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by Ulrik Frøhlke (Haldor Topsoe) Haldor Topsoe and Shchekinoazot have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective to reduce the carbon footprint of Shchekinoazot’s existing and future plants
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May 3, 2021
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(Alfa Laval/PR Newswire) Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – becomes a partner in the Swedish company Liquid Wind, which develops electro-fuel
April 8, 2021
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(ExxonMobil/Porsche/Business Newswire) ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels, as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. The first iteration of Esso
March 31, 2021
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by Svend Ravn (Haldor Topsoe) -Haldor Topsoe and Nel have entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the intent to offer customers complete renewable electricity to ammonia and methanol solutions.
March 29, 2021
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Legislation introduced by the 32 democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 11 could provide federal funding to support the development
March 26, 2021
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(Bio-based News/nova Institute) CO2 has become famous in a sad way. Carbon Recycling International from Iceland, LanzaTech from USA and Covestro from Germany transform it into usable raw materials. — More
March 25, 2021
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) David Dodds of the ABLC Due Diligence Wolfpack shared this illuminating slide guide at DigestConnect last week on new technologies that can transform 1G refineries –
March 18, 2021
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(Marine Insight/MI News Network) Ardmore Shipping Corporation has announced that it has formed and invested in a new joint venture with Element 1 Corp. (E1) and Maritime Partners, LLC to bring
March 16, 2021
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(Stena Bulk) Electric, modular hybrid bulk carrier designed to meet the world’s need for sustainable, zero carbon, efficient, and flexible seaborne transportation. — Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has today
March 15, 2021
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(Alfa Laval) Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – will soon start testing two new types of marine fuels; biofuels (made from waste)
March 11, 2021
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by Ulrik Frøhlke (Haldor Topsoe) Topsoe will invest in a manufacturing facility producing highly efficient solid oxide electrolyzers (SOEC) with a total capacity of 500 megawatt per year with the
March 8, 2021
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Hydrogen, ammonia, synthetic hydrocarbon fuels, and biofuels can provide greenhouse gas emissions reduction for difficult-to-decarbonize sectors when produced via low-carbon means—from clean electricity, renewable feedstocks,
March 4, 2021
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(nova-Institute) Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is one of the most obvious solutions to further reduce CO2 emissions, but it is yet still hardly exploited. However, these six nominated technologies turn
February 26, 2021
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By Junichiro Ngasaki (Asahi Shimbun) The feces and urine of thousands of Hokkaido dairy cows may soon power facilities prefecture-wide with a world-first technology invented in Japan that converts them into
February 23, 2021
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(Maersk) Fast-tracked by advances in technology and increasing customer demand for sustainable supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates the efforts to decarbonise marine operations with the launch of the
February 18, 2021
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by Ronan Glon (AutoBlog/Yahoo!)Karma Automotive has focused on developing plug-in hybrid and electric cars since it was born from the ashes of Fisker in 2014. It’s still planning on releasing an electric sedan named GSe-6, but
February 4, 2021
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by Søren Pico (Shipping Watch) In just three years, Maersk expects to place an order for its first CO2-neutral vessels, explains CEO Søren Skou in a podcast about shipping’s green
January 25, 2021
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by Jeff Lagerquist (Yahoo! Finance) Investment in green hydrogen production is expected to exceed US$1 billion annually by 2023. — Quebec is a step closer to building one of the
January 22, 2021
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IRENA and Methanol Institute have developed the report “Innovation outlook – Renewable Methanol.” The study assesses the role of renewable methanol in the energy transition. It details the current technology
January 22, 2021
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(Morningstar/Globe Newswire) Greenway Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: GWTI), an advanced gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology development company, today announced receipt of a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for another of
January 6, 2021
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(Reuters) China is expected to sell 80 million internal combustion engines annually in the next five years, in line with previous years, an engine industry association said on Thursday, amid a
December 11, 2020
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(NextantECA) This report examines the technical, economic and business aspects of thermolysis (i.e., pyrolysis and gasification) of mixed plastics waste. Analyses of the mixed plastics waste and the thermolysis plant
December 10, 2020
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(Hellenic Shipping News) Leading hybrid bunker broker LQM has launched its new alternative bunker fuels database. The ‘LQM Eco-Alternative Fuel’ (L.E.A.F) database – allows users to search 3,000 datapoints of global bunker
December 10, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Quebec, Enerkem, Shell, Suncor and Proman have proposed the construction of an $669 million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec, in partnership with the Québec
December 9, 2020
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(Porsche) Porsche, Siemens Energy and a lineup of international companies are developing and implementing a pilot project in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale
December 3, 2020
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(Ruhr University Bochum) Methanol is an important raw material for the chemical industry. So far it has mostly been obtained from fossil natural gas. A team with RUB participation wants
November 30, 2020
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(Södra) Swedish forest industry group Södra has launched Liquid Forest™, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest™ brand is a concept that offers the market
November 27, 2020
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(NextChem) Maire Tecnimont Group’s company for energy transition strengthens its corporate structure to meet the market with the most innovative technological solutions for circular economy: the new subsidiary MyRechemical is
November 12, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Taking on the global plastic waste issue is not easy, but NexantECA is up for it and tackling it with thermal plastic waste conversion technologies.
November 11, 2020
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by Rex Merrifield (Horizon, The EU Research and Innovation Magazine) Storing power generated by strong winds or bright sunshine by turning it into liquid fuel such as methanol can help
October 15, 2020
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Center on Oct. 9 announced the 2020 release of the suite of Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in
October 13, 2020
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by Aleksandra Wójcik (Haldor Topsoe) An article in the esteemed Science magazine suggests that solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) technology can unlock the full potential of renewable power and provide
October 12, 2020
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by Gerard J. Ostheimer, Douglas L. Faulkner and Philippe Marchand (Biofuels Digest) … But as we scan the globe for bio-economy green shoots, we are noticing some interesting – and disconcerting
September 30, 2020
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by Brian Zinchuk (MSN/The Canadian Press/Estevan Mercury) In its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 million tonnes per year, the federal government is working developing a new “Clean
September 22, 2020
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by Adrian Tolson (BLUE Insight/Biofuels Digest) BLUE Insight’s Low Carbon Shipping Fuels and Energy Guide 2020 is a market first assessment of the leading low carbon marine fuels with potential to replace fossil
September 16, 2020
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by Zia Abdullah (U.S. Department of Energy) Techno-economic analysis leads to a market-responsive biorefinery concept — … THE CHALLENGE: REDUCE BIOMASS TO BIOFUEL CONVERSION COSTS — … The production of biofuels
September 10, 2020
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(Business Standard) Alternative fuel like ethanol, methanol, bio diesel, electric and bio CNG besides LNG were the fuel for future and should be promoted, he said and added a roadmap
September 8, 2020
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by Svend Ravn (Haldor Topsoe) – The project aims to develop a ground-breaking hydrogen and sustainable fuel facility based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area. -The project is expected to
August 31, 2020
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(News18) Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said there is a need to modernise the public transport fleet and promote use of green fuel like bio-CNG, ethanol, methanol as
August 26, 2020
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by Marc Engelhardt (Siemens Enegy) Green e-methanol is the ideal basis for a variety of alternative fuels and chemical compounds concentrated in universal e-Fuel hubs, according to Siemens Energy innovation expert
August 6, 2020
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(Praj Industries) Praj Industries (Praj) and Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) have entered into MoU to jointly drive application development of advanced biofuels that will find usage in industry
July 29, 2020
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(NextChem) NextChem’s #CircularDistrict model is enhanced with a new dimension: in addition to hydrogen and methanol derived from the chemical conversion of plasmix and non-recyclable dry waste, it will now
July 28, 2020
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by Irini Angelidaki (Technical University of Denmark) … “Soon bacteria, yeast, and fungi will become the factories that produce not only fuel, but also a wide range of chemicals, plastics, and
July 16, 2020
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by Philip Loldrup Fosbøl (Technical University of Denmark) Sustainable fuel has moved a big step closer with a new demonstration plant that can convert biogas into the liquid fuel methanol.
July 16, 2020
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by Peter Vang Hendriksen (Technical University of Denmark) It is possible to produce much more biofuel from the same amount of biomass by combining electrolysis with biomass gasification. — In the Synfuel
July 16, 2020
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Biogas, carbon, renewable diesel, biodiesel, methane, hydrogen, and many new markets, innovations, technologies, novel crops, and more were the talk of the day. On day
July 9, 2020
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(Polish Academy of Sciences/EurekAlert!) Scientists working at the Department for Functional Nanomaterials at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences designed and synthesized a functional ternary Pt/Re/SnO2/C
June 26, 2020
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by Peter Sopher (Clean Energy Ventures/Biofuels Digest) … BloombergNEF forecast shows that the 2040 market penetration of these EVs remains a relatively small proportion of the overall fleet, especially for heavy
June 23, 2020
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by Scott Jenkins (Chemical Engineering) Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Ineratec (Karlsruhe, Germany; www.ineratec.de) have entered into a partnership to develop and commercialize novel technologies for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals.
June 18, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … We left the discussion with a hint about the potential conversion of methane to methanol, which can serve as a powerful chemical building block or, in China
June 11, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … A thread of hope appeared this week from the bioeconomy’s Wolfpack, seven due diligence experts hungry for value — Paul Bryan, Ron Cascone, David Dodds, Michele
June 9, 2020
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(Ørsted) Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Moller – Maersk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ørsted have formed the first partnership of its kind to develop an industrial-scale production facility to produce sustainable
May 28, 2020
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by Svend Ravn (Haldor Topsoe) Air Products (NYSE:APD), a global leader in industrial gases and megaproject development, and Haldor Topsoe, the world leader in high-performance catalysts and proprietary technology for the
May 18, 2020
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by Peter Brown (Euro Marketing Tools/Biofuels Digest) This election cycle has confirmed that the United States’ political hopefuls have abdicated any participation, influence and presence in the climate change debate as
May 14, 2020
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) … In comes news of public-private investments, rural economic development and employment, and even human health. With two new executive position veteran hires, up
April 27, 2020
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(Nanyang Technological University) Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) have launched a report that outlines how companies can use alternative fuels to power their ships. This will help them
April 22, 2020
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(Lloyds Register and University Maritime Advisory Services) … This paper is an example of this collaboration; it examines three important elements of zero-carbon fuels when compared with traditional fossil-based fuels.
April 22, 2020
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) While the world may be at a standstill,there are still many projects going on and moving forward. But where are these projects? Who’s involved? How
April 16, 2020
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by Tammy Klein (Future Fuels Strategies) … Recently, I wrote a primer for the Methanol Institute entitled, Methanol: A Future-Proof Fuel. Polygeneration, the ability to scale efficiently and cost-effectively, its versatility
April 3, 2020
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by Frank Markus (Motor Trend) A brief history of the ethanol-gasoline blend as a motor fuel. Did you know Henry
April 3, 2020
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(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe) The BIOFIT consortium has now published a handbook on “Technical options for retrofitting industries with bioenergy”. The handbook includes
April 1, 2020
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by Malcolm Latarche (ShipInsight) Netherlands-based Green Maritime Methanol consortium is to study the possibilities for renewable Green Methanol as a maritime
April 1, 2020
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) … The Power-to-Fuel project, led by Liquid Wind, will establish commercial-scale renewable fuel facilities.
March 30, 2020
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(Wärtsilä) The technology group Wärtsilä has initiated combustion trials using ammonia. The research will help the company to prepare for
March 27, 2020
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(GasTechn0/EIN Presswire) Gas Technologies LLC and INFRA Synthetic Fuels, Inc combine technologies to convert natural gas and renewable natural gas
March 26, 2020
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(Bioenergy Insight) Demand for renewable biomethane compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) has increased by 800%, thanks to major companies adopting alternative
March 25, 2020
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(ANDRITZ) International technology group ANDRITZ has recently started up the world’s first biomethanol plant using ANDRITZ’s self-developed A-Recovery+ concept at the
March 25, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Methanol is versatile – it can be used as turbine fuel, cooking fuel, and as a
March 13, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Sit back and just imagine, hanging out at the new International Arctic Station that runs on
March 6, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Today’s top story, “Mind the Gap,” refers to a rather bleak and disturbing assessment offered
March 4, 2020
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(Biofuels International) Swedish forest-owner association Södra has made a pilot delivery of biomethanol from the world’s first commercial plant for
February 27, 2020
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by Randall Krantz, Kasper Søgaard, Dr Tristan Smith (Global Maritime Forum) To make the decarbonization of the maritime shipping sector
February 20, 2020
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by Nancy Lavin (Providence Business News) Even clean energy has some dirty byproducts. For Newport Biodiesel Inc., a company that converts used
February 14, 2020
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In California, Oberon Fuels and SHV Energy are partnering to accelerate the use of renewable
February 11, 2020
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by Amie Simpson (Brownfield Ag News) Plasma Blue, a company established by the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, is using
February 7, 2020
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(WinGD) WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has bolstered its investment in fuel research with the development of a flexible injection
January 31, 2020
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(The Royal Society) The need to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from all human activities has never been clearer. One
January 30, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Hydrogen Digest) A consortium comprising Nouryon, Gasunie and four other partners will receive an €11-million European grant towards
January 22, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dimethyl Ether – We know DME well, but do you know all of its advantages
January 9, 2020
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(Curtin University) New research led by Curtin University explores the use of methanol as a storage for hydrogen fuel, providing
January 6, 2020
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(Carbon X Prize) The $20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE is a global competition to develop breakthrough technologies that will
January 6, 2020
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Iowa State University is working on fast pyrolysis, and Robert Brown, Director of the university’s Bioeconomy
December 27, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What’s up with green hydrogen in Germany? What’s the German Climate Change action plan for 2050,
December 26, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Methane is proving to be a pretty valuable waste after all. iMicrobes is using their
December 26, 2019
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(Finnair) Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT in Finland and a group of companies, including Finnair, have started a feasibility study for
December 23, 2019
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Functional food ingredients from unused plant materials is just what Renmatix and Cargill are aiming
December 16, 2019
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(World Wildlife Fund) The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) today launches the report The Role of Sustainable Biofuels in the Decarbonisation of Shipping:
December 11, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Taking non-reyclable waste to sustainable chemicals and biofuels is Enerkem’s world. Current products from ‘trash’
December 11, 2019
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by Sam A. Rushing (Advanced Cryogenics/Biofuels Digest) … Food and beverage applications often account for 70% of all tonnage consumed in
December 10, 2019
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by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In New York, breaking news arrived that Anellotech is significantly expanding its program with Plas-TCat,
December 9, 2019
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by Sune Tjalfe Thomsen and Henning Jørgensen (IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Newsletter) 1. Status of transportation biofuel industry in Denmark
December 6, 2019
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by Jim Shelton (Yale News) … The discovery, published online Nov. 27 in the journal Nature, finds a novel solution
December 5, 2019
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by Samantha Wright (Independent Commodity Intelligence Service) As hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) use grows in Europe, with more expansions anticipated in
December 4, 2019
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(Auburn University) Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Distinguished Research Professor of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology Ben Okeke has earned a Fulbright
November 19, 2019
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(India Times/Economic Times) Adopting biofuels as an alternative source of energy can significantly improve farmers’ income, generate employment opportunities, reduce imports,
November 6, 2019
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by Tammy Klein (FutureFuel Strategies) According to a new study by the IMF, carbon taxes are the most powerful and efficient
November 1, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) USDA releases Report on the Bioeconomy: The USDA released its Report on the Bioeconomy Imiplementation Framework. The
November 1, 2019
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(Vertimass/PR Newswire) Vertimass to optimize renewable jet fuel blendstocks to maximize energy content and reduce emissions — Vertimass LLC announced today
October 31, 2019
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by Marc S. Reisch (Chemical & Engineering News) Despite a spotty track record, companies keep trying to convert trash into
October 31, 2019
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(Maersk) A study by A.P. Moller – Maersk and Lloyds Register confirms that the best opportunities for decarbonizing shipping lie in
October 25, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, news arrived late last week Enerkem closed a $50 million equity investment from Suncor. What
October 21, 2019
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(University of Canterbury/Scoop) … This research will develop a new process and materials to produce bio-hydrogen and capture carbon dioxide
September 19, 2019
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by Roy Goh (New Straits Times) The Lahad Datu palm oil industrial cluster (POIC) port in Lahad Datu earned its stripes
August 30, 2019
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by Robert Rapier (Forbes) … My proposed solution is for the Midwestern states to band together to provide sufficient state
August 19, 2019
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by Denise Chow (NBC News) “Solar methanol islands” could curb our reliance on fossil fuels that belch harmful greenhouse gases
August 16, 2019
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by Ron Cascone and Steven Slome (Nexant/Biofuels Digest) The term “fatty acid methyl ester” or FAME has been synonymous with biodiesel
August 14, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Missed The Digest’s webinar on Biomass Gasification? Wondering what it is or where it’s at? Biomass
August 7, 2019
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(CyberFuels, Inc./Globe Newswire) EncounterCare Solutions (ECSL Pink Sheets OTC) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary CyberFuels Inc. is now offering
August 6, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Today’s top story talks about the value of hydrogen so what better Multi-Slide Guide than SBI
July 23, 2019
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by Steven Slome, Ron Cascone, and Matthew Morton (Nexant Inc./Biofuels Digest) As of mid-2019, the Chinese government has only six months
July 18, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From California comes news that Oberon Fuels has been officially awarded a grant for $2,876,139 from
July 16, 2019
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(Oberon Fuels/Globe Newswire) Oberon will upgrade its pilot plant to test new feedstock and increase production; 12 full-time and up to
July 2, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, Enerkem announced the death of co-founder and long-time CEO Vincent Chornet following a prolonged
June 28, 2019
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(Bioenergy Insight) Bright Biomethane opened its first North American office in response to growing business and increasing demand for renewable natural
June 25, 2019
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(BASF) Signing of Memorandum of Understanding to build a pilot plant for a new, energy-efficient one-step process in synthetizing dimethyl ether
June 24, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The U.S. Department of Energy and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created a tiered screening process
June 20, 2019
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by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) Oberon Fuels, a California-based producer of dimethyl ether (DME), has been awarded a $2.88 million grant
June 18, 2019
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(BASF) Successful team of experts applies for patent for complex process; With the help of BASF’s OASE® gas treatment technology, no carbon dioxide
May 28, 2019
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(Methanol Institute) Methanol Vehicle Policy Issued by Eight Chinese ministries led by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) —
May 23, 2019
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(Methanol Institute) Compared to conventional fuels, renewable methanol cuts carbon dioxide emissions by up to 95%, reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by
May 23, 2019
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by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Enerkem is producing methanol and ethanol at its Edmonton, Alberta, plant, diverting up to 24
May 15, 2019
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by Kevin Clemens (Design News) … “We’ve been working for a number of years on ways to make engines for cars and
May 1, 2019
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by Megan Guess (ARS Technica) … Daniel Cohn and Leslie Bromberg, a pair of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 12, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association has more than 9,000
April 12, 2019
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(Södra/Cision) A transition of the transport sector will require new solutions and a changed market. As part of the process to
March 26, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Industrial Microbesupgrades methane to various multi-carbon chemicals using synthetic biology. Noah Helman, CSO and Co-Founder of iMicrobes gave
March 21, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Shell will become an equal equity partner in the proposed commercial-scale waste-to-chemicals project, which will
March 4, 2019
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by Robert F. Service (Science Magazine) Methanol—a colorless liquid that can be made from agricultural waste—has long been touted as a
February 20, 2019
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by Helena Taveras-Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Wishes are coming true for some California bioenergy projects. Aemetis, Oberon Fuels and others will receive
February 5, 2019
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(Lloyd’s Register) A study that examines three key energy pathways to help identify the actions required for the shipping industry to
January 31, 2019
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In the Netherlands, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has officially launched the third edition of its
January 31, 2019
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by Amit Panday (AutoCar Professional) Nitin Gadkari: “We are commissioning a Center of Excellence on methanol for ARAI. My ministry
January 22, 2019
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(PTI/Financial Express) Gadkari was speaking at a symposium on ’empowering mobility – the safe and intelligence way’, organised by Automotive Research
January 18, 2019
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( VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland/Canadian Biomass) VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed a new technique based
January 16, 2019
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by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The U.K. Department for Transport has published preliminary data on its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
December 26, 2018
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by Yogima Seth Sharma (Economic Times) Niti Aayog will seek cabinet secretary PK Sinha’s intervention to push blending of methanol with
December 18, 2018
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by Jennette Barnes (The Standard-Times/Herald News) A Canadian waste-to-ethanol company is looking for its first U.S. location, and the SouthCoast is on
December 3, 2018
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.K. Department for Transport has published preliminary data on its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
November 14, 2018
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(BASF) Production with second generation renewable raw materials; Reduction of greenhouse gases by at least 50 percent; Independent certification of the process; Methanol: important
November 14, 2018
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(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft/TechExplore) … Even then, gasoline would still be required to power combustion engines, which will be operating for decades to come.
November 7, 2018
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by Dipak K Dash (Times of India) Electric-battery operated vehicles and the ones running on 100% ethanol or methanol will now not
October 25, 2018
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by Tan Hwee Hwee (Business Times) The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has set aside S$5 million to co-fund the
October 5, 2018
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, we hear that Enerkem has tested and validated the production of fuel-grade bio-DME made
September 26, 2018
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by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) Montreal, Quebec-based Enerkem Inc., a producer of biofuels and renewable chemicals from waste, has produced a
September 14, 2018
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(Business Today India) Vehicles using electricity or ethanol, biodiesel, CNG, methanol and biofuel need not apply for permits, said Union Road
September 10, 2018
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From Switzerland comes word of a technology for methanol synthesis plants which capture CO2 from the
August 28, 2018
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(King Abdullah University of Science and Technology/EurekAlert) Highly fuel-efficient new engine designs could significantly reduce the environmental impact of vehicles, especially
August 24, 2018
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Spain, BIOCON-CO2, a new €7 million EU Horizon 2020-funded research project, has recently kicked-off with intentions of
August 1, 2018
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The US Department of Energy has a key project called Co-Optima, which aims to determine key
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