In Colorado, a new study from Conversion of Organic Waste to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Carboxylic Acids demonstrates conversion of organic waste to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using microbial conversion followed by catalytic upgrading. Carboxylic acids produced by microbes are upgraded to SAF over commercially available catalysts. This research reports a catalytic process to convert […]
In Australia, aviation experts from the University of South Australia (UniSA) will work with their Chinese counterparts over the next two years to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in both countries. The collaboration, announced by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Saturday, comes on the back of a A$1.7 billion Federal […]
In China, Reuters reports that major domestic companies including Junheng Industry Group Biotech, Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech and Tianzhou New Energy plan to bring 1 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel production online in the next 18 as the world’s second largest aviation market seeks to decarbonize. That new production would account for about 2.5% […]
In Italy, IFC the (International Finance Corporation) and the Italian Climate Fund announced a $210 million investment in Eni S.p.A.’s Kenya subsidiary to expand the production and processing of advanced biofuels, supporting the decarbonization of the global transport industry and the livelihoods of up to 200,000 small-scale Kenyan oilseed farmers. The investment consists of $135 […]
In Denmark, KK Invest, DBC Invest and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have entered into an agreement regarding the acquisition of the majority of the shares in Sindal Biogas. The ambition is to build a flagship plant for bioenergy in Denmark and thereby contributing positively to the green transition in Hjørring Municipality and Denmark. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners […]
In Georgia, Vega Biofuels, Inc. has filed a Provisional Patent Application for its generation four (G4) torrefaction machine. Vega recently announced that its G/4 torrefaction machine increases the manufacturing capacity by approximately twenty five percent. Vega believes that portions of the process for the new machine are unique in the current marketplace and therefore, filed […]
In Japan, Sojitz and Ginkgo Bioworks have entered into a binding definitive agreement. Together, Sojitz and Ginkgo aim to build connections with key Japanese businesses and encourage the use of synthetic biology to develop sustainable production processes. Sojitz Corporation and Ginkgo will collaborate in a joint business development effort to offer Ginkgo’s R&D services to […]
In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience announced the company received a final delisting notice from Nasdaq. The delisting is a result of failure to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) requiring companies listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market to maintain […]
In California, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Maas Energy Works announced a new joint development agreement to build nine renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities at dairy farms across seven states. This new endeavor will include dairies located in Colorado, South Dakota, Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska and New Mexico, and will collect the manure from […]
In Colorado, while the demand for climate-warming fuels like petroleum and diesel is expected to peak before 2030, the global energy demand for alternative fuels to power vehicles to transport people, goods, and services will grow rapidly in the coming years. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently studied whether a new type […]
