In India, the Assam Tribune reports Numaligarh Refinery Limited is already exploring the possibility of producing sustainable aviation fuel with the ethanol it produces from its recently launched bamboo-based ethanol plant. However, since the plant only produces 50,000 metric tons per day, in order to justify investment in upgrading to SAF, the company says more […]
In Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports that Verdant Earth Technologies has been denied planning permission to revamp the mothballed former coal-fired Redbank Power Station into the country’s largest biomass power plant, using weeds and bioenergy crops as feedstock. New South Wales’ Independent Planning Commission rejection cited failure to address enviornmental concerns—95% of 600 public […]
In Argentina, Oils and Fats Magazine reports the country’s biodiesel producion is expected to hit the lowest volume on record at 1.2 billion liters as policies and market dynamics has led the industry to idle 70% of installed capacity, USDA data shows. Of that total, exports are expected to hit a 20-year low at 340 […]
In Singapore, Shell announces a new bio-LNG supply agreement with the KIS GROUP, enabling Shell to supply biomethane, regasified from bio-LNG, to customers in Singapore from 2027. Bio-LNG is derived from organic waste, helps reduce lifecycle emissions, and is a drop-in renewable fuel that requires no major infrastructure changes. This marks the latest addition to […]
In the UK, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched its new Biofuel Advisory service at London International Shipping Week to help shipowners, fuel suppliers and producers adopt biofuels safely and at scale. The initiative builds on two years of groundwork and combines LR’s energy transition advisory with the technical expertise of its Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis […]
In Texas, HIF Global has selected Electric Hydrogen (EH2) to supply its cutting-edge electrolyzer systems for HIF’s Texas e-Fuels facility. Electric Hydrogen’s high-power electrolyzers, engineered and manufactured in the United States, are pioneering the next generation of low-cost, high-performance hydrogen production and leveraging modularization to dramatically reduce costs and construction timelines. The electrochemical stacks, the heart […]
In Malaysia, Biogasclean announced a new partnership agreement with Malaysia-based Concord Group to develop seven new renewable energy sites across Malaysia. The collaboration will provide market-leading, proven European cleantech solutions to transform biogas derived from palm oil mill effluent (POME) into green energy. This partnership will leverage advanced biological desulfurization and methanation technology from Biogasclean, […]
In Brazil, ICM, Inc. has signed a Professional Services and Equipment Purchase Agreement with FS Indústria de Etanol S.A. to design and supply a new greenfield dry-mill grain ethanol production facility near Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The plant, modeled after FS’s Primavera facility but with a larger nameplate capacity, will produce 540 […]
In Turkey, as part of the “Strategic Transformation Plan,” Tüpraş is implementing investments and projects that support the transition to a low carbon economy. The company aims to develop biofuels by evaluating sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and wet biomass resources suitable for maritime fuel production in the SUNFUSION project, supported by the European Commission’s Horizon […]
In Brazil, Vast Infrastructure and OceanPact carried out in the TLA a supply operation with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The initiative is part of the partnership signed in May between companies to promote the use of biofuels in the Port of Açu. The agreement provides for the realization of supply operations with HVO of OceanPact […]
