In Finland, a new collaboration between Q8 Denmark and Neste will help Danish transport companies to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions of their existing fleet by switching fossil diesel to renewable diesel, also known as “HVO100”. Initially, the renewable diesel will be made available to heavy transport at nine stations on April 17. What’s more, […]
In India, NTPC, the largest power-generating utility in India, and Chempolis India, a Fortum group associate Co & a leading Finnish biorefining technology provider, have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding on April 10 to explore the feasibility of setting up a Bamboo Based Bio-Refinery in Bongaigaon/Assam. Through this MoU, Chempolis will work with NTPC […]
In Spain, Repsol launched 134 used cooking oil collection points at its service stations in the Community of Madrid. This is a new service that the company offers its customers to facilitate the sustainable management of this household waste. The company thus promotes the circular economy by using this oil as a raw material to […]
In Massachusetts, Solvay announced a strategic collaboration with Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity. Through this multi-year strategic collaboration agreement, Solvay will join forces with Ginkgo to unlock the power of synthetic biology as an enabler of more sustainable chemicals and materials, contributing to the transition towards more […]
In the Netherlands, together with 123Carbon and its partners, AllChiefs and Verifavia, NORDEN will begin to issue carbon inset tokens through 123Carbon’s newly developed platform to support the decarbonization of customer supply chains. With the platform, NORDEN will now be able to tokenize CO2-equivalent reductions made on biofuel voyages and allocate them to industry customers who are looking […]
In Washington, the latest data in the BTS National Transportation Atlas Database shows that recent growth in alternative fueling stations for vehicles has been impressive. As of April 1, the U.S. boasted more than 70,000 alternative fueling stations up nearly 90 percent since April 1, 2020, when we had fewer than 40,000 such stations around […]
In the UAE, Acelen expects to invest more than R$12 billion over the next 10 years in the production of renewable fuels. Throughout the project, the expectation is to produce 1 billion liters per year, generate R$85 billion in the economy, contribute to the generation of 90,000 direct and indirect jobs and reduce CO2 emissions […]
In Spain, Cepsa and Bio-Oils, Apical’s biofuels entity in Huelva, have created a joint venture to promote the production of second generation (2G) biofuels through the construction of the largest plant in southern Europe, announced by Cepsa last March. The facility, to be located at Cepsa’s La Rábida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera […]
In India, Aemetis’ Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India, owner and operator of a biodiesel plant located near the Port of Kakinada on India’s east coast, was selected by the three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMC’s) to supply approximately 8,500,000 gallons of biodiesel over the next three months. Revenues from the shipments are expected to be […]
In the UK, the Royal Air Force has successfully completed a Voyager air-to-air refuelling flight, powered by an approximately 43% blend of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Flying from RAF Brize Norton, over the North Sea and via Farnborough on its return home, the Voyager aircraft also undertook air-to-air refuelling with Typhoons, as part of planned […]
