Author Archive: Meghan Sapp

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Firefly Green Fuels signs MOU with Brazilian water and sanitation giant

Firefly Green Fuels signs MOU with Brazilian water and sanitation giant

November 19, 2024 |

In Brazil, Firefly Green Fuels signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sanepar, one of Brazil’s largest water and sanitation companies. This strategic partnership enhances Firefly’s access to sustainable feedstock for biofuels production while expanding its footprint into the growing Brazilian and Latin American markets. Through this new collaboration, Firefly Green Fuels and Sanepar will […]

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Synata Bio lands $4.5M grant from China’s NDRC for waste carbon-to-ethanol facility

Synata Bio lands $4.5M grant from China’s NDRC for waste carbon-to-ethanol facility

November 19, 2024 |

In Illinois, Synata Bio has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) for its Sylonto project. Sylonto is a joint venture formed in early 2023 to deploy Synata Bio’s technology into a commercial waste carbon-to-ethanol facility integrated into the Henan Energy Group’s chemicals production site, Henan Longyu. The […]

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HSBC Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific and EcoCeres launch SAF initiative

HSBC Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific and EcoCeres launch SAF initiative

November 19, 2024 |

In Hong Kong, HSBC Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific and EcoCeres are launching a significant initiative to support the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Hong Kong. By bringing together Hong Kong’s largest bank, its home airline, and a leading Hong Kong-based SAF producer, the collaboration aims to support a key innovation for the long-term […]

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Comstock expands license agreement with RenFuel to include Asia Pacific

Comstock expands license agreement with RenFuel to include Asia Pacific

November 19, 2024 |

In Nevada, Comstock Fuels Corporation amended its exclusive license agreement with RenFuel K2B AB for use of RenFuel’s patented catalytic esterification process to refine Comstock Fuels’ proprietary BioleumTM biointermediates. The amendment expanded the territory from North America, Central America, and South America to include Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam to facilitate ongoing project development by […]

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Invizyne Technologies lands $2M DOD BioMADE grant for SAF enzyme production

Invizyne Technologies lands $2M DOD BioMADE grant for SAF enzyme production

November 19, 2024 |

In California, Invizyne Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $2 million project to enable enzyme production for cell-free biomanufacturing of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The project is a cost share grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s BioMADE initiative, in partnership with the University of Georgia. It is one of 17 BioMADE projects announced on October […]

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Celtic Renewables ships first bioacetone and biobutanol cargo

Celtic Renewables ships first bioacetone and biobutanol cargo

November 19, 2024 |

In Scotland, the first tanker of sustainably produced bioacetone and biobutanol has been dispatched from Celtic Renewables’ flagship Biorefinery in Grangemouth, marking a major milestone for the world’s shift to green chemicals. This achievement is backed by over £60million in funding which enabled the construction of Scotland’s first Biorefinery and its commercial-scale operations. The cargo […]

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University of Utah and Sandia National Laboratories agree strategic partnership

University of Utah and Sandia National Laboratories agree strategic partnership

November 19, 2024 |

In Utah, the University of Utah and Sandia National Laboratories have agreed to a strategic partnership that will look to help develop collaborations in various technical areas, as well as give U researchers and students opportunities to develop new skills and research paths via working on projects in Sandia facilities. According to the memorandum of […]

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UK’s Unite union presents SAF transition plan for Grangemouth to energy secretary

UK’s Unite union presents SAF transition plan for Grangemouth to energy secretary

November 19, 2024 |

In the UK, Unite, the UK’s leading union, which represents the workforce at Grangemouth, has written to energy secretary Ed Miliband demanding action on Grangemouth. In September, Grangemouth’s owners Petroineos announced that it intended to close the only refinery in Scotland with the loss of over 400 directly employed jobs, in the second quarter of […]

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Corteva teaming with bp on crop-based biofuel feedstock JV for SAF

Corteva teaming with bp on crop-based biofuel feedstock JV for SAF

November 18, 2024 |

In Indiana, Corteva Inc. announced a collaboration with bp on the companies’ shared intent to form a crop-based biofuel feedstock joint venture. The JV envisaged by Corteva and bp would produce and deliver crop-based biofuel feedstocks to help meet the anticipated growth in demand for ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ (SAF). A number of countries around the […]

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Concerns that 100s of small UK biogas plants in risk of shutting down by 2031

Concerns that 100s of small UK biogas plants in risk of shutting down by 2031

November 18, 2024 |

In the UK, hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean electricity to the grid – enough clean electricity to power around 500,000 homes. The closures have been revealed in a survey of members undertaken by the Anaerobic Digestion […]

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