In Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering (MHIEC), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, said it has completed refurbishment of the core facilities of Eco Clean Plaza Miyazaki, a waste-to-energy plant in Miyazaki city in southern part of Kyushu. The refurbishment, enabling a waste treatment capacity of 579 tonnes per day […]
In Finland, Neste said it has started producing SAF at its renewable products refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The refinery has been modified to enable Neste to produce up to 500,000 tons of SAF per annum. As a result, Neste’s global SAF production capability has increased to 1.5 million tons per annum. “Our SAF production […]
In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that trade association Methanol Institute (MI) has welcomed India’s Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla, as its newest member. Positioned along the Rotterdam-Singapore Green Shipping Corridor, DPA is reportedly building infrastructure for zero-emission fuel bunkering, piloting green hydrogen and battery-powered tugboats, rolling out SOPs for methanol bunkering and setting up […]
In China, at a recent ceremony, MAN Energy Solutions signed a framework agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (CHI) regarding their future cooperation on decarbonization retrofit projects. The new framework agreement provides for the retrofitting of existing ships to operation on new alternative fuels like methane, methanol and ammonia – all fuels that […]
In Australia, Delorean Corporation Limited has completed the key agreement required by the owner of South Australia’s gas network Australian Gas Networks Limited (AGNL), to connect Delorean’s SA1 Salisbury Bioenergy project for the export and distribution of mains grade renewable gas (biomethane). AGNL is part of Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG), one of Australia’s largest […]
In Brazil, Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd., which is aiming for the social implementation and commercialization of distributed ammonia manufacturing plants, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with ATVOS AGROINDUSTRIAL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A in Brazil regarding a green aqueous ammonia factory in Mineiros (GO), where Atvos’s Morro Vermelho Unit (UMV) is located, responsible for ethanol production. […]
In Thailand, Braskem Siam, the joint venture between Braskem and SCG Chemicals, has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase ethanol from Thailand’s Mitr Phol Bio Fuel for its upcoming bio-ethylene plant. Mitr Phol Bio Fuel, a subsidiary of Mitr Phol Group – the world’s top-ranked sustainability leader in food products industry and ASEAN’s leading […]
In Brazil, Vast Infraestrutura and Be8 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at developing the biofuels market for the maritime sector at the Port of Açu, located in the northern part of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Today, the port is the second largest in the country in terms of vessel movement. In […]
In Italy, a new era for sustainable coffee begins with KEYGEA, the innovative compostable single-serve pod born from the synergy between FLO Group, a leading European player in the vending and food packaging sector, and NatureWorks, the world’s largest producer of PLA-based biopolymers. Designed to meet the growing demand for renewable solutions in the North […]
In the UK, Materiom recently announced the launch of Materiom AI — a generative AI chatbot that assists users with discovery of biopolymers, ingredients, and additives for bio-based material development. Materiom AI is powered by Google’s Gemini, and is now available in beta on the Materiom Commons. This chatbot is focused on speeding up the […]
