In the UK, Hutanbio said it secured $2.85 million seed investment to fast-track supply of biofuels to global shipping and aviation industries “Our low carbon fuel – HBx biofuel oil – is a sustainable and scalable high energy density, low carbon, sulphur-free, fuel solution, that uses CO2 greenhouse gas as a feedstock,” the company said. […]
In the UK, after a decade of research and development in the UK and around the world, HutanBio, a bio-tech company founded by scientists from Cambridge University, based in Cambridge (UK) and in Malaysia, has secured a £2.25 million investment from Clean Growth Fund to accelerate the commercial use of its HBx bio-fuel oil to […]
In the UK, Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (ABSL) announced successful first production from the 22 GWh waste-to-syngas line at its demonstration plant in Swindon, using its patented RadGas technology. RadGas combines a gasifier, electric arc furnace and waste heat boiler in a highly efficient, reliable process that converts household waste and biomass residues into a […]
In the UK, the Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. The project proposes to install post-combustion capture technology that would capture carbon dioxide emissions from up to two of the existing biomass units at Drax Power […]
In the UK, Diageo will be providing seed funding to enable the expansion of Glass Futures activities into North America and India, two of Diageo’s largest markets, to accelerate the decarbonization of the glass industry internationally. Glass Futures, a leading glass research and technology organization, is exploring the most effective routes to decarbonize the glass […]
In the UK, following the announcement of the renewable CO2 project at Granville Eco Park in Northern Ireland, UK company Bio Capital Ltd. is to deploy further enhancements at two more of their plants. The East London Biogas plant is adding biomethane production and gas-to-grid injection to the existing electricity generation. At a separate project […]
In the UK, H2 View reports that EET Hydrogen’s proposed hydrogen production facility in Cheshire has been greenlighted by the local council authorities. The two plants that make up the facility, HPP1 and HPP2, are targeted to produce 4,000MW+ by 2030. During the first stage, HPP1 is set to produce 350MW as soon as 2027 […]
In the UK, a study published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability has found that green ammonia could be used to fulfil the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. Researchers at the University of Oxford looked at the production costs of […]
In the UK, efforts to find a sustainable alternative to traditional glitter, which is a nonbiodegradable source of microplastics, may have yielded the lesser of two evils but not a complete solution. Sustainability publication Impakter reported on Ronald Britton Ltd, a company using regenerated cellulose and a thin layer of aluminum as an alternative to […]
In the UK, Daily Mail reported that researchers from Heriot-Watt University have discovered a technique to convert wastewater from distilleries into green hydrogen. Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, who led the study, said: “To help protect the planet, we need to reduce our use of fresh water and other natural resources.” “It takes nine kilograms of water to […]
