Finnish Chempolis and Indian EIL to convert biomass into green fuels
Finland/India – Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Chempolis Oy, Finland, have formed a strategic partnership to convert biomass into green fuels.
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Category: Biobased
Asahi Kasei to produce butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass
Singapore – Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational corporation, has agreed to supply butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass to Shell Eastern Petroleum.
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Producing bioethanol from sugar beet aids Scotland’s net zero goals
United Kingdom – According to a study growing sugar beet in Scotland and processing the crop at a purpose-built biorefinery facility initially producing bioethanol could support thousands of jobs and make a significant contribution to the country’s net zero ambitions.
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UK gets five waste-based biofuel plants
United Kingdom – Advanced Biofuel Solutions (ABSL) and Greenergy signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop, construct and operate up to five municipal waste-based biofuel plants in the UK.
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EIES21: Let’s talk about negative CO2 emissions
The energy transition is often about the large-scale storage or reuse of CO2. That can even lead to negative CO2 emissions. Especially if the origin of the CO2 is biogenic. During European Industry and Energy Summit 2021 a side event is about the possibilities to get and keep CO2 out of the air.
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Sustainable aviation fuel and cellulose alcohol production from feedstock
United States – Sweetwater Energy and Gevo have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding the use of sustainably sourced agricultural residues and woody biomass as a feedstock for producing cellulosic alcohols and energy-dense renewable liquid hydrocarbons.
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Astra Energy gets rights to proprietary waste-to-energy tech
United States – Astra Energy, a renewable and waste-to-energy project developer and technology acquisition firm, has signed a deal for the rights to a proprietary waste-to-energy technology with Regreen Technologies and Global Sustainable Technologies.
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Canada’s new biomass to renewable natural gas project progresses
Canada – CHAR Technologies has begun surveying and geotechnical testing near Kirkland Lake, Ontario, at the intended location of its woody-biomass to renewable natural gas (RNG) High Temperature Pyrolysis (HTP) project.
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Yosemite to produce carbon-negative biofuels from waste wood
United States – Yosemite Clean Energy has secured a site near Oroville, California, for the development of its first carbon-negative green hydrogen and renewable natural gas (RNG) production plant, with groundbreaking slated for Q2 of 2022.
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Algae and waste could become future zero-emission fuels
United States – According to a US Department of Energy research, over 1 billion tons of biomass could be collected and processed into biofuels in the US sustainably by 2030. However, putting that idea into practice will require advancements in how biomass is cultivated, gathered, and processed. This is especially true for developing feedstocks such […]
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