In France, three years since its creation, BeFC is proud to have raised a €16M Series-A round of financing, supported by Avolta Partners as the sole financial advisor. This recent round of financing involved Otium Capital as the new lead investor, followed by a strong continued commitment from historical investors who include Demeter, BNP Paribas […]
In Spain, Maersk, Renfe and Cepsa will carry out the first test in Spain with second-generation biofuels in the railway sector with the aim of decarbonizing the rail corridor linking Algeciras and Madrid with the use of renewable diesel on the non-electrified segment between Algeciras-Cordoba and the use of renewable electric energy on the segment […]
In Kentucky, PCC Hydrogen announced the issuance of its patented hydrogen production technology (US Patent 11,649,549) for coupling an electrolyzer system with a catalytic adiabatic reactor to convert ethanol into hydrogen. By leveraging ethanol’s biogenic characteristics and capturing the pure CO2 byproduct of the PCC H2 hydrogen production process, the Company can produce a negative […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of Renewable Energy Group, Inc. by Chevron Corporation, both of the US. REG is active in the production of biodiesel and renewable diesel, and in the sales of carbon credits, petroleum-based products, and petroleum-based products further blended with […]
In Washington, animal fats and used cooking oil are increasingly joining the likes of lithium, cobalt and copper as energy transitional materials where supply constraints are of growing concern, according to a new analysis of trade flows by S&P Global Commodity Insights Agribusiness Consulting group. The analysis, entitled Biofuel Feedstock Trade Flows: First Come, First […]
In the Netherlands, a greenwashing lawsuit against airline KLM challenging its misleading advertising has been granted permission to proceed to a full hearing by a Dutch court. The lawsuit – the first of its kind to challenge airline industry greenwashing – argues that KLM’s climate ads and offset marketing breach EU consumer law standards by […]
In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, Denco II LLC violated several industrial wastewater, stormwater, and air quality regulations between 2017 and 2022 at its ethanol production facility in Morris, Minn. MPCA staff inspections confirmed that the company had applied about 1.25 million gallons of wastewater to area agricultural fields […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post newspaper reports that Pertamina will launch its E5 blend this month using ethanol produced from domestic sugarcane. In the future, the company hopes to use corn and cassava as ethanol feedstock as well. The country has been wanting to introduce ethanol blending as it is a leader in biodiesel blending […]
In Belgium, Platts reports ePure says it is difficult to predict ethanol demand due to fluctuating ethanol blending policies around the European Union. Even though E10 has become available at fuel pumps across the EU, Spain and Italy haven’t yet introduced the higher blend despite the mandate to do so, creating a major market gap. […]
In Virginia, NATSO, representing truckstops and travel centers, and SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, recently urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the blending mandate for biodiesel and renewable diesel under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The associations, representing more than 80 percent of retail […]
