It was as busy as a mosh pit, as coordinated and fluid as Astaire and Rogers — the penny dropped on what the Unites States of America plans to do about sustainable aviation fuels, with more than a dozen companies and government agencies in the mix, as US airlines agreed to reach 3 billion […]
In Washington, The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition and its members are asking the Biden Administration to incentivize the production and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Citing sharply enhanced global SAF targets, the group said: “To approach these projected significantly increasing SAF volumes, the White House, in conjunction with the Department of Energy (DOE), […]
Today, President Biden is taking steps to coordinate leadership and innovation across the federal government, aircraft manufacturers, airlines, fuel producers, airports, and non-governmental organizations to advance the use of cleaner and more sustainable fuels in American aviation. These steps will help make progress toward our climate goals for 2030 and are essential to unlocking the […]
Is that shrimp stuck in your teeth? How about shrimp weapon-inspired material for your dental implact crowns? That’s just what researchers created with a cellulose-based nanocomposite inspired by the ultra-strong clubs shrimp use to pulverize prey such as clams. And another thing to smile about is the world’s first carbon-neutral toothbrush made from cellulose […]
In Finland, Neste is the first company in the country to provide a service for companies and other organizations to monitor their climate emissions caused by the use of transport fuels and encourages them to replace the use of fossil fuels. The service uses graphs and maps to illustrate the geographic and chronological distribution of […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association reports that U.S. ethanol exports slumped 37% in July to 51.6 million gallons (mg), the lowest level since October 2013, as former key destinations Brazil, China and India were nearly absent from the market. For the fourth straight month, Canada was the top destination, taking 29.2 mg, down […]
In Iowa, Gross-Wen Technologies, a leading algae-based wastewater treatment company that has a patented wastewater treatment technology that uses algae to clean wastewater, closed its $6.5 million Series A investment round. GWT uses algae instead of bacteria or chemicals to recover nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. ISA Ventures and Iowa Farm Bureau’s Rural Vitality Fund […]
In Texas, Arbor Renewable Gas will use Haldor Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for producing renewable gasoline at a new facility in the Gulf Coast region. The facility will expectedly be operational by 2024 to produce 1,000 barrels per day of renewable gasoline with a significantly negative carbon intensity score under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The […]
In France, Bureau Veritas (BV) delivered an Approval in Principle to Mitsubishi Shipbuilding – part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group – for a cargo tank system to be mounted in a liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier. LCO2 carriers transport liquefied CO2 in a low temperature, high-pressure state. They play a pivotal role in the carbon […]
In the United Kingdom, a project to facilitate more planting of the perennial bioenergy crop, Miscanthus, has been awarded over £150,000 (about $208,000) of funding through the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to help contribute to 2050 net zero targets. Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, has been successful in its bid to secure Phase 1 funding for […]
