Category: Fuels

HutanBio secures $2.85 million funding

HutanBio secures $2.85 million funding

January 20, 2024 |

In the UK, Hutanbio said it secured $2.85 million seed investment to fast-track supply of biofuels to global shipping and aviation industries “Our low carbon fuel – HBx biofuel oil – is a sustainable and scalable high energy density, low carbon, sulphur-free, fuel solution, that uses CO2 greenhouse gas as a feedstock,” the company said. […]

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Cambridge University spin-off HutanBio lands $3.15M investment

Cambridge University spin-off HutanBio lands $3.15M investment

January 18, 2024 |

In the UK, after a decade of research and development in the UK and around the world, HutanBio, a bio-tech company founded by scientists from Cambridge University, based in Cambridge (UK) and in Malaysia, has secured a £2.25 million investment from Clean Growth Fund to accelerate the commercial use of its HBx bio-fuel oil to […]

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Suma Capital acquires Italian biogas company CH4T     

Suma Capital acquires Italian biogas company CH4T     

January 18, 2024 |

In Italy, Suma Capital has successfully closed its first international deal by acquiring 100% of CH4T, a company based in Verona (Italy) specialized in the management of biomethane plants for energy use. Through this transaction, Suma Capital advances its growth strategy in international markets. After opening its first international office in Paris in 2023, and […]

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Hycamite begins building demo facility for new methane-splitting technology

Hycamite begins building demo facility for new methane-splitting technology

January 18, 2024 |

In Finland, Hycamite has begun construction of the new Customer Sample Facility (CSF) building in Kokkola, Finland. The construction phase at Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP) was launched at the beginning of January 2024 after receiving all the necessary permits from the authorities. No appeals were received by the end of the appeal period. The orders […]

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Canada Infrastructure Bank invests $6.2M in Azure’s SAF FEED study

Canada Infrastructure Bank invests $6.2M in Azure’s SAF FEED study

January 18, 2024 |

In Canada, Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. (Azure) are partnering on a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in Canada. Azure’s study is now fully funded and on track to be completed in 2024. The CIB’s C$8.4 million funding helps support Azure’s critical path of […]

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Bolloré Energy transports B100 to EDF Archipel Guadeloupe from mainland France

Bolloré Energy transports B100 to EDF Archipel Guadeloupe from mainland France

January 18, 2024 |

In France, during the last quarter of 2023, Bolloré Energy teams won the call for tender from EDF Archipel Guadeloupe and thus participated in the transport of 300m3 of B100 biofuel from mainland France to the Guadeloupe archipelago. Marketed under the Koolza100 brand, this low-carbon fuel is made from rapeseed oil, grown and processed in […]

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Genera breaks ground on $350M Sustainable Biomaterials Campus expansion

Genera breaks ground on $350M Sustainable Biomaterials Campus expansion

January 18, 2024 |

In Tennessee, sustainable molded fiber and biomaterials company Genera recently announced it has broken ground on the nearly $350 million expansion of its Sustainable Biomaterials Campus, enabling increased manufacturing, production and distribution operations. The expansion adds more than 150,000 square feet to Genera’s existing facility and will house more than 60 robotic thermoforming machines, a […]

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Norwegian becomes shareholder in Norsk e-Fuel

Norwegian becomes shareholder in Norsk e-Fuel

January 18, 2024 |

In Norway, Norwegian is now a shareholder in Norsk e-Fuel. The company will establish what could be the world’s first large-scale production facility for electrofuel. The fossil-free jet fuel will be produced at a plant in Mosjøen in Nordland. The partnership will give Norwegian early access to essential fossil-free aviation fuels. In 2023, Norwegian and […]

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies sells its first truck

ClearFlame Engine Technologies sells its first truck

January 17, 2024 |

In Illinois, ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced that it has completed the first sale of its FuelAdaptive™ truck to Vander Haag’s Inc. The truck is the world’s first product to deliver diesel-like performance to the heavy-duty trucking industry with a reduction in fuel costs and carbon emissions using a nationally-distributed fuel. Vander Haag’s, a leader in […]

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ManpowerGroup and Cepsa joint report says 1.7M jobs could be created for hydrogen   

ManpowerGroup and Cepsa joint report says 1.7M jobs could be created for hydrogen   

January 17, 2024 |

In Switzerland, over 1.7 million new green jobs could be created across Europe by 2040 thanks to the development of green molecules, such as hydrogen and biofuels, as part of the energy transition, finds a landmark new study unveiled by ManpowerGroup and Cepsa at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. However, the report, “Green […]

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