In Israel, the Ag-Seed Division of Evogene Ltd has been granted a prestigious EU Horizon grant of €1.2 million, to support the creation of oil-seed crops that have high carbon-dioxide assimilation and enhanced drought tolerance. The project, Crop4Clima, has an overall budget of €2.5 million and is expected to be executed over 32 months. This […]
In Thailand, BBGI is working with Conagen, a U.S. product-focused advanced biotechnology innovator and manufacturer, to establish a large-scale precision fermentation manufacturing joint venture in Asia. The partnership aims to explore innovative biosolutions made through precision fermentation for commercial distribution, with the anticipated potential to increase business opportunities and future earnings. A joint feasibility study […]
In the UK, construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport (formerly known as Space Hub Sutherland) in Scotland, making this the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the UK mainland. Located on the North coast of Scotland, the spaceport will be the ‘home’ spaceport of Forres-based rocket and launch services company, Orbex, which will […]
In Washington, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned an indictment last week charging the founder and former CEO of a sustainable fuel company with embezzling at least $5.9 million from the company. According to court documents, Bryan Sherbacow, 54, of Charleston, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C., allegedly engaged in a scheme to defraud […]
In China, Honeywell announced that Sichuan Jinshang Environmental Protection Technology Co. (JSRE) will use Honeywell Ecofining technology to produce nearly 300,000 tpy (approximately 6,000 bpd of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its newly planned facility in Suining, Sichuan Province, China. This project will promote the accelerated adoption of SAF, and, once completed, the facility is […]
In West Virginia, Downey Ridge Environmental Company’s rapid expansion of GreasezillaTM fats, oils and grease (FOG) separation and processing systems, is accelerating the recovery of brown grease feedstock for the production of transportation biofuels, including biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Greasezilla’s national install base is poised to become the largest brown grease […]
In France, GT Sport confirmed that the Euroformula Open will not hold the second round of its 2023 season in Pau on 13-14 May, as communicated to the Pau organizers on April 27. Technical reasons have led to this decision, as it proved not possible to adjust the current engines of the Euroformula Open cars […]
In New Jersey, renewable diesel production unit of the SBR project is mechanically complete, turned over to operations, and the first feedstocks are being introduced in May. The pre-treatment unit remains under construction and is expected to be complete in June. Total projected capital costs for the SBR facility and related project infrastructure are expected […]
In Spain, Repsol has launched the supply of 100% renewable diesel at three service stations in Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon (Portugal). With this initiative, Repsol becomes the first Spanish company to dispense 100% renewable fuel in the Iberian Peninsula. The multi-energy company maintains a strong commitment to renewable fuels, which are one of the main […]
In California, Visolis announced a partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity. Visolis aims to leverage Ginkgo’s extensive capabilities in strain engineering to improve upon an existing microbial strain for the commercial production of a key feedstock ingredient used to make bio-based isoprene and sustainable aviation fuels. […]
