In New Zealand, First Renewables, in partnership with Ecogas confirmed that the First Renewables biogas upgrade facility, located at the Ecogas Reporoa Organics Processing Facility is now in production. James Irvine, General Manager of Future Fuels at Clarus hailed this as a historic milestone for the country’s gas pipeline infrastructure. “We are thrilled to confirm […]
In Austria, researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the COMET K1 Centre LEC (Large Engines Competence Center) have evaluated the feasibility of current CO2 capture technologies for different types of ships in the “CCS on Ships” research project. For its investigation, the team used the LEC ENERsim software developed at the LEC, […]
In South Dakota, Carbon Herald reports that voters rejected a ballot measure that would uphold a bill passed in the state House of Representatives earlier in the year making it easier for companies to secure eminent domain when developing pipelines. The state’s Public Utilities Commission denied a previous permit saying Summit Carbon Solutions hadn’t sufficiently […]
In Singapore, Ship and Bunker reports GoodFuels has announced a sudden departure from supply marine biofuel in Singapore, effective immediately, while its head of Asia Pacific will step down. FincoEnergies made the decision to stop shipments as of Nov. 6 while focusing on Europe and supplies from the ARA ports, based in Amsterdam. Outside of […]
In Indonesia, Palm Oil Magazine reports the country estimates by raising its biodiesel blending mandate to 50%, demand would increase to 2 billion liters of annual crude palm oil consumption compared to the 1.34 billion liters currently consumed under B35. The blend is set to go to 40% by January 2025. Domestic production is currently […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration says U.S. fuel ethanol exporters are on track to export a record amount of the fuel in 2024. The increase in exports this year has largely been driven by demand in countries with biofuel blending mandates and cheaper-than-usual U.S. fuel ethanol prices. In the first eight months of 2024, […]
In Ireland, RTE reports Certa has begun offering HVO as heating oil in Dublin and Kildare. The 80% HVO blend with kerosene is meant to help reduce the country’s emissions from heating, which account for 10% of overall national emissions. Most heating fuel in the country is kerosene, and the company supplies 100,000 customers annually, […]
In Israel, Evogene Ltd. recently announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to develop a cutting-edge foundation model for generative small molecule de novo design, propelling Evogene’s ChemPass AI tech-engine to new levels of innovation. ChemPass AI is a computational technology platform that directs and accelerates the discovery and development of novel products based on small […]
In France, Aerleum recently announced the successful close of its $6M seed round, led by 360 Capital and HTGF, with participation from Norrsken, Bpifrance, and Marble. The funding will accelerate the industrialization of Aerleum’s breakthrough technology, which transforms atmospheric CO₂ and low-carbon hydrogen into synthetic fuels (e-fuels) and chemicals, propelling hard-to-abate sectors toward a carbon-neutral […]
In Spain, Cepsa and Sonatrach recently a memorandum of understanding to jointly carry out a feasibility study for the development of an integrated project for green hydrogen production and derivatives in Algeria, mainly aimed at supplying the European market. This MOU envisions the implementation of a green hydrogen project in two phases, the first of […]
