(Axens) In a groundbreaking development, Axens, in collaboration with IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and SMS group, has successfully homologated the Carboverseo™ technology. This innovative reverse water-gas shift process, which converts CO2 into CO, is now live and ready to revolutionize the
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Back TO HOMEThe Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Recycling International’s Scalable Fuel Solutions
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Carbon Recycling International (CRI) offers Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology that converts CO2 and H2 into practical, low-carbon fuels like methanol. Methanol demand is projected to grow from 97MT (2020) to over 500MT by 2050, driven by shipping
June 25, 2025 Read Full Article
Boeing to Invest over $17M in SAF Projects in B.C. and Quebec
(Boeing/Canadian Biomass) Boeing will invest $17.48 million CAD to strengthen the energy security of Canada and bolster the country’s economic growth. The investments will promote the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and are part of Boeing’s Industrial and Technological Benefits
June 18, 2025 Read Full Article
Alfa Laval Secures Order for the World’s First Marine Boiler System for Ammonia Waste Incineration
(Alfa Laval) Alfa Laval announces a milestone in maritime decarbonization with an order for the world’s first marine boiler system designed for the safe incineration of ammonia emissions. Confirmed for a fleet of four ammonia dual-fuel vessels, this innovation is part
June 12, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to SAF and Hydrogen Plant Integration
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Linde, a global gas and engineering company, presented on integrating SAF (HEFA) and hydrogen plants to reduce carbon intensity (CI) and cost. Arthur Pastore, Minish Shah, and David Maher highlighted using HEFA by-products for H2 and
June 10, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Enabling Economical and Scalable Sustainable Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Conor Madigan from Aether Fuels presented on enabling economical, scalable sustainable fuels. Key takeaways include their Aether AuroraTM technology for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and diesel, using a novel Fischer Tropsch route. This technology employs intensified
May 19, 2025 Read Full Article
From Emissions to Solutions: CO2-Based Graphite, Plastics, and Methanol Win Big at “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” Innovation Award
(nova-Institute) UP Catalyst, Far Eastern New Century Corporation, and Oxylus Energy were recognised at the “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” Innovation Award for transforming carbon emissions into high-performance battery materials, sustainable plastics for footwear and textiles, and methanol fuel, marking major strides toward
May 14, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Feedstocks and the Future of the Bioeconomy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Alexander A. Koukoulas, Ph.D. from AFRY emphasized key factors for a successful bioeconomy, including feedstocks, technology, market knowledge/off-takes, and policy support. Strong market knowledge and off-take agreements are crucial for project bankability. The rapid expansion of
May 13, 2025 Read Full Article
10 Top Takeaways for Renewable Chemicals and Biomaterials in 2025
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The spring conference season is starting to draw to a close, what are the takeaways from the major presentations of the season? Here are our top 10 Takeaways for renewable chemicals and biomaterials project development and product
May 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Who’s Tackling the Challenges in Biobased Chemicals and Biomaterials? Looking at EUBCE 2025
by Jim Spaeth (Biofuels Digest) Renewable chemicals and biomaterials are no longer niche—they are the future of carbon. Europe stands at the threshold of massive opportunity, from decarbonized manufacturing to circular materials innovation. But crossing that threshold? That’s another story. The
May 09, 2025 Read Full Article
EU Requirements for CO₂ Use in RFNBO Production: What Makes a Fuel an RFNBO?
by Timothy Daniel* (Rimba, Inc., special for Advanced Biofuels USA) Under the EU Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II), Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBOs) are defined as “liquid or gaseous fuels which are used in the transport sector other than biofuels
May 06, 2025 Read Full Article
Utility Global and Hanwha Corporation E&C Division to Collaborate on Cost-Effective Clean Hydrogen Production Using Biogas from Wastewater Treatment Facilities
(Utility Global) Utility Global, Inc. (“Utility”), a global leader in economic clean hydrogen production, announced that it will partner with Hanwha Corporation E&C Division (“Hanwha”) to carry out a Pre-FEED (preliminary front-end engineering and design) study for the deployment of its
April 30, 2025 Read Full Article
NTPC Green Energy Signs MoU with Honeywell UOP to Explore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(PSU Watch) NTPC Green Energy has signed an MoU with Honeywell UOP India Pvt Ltd to explore the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), marking a major step toward decarbonizing India’s aviation sector --NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary
April 29, 2025 Read Full Article
BASF and Forestal Collaborate on Advanced e-Methanol Production Using OASE® Technology
(BASF) Forestal will utilize BASF's proprietary OASE® technology for efficient CO2 removal in the production of e-methanol; Forestal’s pioneering Triskelion project with a daily capacity of 156 metric tons of e-methanol -- BASF and Forestal de Atlántico S.A. (Forestal) have signed an early
April 08, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Synata Bio
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Synata Bio upcycles waste gases via proprietary gas fermentation into valuable commodities like fuels and chemicals. Their CCU system aims for incremental margin and reduces CO2 emissions. Their first commercial plant, the Sylonto JV in China,
April 08, 2025 Read Full Article
Feedstock Diversity and Flexibility Key to Sustainable Fuels
(Biofuels International) ... Many SAF projects struggle with feedstocks that are too expensive, too scarce, or both. Today SAF is overwhelmingly produced using the hydro-processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) process, which converts waste fats, oils and greases from sources like used
March 31, 2025 Read Full Article
MGC Commences Construction of Methanol Production Demonstration Facility Utilizing Diverse Gases including CO2, Industrial By-product Gases
(Mitsubishi Gas Chemical) Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Fujii) today announced it has commenced construction of a methanol production demonstration facility (hereinafter referred to as “the Demonstration Facility”) within its Mizushima Plant. The
March 31, 2025 Read Full Article
Utility Achieves Industry-First Hydrogen Production Using Steel Manufacturing Off-Gases
(Utility/CISION) Onsite hydrogen production using industrial off-gases now offers a commercially viable, economic clean energy for heavy industry -- Utility, the leader in affordable, reliable and clean hydrogen solutions that drive a profitable energy transition for hard-to-abate industries worldwide, today announced the
March 14, 2025 Read Full Article
Carbon Recycling Firm LanzaTech Is Spinning out Synthetic Biology Tech
by Heather Clancy (Trellis) LanzaTech, which went public last year, is still not profitable. -- LanzaTech, which turns waste carbon from industrial processes into fuels, materials and proteins, is planning a joint venture to commercialize a process that uses microbes to turn
February 13, 2025 Read Full Article
Stockholm Exergi Awarded $1.8 Billion by Sweden for Bio-energy Carbon Removal and Storage Project
by Mark Segal (ESG Today) Swedish energy company Stockholm Exergi announced today (January f27, 2025) that it has been awarded support for bio-CCS, a technology that captures biogenic carbon dioxide before it reaches the atmosphere, through a reverse auction by the
February 03, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Carbon Recycling
byJim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This is a presentation given by Lotte Rosenberg, CEO of Carbon Recycling International (CRI), at the ABLC San Francisco conference in October 2024. It highlights CRI’s role in decarbonizing transportation through their innovative technology that transforms captured
February 03, 2025 Read Full Article
Researchers to Develop Energy-Efficient Process to Convert Waste Gases into Biofuel
by Leah Shaffer (Washington University) People interact with dimethyl ether (DME) in some form every day, most commonly through its function as a refrigerant. DME is one of those intermediary gases that can turn chemicals into different useful chemicals and turn
February 01, 2025 Read Full Article
Lydian Announces Successful Demonstration of Novel Sustainable Aviation Fuel Technology
(Lydian/PR Newswire) Company also received DARPA award to develop prototype technology for defense applications - Lydian, the electric fuels company, today (January 27, 2025) announced the successful pilot demonstration of its technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial and defense
January 29, 2025 Read Full Article
Johnson Matthey Technology Selected for One of the Largest Planned e-Methanol Plants in Europe
(Johnson Matthey) Reolum project represents the fifth win contributing to JM’s strategic milestone of 20 sustainable technologies project wins by the end of 2025/2; JM has won 15 major energy transition projects since 1st April 2022; Johnson Matthey’s (JM) e-methanol technology has been
January 27, 2025 Read Full Article
DOE Invests $101 Million to Establish Carbon Capture, Removal, and Conversion Test Centers
(U.S. Department of Energy) Five projects will help establish test centers to cost-effectively research and evaluate technologies to capture and convert carbon dioxide into products from utility and industrial sources or remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere -- The U.S. Department of
January 27, 2025 Read Full Article
The Path to Sustainable Aviation: Embracing Feedstock Diversity and Innovation
by Alyssa Norris (Biomass Magazine/Aether Fuels) ... Pressure on the supply chain means more expensive feedstocks can and will incentivize fraud, undermining the integrity of finished fuel product. These challenges highlight that HEFA-based SAF alone cannot meet the industry’s sustainability and
January 21, 2025 Read Full Article
Korean Researchers Develop Technology for Syngas Conversion to Ethanol
by Lee Jong-hyun (Chosun Biz) Breakthrough in efficient carbon conversion opens doors to renewable energy solutions -- ... A research team led by Professor Jang In-seop from the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)
January 16, 2025 Read Full Article
CO2-Eating Bacteria Recycles Carbon from Chimney Smoke Directly into New Products
by Jesper Bruun Petersen (Aarhus University) New research from Aarhus University has revealed how we can make it much cheaper to capture and convert CO2 from industry for usable products. The research has just been published in Nature Communications. -- Researchers from Aarhus
January 10, 2025 Read Full Article
Transforming Industrial CO2 Waste into Valuable Feedstock
(SINTEF) A EU-funded project will promote CO2 capture and improve economic sustainability by converting waste CO2 to value added products. -- Converting industrial CO2 waste streams into feedstock in an economical and energy-efficient manner is essential for sectors to meet EU climate targets and boost
January 06, 2025 Read Full Article
More Sustainable Tires in Sight as PNNL and Bridgestone Team Up
by JoAnna Wendel (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) In a three-year pilot study, researchers will work to scale up a catalytic process to commercial viability -- In the near future, rubber tires on cars, trucks, airplanes and more could be made from plant
December 30, 2024 Read Full Article
DOE Re-opens Funding Opportunity, Making $500 Million Available to Build Out a Safe and Reliable National Carbon Transport Network
(U.S. Department of Energy) The funding opportunity will provide future growth grants under DOE’s Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation program -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced it is re-opening
December 27, 2024 Read Full Article
Biogas CO2 Sources Represent Specific Opportunities
by Sam A. Rushing (Advanced Cryogenics/Biofuels Digest) In some world markets, biogas is the common source of methane, otherwise thought of as, and called natural gas. Such is used to heat our homes, supply industry with a combustible fuel, and a
December 23, 2024 Read Full Article
The Path to Zero
by Raakhee Mirchandani (Wall Street Journal/BookTV/C-Span) Author and Propane Education and Research Council CEO Tucker Perkins joined a panel discussion on climate change and reducing carbon emissions. The Wall Street Journal hosted this event. People in this video Bobby Cherian Senior Vice President Hyliion Jennifer Holmgren Chief Executive Officer
December 18, 2024 Read Full Article
CarbonQuest and Carbfix Announce a Memorandum of Understanding to Pursue Distributed Carbon Capture and Mineralization Projects in North America
(CarbonQuest and Carbfix/Business Wire) CarbonQuest, a leading distributed carbon capture technology provider, and Carbfix, the world’s leading CO2 mineral storage operator, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate emissions reductions in North American “hard-to-abate” facilities by deploying distributed
December 12, 2024 Read Full Article
ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Announce Ethanol Production Milestone and Shipment of First Barge from Flagship Steelanol Facility in Belgium
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA) (“LanzaTech”), the carbon recycling company transforming above-ground carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, materials, and protein, and ArcelorMittal S.A. (NYSE: MT) (“ArcelorMittal”), the world’s leading integrated steel and mining company, today announced that ethanol from
December 12, 2024 Read Full Article
Private Companies, Gyeonggi-do LP Gas Sales Association, and Korea DME Association Sign an Agreement for a Demonstration Project to Supply LPG-DME Blended Raw Material
(Bio Friends) Currently Proposing a Regulatory Sandbox for 12% DME Blending of LPG Fuel -- On November 18, Gyeonggi LPG Sales Association, Korea DME Association, Dawon F&C, and Biofriends Co., Ltd. held a business agreement ceremony at Biofriends Co., Ltd. DME Plant
November 27, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Twelve
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation deck provides an overview of Twelve, a company that develops and produces sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through a process called Power-to-Liquid (PtL). The presentation highlights Twelve’s innovative technology, which uses electrochemistry to convert carbon
November 27, 2024 Read Full Article
The Hydrogen Stream: Ohmium, Spirare Energy, and JNCASR Collaborate on India’s First CO2 to Green Methanol Plant
by Uma Gupta and Sergio Matalucci (PV Magazine) The project will combine green hydrogen generated by Ohmium PEM electrolyzers with CO2 captured from the Singareni Thermal Power Plant to produce green methanol. Ohmium International (Ohmium), a green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced
November 18, 2024 Read Full Article
U.S. Department of Energy Announces $20.2 Million in Projects to Advance Development of Mixed Algae for Biofuels and Bioproducts
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $20.2 million in funding for 10 university and industry projects to advance mixed algae development for low-carbon biofuels and bioproducts. Located
November 15, 2024 Read Full Article
Emvolon Reaches Commercial and Technical Milestones to Help Hard-to-Abate Industries Power the Global Economy While Eliminating Emissions
(Emvolon/Business Wire) The company has secured partnerships with major biogas suppliers, green methanol product offtakers, equipment and technology corporations, and a licensing agreement with MIT. -- Emvolon, an MIT spun-off technology company that converts greenhouse gas emissions into carbon-negative fuels and chemicals,
November 13, 2024 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and Eramet Announce Plans for First-of-a-Kind Integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Project in Norway
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA) (“LanzaTech”), the carbon recycling company transforming above-ground carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, materials, and proteins, today announced plans to develop a commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (“CCU”) facility (the “facility”, “plant”, or “project”) at Herøya
November 05, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaJet SAF
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation by LanzaJet, a company specializing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), highlights the company’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology as a key driver for the next generation of SAF. They advocate for the use of ethanol as
November 04, 2024 Read Full Article
DOE Invests $29 Million to Reduce Carbon Emissions
(U.S. Department of Energy) Projects Will Help Advance Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion Technologies -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $29 million for 12 research and development projects to fund two carbon management
October 16, 2024 Read Full Article
Aether Fuels Signs MOU with JetBlue
(Aether/Globe Newswire) Agreement creates pathway for Aether to supply sustainable aviation fuel to JetBlue -- - Aether Fuels (Aether), a venture-backed climate technology company, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU). Aether has developed a breakthrough technology that
September 25, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech, the Investment Perspective
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A handful of industrial biotechnology companies have the strength and purpose to make it as a public company — others remain private, are acquired, or wind down. What makes companies able to succeed with public investors?
September 03, 2024 Read Full Article
They Might Be Giants, the Story of Syngas Fermentation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... They called it “the technology that dare not speak its name” because it was too crazy risky, when they did not call it “the technology that could not scale” between the guffaws in many board
September 03, 2024 Read Full Article
South Africa Could Produce up to 4.5bn Litres of SAF Annually as IATA Urges Development Priority
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir News) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged South Africa’s new government to prioritise the development of sustainable aviation fuel to help meet surging global demand from airlines, while also creating a significant new economic driver
August 31, 2024 Read Full Article
Pioneering Plasma-Catalytic Process for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol under Ambient Conditions
(University of Liverpool) Researchers at the University of Liverpool have achieved a significant milestone in the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable fuels and chemicals, marking an important step towards a sustainable net-zero economy. In a paper published in the journal Chem, the team
August 30, 2024 Read Full Article
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Launches Synthetic Diesel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects
(Canadian Nuclear Laboratories/Canadian Biomass) Chalk River, ON-based Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, a Canadian nuclear science and technology laboratory, will set its sights on producing ready-to-deploy, low carbon intensity synthetic diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel. Nuclear Laboratories has won $4.9 million in federal funding
August 28, 2024 Read Full Article
VTT Opens a Pilot Plant Utilising Captured Carbon Dioxide in Espoo, Finland – Aiming to Process Biogenic Industrial Emissions into Long-Lasting, Recyclable Plastic
(VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) VTT, LUT University, and companies have opened a pilot plant in Espoo, Finland, to process captured carbon dioxide into compounds that can replace fossil raw materials in plastic products and chemicals. The pilot plant, built
August 27, 2024 Read Full Article
Boeing Invests in Australian Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
(Boeing) Investment supports development of Wagner Sustainable Fuels refinery to advance SAF production in Australia; - Expands Boeing-Wagner partnership announced earlier this year -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has become an early investor in Wagner Sustainable Fuels to support the development of its sustainable
August 22, 2024 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Awarded Contract by Jakson Green to Supply NTPC its 4G Ethanol Technology for Next Gen Carbon Recycling Facility
(LanzaTech) Plant would be the first facility in India using LanzaTech’s second generation bioreactor, biorefining 100% CO2 and green H2 to produce essential fuels, chemicals, and raw materials; Facility, conceptualized by LanzaTech and NTPC’s R&D arm, NETRA, is designed to support commercial-scale deployment of
August 09, 2024 Read Full Article
Ethanol-Blended Petrol Sold by Indian Firms Crossed 13 pc Mark in 2023-24: Minister
(Daijiworld/IANS) During the current supply year (2023-24), the blending of ethanol (alcohol) with petrol has already crossed 13 per cent compared to the corresponding figure of 12.06 per cent in 2023-24, when the blending of ethanol with petrol increased to more
August 08, 2024 Read Full Article
Masdar and TotalEnergies to Develop a Commercial Green Hydrogen to Methanol to SAF project in Abu Dhabi
(Masdar) Focus of project is to decarbonize hard to abate, emission intensive sectors such as aviation and maritime industries; Agreement follows successful test flight by Masdar and TotalEnergies demonstrating potential for converting methanol to SAF; Project will capture and utilize CO2 from an
August 05, 2024 Read Full Article
ESG Clean Energy’s Carbon Capture System Achieves 100% Removal from Fossil Fuel Power Plant Emissions
(ESG Clean Energy) Separating water first from the exhaust stream now makes zero-carbon power generation possible -- ESG Clean Energy, LLC, developers of power generation/carbon capture systems with zero carbon output, today announced that its carbon capture system has achieved capturing 100%
July 18, 2024 Read Full Article
A New Catalyst Can “Recycle” Carbon Dioxide into Useful Chemicals
(University of Chicago) Research by Argonne, University of Chicago scientists aims to turn CO2 into resource -- Carbon dioxide is leaking from industrial operations into the atmosphere, causing a cascade of dangerous changes to Earth’s climate. But some scientists wondered if
July 12, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to GTI Energy and Breakthrough Collaboration
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this ABLC presentation by GTI Energy’s Pedro Ortiz, IH2 technology, Cool Reformer/E-Reformer Technology, SAF from Biogas, Biomass, CO2, and Waste Gas, SAF from Biogas, Biomass, CO2, and Waste Gas, rLPG from bioethanol and much
June 28, 2024 Read Full Article
Introducing CirculAir: A New Pathway for Sustainable Aviation Fuel from LanzaJet and LanzaTech
by Jimmy Samartzis (LanzaJet) As Chief Executive Officer of LanzaJet, two of the most frequent questions I get asked are: “What is LanzaJet’s relationship with LanzaTech?” and “Why pursue the Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) pathway over all the others?” These two questions are crucial to understanding
June 28, 2024 Read Full Article
The Most Sustainable Feedstocks for Precision Fermentation
(World Bio Market Insights) Over the last several years, precision fermentation has attracted attention as a manufacturing methods that could drastically lower the environmental impacts of everyday products, from edible proteins to animal feed and cosmetics ingredients. Precision fermentation is a biomanufacturing
June 26, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Renewable Diesel and DME
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week on ABLC CONNECT, we networked and exchanged information about the world of Renewable Diesel and rDME, and as part of the proceedings, we had the State of Renewable Diesel and rDME presentation. The slides
June 25, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Utility Global
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Claus Nussgruber, the CEO of Utility Global, made his ABLC debut with this look at the hydrogen landscape and in particular the eXEROtechnology platform, with the promise of electrolysis without costly and hard to secure electricity.
June 24, 2024 Read Full Article
The ABCDE Chain: Acetogens, the Baltic forests, Clean fuels, Dorpat, the Enlightenment
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... If you have gleaned from earlier editions of The Digest that acetogens can make the useful chemical acetate from waste carbon and green hydrogen, you’ve remembered it well. If recall is sketchy, may I recommend All
June 10, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Aether Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this presentation from ABLC 2024, Aether Fuels CEO COnor Madigan outlined a goal to develop the lowest cost, highest yield, and most feedstock flexible platform for sustainable hydrocarbons, incubated by Xora Innovation is an early-stage
June 06, 2024 Read Full Article
Arnhem to Host First e-Methanol System in Benelux
by Alan Sherrard (Bioenergy International) In the Netherlands, a consortium with Bright Renewables and HyGear, both part of the HoSt Group, and the University of Twente are set to construct Benelux's first electro-methanol (e-methanol) system. The joint project, "Towards Acceleration and Demonstration of
May 20, 2024 Read Full Article
New Technique by NUS Scientists to Transform Waste Carbon Dioxide into High-Value Chemicals Achieves Cost Reduction of about 30%
(National University of Singapore) An energy-efficient, cost-effective way to convert the greenhouse gas into a wide range of chemical feedstocks -- Addressing the urgent challenge posed by escalating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their impact on climate change, researchers from the National
May 15, 2024 Read Full Article
DOE Re-Opens Funding Opportunity for Carbon Dioxide Transport Networks to Manage Carbon Emissions
(U.S. Department of Energy) Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda will help connect sources of carbon dioxide to locations for geologic storage or conversion through multiple transport modes -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and
May 10, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to NEXT Renewables
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2021 sales of $31 billion (€26 billion). The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing,
May 09, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the Circular Carbon Economy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Carbon is the foundation of our material world, says LanzaTech CTO Rob Conrado in these slides presented at ABLC 2024. It’s in the products we use, the planes we fly, the clothes we wear. Where our
April 16, 2024 Read Full Article
Government of Canada invests $15 Million in Clean Fuels Projects in the Niagara Region and Across Canada
(Government of Canada) ... Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced in Thorold, Ontario, a federal investment of $15 million to support six clean fuels projects across Canada, including $10 million for two projects in the
March 12, 2024 Read Full Article
PPL, Affiliate Partners Selected for $72 Million Research Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
(PPL/PR Newswire) PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) announced today the company and its research partners have been selected for a $72 million award negotiation by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) to help fund a ground-breaking carbon dioxide
March 06, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Pathways to eFuels: CO2 Capture and Conversion to Liquid Products
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) CO2, the final frontier. We have, famously, too much of it, and can do too little with us for too high a cost. Yet, researchers are teasing out exciting new applications, such as a pathway to
February 29, 2024 Read Full Article
Nanoscale Research Might Help Convert CO2 Waste into Usable Products
by Wade Hemsworth (Brighter World) Think of it as recycling on the nanoscale: a tantalizing electrochemical process harvests carbon before it becomes air pollution and restructures it into the components of everyday products. The drive to capture airborne carbon dioxide from industrial
February 27, 2024 Read Full Article
Oulu Energy Plans a 100 MW Hydrogen Plant in Oulu, Finland
(Oulu Energy) Oulu Energy is planning to build a 100 megawatts (MW) hydrogen production plant in Oulu, northern Finland. When completed, the plant would be a big step towards clean energy production and thus a natural part of Oulu Energy’s goal
February 21, 2024 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Since 2005, LanzaTech has been working to create this closed-loop system using waste carbon to make the things we use in our daily lives. LanzaTech is changing how people think about carbon, creating value and new
February 17, 2024 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Issues Notice of Intent to Fund Mixed Algae and Wet Waste Feedstocks R&D for Biofuels and Bioproducts
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced their intent to issue funding to support research and development (R&D) projects for converting algae and other wet waste feedstocks to low-carbon
February 13, 2024 Read Full Article
Aether Fuels and GTI Energy Announce Partnership and Exclusive Licensing Deal to Accelerate Commercialization of Sustainable Fuels for Aviation and Ocean Shipping
(Aether Fuels/GTI Energy/Globe Newswire) Aether Fuels (Aether) and GTI Energy today announced a partnership and global exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize a scalable and economical solution to produce sustainable fuels from low-value and abundant waste streams. The fuels will help aviation and ocean shipping
February 05, 2024 Read Full Article
German Carbon Capture Row Heightened by EU’s Draft 2040 Climate Plan
by Nikolaus J. Kurmayer (EURACTIV) Germany’s upcoming carbon management strategy is being delayed by government divisions on carbon capture and storage (CCS), further exacerbated by a leaked EU climate policy draft for 2040 promoting the controversial technology. The European Commission is due
February 05, 2024 Read Full Article
Fat, Sugar, Trash: All the Weird Things that May Fuel Planes by 2050
by Nicolás Rivero (Washington Post) ... Each of these new fuel sources comes with its own set of trade-offs: Some will require years of research to develop, others have low ceilings on how much they can grow, and a few may
February 05, 2024 Read Full Article
Synthetic Aviation Fuel Has Yet to Take Off in Europe: Study
( Agence France Presse/Barron's) The EU has set targets for using synthetic sustainable aviation fuels in European flights but no projects to produce the fuel have yet received a final investment decision, a study published Wednesday said. Transport and Environment, a non-governmental organisation
February 01, 2024 Read Full Article
NJ Introduces Clean Fuels Transportation Bill
(Fill It Up Clean New Jersey/PR Newswire) First on East Coast to Advance Clean Fuels Legislation -- Fill It Up Clean New Jersey, a diverse coalition of business and community stakeholders, is applauding the New Jersey State Senate for introducing legislation that would give The Garden
January 31, 2024 Read Full Article
ArcelorMittal Commissions a First for the European Steel Industry, Converting Waste Wood into Bio-Coal to Reduce Fossil Coal Consumption
(ArcelorMittal) €35 million plant in Gent, Belgium, first of its kind in the European steel industry ... The use of bio-coal in the blast furnace process will result in the production of bio-gas, which will be captured and transformed into ethanol by
December 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Santos and Tokyo Gas to Collaborate on Carbon-Neutral e-Methane in Australia
(Santos) Santos continues to build momentum to deliver new energy solutions by partnering with Japan’s largest gas utility company, Tokyo Gas, to investigate the potential for producing carbon-neutral e-methane in Australia. E-methane is made by combining green hydrogen and CO2 obtained from
December 08, 2023 Read Full Article
Aker Carbon Capture Awarded Feasibility Study by MAN Energy Solutions to Develop Power-to-Fuel Solution
(Aker Carbon Capture) MAN Energy Solutions has awarded Aker Carbon Capture a feasibility study to develop a joint power-to fuel-solution. The study, which extends Aker Carbon Capture’s partnership with MAN Energy Solutions, investigates the full integration of Aker Carbon Capture’s standardized
November 29, 2023 Read Full Article
ArcelorMittal S.A.: ArcelorMittal Announces the First Industrial Production of Ethanol
(ArcelorMittal/Globe Newswire) ArcelorMittal announces the first industrial production of ethanol at its Steelanol plant, Europe’s first carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) project. This historic milestone was achieved on 7 November 2023, at ArcelorMittal Belgium’s Gent plant. The first industrial-scale production is
November 17, 2023 Read Full Article
Braskem Announces Partnership with Northwestern University for the Development of CO2 Conversion Technology
(Braskem/Business Wire) The project is led by Professor Ted Sargent and Dr. Ke Xie, among the world’s preeminent scientists in the field of electrocatalysis and contributes to Braskem’s strategy of combating climate change. -- Braskem and Northwestern University (USA) have announced a
November 08, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaTech Forms Joint Venture with Olayan Financing Company to Deploy Carbon Recycling Technology in Saudi Arabia
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA), the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable raw materials, and Olayan Financing Company (OFC), the parent company of The Olayan Group’s businesses and investments in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, have formed a joint venture
November 01, 2023 Read Full Article
Life Cycle Assessment of Ethanol Production from BOF Gas Production in China (NXBZ)
by Thomas Kägi & Gavin Roberts (Carbotech AG) The study calculated the environmental impact of ethanol from blast oxygen furnace (BOF) gas in the ferroalloy industry on the methodological basis of a life cycle assessment. In particular, the following objectives were to
October 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Chemicals from Thin Air: Gas Fermentation and the Future of Bio-manufacturing
(World Bio Market Insights) Bacteria can metabolise sugars in milk or wheat into wondrous forms like sourdough bread, sauerkraut, beer and cheese. Modern industrial fermentation uses similar techniques: it cultivates biochemicals in the bodies of microorganisms for drugs, proteins, nutraceuticals, and
October 18, 2023 Read Full Article
NREL Analysis Shows Midwestern Electrofuels Could Become Energy Superheroes
by Zia Abdullah (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) More ethanol, fewer emissions, land with multiple purposes—there are several advantages of using renewable electricity to increase the carbon efficiency of biorefineries. -- ... Made from carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial waste gases or directly
October 18, 2023 Read Full Article
Biofuels Production and Development in China
by Fuli Li and Yixuan Fan (Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/IEA Bioenergy Task 39) Summary: China is the world’s largest liquefied natural gas import country, has the world’s largest car fleet, the second largest gasoline
October 13, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to CO2 Utilization Markets, Resources, and Environmental and Energy Justice
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A recent DOE project aims to quantify resource availability and costs for CO2 utilization (CO2U) in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production to inform industry, technology communities, and policymakers on location-specific economic and societal impacts. It will provide
October 12, 2023 Read Full Article
Willis Lease Finance Corporation Announces Teesworks as Site for Innovative New, Power-to-Liquid (PtL) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Project
(Willis Lease Finance Corp./Globe Newswire) Partners with Tees Valley Combined Authority to Launch First PtL SAF Refinery in Northeastern England -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC”), a leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines and global provider of aviation services, together
October 12, 2023 Read Full Article
Council of The European Union Adopts ReFuelEU Regulations
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Council of the European Union on Oct. 9 adopted regulations for the ReFuelEU initiative. The new law aims to boost both the demand for and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the European
October 11, 2023 Read Full Article
Orlen, Yokogawa Partner to Develop eSAF Technology
(Orlen/Biobased Diesel Daily) Orlen and Yokogawa Europe, the regional headquarters for Japan’s Yokogawa Electric Corp., announced Sept. 22 that they have joined forces to initiate industrial-scale production of carbon-neutral synthetic aviation fuels. In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed Sept. 21, the
October 03, 2023 Read Full Article
Carbon Recycling International (CRI) and Jiangsu Sailboat Start up World’s Most Efficient CO2-to-Methanol Plant
(Carbon Recycling International) • Carbon Recycling International (CRI) and Jiangsu Sailboat have successfully started up one of the world's most efficient CO2-to-methanol plants. The plant will recycle carbon dioxide and hydrogen waste streams from the wider petrochemical complex. These are emissions that would
October 03, 2023 Read Full Article
Public Perception of CO2 Capture and Storage
by Danny Otto (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) Surveys show that public opinion about technologies for capturing and storing CO2 in Germany remains divided. Respondents are concerned that the focus on CCS can weaken climate policy, and they have doubts about
October 03, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaJet
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Lanzajet says we are at an inflection point for the sustainable aviation industry. Why? How? What’s LanzaJet’s role in it all? How are they driving innovation and accelerating deployment of SAF? What’s the status of their
October 03, 2023 Read Full Article
Geely Provides Methanol Fuel for Hangzhou Asian Games
(China Daily) The Hangzhou Asian Games offered a spectacular opening ceremony on Saturday, featuring swimming Olympic champion Wang Shun and a digital torchbearer lighting the cauldron. The fuel used in the primary cauldron tower was carbon-zero methanol. This is the first
October 02, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to DOE’s overview of Renewable Carbon Resources
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (establishes partnerships with key public and private stakeholders to develop technologies for producing cost-competitive advanced biofuels from non-food biomass resources, including cellulosic biomass, algae, and wet waste (e.g.,
August 25, 2023 Read Full Article
CCS Brings Health Savings by Cutting Pollution — Report
by Carlos Anchondo (Politico Pro Energywire) A study analyzed the benefits of capturing pollutants from 54 facilities across seven industries. -- Carbon capture at industrial and power generation facilities across the United States could deliver billions of dollars in health savings by
August 08, 2023 Read Full Article
The Race to Invent a Greener Jet Fuel
by Ted Anton (Wall Street Journal) With airlines striving to reduce emissions, companies are working to turn beef fat, vegetable oil and carbon waste into sustainable fuels -- Sustainable aviation fuels are approaching a breakthrough moment. Made mostly from agricultural, food and industrial
July 24, 2023 Read Full Article
Aviation Sector Buys into Cutting-Edge Ways to Reduce CO2 Footprint
by Ken Silverstein (Forbes) ... To that end, a new plant is breaking ground today in Washington State to transform CO2 into jet fuel — a technology that could clean up air travel. The U.S. Air Force has tested the product, affirming that
July 21, 2023 Read Full Article
Primetals Technologies and LanzaTech Announce Renewal of Ten-Year Cooperation to Advance Industry Transition to Green Steel
(LanzaTech) Cooperation to accelerate deployment of LanzaTech’s commercial carbon recycling technology for iron and steel industry and expand ecosystem of partners -- Primetals Technologies, Limited and LanzaTech Global Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA), a leading carbon capture and utilization company, today announced the
June 29, 2023 Read Full Article
Clean, Sustainable Fuels Made ‘From Thin Air’ and Plastic Waste
(Cambridge University) Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the sun. -- The researchers, from the University
June 29, 2023 Read Full Article
CPGC and BASF Accelerate Onboard CO2 Capture System Development
(BASF) CPGC is developing an advanced onboard CO2 capture system based on BASF’s OASE® blue gas treatment technology; BASF’s technology contributing to sustainability and cost savings for CO2 capture in maritime exhaust gas application; Cooperation to address challenges of energy efficiency
June 27, 2023 Read Full Article
TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 ... LanzaTech
(Time Magazine) ... To create TIME100 Companies, our editors, led by Emma Barker, seek nominations from across sectors, and poll our global network of contributors and correspondents, as well as outside experts. Then we evaluate each on key factors, including impact,
June 22, 2023 Read Full Article
World’s Leading Steel Company, ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Announce First Ethanol Samples from Commercial Flagship Carbon Capture and Utilisation Facility in Ghent, Belgium
(LanzaTech) €200 million commercial scale CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry; Facility employing LanzaTech’s cutting-edge carbon recycling process couples decarbonization technology with chemical production to advance EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan and a circular economy ArcelorMittal
June 15, 2023 Read Full Article
BETO Launches New Renewable Carbon Resources Web Page
by Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton (B&C Biobased and Sustainable Chemicals Blog) The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has launched a new, comprehensive web page dedicated to one of its priority subprograms, Renewable Carbon Resources (RCR), which
June 08, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With proven technology at the nexus of two mandated markets, industrial and consumer — LanzaTech has been on fire in recent months. Here’s more on their commercial operating plants, plants scheduled to complete construction in
May 17, 2023 Read Full Article
ADNOC, LanzaTech Enter Strategic Partnership to Explore Biotechnology Solutions for Decarbonization of Fuels and Chemicals
(LanzaTech) LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNZA)—an innovative carbon capture and transformation (“CCT”) company that converts waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products that people use in their daily lives—and ADNOC have entered a partnership to
May 12, 2023 Read Full Article
EU Parliament and Council Reach Informal Deal on SAF
by Alan Sherrard (Bioenergy International) A provisional deal, reached in the late hours of April 25, 2023, between the European Parliament and Council negotiators on RefuelEU Aviation rules, sets the minimum share of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be made
May 02, 2023 Read Full Article
HMM Works with SHI and PANASIA to Conduct Field Tests of Onboard Carbon Capture System
(Container News) HMM plans to conduct field tests of an onboard carbon capture system (OCCS) for container ships along with SHI (Samsung Heavy Industries) and PANASIA in the second half of 2023. In particular, OCCS is an advanced technology to capture CO2
April 28, 2023 Read Full Article
SMOKE STACK - Two 5-Letter Words for EARTH MONTH
Did you know that transportation fuel can be made from the emissions coming out of a SMOKE STACK? Learn about LanzaTech and LanzaJet that use the carbon monoxide in flue gas to make ethanol, sustainable aviation fuel and many other
April 16, 2023 Read Full Article
Waste Taking Centre Stage as a Feedstock
(xFuel/Biofuels International) ... With new technology emerging, we have different feedstock options coming on board. We are beginning to see waste take centre stage as feedstock of choice. One example is lignocellulosic waste -or plant based waste. It is an abundant
April 13, 2023 Read Full Article
Jakson Green To Build World’s First Methanol Production Plant In Partnership With NTPC
(India Education Diary) Jakson Green, India’s leading player in the renewable and new energy space, has won a first-of-its-kind project from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to establish a Methanol synthesis facility at Vindhyachal, Madhya Pradesh. Methanol is a cleaner alternative
April 10, 2023 Read Full Article
Técnicas Reunidas Begins Engineering Works for a Plant that Will Produce e-Methanol from Green Hydrogen in Almería
(Técnicas Reunidas) - The facility will produce 37,000 tonnes of e-methanol per year and will start commercial operations in 2026. - The first stage of the engineering services commissioned to Técnicas Reunidas include the plant configuration study, the preparation of
April 10, 2023 Read Full Article
New Consortium Advances Technologies that Use Renewable Electricity to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
(U.S. Department of Energy) A new consortium of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories is developing an integrated portfolio of technologies that use renewable electricity to upgrade carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and chemicals. The CO2 Reduction and Upgrading for E-Fuels Consortium (CO2RUe)
March 31, 2023 Read Full Article
United Announces $15 Million Investment in Carbon Capture Company Svante
(United Airlines) United today announced its $15 million investment in carbon capture technology company Svante, who provides materials and technology as part of the value chain that has the potential to convert CO2 removed from the atmosphere and from industrial emission sources into sustainable
March 31, 2023 Read Full Article
Strategic Biofuels Licenses FT CANS™ Technology for Louisiana Green Fuels Project
(Johnson Matthey) Johnson Matthey and BP announced Feb. 20 that their codeveloped, award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology has been selected by Strategic Biofuels for its Louisiana Green Fuels project. The technology has been licensed to Strategic Biofuels for its renewable diesel
February 28, 2023 Read Full Article
Aviation Biofuel Would Need Half of UK Agricultural Land, Report Says
by Danny Halpin (The Independent) The Royal Society said a portfolio of alternative fuels will be required to meet current passenger demand and achieve net zero. -- Replacing jet fuel with biomass would require the UK to give up 50% of
February 28, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to the State of Advanced Biorefining and Cellulosic Refineries
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... This week we looked at the world of Cellulosic and Multi-Technology Biorefineries — markets, players, technologies, policy and more. Digest editor Jim Lane presented this State of the Sector presentation as part of the
February 16, 2023 Read Full Article
Will Ethanol Fuel a Low-Carbon Future?
by Craig Bettenhausen (Chemical & Engineering News) After decades of false starts, cellulosic ethanol may arrive just as the chemical and fuel industries clamor for a low-carbon feedstock -- Cellulosic ethanol has been 5 years away for decades. It’s a trope,
February 13, 2023 Read Full Article
LanzaTech and AMCI Acquisition Corp. II Announce Closing of Business Combination, Establishing First Public Carbon Capture and Transformation Company
(LanzaTech/Business Wire) On February 10, 2023, LanzaTech’s common stock and public warrants expected to begin trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols LNZA and LNZAW, respectively. Total transaction proceeds of approximately $240 million expected to fund business plan through estimated cashflow
February 10, 2023 Read Full Article
Indian Oil to Partner with LanzaJet to Produce Cleaner Aviation Fuel
by Nidhi Verma (Reuters) Indian Oil Corp (IOC.NS) will sign an agreement with LanzaJet to produce cleaner aviation fuel at its Panipat refinery in northern India, the state-run refiner's Chairman S. M. Vaidya told Reuters on Monday. Chicago, U.S.-based LanzaJet helps companies produce aviation
February 06, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable SAF from Corn
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The SAF Grand Challenge is vast. It sets out to achieve a minimum 50% reduction in lifecycle GHG emissions compared to conventional aviation fuel, increase SAF output to 3 billion gallons per year by 2030,
January 19, 2023 Read Full Article
RSB Launches New Sustainability Requirements for Power-to-X Technologies
(RSB) On behalf of its membership platform, the RSB Power-to-X Working Group, RSB officially launched the newly approved sustainability guidance and requirements for Power-to-X (PtX) technologies. The RSB PtX Working Group was first initiated in September 2021 to agree on best practice to identify
January 04, 2023 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to Infinium e-Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Nearly 25% of global CO2 emissions are generated by planes, ships and trucking fleets. A new class of synthetic fuel, eFuels are ultra-low carbon fuels that can be dropped into existing engines that use jet
January 02, 2023 Read Full Article
Air Pollution Converted into Fuel, Plastic and Dresses
(AFP/RTE) At LanzaTech's lab in the Chicago suburbs, a beige liquid bubbles away in dozens of glass vats. The concoction includes billions of hungry bacteria, specialized to feed on polluted air - the first step in a recycling system that converts greenhouse
January 01, 2023 Read Full Article
New Notice of Intent for Improving Bioenergy Feedstocks and Optimizing Production of Biofuels and Biochemicals
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced its intent to issue two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in early 2023. These potential FOAs, “Reducing Agricultural Carbon Intensity and Protecting Algal Crops (RACIPAC)” and the “2023
December 26, 2022 Read Full Article
A Visit from St. Nicholas: The UK Grants $99M to Five Commercial-Scale SAF Projects, Just in Time for Christmas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The UK took a giant leap towards net zero carbon emissions and helping its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to take flight as government awarded 5 projects a share of the $198M Advanced Fuels Fund.
December 23, 2022 Read Full Article
ArcelorMittal Inaugurates Flagship Carbon Capture and Utilisation Project at Its Steel Plant in Ghent, Belgium
(ArcelorMittal) €200 million CCU plant first of its kind in the European steel industry; Project part of multi-technology strategy to reduce carbon emissions at Ghent plant -- At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium today (December 8,
December 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Urgent Government Action Needed to Meet 10% Sustainable Aviation Fuel by 2030 Target
(Sustainable Aviation) • Policy support, in the form of a price support mechanism, is needed to deliver sufficient SAF facilities to meet this target through UK production; announced UK plants would only meet around half of the target New analysis shows that the
December 01, 2022 Read Full Article
World's Largest CO2-to-Methanol Plant Starts Production
(Carbon Recycling International) The world’s first commercial scale CO2-to-methanol plant has started production in Anyang, Henan Province, China. The cutting-edge facility is the first of its type in the world to produce methanol — a valuable fuel and chemical feedstock
November 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Adding Thrust to Ethanol-Based SAF
by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Policy makers are incentivizing sustainable aviation fuel across the globe. Airlines are eagerly signing offtakes and taking every drop they can get. With other feedstocks in tight supply, ethanol-based SAF production is ready to
November 09, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Swing Process for Reactive CO2 Capture and Conversion to Methanol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In this project, researchers are designing and developing tailored dual-function materials (DFMs) and the accompanying pressure-swing process for reactive capture and conversion (RCC) of CO2 to directly produce methanol. This will favor lower capital and
October 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Reliable Measurements Mean New Opportunities for Carbon Capture
by Justin Walsh (Vaisala/Carbon Capture Magazine) ... The continuous monitoring of CO2 is difficult, as exhaust gases from incinerators can be corrosive and potentially explosive. Until recently, the only solution was to extract samples for analysis outside of the process. However,
October 28, 2022 Read Full Article
NextChem Kicks Off the Engineering Phase of Rome Hydrogen Valley (IPCEI HY2USE) and Awards LanzaTech the Process Design Contract for the Circular Ethanol Unit
(LanzaTech/Globe Newswire) The contract relates to the syngas fermentation section of NextChem Hydrogen Valley to produce circular ethanol as initial co-product together with Circular Hydrogen™ -- Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that NextChem, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has kicked off the engineering
October 25, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to the National Carbon Capture Center
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The National Carbon Capture Center is a centralized test facility providing comprehensive support for technology testing and evaluation, relating to process, engineering, operational, analytical, troubleshooting and maintenance. The NCCC aims to accelerate technology development, scale
October 24, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Recent Point Source Capture Techno-economic Analysis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This Project aims to update a 2014 NETL study that quantifies the cost and performance associated with capturing point-source CO2 from industrial plants. It’s a part of the search for CO2 capture, and Sally Homsy
October 21, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Application of a Transformational UKy3 Ton/Day CO2 Capture System at a Steel Process Plant
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The objective of this project is to demonstrate the UK CO2 capture process at Nucor Steel Gallatin treating electric arc furnace evolved gas with a CO2 concentration of ~1.5 vol%.Kunlei Liu and Heather Nikolic of
October 20, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to a Highly Efficient Microalgae-Based Carbon Sequestration System to Reduce CO2 Emission from Power Plant Flue Gas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The objective of this project is to harness the power of photosynthetic microalgae to maintain a high-pH, high-alkalinity microalgal culture to create a carbon-negative system for carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion to value-added products from power
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
SGP BioEnergy Adds Green Hydrogen to Planned World's Largest Advanced Biofuel Production Facility
(SGP BioEnergy/CISION) • Partnership with SGP BioEnergy, Panama, and Topsoe Sustainable Aviation Fuel will refine 180,000 barrels of advanced biofuels a day and generate 405,000 metric tons of green hydrogen annually while having the lowest carbon footprint of any biofuel
October 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Help Wanted: Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Companies Mark Legislative Wins by Staffing up with Lobbyists
by Ben Lefebvre (Politico Pro) An industry that barely existed several years ago is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into their lobbyist budgets. -- Democrats' blockbuster clean energy and infrastructure laws are proving a gold mine for at least one
October 05, 2022 Read Full Article
GAO Spotlights Ethanol Production as Prime Carbon Capture Opportunity
by Ann Lewis (Renewable Fuels Association) Late last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a technology assessment on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), drawing on findings from peer-reviewed literature, a meeting of experts, and stakeholder interviews that included the Renewable
October 04, 2022 Read Full Article
PNNL Team Recognized with ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry
by Mary Ann Showalter (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that development of a catalytic process and catalyst to create sustainable aviation fuel is receiving the 2023 ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry. The team named in the
September 30, 2022 Read Full Article
LanzaJet Affirms Its Commitment to Scale Production of SAF
(LanzaJet/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... LanzaJet, Inc. is a global leader in clean energy technology and production. The LanzaJet Process is a proprietary alcohol-to-jet technology which converts low-carbon ethanol into sustainable transportation fuels, including SAF and renewable diesel. LanzaJet is deploying its technology
September 26, 2022 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Integration of CO2 Electrolysis with Microbial Syngas
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) By producing valuable products out of CO2, this project will incentivize CCU to realize carbon circular economy opportunities. That’s the promise of this project funded by the BETO Office at the US Department of Energy
September 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Project Aims to Reduce Water, Energy in Ethanol Production
(University of Nebraska Research and Economic Development/Nebraska Today) Nebraska researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it and cutting the air emissions that result. The Nebraska Environmental Trust
August 23, 2022 Read Full Article
A Simple, Cheap Material for Carbon Capture, Perhaps from Tailpipes
by Robert Sanders (Berkeley News) ... Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine — the main component of Formica — chemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, a key goal for the United States
August 16, 2022 Read Full Article
Not Just Bread and Beer—Microbes Can Ferment Carbon Dioxide to Make Fuel, Too
by Erik F. Ringle (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Scientists Mapped Out a "Bicyclic Carbon Fixation" Pathway for Speeding Up Gas Fermentation in Specialized Bacteria -- ... Certain species of bacteria ferment carbon dioxide (CO2) gas to make their own nutrients
August 10, 2022 Read Full Article
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