In Finland, Neste and Bayer have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing a winter canola ecosystem in the U.S, including identifying partners and developing the value chain together, and scaling winter canola production as a raw material for renewable products. Neste is working together with value chain partners in several regions globally, collaborations […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News report Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell to a four-week low last week but remained well above 1 million barrels per day at 1.102 million. Despite lower production, stocks rose to the highest seen since mid-May at 24.148 million barrels, while remaining 223,000 below the same week last […]
In Denmark, Svitzer and Höegh Autoliners have partnered to deliver Svitzer’s first ever EcoTow solution in Australia, servicing the largest and most environmentally friendly car-carrier vessel class in the world on its call to four ports ‘Down Under’. The Höegh Aurora is a multi-fuel capable vessel – cutting carbon emissions per car transported by 58 […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $6 million in funding for three projects that will advance biofuel development and support U.S. leadership in energy and emissions innovation. Funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the projects will support research to improve performance and reduce costs of […]
In Belgium, CBE JU has published its Annual Work Program for 2025, including information about the next call for project proposals. €165 million will be dedicated to advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe across 13 topics. Innovation actions – flagship (IA-flagship) · Urban-industrial symbiosis for bio-waste valorization – €18 million · Bio-based drop-ins/smart drop-in […]
In Tennessee, scientists need a better understanding of what is happening both above and below the soil. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have led the way in using a unique measurement tool to analyze plants, soil, and other biological samples. It’s part of the work that scientists have done for more […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports Indonesia has decided to limit exports of used cooking oil as well as palm oil residue such as palm oil mill effluent in an effort to retain sufficient feedstock in the country to achieve its new 40% blending mandate. As the levy lobbed on crude palm oil exports are used to […]
In Texas, Utility, the off-gas-to-value company pioneering its proprietary eXERO gas production technology optimized to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries, has signed a commercial agreement with GH EnA of Korea for multiple projects to create clean, affordable, carbon-negative hydrogen using biogas with Utility’s groundbreaking H2Gen reactor. The commercial agreement signed by both companies covers projects deploying H2Gen […]
In Washington, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau, U.S. ethanol exports for 2024 totaled 1.72 billion gallons just through November, already surpassing the previous annual record of 1.67 billion gallons set in 2018. With one month of data to go, exports were on pace to approach 1.9 billion gallons for the full […]
In Brazil, Petrobras published its first call for proposals for acquisition of biomethane on Monday. The initiative is in line with the company’s goals of decarbonizing its operations and acting with a robust and competitive portfolio of gas offers with products with a lower carbon footprint. The initiative provides for the receipt of offers for […]
