In Spain, Repsol has received certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), giving the company access to sell its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the RSB Book & Claim System. This enables the multi-energy company to deliver SAF at specific airports and enter it into the RSB registry, thus, allowing customers at other airports […]
In the UK, Linde has started supplying clean hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to Celanese. Linde is supplying Celanese with carbon dioxide captured from its state-of-the-art carbon monoxide and hydrogen production facility at Clear Lake, Texas. Celanese will use the captured carbon dioxide and resulting clean hydrogen, along with other carbon dioxide sources, as feedstock […]
In New York state, biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new way to boost the oil content of plant leaves and seeds. As described in the journal New Phytologist, the scientists identified and successfully altered key portions of a protein that protects newly synthesized oil droplets. The […]
In Belgium, 30 non-profit organizations, including T&E, WWF, Oxfam and Birdlife, call on the European Commission to phase out support for deforestation-driving soy biofuels. Both soy and palm oil have already been identified as significant drivers of deforestation and forest degradation and are covered under the recently adopted EU Deforestation Regulation. The letter calls on […]
In Australia, Viva Energy launched 100 percent Renewable Diesel with Cleanaway last week, which is running a six-month demonstration of the cutting-edge technology that can play a role in reducing emissions in the Australian transport sector. The demonstration will involve Cleanaway operating two waste collections trucks – one municipal side-lift service in the City of […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation have entered into a Joint Development Agreement for the Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) project at the Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. SCOA will take an anchor position and lead the formation of a Japanese-based investment consortium aimed at […]
In Iowa, Vespene Energy has been invited by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to submit a Part II application for a loan guarantee through the Loan Programs Office’s (LPO) Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program for $420 million to support the development of distributed biogas to electricity plants at 50 municipal landfills in 21 […]
In Singapore, Reuters reports premiums for B24 benchmark marine biofuel have softened in Singapore as feedstock prices fall together with stronger underlying fossil-based marine fuels due to Red Sea disruptions, while tepid demand has failed to keep the premium higher. The premium was as high as $200 per metric ton in Q3 2023 but has […]
In Louisiana, The Advocate newspaper reports ExxonMobil is exploring the use of used cooking oil and other plant oils to produce biofuels at its refinery in Baton Rouge. The company says its expertise in, and use of proprietary catalysts allows to it process a wide range of molecules as potential feedstock. Such an investment would […]
In Indonesia, last week the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia and Eni signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the fields of energy transition and decarbonization. The MoU will allow Eni to assess the potential production of agri-feedstock for Enilive biorefineries, mainly from agro-industrial and forestry residues. Eni […]
