In Washington, D.C., Natural Gas Vehicles for America and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas report that 53% of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in 2020 was renewable natural gas, up 25% over 2019 volumes and increasing 267% over the last 5 years. Captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater, landfill, […]
In Florida, Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading (US) Company initiated use of low carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tugboat Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug serving the Bay of San Francisco. The fueling contract between the companies reflects their commitment to sustainable operations that decrease the carbon footprint and greenhouse gas impacts of […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that in January 2021, around 175,400 tons of biodiesel were used for blending in Germany, down around 16% from the previous month and down almost 21% from January 2020. January 2021 consumption of bioethanol increased 1.9% compared to the previous month, yet fell almost 25% short of January 2020. Consumption of […]
In Colorado, 8 Rivers Capital, LLC and The Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund joined to develop the Coyote Clean Power Project, locating one of the world’s first zero-emissions NET Power natural gas-fired power plants within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation. The Coyote Clean Power Project will produce 280 MW of clean power 24/7, while […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office will host a webinar on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from 1 p.m.–2 p.m. ET. The webinar will feature BETO leadership detailing the Office mission and methods it uses to enable the U.S. bioeconomy. The panel of speakers includes BETO’s: Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Acting Director Jay […]
In Belgium, a new paper by the European Biogas Association mapped the opportunities of producing biogas from industrial wastewaters and quantified the biogas production potential of different EU industry sectors. The results show that biogas has a high potential to mitigate methane emissions from wastewater whilst at the same time providing a huge potential source […]
Why yes, that is Reese Witherspoon holding up an Amyris Biossance product. Amyris got Reese Witherspoon as the latest celebrity to promote their clean beauty products. Speaking of celebrities, there are rumors that the UK Queen’s consort is looking at a very green burial for Prince Phillip with biodegradable coffin made of wool and being […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium signed a conditional offtake agreement with Resilux, an international rigid plastic packaging supplier, for the supply of PEF resin from the planned Avantium FDCA flagship plant. This brings the total of such offtake contracts to five. The planned FDCA flagship plant is set to produce 5 kilotonnes of FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) […]
In India, in its first round of funding, LR Energy VPL from India raised INR 18 Million (~USD $240,000) funding from GAIL India Ltd. for its pilot project of setting up 5000 Kg per day Compressed BioGas Project under “SATAT” Scheme by Govt. of India. The Compressed BioGas will be purchased by GAIL Gas Ltd […]
In Canada, Canadian Pacific will employ Ballard Power Systems’ fuel cell modules for CP’s Hydrogen Locomotive Program. Through its Hydrogen Locomotive Program, CP will develop North America’s first hydrogen-powered line-haul freight locomotive by retrofitting a formerly diesel-powered locomotive with Ballard hydrogen fuel cells. The fuel cells will work with battery technology to power the locomotive’s […]
