In Hawaii, the first of six mobile biodiesel fueling stations in Hawai‘i opened at Ma‘alaea Small Boat Harbor on Maui. Pacific Biodiesel installed and will operate the off-grid fueling station at the busy harbor. “This innovative fueling station gives customers 24/7 access to biodiesel, making it more convenient to fuel up with our locally produced, […]
In Washington, Shoreline Area News reports that Puget Sound Energy (PSE) launched a voluntary Renewable Natural Gas program, a key part of its proposed pathway to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2045. Through RNG, renters, homeowners and businesses can replace a portion of their conventional natural gas usage with carbon neutral renewable natural […]
In Norway, Horisont Energi, a clean energy and carbon transport and storage services provider, and Lhyfe, a global player in renewable green hydrogen, entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the joint development of green ammonia-producing plants in Europe fed by green hydrogen plants. Through this agreement, Lhyfe and Horisont Energi wish to collaborate for […]
In Canada, Solinftec, a global leader in agricultural digitalization, will expand the launch of its new cutting edge AgTech robotic platform, Solix Ag Robotics, into Canada in partnership with Stone Farms and the University of Saskatchewan. The new technology aims to provide farmers and agronomists a new level of information to increase yields, improve the […]
In California, Aemetis and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recognized and celebrated a significant Aemetis Biogas LLC renewable natural gas project milestone on Friday at a ribbon cutting ceremony held at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels facility in Keyes, California, including the commissioning of the company’s dairy RNG cleanup and compression unit and interconnection with […]
In Germany, one of the world’s first hydrogen-centric startup accelerator programs will initially be operated out of Hamburg. The global innovation platform Plug and Play Tech Center announced a new initiative focused on hydrogen by launching the H2 Startup Accelerator. Initiating partners are Shell and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), along with the founding members […]
In Ohio, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine sent a letter on Friday to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan asking that the EPA permanently remove restrictions around the sale of 15 percent ethanol (E-15) fuel. “E-15 offers Ohio consumers cleaner emissions, more fuel from renewable sources, and, perhaps most critically, a less expensive fuel option,” […]
In Germany, researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM found a way to convert waste methane from biogas plants into additional methane, thus drastically increasing the methane yield from biogas plants. The process is up and running and the research team is currently scaling up the demonstration plant. Biogas plants break down biomass […]
The U.S. Navy is up to something fishy – hagfish that is. Researchers are evaluating the use of hagfish slime – a unique goo that can swell to 10,000 times its original size – to clog the propellors of enemy ships. And in London, a materials innovation partnership developed a technique to turn the shells […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided $700 million to help lower costs and support biofuel producers who faced unexpected market losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds are being made available through the Biofuel Producer Program, which was created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES […]
