In Saudi Arabia, LanzaTech Global, Inc. and Olayan Financing Company (OFC), the parent company of The Olayan Group’s businesses and investments in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, have formed a joint venture company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to accelerate the commercial deployment of LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology in hard-to-abate industries within the Kingdom. The […]
In Brazil, the Economic Times of India newspaper reports Mahle has developed a Global Bio-mobility Center in Jundiaí to bring together its experts from its other tech centers in the US and India to further develop biofuels and internal combustion engine development. Although the company promotes electric and hydrogen vehicles, it believes that biofuels are […]
In Norway, Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a feasibility study by TES, to explore the implementation of a carbon capture plant at a waste-to-energy facility in Germany. The planned capture capacity will be 400,000 metric tons CO2 per year. The captured CO2 will be transported by railcar to the TES facilities at Wilhelmshaven in […]
In Finland, Neste and Outokumpu deepen their cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Outokumpu will replace the fossil fuels used by its Kemi mine and Tornio steel mill and the contractors on these sites with Neste MY Renewable Diesel™. Outokumpu manufactures the world’s lowest-emission stainless steel. Its goal is to achieve carbon neutrality at its […]
In Burkina Faso, last July in Bobo-Dioulasso, a small and medium enterprise (SME) producing dried mangoes started up a new type of dryer using heat generated by burning cashew nut shells. Using agrifood waste as an energy source is the challenge being tackled by the BioStar project being conducted by some ten African and European […]
In Sweden, Stena Oil carried out a biofuel bunkering to Dalaro Shipping’s vessel Oslo Wave 3, a cargo vessel of 17,485 DWT on October 26. The bunkered B25 fuel is composed of 25 percent rapeseed methyl ester (RME) and 75 percent Marine Gasoil. The company recognizes the growing significance of sustainability within the shipping industry, […]
In Germany, DWS, on behalf of its third institutional Pan-European Infrastructure Fund (PEIF III), and MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re and ERGO, announced the joint acquisition of 100% of Weltec Holding GmbH. The company, based in Vechta, Lower Saxony, is a leading producer of biogas and biomethane in Germany. Financial details of the […]
In India, Universal Biofuels was selected by India’s three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) to supply an estimated $150 million of biodiesel under cost-plus purchase contracts for approximately 40 million gallons of biodiesel during the one-year period starting October 2023. Approximately 70% of the 25 billion gallon diesel market in India is supplied by the […]
In Japan, Sumitomo Chemical said it has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The company will work to complete the construction of the pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works in Japan […]
In Ireland, a feasibility study into the production of SAF in Ireland produced by SkyNRG and SFS Ireland, in a partnership supported by Avolon, Boeing and ORIX Aviation revealed that the country has the potential to develop a sustainable aviation fuel industry generating revenue of $2.69 billion by 2050 and providing up to 1,000 high-skilled […]
