From COP27 comes news that Etihad Airway and World Energy signed a MoU for long-term strategic partnership to decarbonize flights through SAF delivered on a book and claim system.. Etihad is the first commercial airline to participate in World Energy’s recently launched service for airline and corporate climate leaders taking real action to achieve net-zero […]
Earlier this week, we reported that Vandelay Ventures has embarked on development of a 250,000 tonne (75 million gallons / 5000 barrels per day) production facility for sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel. The project will be located at the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Sapangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The […]
Among the newest adopters, we’re reporting this week that cactus leather slip-ons prove G.H. Bass isn’t “loafing about” on sustainability. In addition Tarform has revved up use of renewables for its electric motorcycles, using a flaxseed and biobased resin composite dyed with algae-based pigments. Finally, Germany’s Playmobil will soon expand its Wiltopia bioplastic range of […]
From Washington DC comes news of projects rather than politics. DG Fuels,has executed long-term lease agreements with the Loring Development Authority for 1,240 acres in Aroostock County, Maine — part of the former Loring Air Force Base located near Limestone and Caribou. The site will host DG Fuels second SAF facility as well as the […]
In Kansas, Western Plains Energy is pioneering carbon neutral ethanol production by replacing molecular sieves with fully integrated membrane separation solutions in a quest to become the first zero emissions ethanol producer. Whitefox, is the bioethanol membrane engineering innovator supplying the innovative technology. Engineering phase 1 is already in progress and the project has an […]
By Alexander Koukoulas,Henna Poikolainen, Esa Sipilä — AFRY Special to the Digest The second half of 2022 is shaping up to be a watershed year for the advanced fuels and bio-based chemicals industries. New regulatory frameworks to address climate change are providing a catalyst for what will be unprecedented growth in these sectors. In the US, the […]
News arrived from Brazil to begin the week that Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen. The low-carbon fuel is expected to be produced by five plants that Raízen plans to build in Brazil, bringing its total portfolio of cellulosic […]
News arrived on the ABLC floor that DG Fuels signed a multi-year SAF offtake agreement with Air France KLM for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana. Financial terms were not disclosed. The minimum 10-year deal will reduce lifecycle emissions by up to […]
Thank you for your Net Zero commitments. Now, throw them out. Here in the bioeconomy we have to go past Near To Zero, or We Care About Zero, or Potemkin Village Zero, or Net Zero, or Our Kinda Funky Accounting Gets Us to Funky Zero, or True Zero. The advanced bioeconomy is about Below Zero, […]
ABLC was a happy pandemonium, with 780 high-level delegates stuffed into the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, let there be no doubt about it. The din of companies seeking partners, building visibility was louder than I think I have ever heard at a conference before. If you’ve read your Milton, you’ll know that Pandemonium was […]
