In Germany, using bio-based and bio-degradable, recyclable insulation textiles to sustainably insulate heat and reduce energy consumption and the carbon footprint, the Aachen-based start-up SA-Dynamics has developed a solution for this dream of many building owners together with industrial partners. The bio-based recyclable insulation textiles consist of 100 percent bio-based aerogel-fibres. They contain up to […]
In Indiana, researchers interested in improving a given trait in plants can now identify the genes that regulate the trait’s expression without doing any experiments. Purdue researchers and 10 co-authors published the details of the new web-based regulatory gene discovery tool in the April 23 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A […]
In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports the Global Biofuel Alliance agreed its workplan along the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Brazil last month despite being without a charter. The alliance plans to review the strategy in July when it next gathers. The worksteams include assessing country landscapes, drafting policy frameworks, and conducting biofuel […]
In the Netherlands, Holland America Line announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords. The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 27, 2024, and will operate one of its four […]
In California, FuelCell Energy, Inc. and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of the first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen” system at the Port of Long Beach, California this week. Tri-gen uses biogas to produce renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and usable water, and was built to support the vehicle processing and distribution center for Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) […]
In the UK, Quadrise Plc provided an update on its Joint Development Agreement with biofuel specialists, Vertoro BV. Quadrise has been collaborating with Vertoro since September 2022 to incorporate their novel and cost-effective sustainable biofuels in bioMSAR. Following the successful production and testing of stable blends of bioMSAR containing up to 40% of Vertoro’s crude […]
In Texas, bp’s Archaea Energy announced the official startup of its largest original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas plant to date in Shawnee, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City. The plant, which is fully-owned by Archaea, is located next to a large, privately-owned landfill. Using the AMD, the Shawnee plant captures the gas […]
In the UK, Kent has been awarded the FEED (Front End Engineering Design) contract for a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by Fulcrum BioEnergy. Fulcrum’s NorthPoint project is designed to convert approximately 600,000 metric tons of pre-processed waste into 100 million liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). With a focus on developing projects to produce net-zero transport […]
In Finland, Neste and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative (ERI) have started collaboration aiming to align with the criteria of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion’s Race to Zero. The aim of the collaboration is to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating climate action in the business and its global value chains. The UN […]
In Texas, P6 Technologies, Inc. announced the launch of its LCA for biogas cloud-based software solution. This marks a significant milestone for P6 as the biogas market is rapidly expanding, requiring enterprise solutions that scale. The P6 LCA for Biogas solution further positions P6 for accelerated growth as it develops software solutions that are critical towards accelerating the reduction […]
