Category: Fuels

U.S. Energy signs deal with Edgeweood Renewables to operate transload facility outside Vegas

U.S. Energy signs deal with Edgeweood Renewables to operate transload facility outside Vegas

July 19, 2023 |

In Nevada, U.S. Energy signed a long-term agreement with Edgewood Renewables, a leading developer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects, to operate a rail transload facility and refined products bulk plant in northern Las Vegas. Strategically located two miles from the Kinder Morgan Calnev pipeline and terminal, this facility will help combat […]

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Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems to create JV for sustainable transport solutions

Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems to create JV for sustainable transport solutions

July 19, 2023 |

In Canada, Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems Inc. have signed a non-binding letter of intent to establish a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of Westport’s HPDI fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications. Volvo and Westport share the vision of creating sustainable transport solutions to accelerate the decarbonization efforts […]

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Anaergia selected to produce renewable power from wastewater sludge in California

Anaergia selected to produce renewable power from wastewater sludge in California

July 19, 2023 |

In California, Anaergia Inc. has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge at the East County Advanced Water Purification (East County AWP) facility now under construction in Santee, California. Anaergia anticipates the Energy Recovery project will also eventually digest food waste along with […]

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Boosting ethanol blending to 30% would divert 3.5% of Brazil’s sugar production

Boosting ethanol blending to 30% would divert 3.5% of Brazil’s sugar production

July 19, 2023 |

In Brazil, Reuters reports that data from Citi Research shows that a draft bill about to be sent to Congress seeking to boost ethanol blending in gasoline to 30% from the current 27% would divert 3.5% of the country’s current sugar production to produce ethanol. The increased demand would require 1.2 billion additional liters of […]

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GAIL (India) and LanzaTech Global join up to pilot CO2 capture and conversion

GAIL (India) and LanzaTech Global join up to pilot CO2 capture and conversion

July 19, 2023 |

In Illinois, GAIL (India) Limited and LanzaTech Global have entered a partnership to explore innovative technology solutions that advance GAIL’s Net Zero 2040 goals and have the potential to support wider decarbonization applications globally. GAIL and LanzaTech will explore setting up a pilot scale CO2 capture and conversion project that has the potential to be […]

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Relement completes pilot plant run to produce 3-methylphthalic anhydride

Relement completes pilot plant run to produce 3-methylphthalic anhydride

July 19, 2023 |

In the Netherlands, Relement announced the successful completion of a ground-breaking pilot plant run to produce 3-methylphthalic anhydride (bio MPA). Last year, Relement contracted Solvay Research and Innovation Centre in Lyon (Frace) for this scale-up. This achievement marks a significant step towards revolutionizing the chemicals industry with our sustainable and innovative solutions, starting with bio […]

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CSX’s B20 rail testing yielding positive results

CSX’s B20 rail testing yielding positive results

July 18, 2023 |

In Florida, CSX’s testing of 20 percent soybean oil-based fuel in a locomotive fleet serving a Tampa, Florida, phosphate customer began in 2022 to demonstrate the effectiveness of the B20 biodiesel blend in Wabtec FDL Advantage engines, and the project continues to yield impressive results. The 10 locomotives in the test have burned more than […]

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Aemetis Carbon Capture secures first CO2 sequestration well permit in California

Aemetis Carbon Capture secures first CO2 sequestration well permit in California

July 18, 2023 |

In California, Aemetis Carbon Capture has been awarded the first CO2 sequestration characterization well permit issued by the State of California. All of the necessary city, county, regional and state agency permits have been received to drill the CO2 sequestration characterization well on the 24-acre Riverbank site that was acquired by Aemetis in 2022.  A […]

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Sojitz Group and Stephen Industries invest in Hycamite TCD Technologies

Sojitz Group and Stephen Industries invest in Hycamite TCD Technologies

July 18, 2023 |

In Finland, Hycamite TCD Technologies, a leader in emission-free methane pyrolysis technology, has received an investment from Sojitz Group and Stephen Industries. Sojitz Group is a Japanese conglomerate with approximately 400 subsidiaries and affiliates in Japan and worldwide. Stephen Industries is a family-owned Finnish company. The Finnish Climate Fund and existing and first external investors […]

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Air Liquide’s Chinese subsidiary signs bilateral green loan with BNP Paribas

Air Liquide’s Chinese subsidiary signs bilateral green loan with BNP Paribas

July 18, 2023 |

In France, within the context of its project to build two low-carbon hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP), Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Co., Ltd (SCIPIG), a subsidiary of Air Liquide, signed a bilateral green loan for 500 million RMB (around 67 million euros) with BNP Paribas […]

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