In the UK, Quadrise Plc confirmed the finalization of results from bioMSAR fuel testing completed in November 2023 further to the Company’s announcement of November 27, 2023. The ultimate objective of the Company’s bioMSAR program is to supply the marine and industrial fuel sectors with sustainable biofuels that are lower in cost, more efficient, safer […]
In Singapore, Keppel Corporation Limited (Keppel), through its Infrastructure Division, and GenZero, a Temasek-owned investment platform company that is focused on accelerating decarbonization globally, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP 28, to jointly pursue opportunities to accelerate the transition to […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association says U.S. ethanol exports decreased 3% to a still-healthy 117.1 million gallons (mg). Canada was our largest destination for the 31st consecutive month with exports of 64.6 mg (94% denatured) accounting for 55% of total sales on a 7% increase from September. This is the largest single-country purchase since Brazil’s offtake in March 2019. […]
In Pennsylvania, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, has been awarded a $37 million multi-year contract by AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation arm in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), as part of its Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program. The award will enable Piasecki to flight demonstrate its Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct vertical takeoff and […]
In Spain, Repsol announced that it has begun supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Atlas Air for use in all its flights with its customer Inditex from Zaragoza Airport (Spain). Beginning in November, Atlas Air is initially incorporating 5% SAF in all its flights. The agreement makes New York-based Atlas Air the first cargo airline […]
In Utah, Rio Tinto will replace its entire fossil diesel consumption with renewable diesel at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah from 2024. Kennecott’s fleet of 90 haul trucks and all heavy machinery will begin to transition to renewable diesel in the first quarter of 2024, along with consumption from the concentrator, smelter, and refinery. […]
In Switzerland, Swiss marine power company WinGD has concluded a four-party agreement underwriting Belgian bulk carrier operator CMB.TECH’s order of X72DF‑A ammonia-fuelled engines. CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding (QBS) and engine builder CSSC Engine Co (CSE) were the other signatories in the joint undertaking to power a series of 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be delivered […]
In Brazil, with a deadline of March 2023 to meet the goals for 2023, distributors with obligations to RenovaBio would already be able to meet the program’s objectives – at least, technically. According to the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP), 5.5 million decarbonization credits (CBios) relating to the 2023 target were retired […]
In Virginia, Burnham RNG, a full-service developer and owner of organic waste management and anaerobic digestion biogas assets across the U.S., announced that a fund managed by Ares Management’s Infrastructure Opportunities strategy has made a strategic investment to acquire the Company from Edge Natural Resources. The investment from Ares, a leading infrastructure investor with approximately […]
In Canada, North Vancouver-based Hydron Energy Inc., has received a grant from the NGIF Accelerator’s Industry Grants program. Hydron has developed a first-of-a-kind gas upgrader, the INTRUPTor, to produce low cost renewable fuels such as renewable natural gas (RNG) from biogas, as well as clean hydrogen production from syngas. Hydron Energy’s Intensified Regenerative Upgrading Platform […]
