In New York state, Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday a nearly $14 million initiative to advance clean hydrogen research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects. The first round of funding makes up to $8 million available for projects that address the challenges of decarbonizing industrial process heat and advancing clean hydrogen production and renewable energy […]
In Canada, NORDEN and Teck Resources Limited announced an agreement to reduce CO² emissions in Teck’s steelmaking coal supply chain. The agreement is expected to reduce annual emissions from Teck shipments handled by NORDEN by 25%, or up to 6,700 metric tons of CO², equivalent to removing over 1,400 passenger vehicles from the road. NORDEN […]
In Thailand, Braskem and SCG Chemicals have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to create Braskem Siam Company Limited. Subject to clearance from the relevant anti-trust authorities and final investment decision by the partners, this joint venture aims to produce bio-ethylene from bio-ethanol dehydration and to commercialize I’mGreen bio-based polyethylene (PE), using the EtE EverGreen […]
In Canada, Anaergia has entered into inter-related agreements with entities managed by Arjun Infrastructure Partners to immediately terminate its obligations relating to approximately C$145 million in loan obligations owing to Arjun, including with respect to a lender option to require purchase by the company of associated loans for the six Build-Own-Operate assets in Italy under […]
In Washington, Growth Energy filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) v. EPA et al. (Case No. 23-1277). CBD is challenging EPA’s most recent “Set” rule for the 2023-2025 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). […]
In Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has reached an agreement on a term sheet for General Hydrogen Corp., a CGI Gases subsidiary, to purchase net-negative carbon intensity hydrogen from a biomass-fueled facility utilizing BrightLoopTM technology being developed by B&W in Louisiana. As the exclusive partner within defined segments for the distribution of hydrogen produced at […]
In Ireland, Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., along with his colleagues Ministers of State Martin Heydon T.D. and Senator Pippa Hackett recently announced the opening of a new innovation support measure for the bioeconomy. The ‘Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative’ is part of the EU Just Transition Fund for Ireland and is […]
In Australia, MicroBioGen has announced the publication of its peer-review article, ‘Reducing Carbon Intensity of Food and Fuel Production Whilst Lowering Land-Use Impacts of Biofuels’ in Fermentation, an international, scientific, peer-review journal on fermentation process and technology by leading open-access publisher MDPI. Co-authored by MicroBioGen Principal Scientist and co-founder Dr Paul Attfield, Head of Research and […]
In Belgium, the first phase of the four-year Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Project LUCRA kicked-off in Ghent, Belgium in July. LUCRA aims to demonstrate a unique process to convert underutilized organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and wood waste into bio-based succinic acid. The project is set to provide the bio-based […]
In Belgium, Reuters reports the European Commission has launched an investigation into Indonesia for allegedly circumventing anti-dumping duties on its biodiesel by shipping the fuel through China and the UK. The probe was originally requested by the European Biodiesel Board who blew the whistle on a significant increase of biodiesel imports coming in since 2022 […]
