In Israel, UBQ Materials announced that Keter, a resin-based consumer goods company, is expanding its use of biobased, sustainable plastic substitute UBQ across multiple new product lines. The expansion will enable Keter to include Scope 3 emission reduction as part of its sustainability strategy and continue making progress towards its ESG goals. In addition to […]
In New York, Straits Research reported that the global waste-to-energy market is expected to reach an estimated value of $68.78 billion by 2031, up from 37.1 billion in 2022. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 7.10% during the forecast period (2023-2031). “Europe is the largest shareholder in the global waste-to-energy market […]
In Egypt, Daily News Egypt reported that Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, held a meeting in a bid to revamp investments in waste-to-energy (WtE). Fouad met with representatives from the Ministries of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and Electricity and Renewable Energy. Fouad said that the discussions reviewed all the initial indicators for amending some […]
In Egypt, Reuters reported that Egypt’s Suez Canal economic zone and Scatec ASA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth $1.1 billion to supply ships with green fuel. The MoU agreed on the sidelines of the COP28 conference held in Dubai envisages production of 100,000 tons of green methanol per year by 2027, according […]
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Masdar, TotalEnergies, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, Airbus, Falcon Aviation Services and technology licensor Axens contributed to the first test flight to demonstrate the potential for converting Methanol to SAF. The test has taken place in Dubai on the sidelines of COP28. The flight, which used a blend […]
In Switzerland, Clariant announced its decision to shut down its sunliquid bioethanol production in Podari, Romania, and to downsize related activities of the business line Biofuels & Derivatives in Germany. After developing the sunliquid technology, Clariant had taken the decision in 2017 to establish its own commercial sunliquid plant in Podari, which began producing bioethanol […]
In India, the Business Standard reports that the Indian government, on one hand, has directed sugar mills to stop producing ethanol from sugarcane juice, although they can continue to produce ethanol from heavy-B molasses, while on the other hand it is contemplating the purchase of 100,000 metric tons of corn to supply ethanol distillers. The […]
In Canada, Waga Energy announced the commissioning, with Matrec-GFL, of a biomethane production unit at a closed landfill site in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Operated between 1998 and 2017 by Matrec-GFL, the Chicoutimi site has received over 1.6 million tonnes of final waste. It will continue to produce biogas for many years to come, from the degradation […]
In France, VINCI Airports, operator of Saint-Nazaire Montoir airport, and TotalEnergies have joined forces to make sustainable aviation fuel available at the airport platform. The biofuel (before mixing) is produced in France by TotalEnergies from waste and residues from the circular economy, such as used cooking oils. In its pure state, this biofuel allows a […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has fined Lantmännen ek för and its subsidiary Lantmännen Biorefineries AB (formerly named Lantmännen Agroetanol AB) (together ‘Lantmännen’) around €47.7 million for participating in a cartel concerning the wholesale price formation mechanism for ethanol in Europe. This decision follows the adoption of a settlement decision against Abengoa in 2021 and […]
