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Rotterdam marine biofuel prices soar after Dutch subsidy halved

Rotterdam marine biofuel prices soar after Dutch subsidy halved

January 9, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, Bunkerspot reports that last week data from ENGINE showed that following the Dutch government’s decision to halve its rebate multiplier for marine biofuel sales from 0.80 to 0.40, prices in Rotterdam for B20-VLSFO and B30-VLSFO rose $50 and $80 per metric ton, respectively. Before the Jan. 1 implementation of the new policy, […]

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Denmark’s Again lands $10M seed financing for carbon utilization plant

Denmark’s Again lands $10M seed financing for carbon utilization plant

January 9, 2024 |

In Denmark, Danish climate tech startup Again recently announced $10 million in seed financing from leading Silicon Valley investors ACME and GV, as well as Atlantic Labs from Berlin. The company also officially launched its first-of-a-kind carbon utilization plant in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company harnesses natural, gas-eating bacteria to convert waste carbon dioxide (CO₂) into […]

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Sabic, SD & Linda enter strategic collaboration to explore opportunities for decarbonization in chemical industry

Sabic, SD & Linda enter strategic collaboration to explore opportunities for decarbonization in chemical industry

January 9, 2024 |

In Saudi Arabia, SABIC, Scientific Design (SD), an affiliate company licensing leader in Ethylene Glycol Technology and Linde Engineering, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration opportunities to decarbonize the SD Ethylene Glycol Process. This collaboration seeks to develop innovative solutions to reduce carbon footprint and achieve low-carbon emissions technology by offering […]

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University of Kentucky land $1M DOE grant for waste-based biofuels research

University of Kentucky land $1M DOE grant for waste-based biofuels research

January 9, 2024 |

In Kentucky, researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) and the Department of Chemistry have received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance their innovative biofuels research. The project is titled “Robust Engineered Catalysts for the Conversion of Waste Oleaginous Biomass Feedstocks to Fuel-like […]

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Applications due next week for Kentucky’s biochemicals tax credit program

Applications due next week for Kentucky’s biochemicals tax credit program

January 9, 2024 |

In Kentucky, the Lane Report says that the state’s $10 million tax credit program supporting biofuels and biochemicals is in effect for another year. Since 2020 when the state legislature opened the program beyond renewable diesel or biodiesel, chemicals produced in Kentucky with at least 50% biobased content eligible for up to 5 cents per […]

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Brazilian corn-based ethanol industry continues to grow with 22nd facility

Brazilian corn-based ethanol industry continues to grow with 22nd facility

January 8, 2024 |

In Brazil, the national grain ethanol producers association, UNEM, says the newest ethanol, meal and corn oil facility in Brazil has been in operation came online on January 1, located in the municipality of Maracaju (MS). As a result, the country now has 22 cereal ethanol industrial units, 10 of which are fully dedicated. The […]

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Bunker One supplies B100 to Color Line for almost a month

Bunker One supplies B100 to Color Line for almost a month

January 8, 2024 |

In Norway, for almost one month, Bunker One has supplied B100 biofuel to Color Line’s SuperSpeed 1 and 2 ferries travelling between Hirtshals in Denmark and Larvik and Kristiansand in Norway. With this switch to biofuel, Color Line’s two passenger ferries have reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 85% on average on the biofuel quantities used. […]

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Norfolk Southern includes low carbon fuels in its decarbonization strategy

Norfolk Southern includes low carbon fuels in its decarbonization strategy

January 8, 2024 |

In Georgia, Norfolk Southern Corporation released its inaugural Climate Transition Plan (CTP) recently. The CTP is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with a focus on transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability is rooted in Norfolk Southern’s values and its deep understanding of climate science. Norfolk Southern’s CTP will focus […]

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Waga Energy signs MOU with Indiana landfill to produce RNG

Waga Energy signs MOU with Indiana landfill to produce RNG

January 8, 2024 |

In Indiana, Waga Energy signed a commercial agreement with Decatur Hills Landfill, one of the landfills associated with Best Way Disposal, a family-owned waste management company based in Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA), to produce RNG at the Greensburg landfill. As part of this agreement, Waga Energy will fund construction of an RNG production facility using its […]

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Stena RoRo orders yet another flex-fuel vessel

Stena RoRo orders yet another flex-fuel vessel

January 8, 2024 |

In Sweden, Stena RoRo has placed an order for yet another RoPax-class E-Flexer vessel from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The vessel will be delivered in the first quarter of 2026 to Corsica Linea and will operate between Marseille and Corsica. This is Stena RoRo’s thirteenth vessel in the E-Flexer series and the first […]

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