Category: Fuels

Mato Grosso used 25% of its 2023/2024 corn crop for ethanol production

Mato Grosso used 25% of its 2023/2024 corn crop for ethanol production

May 6, 2024 |

In Brazil, Ukragroconsult reports the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) data shows about a quarter of the state’s corn production when to ethanol in the 12 months ending in March 2024. Ethanol production during that period rose 39% on the year to 4.54 billion liters using more than 10 million metric tons of […]

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Singapore Airlines buys 1,000 tons of SAF from Neste

Singapore Airlines buys 1,000 tons of SAF from Neste

May 6, 2024 |

In Singapore, Neste and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1,000 metric tons of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This will make SIA and Scoot, the two airlines in the Group, the first carriers to receive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), produced at Neste’s refinery in the country, […]

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Indonesia to lean on 2Mha of sugarcane for ethanol production

Indonesia to lean on 2Mha of sugarcane for ethanol production

May 6, 2024 |

In Indonesia, the Vietnam News Agency reports that the government plans to dedicate 2 million hectares of sugarcane in Papau to produce ethanol as part of its efforts to gain energy independence and improving air quality. It is also exploring the use of corn and seaweed as feedstock. The president signed a decree in mid-April […]

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Carbon Clean starts module assembly process of CCS project at Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project

Carbon Clean starts module assembly process of CCS project at Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project

May 6, 2024 |

In Spain, Carbon Clean has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale eMethanol facility under construction. The first equipment has been mounted on the structural steel of the first module, marking the start of the module assembly process. Once operational, Carbon Clean’s technology will be capable of capturing 70,000 metric tons […]

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SA-Dynamics produces bio-based recyclable insulation textiles from aerogel-fibres

SA-Dynamics produces bio-based recyclable insulation textiles from aerogel-fibres

May 6, 2024 |

In Germany, using bio-based and bio-degradable, recyclable insulation textiles to sustainably insulate heat and reduce energy consumption and the carbon footprint, the Aachen-based start-up SA-Dynamics has developed a solution for this dream of many building owners together with industrial partners. The bio-based recyclable insulation textiles consist of 100 percent bio-based aerogel-fibres. They contain up to […]

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LDC, Global Clean Energy Holdings and Bayer announce strategic collaboration to promote camelina cultivation in Argentina 

LDC, Global Clean Energy Holdings and Bayer announce strategic collaboration to promote camelina cultivation in Argentina 

May 3, 2024 |

In Argentina, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., and Bayer announced a strategic collaboration to promote camelina cultivation as part of Argentina Bayer’s PRO Carbono Program. The partners said that Camelina is used as an ultra-low carbon feedstock for advanced biofuels production. It is an “intermediate crop” planted between main crops in […]

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INEOS Nitriles confirms first sale of biobased acrylonitrile

INEOS Nitriles confirms first sale of biobased acrylonitrile

May 3, 2024 |

In the UK, INEOS Nitriles has confirmed the first sales of Invireo, a new biobased Acrylonitrile, an essential raw material necessary in the production of carbon fiber. The company explained that the INVIREOTM Acrylonitrile is produced via a controlled and certified (ISCC+) mass balance route which allows INEOS Nitriles to offer customers products with a […]

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Biobased disinfectant market to reach $8.7 billion by 2032, research finds

Biobased disinfectant market to reach $8.7 billion by 2032, research finds

May 3, 2024 |

In New York, Market reported that the global biobased disinfectant market is expected to reach a value of $8.7 billion in 2032. Last year, the market value had reached $4.8 billion. According to the research, the market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% between 2023-2032. Biobased disinfectants represent […]

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Yarra Valley Water announced construction of second food waste-to-energy facility

Yarra Valley Water announced construction of second food waste-to-energy facility

May 3, 2024 |

In Australia, ecogeneration reported that Yarra Valley Water is working on the construction of a second large-scale food waste-to-energy facility in Lilydale. The new facility will divert about 55,000 tons of commercial food waste from landfills every year while generating renewable electricity, according to the report. “We’ve come a long way since we built Victoria’s […]

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Carbon Clean achieves fabrication milestone on FlagshipONE eMethanol facility

Carbon Clean achieves fabrication milestone on FlagshipONE eMethanol facility

May 3, 2024 |

In the UK, Carbon Clean said it has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale eMethanol facility under construction.  The firm noted that the first equipment has been mounted on the structural steel of the first module, marking the start of the module assembly process. Once operational, Carbon Clean’s technology will […]

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