
In Belgium, the European Biogas Association said biomethane can be a way out of the EU gas price crisis as the price of biomethane is 30% lower than the current natural gas pricing today. Biomethane can be produced starting from €55/MWh, whereas natural gas costs around €80/MWh, without considering CO2 prices. This renewable gas will […]
In Germany, Covestro entered into an agreement with Mitsui Chemicals on the supply of raw materials phenol and acetone from ISCC Plus certified mass-balanced sources. Mitsui Chemicals uses bio-feedstock from waste and residues as raw material basis for its bio-attributed phenol and acetone products. Recently, the first shipment of mass-balanced phenol (1,500 tons) produced by […]
In India, LR Energy’s agreement with Indian Oil Corporation Limited under SATAT scheme was extended for another 5 years. The first Commercial Agreement for Production and Supply of Compressed Bio-Gas was signed in August 2020 between LR Energy and Indian Oil Corporation Limited under the SATAT scheme to promote CBG as an alternative, green transport […]
In South Dakota, the American Coalition of Ethanol said a report released recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences by Tyler Lark and others brought to life several misrepresentations of the environmental outcomes of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and refutes three key misrepresentations from the report. American Coalition for Ethanol […]
In Germany, researchers in the newly launched joint project “CO 2 -Syn” are looking for ways to capture and convert the greenhouse gas CO2 into starting materials, for example to produce basic chemicals such as olefins and higher alcohols, for the cement industry where carbon dioxide is an unavoidable by-product: It is produced when calcium […]
It was a big week for biobased fashion news with mushroom yoga bags made from Bolt Threads for high-end athleisure brand Lululemon, Hugo Boss investing in cellulosic fiber technology, and the creation of a new plant-based textile fiber organization to start with. In today’s Digest, there also came news about new 3D printed squishy finger […]
