In Japan, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Yusen Logistics Co., Ltd. (YL) have introduced a digital platform for managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. The platform is provided by 123Carbon B.V. NYK and YL will use the platform to support the reduction of Scope 3 GHG-emissions by allocating to platform customers the GHG-emission reductions […]
In India, ChiniMandi reports Assam Bio Ethanol has developed a comprehensive supply chain model to source bamboo from 18 districts for its bamboo-based ethanol plant. Strategic locations for aggregation and processing centers within its sourcing region have been identified where bamboo will be chopped up into 1 square inch chips and then sent on to […]
In Belgium, European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an estimated €1.7 billion Danish scheme to support the production of renewable gas to be injected into the grid. The scheme will contribute to the EU’s climate targets in line with the European Green Deal, as well as the objectives of the REPowerEU Plan […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy recently filed their opening brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC, Case No. 23-1229. The case seeks to overturn an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the proper venue for adjudicating the U.S. […]
In Germany, SPIE is installing the world’s first industrial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) facility for the cement industry. The project, commissioned by Linde Engineering, is being carried out at Heidelberg Materials’ Lengfurt cement plant and is set to commence operations in 2025, with a capture capacity of 70,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year. […]
In Portugal, El Periodico de la Energia reports Galp’s refinery in the town of Sines, some 164 kilometers south of Lisbon, has received three reactors for the production of advanced biofuels, the company reported. The reactors have a total weight of more than 500 tons and have already been unloaded at the port of Sines […]
In Brazil, Forbes reports ethanol production in the 2024/25 harvest should add up to 36.1 billion liters, including the fuel produced from sugarcane and corn, the National Supply Company (Conab) estimated an increase of 1.3% from last season. This growth will be due to the jump in the growth of corn ethanol manufacturing, since the […]
In Florida, WUFT reports UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center is continuing to work on carinata research as a way to increase options for non-edible biofuel feedstocks. The crop is best suited for growing over the winter months in Georgia, Florida and Alabama on land that usually grows corn, cotton, peanut or soybean. The […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) is concerned the new 10% levy recently announced by the government that will be applied to crude palm oil exports, up from the current 7.5%, with force exports to plummet. The higher levy is meant to pay for the subsidies required to achieve the […]
In Canada, Anaergia DB Inc entered into an integrated technology supply contract with PepsiCo Alimentos Z.F. LTDA to provide its high-efficiency digestion technology and integrated biogas conditioning and upgrading technology at PepsiCo’s food production facility in Funza, part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá, Colombia. The biogas system supplied by Anaergia will convert approximately 50,000 […]
