Category: Fuels

White Summit Capital buys majority of Portugal’s Ferbgas

White Summit Capital buys majority of Portugal’s Ferbgas

May 21, 2024 |

In Portugal, White Summit Capital has agreed to buy a majority stake in Ferbgas Renewable, a leading independent biomethane producer in Portugal dedicated to developing, building and operating biomethane plants. Ferbgas holds a project pipeline requiring around €200 million of investment, with its first two projects on track to start operating by 2026. This project […]

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Casterra Ag signs on new seed producers in Africa

Casterra Ag signs on new seed producers in Africa

May 21, 2024 |

In Israel, Casterra Ag Ltd has recently signed new agreements with both existing and new seed producers in Africa. These agreements are anticipated to bolster Casterra’s seed supply capabilities with an addition of approximately 500 tons of high-yielding, high-oil castor seeds. This new addition, together with previous agreements of approximately 400 tons of seeds announced […]

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Western New York Energy to implement ICM’s FOT Oil Recovery system

Western New York Energy to implement ICM’s FOT Oil Recovery system

May 21, 2024 |

In Kansas, ICM, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with Western New York Energy, LLC (WNYE) to implement ICM’s cutting-edge FOT Oil Recovery system. Under the terms of the agreement, ICM will be responsible for engineering, equipment procurement, and installation of its proprietary FOT Oil Recovery system at WNYE’s advanced facility in Medina, New York. This […]

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Blue Biofuels Receives Canadian Patent on CTS Process

Blue Biofuels Receives Canadian Patent on CTS Process

May 21, 2024 |

In Florida, Blue Biofuels, Inc announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance in Canada for the primary patent on its CTS process, #3,121,695 “System to Convert Cellulosic Materials into Sugar and Method of Using the Same.” The Company previously received the primary patent in the United States, Japan, and El Salvador, and we […]

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Indian oil manufacturing companies seeking 600M liters in latest tender

Indian oil manufacturing companies seeking 600M liters in latest tender

May 21, 2024 |

In India, The Hindu Times newspaper reports that oil marketing companies are seeking 660 million liters of ethanol through tender despite the fact that the government had previously limited ethanol production to 170 million liters. The ethanol supplied to the buy tender can be from any potential feedstock. With ethanol blending mandate at around 15%. […]

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Haffner Energy launches SAF project in Paris

Haffner Energy launches SAF project in Paris

May 21, 2024 |

In France, Paris-Vatry SAF is a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel production project led by Haffner Energy. This facility is designed to meet the exponential demand for the decarbonization of air transport. Developed with multiple public and private partners, Paris-Vatry SAF will be located at Paris-Vatry airport, in the Grand-Est Region. The biofuel will be produced using […]

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China could bring online 1M tons of SAF production in next 18 months

China could bring online 1M tons of SAF production in next 18 months

May 20, 2024 |

In China, Reuters reports that major domestic companies including Junheng Industry Group Biotech, Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech and Tianzhou New Energy plan to bring 1 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel production online in the next 18 as the world’s second largest aviation market seeks to decarbonize. That new production would account for about 2.5% […]

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IFC and Italian Climate Fund invest $210M in Eni’s Kenyan subsidiary for biofuels

IFC and Italian Climate Fund invest $210M in Eni’s Kenyan subsidiary for biofuels

May 20, 2024 |

In Italy, IFC the (International Finance Corporation) and the Italian Climate Fund announced a $210 million investment in Eni S.p.A.’s Kenya subsidiary to expand the production and processing of advanced biofuels, supporting the decarbonization of the global transport industry and the livelihoods of up to 200,000 small-scale Kenyan oilseed farmers. The investment consists of $135 […]

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Danish consortium acquires majority of Sindal Biogas

Danish consortium acquires majority of Sindal Biogas

May 20, 2024 |

In Denmark, KK Invest, DBC Invest and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have entered into an agreement regarding the acquisition of the majority of the shares in Sindal Biogas. The ambition is to build a flagship plant for bioenergy in Denmark and thereby contributing positively to the green transition in Hjørring Municipality and Denmark. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners […]

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Vega Biofuels files provisional patent application for G4 torrefaction machine

Vega Biofuels files provisional patent application for G4 torrefaction machine

May 20, 2024 |

In Georgia, Vega Biofuels, Inc. has filed a Provisional Patent Application for its generation four (G4) torrefaction machine. Vega recently announced that its G/4 torrefaction machine increases the manufacturing capacity by approximately twenty five percent. Vega believes that portions of the process for the new machine are unique in the current marketplace and therefore, filed […]

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