In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of Greenergy Halo Holdings III Limited of the UK by Trafigura Group Pte. Limited of Singapore. The transaction relates primarily to the supply of biodiesel, ethanol, and bioethanol. The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition […]
In Singapore, the Manifold Times newspaper reports Norden will trial Mash Makes’ biobunker this summer following recent engine trials by FVTR that showed the biofuel is compliant with the ISO 8217 fuel standard at a 20% blend. Mash Makes uses residues left after cashew nut shell liquid as feeding with a unique thermochemical process that […]
In Nebraska, Green Plains Inc. and joint venture partner Tharaldson Ethanol announced that the world’s largest MSC system to date at Tharaldson’s 175 million-gallon biorefinery in Casselton, North Dakota is producing and shipping on-spec product. Leveraging MSC™ technology from Fluid Quip Technologies, it expands the production of Ultra-High Protein, a high-quality protein ingredient, providing superior […]
In Germany, the world’s first industrial plant for the production of electricity-based CO₂-neutral kerosene for aviation has achieved a significant milestone towards full-scale operation, producing its first five tons of synthetic crude kerosene. This makes the atmosfair plant the first to successfully produce this new type of aviation fuel. The plant was built and financed […]
In Germany, Bloomberg reports Chevron Renewable Energy Group will furlough employees at is facility in Oeding in northern Germany as of August 1 having already been mothballed for months due to imports of Chinese used cooking oil that has sent the European biodiesel industry into a flurry. The German government will cover part of the […]
In Florida, the Associated Press reports that some citrus producers have turned to pongamia trees as a replacement for their previous trees that were killed by greening and citrus canker. In hopes that pongamia will be more climate resilient than citrus, Terviva buys the beans from the tree that are too bitter for even wild […]
In Moldova, an online platform dedicated to the development of the biomass energy market in the Republic of Moldova – piata-biomasa.md – was launched on July 5 during the international technical-scientific conferences “Energy, efficiency, ecology, and education” and “Installations for construction and energy economy”, carried out with the support of the Government of Japan and UNDP. […]
In Sweden, Vårgårda-Herrljunga Biogas AB opted for the winning green combination of biogas and membrane technology as early as 2013. Now, EnviTec’s customer is expanding its biogas plant with another gas upgrading plant, which will meet the prescribed DIN standard for vehicle fuel. While the rated capacity of the new gas upgrading plant amounts to […]
In Norway, United European Car Carriers and Titan Clean Fuels (Titan) are collaborating on a series of major liquefied biomethane (LBM) bunkering operations in the Port of Zeebrugge. Titan will bunker ISCC-EU certified mass balanced LBM, also known as bio-LNG, to all of UECC’s LNG dual fuel car carriers this month. These pure car and truck […]
In Florida, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, alongside partners Suzuki Marine, Hyperfuels and LyondellBasell, held an event to launch the first-ever pilot program for sustainable marine fuels at St. Andrews Marina in Panama City, FL, on the heels of new research investigating the porfolio of technologies to further reduce the 0.1% of global carbon emissions […]
