Latest News - Current Month - February 2025

Biobased chemicals: Germany. Verbio is constructing the world’s first large-scale ethenolysis plant based on rapeseed oil methyl ester. Using ethenolysis, Verbio provides the market with the bio-based speciality chemicals methyl 9-decenoate (9-DAME) and 1-decene, which can be used as key components in a wide range of applications. 9-DAME is a component of detergents and cleaning agents and serves as a raw material for lubricants and polymers. 1-decene is an important basis for products in the field of high-performance lubricants used in modern engines, gearboxes and wind turbines. The feedstock is converted into renewable specialty chemicals using the innovative catalysts from XiMo, our wholly-owned Verbio subsidiary. Link  03/02/2025

Biobased chemicals: France. Arkema, a specialist in specialty materials, has launched its new range ENCOR bio-based waterborne dispersions designed for textile printing and finishing applications. These binders, with up to 30% bio-based content, and up to 40% carbon footprint reduction compared to traditional textile resins. Link  04/02/2025

Biogas: Germany EnviTec Biogas AG has announced that its has acquired liquefied natural gas (LNG) distributor LIQVIS GmbH from compatriot energy major Uniper SE. Founded in 2015, LIQVIS operates a total of 18 LNG filling stations in Germany and France at strategic traffic hubs with particularly high truck traffic. EnviTec Biogas plans to utilize LIQVIS’ existing LNG filling station infrastructure to sell bioLNG exclusively, produced at EnviTec’s own BioEnergie Park Güstrow, among other locations. Link 04/02/2025

Biojet/SAF: Canada. Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) has signed a Master License Agreement with Highbury Energy Inc. and a Site License with Wanagekong-Biiwega’iganan Clean Energy Corporation (WBCE Corp) — an Indigenous majority-owned and Indigenous-led joint venture with Highbury — aiming to produce renewable fuels from wood waste biomass feedstocks. Coupled with Highbury’s advanced gasification technology, WBCE Corp will deploy EFT’s proven Fischer-Tropsch technology at its first biorefinery in Fort Frances, Ontario. The facility will process wood waste from local mills and produce 20 million liters of low-carbon renewable fuels, including low-carbon intensity renewable diesel and SAF. Link  03/02/2025

CO2 removal: Sweden. Stockholm Exergi announced 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 Swedish Energy Agency, with granted support of $1.8 billion, to be paid out over up to 15 years. Stockholm Exergi is planning to build a bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility at its bio-cogeneration plant at Värtan, Stockholm. The facility will bring together the bioenergy-based combined heat and power plant fueled by residues from forestry, sawmill and pulp and paper production. Link  04/02/2025

e-fuels: Germany. INERATEC is to receive investment for its carbon neutral e-fuel production plant in Frankfurt, as well as further research and development. The Frankfurt plant is set to be Europe`s largest when opening in 2025. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst are providing a €70 million funding package through the EU-Catalyst Partnership to INERATEC. The EIB is providing a €40 million venture-debt-loan, backed by the EU`s InvestEU-program, while Breakthrough Energy Catalyst is awarding a grant of €30 million.  Link 03/02/2025

Hydrogen: Saudi Arabia. NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) has announced significant progress in developing the world’s largest green hydrogen plant, advancing efforts to transition to cleaner energy sources. The plant, set to be fully operational by 2026, aims to produce up to 600 tons of green hydrogen daily, targeting global export markets. By the end of 2026, the green hydrogen produced will power buses, heavy trucks, and industrial processes. Link 03/02/2025

Hydrogen: Sweden. Lhyfe (EPA:LHYFE) has received grant funding of up to EUR 11 million (USD 11.4m) for the construction of a 10-MW green hydrogen production plant in southern Sweden’s Jonkoping County. The electrolysis plant is planned to be built in Vaggeryd, between Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo, and will be capable of producing up to 4.4 tonnes of renewable hydrogen daily. The fuel will be supplied to the refuelling stations of mobility and industrial customers, with some of it to go for heating and production processes. Link  03/02/2025

Hydrogen: Germany. Deutsche Bahn has announced that it will build a test centre together with research institute Fraunhofer IFAM to develop and demonstrate the conversion of trains with diesel engines to run on hydrogen at its depot in Bremen. While the rail company is primarily focusing on electrification to decarbonise its networks — with 68% running on renewable electricity at the end of 2023 — it is also considering the use of H2 to continue operations of existing vehicles. Link  03/02/2025

Hydrogen: The Netherlands. Evonik has signed a term sheet with Dutch energy company VoltH2 to advance green hydrogen production at the Delfzijl chemical park in the Netherlands. VoltH2 will construct a 50 MW electrolyzer near Evonik’s hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plant. Evonik will then source a portion of its hydrogen demand from the electrolyzer, which is estimated to start operations at the end of 2027. VoltH2 will also construct a tube trailer filling station on Evonik’s premises, and the hydrogen in these trailers will be made available to VoltH2’s other customers. Link  04/02/2025

Hydrogen: Australia. The government of the Australian state of Queensland has withdrawn its support for the Central Queensland Hydrogen Project (CQ-H2), which is led by state-owned energy company Stanwell Corporation and targets the installation of nearly 2.9 GW of electrolysers. CQ-H2 is planned to be developed at Aldoga, near Gladstone. It will generate hydrogen through electrolysis using renewable power such as wind and/or solar. Link 04/02/2025

Recycling plastic: Germany. Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik have announced their cooperation to promote chemical recycling of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. Both companies are committed to develop technologies for robust and efficient depolymerisation and purification processes, coupled with an integrated concept for repolymerisation and the associated EPC business models.  Link 03/02/2025

January 2025

Ammonia production: Oman. LUPro (South Korea) has agreed to produce one million tonnes of green ammonia per year with Muscat Investment House in Oman and export it to Thailand and Southeast Asia. The facility, scheduled to be located in Duqm, will begin exporting ammonia volumes to Thailand in 2027.... Link

Ammonia production: India. Norwegian floating green ammonia production specialist

H2Carrier AS and Greenstat Hydrogen India (GHI), a unit of Norwegian renewable energy firm Greenstat ASA, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration on green hydrogen and ammonia projects in India and Sri Lanka. H2Carrier's P2XFloater is touted as the world’s first floating unit for green ammonia production at an industrial scale...Link

Ammonia production: USA. Amogy has raised $56m in its latest venture financing round to support the development and commercialisation of its ammonia-to-power systems. The announcement follows a key milestone for Amogy: the September 2024 demonstration of the NH3 Kraken, described as the world’s first ammonia-powered maritime vessel. ... Link

Ammonia production: India. AM Green has partnered with Dubai-based global port and logistics firm DP World to develop infrastructure to export 1 million ton per annum (MTPA) each of green ammonia and methanol.The partnership includes building infrastructure across the European Union, the Far East region, and the United Arab Emirates.... Link. 21/01/2025

Biobased chemicals: USA. Ascend Performance Materials announced today the successful production of acrylonitrile, hexamethylene diamine, adipic acid and nylon 6,6 from feedstocks derived from used cooking oil, expanding its Bioserve portfolio. The resulting nylon 6,6 has a 25% lower product carbon footprint than nylon 6,6 made from fossil-fuel derived feedstock...Link

Biobased chemicals: USA. Sustainea, an innovative company dedicated to manufacturing sustainable chemicals with a low-carbon footprint, is planning to invest $400 million in Lafayette, Indiana. In collaboration with local company Primient, who will supply corn-based dextrose precursors, Sustainea will convert this renewable feedstock into Bio-MEG (monoethylene glycol) ... Link

Biobased plastics: Belgium. Futerro is a leading Belgian company in the lactic acid and polylactic acid (PLA) sector, a biosourced, industrially compostable and recyclable biopolymer capable of replacing petro-sourced plastics in everyday life. The company announced the closing of its first fund-raising worth €12 million in preparation for the construction of its new biorefinery in Normandy.... Link

Biobased plastics: USA. Corn Next has officially launched CornNext-17, a new bio-based material. Derived from renewable corn starch, CornNext-17 utilizes a patented fermentation-based process to create a fully biodegradable material. Unlike traditional plastics and bio-plastics such as PLA and PHA, CornNext-17 retains its natural polysaccharide structure, enabling rapid decomposition within 30 days in natural environments. Link .21/01/2025

Biobased plastics: Belgium. Vioneo and Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) announced today that Honeywell’s technology will be used by Vioneo as part of its plans to produce plastics using green methanol, at a new facility to be built in Antwerp, Belgium. Vioneo will use Honeywell’s advanced methanol-to-olefin (MTO) conversion technology to produce plastics without the need for traditional feedstock made from fossil fuels. ....   Link    24/01/2025

Biofuels: Pakistan.Comstock Fuels and Gresham’s Eastern, a leading sustainable energy engineering, equipment and construction company based in Pakistan, has signed a binding agreement where Comstock Fuels agreed to grant Gresham’s exclusive project and site development rights in Pakistan to enable Gresham’s to deploy Comstock Fuels’ proprietary and patented lignocellulosic biomass refining technologies to produce sustainable aviation fuel and other renewable fuels in Pakistan....Link

Biofuels: USA. The U.S. is on pace to surpass 5 billion gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel consumption for the first time, capping a 2024 that saw increased efforts from states to drive adoption, updates to technical standards, growth in soybean crush capacity and growing public support for clean transportation fuel. ...Link

Biofuels: Galp, a major Portuguese multinational energy corporation, LOKEN, a Malaysian energy player developing one of the first renewable complex in South-East Asia, as well as SAFCO Venture Holdings Limited (SAFCO Ventures), have selected Axens’ Vegan®.... Link

Biofuels: Canada. Arbios Biotech announced the successful completion of construction of its Chuntoh Ghuna facility in Prince George, British Columbia. The facility uses Licella’s Cat-HTR hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology to transform forest residues and other woody residuals into a renewable bio-oil that can be refined into transportation fuels with a low carbon footprint.... Link

Biofuels :Spain. Adif and the company Exolum have signed a collaboration agreement to study the creation of a railway logistics network that, by connecting Exolum’s facilities to the Adif network, will facilitate the transport of CO2, ammonia, methanol, biofuels and other raw materials. This will allow the market to be offered an immediate, versatile and low-impact solution for the transport of the energy products of the future and will contribute to the objective of increasing the railway share by attracting new traffic to the Atlantic Corridor..... Link     22/01/2025

Biogas: US. ANexus W2V, a leading developer of waste-to-value infrastructure projects, announced the closing of an anchor $75 million structured equity commitment from Orion Infrastructure Capital. With additional investment from Nexus Holdings, Khasma Capital, along with debt financing from Ameris Bank. Nexus W2V has issued notice to proceed with the construction of its flagship facility, the Kingsbury Bioenergy Complex in La Porte, Indiana, which will turn source-separated organics into renewable natural gas (RNG)....  Link

Biogas: EU. According to the EBA white paper, Gasification: diversification of biomass processing and waste utilisation, Europe is currently home to approximately 141 biomass and waste gasification installations, with an additional 54 projects under development. Germany leads the way with 61 installations, while France, Finland, and Italy are also emerging as significant contributors to this growing market. 75% of the feedstock used in gasification comes from forestry and agricultural residues....Link

Biogas: India. Suzuki Motor Corporation signed an agreement to invest in NDDB Mrida Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board through Suzuki R&D Center India Private Limited. In order to contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality in India, Suzuki is working toward establishing biogas plants together with NDDB and Indian dairy industry associations.... Link

Biogas: Allied Analytics reported that the bio-LNG market size was valued at $0.7 billion in 2022, and is estimated to reach $3.4 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 17.9% from 2023 to 2032. Europe dominated the bio-LNG market and is expected to grow at a high CAGR during the forecast period.... Link

Biogas: Spain. Naturgy has signed a strategic alliance with Hispania Silva, a company specialising in waste recovery with extensive experience in the agricultural sector, for the construction of a minimum of 20 biomethane production plants, which could reach up to 30....Link

Biogas: Italy. Anaergia S.r.l. has signed a binding agreement with Techbau S.p.A., a leading Italian company specializing in large-scale engineering and construction projects for the building of five new biomethane production plants in Italy. Anaergia S.r.l. will be the technology provider, supplying state-of-the-art equipment for the biomethane production process, and Techbau will be the general contractor... Link

Biogas: USA. Anew Climate, LLC expanded the company’s European business by entering Germany’s biomethane market. Leveraging the company’s 20+ years of success in the North American biomethane and carbon removals markets, Anew will provide a full suite of comprehensive products and services to the transportation and industrial heat and power sectors.. Link

Biogas: United Kingdom. Kanadevia Inova acquired London-based Iona Capital Limited (ICL), along with a portfolio of 11 renewable gas plants in the UK and a substantial pipeline of projects globally. The landmark acquisition accelerates the evolution of the Kanadevia Inova business beyond Business Development, EPC and plant lifecycle service provider, and into full plant ownership, management, and oversight of Renewable Gas assets through its Asset Management business unit.... Link    23/01/2025

Biogas: New Zealand. Expansion of the Ecogas plant at Reporoa NZ is being planned. Link    24/01/2025

Biogas: France. Waga Energy and the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis are joining forces to deploy an innovative project combining biomethane production and solar energy at the Aix-en-Provence waste storage site (Bouches-du-Rhône).  The WAGABOX® unit will replace three engines currently used to recover gas in the form of electricity and will increase energy production.….. Link    27/01/2025

Biogas: Germany. Germany’s largest biogas producer, EnviTec Biogas AG, has been leveraging chicken manure for the production of biogas, renewable natural gas (RNG), and bio-Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for an impressive 23 years. The company is now actively exploring opportunities in the growing U.S. market for the anaerobic digestion of poultry manure, aligning its expertise with the increasing demand for sustainable waste-to-energy solution….. Link  27/01/2025

Biogas: United Kingdom. ADTechOptima, is set to tackle long standing problems holding back the biogas-bioenergy sector. ADTechOptima’s technologies aim to solve two key problems: the underperformance of anaerobic digesters and the quality of the “digestate” produced as part of the process. Digestate is a nutrient-rich substance that can be used as a fertiliser. The first solution the company is developing is an additive that enables digesters to remain operationally reliable at much higher through-puts of organic waste.... Link 31/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: US. AAvina Clean Hydrogen, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) on  announced the selection of Southwest Illinois as the location for Avina Clean Hydrogen’s $820 million investment for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project. The investment will enable Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc., a pioneer in the clean fuels sector, to develop its facility to produce SAF.... Link

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. Flights are set to be greener as the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate officially came into force 1^st January 2025. By law, this type of fuel must now make up at least 2% of all jet fuel in flights taking off from the UK from 2025, growing year-on-year to 10% by 2030 and 22% by 2040... . Link

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. OXCCU has unveiled new techno-economic analysis detailing the transformative potential of its CO₂ Fischer-Tropsch (CO₂ F-T) technology for producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The report outlines how OXCCU’s innovative catalyst and process reduces costs, enhances efficiency, and accelerates decarbonization in the aviation sector....Link

Biojet/SAF: South Korea. SK Energy has successfully exported Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Europe, marking a first for a Korean refiner. This milestone comes just four months after the company commenced commercial production, completing a global value chain for SAF....Link

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. Alfanar’s project in north-east England known as the Lighthouse Green Fuels project, Alfanar is currently developing a £1.5 billion (€1.8 billion) waste-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Billingham, Teesside, which will be the largest and most technically advanced facility of its kind in Europe.... Link

Biojet/SAF: Sweden. Preem is being supplied with heat exchanger tubes from Alleima to be used in the conversion of the Lysekil refinery from fossil to renewable fuels. The redevelopment of Preem's IsoCracker plant (ICR) in Lysekil started late 2024. Once completed, it will produce 1.2 million cubic meters of renewable fuels annually and reduce fossil carbon dioxide emissions at user level by 2-3 million tons annually. Link

Biojet/SAF: USA. Renewable fuel company Montana Renewables LLC, a subsidiary of Calumet Inc (NASDAQ:LMT) has closed a USD 1.67 billion (EUR 1.62bn) guaranteed loan facility with the US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office. The sum, including USD 1.44 billion of principal and USD 233 million of capitalised interest, will fund the expansion of Montana Renewables’ facility in Great Falls, Montana... Link

Biojet/SAF: Japan. Cosmo Oil Co., JGC Holdings Corporation, Revo International and SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY announced the completion of a SAF production facility to manufacture and supply domestically produced SAF using waste cooking oil as a raw material. The partners announced that the construction was completed on December 25, 2024. The four companies aim to be the first in Japan to manufacture domestically produced SAF on a large scale, and will supply approximately 30,000 kiloliters of SAF per year domestically, using 100% waste edible oil as the raw material..   Link

Biojet/SAF: UAE. SAF One announced the acquisition of Green Biotrade, a UAE based feedstock and biofuels trading company. This strategic acquisition will strengthen SAF One’s supply chain capabilities and secure critical feedstock for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects. Acquisition of Green Biotrade represents a significant milestone in their mission to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel production. By integrating Green Biotrade’s extensive trading expertise and robust feedstock network...Link

Biojet/SAF: USA. USA BioEnergy announced it has closed on the acquisition of 1,600+ acres of land in East Texas for its new $2.8 billion advanced biorefinery, designed to convert wood waste into sustainable, net-zero aviation fuel (SAF). The landmark SAF facility already secured a 20-year offtake agreement with Southwest Airlines and is at the forefront of advancing ultra-low-carbon fuel, which is much needed in the future of aviation... Link

Biojet/SAF: Austria. OMV and Airbus have agreed to work together to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation industry by promoting the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). OMV has been producing SAF at its Schwechat refinery in Austria since March 2022, using sustainable and locally sourced materials like used cooking oil. The company is already supplying SAF to several airlines at Vienna Airport and has agreements to deliver a total of 1.5 million tons of SAF by 2030. ...Link. 21/01/2024

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. Powerhouse Energy has agreed to collaborate with Avioxx Ltd to integrate PHE’s technology for its pilot scale facility to produce 200 tons per annum of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Avioxx, based in London and Cheshire, has developed a patented process to produce SAF from non-recyclable wastes..... Link     22/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. LanzaJet, a leader in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)1 technology and producer of SAF, today announced the selection of the site for their next production facility, Project Speedbird, in Teesside's Wilton International. LanzaJet has partnered with Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned entity of Sembcorp Industries Ltd, to develop an ethanol-to-SAF facility at Wilton International in Teesside, UK. Through a collaboration with British Airways, Project Speedbird will produce over 90,000 tonnes (30 million gallons) of SAF and renewable diesel annually.... Link    23/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. IAG has invested in Wastefront who plan to turn used tires into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The SAF will be made by converting waste tires into tire derived oil, which is then refined into road fuels and SAF. The SAF produced is expected to give life cycle carbon emission savings of over 80% versus fossil fuels. The plant will begin operations in 2026 and once fully operational the following year, will process up to 10 million waste tires annually. …..Link   24/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: Italy. Enilive announces the commissioning of its first plant to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the Gela biorefinery, in Sicily. Production has started at the plant, which has a capacity of 400,000 tons per year, representing almost a third of the expected European SAF demand in 2025, following the implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation. ... Link     24/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: USA. SkiesFifty and Frontline BioEnergy announced a new partnership to advance the commercialization of waste-to-energy technology, targeting the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). his agreement combines SkiesFifty’s expertise in investment and sustainable aviation with Frontline’s proprietary and patented gasification technology, that converts biomass and waste into clean renewable fuels on an industrial scale….. Link    27/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: China. Chuangui New Energy company has agreeed with Topsoe to provide technology and services to produce SAF and renewable diesel. Located in Qinzhou City of the Guangxi region, Southwest China, Chuangui New Energy company will use Topsoe’s licensing and engineering design services and technologies, including its HydroFlex® technology, proprietary equipment and catalysts enabling production of SAF and renewable diesel starting from used cooking oil.... Link    24/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: France. Haffner Energy, LanzaTech,and LanzaJet announced that  they are working together to explore joint biomass-to-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) projects covering the entire production value chain..... Link 29/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: Japan. Cosmo Oil Marketing Co. will begin supplying sustainable aviation fuel produced domestically by SAFFAIRE SKY ENERGY LLC to Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. and All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. from fiscal year 2025. With the start of supply to domestic airlines from fiscal year 2025 onwards, the first domestically produced SAF supply chain in Japan will be established. Link 29/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: USA. Summit Next Gen will open a world-class sustainable aviation fuel manufacturing and refining facility along the Texas Gulf Coast, which will be the largest ethanol-to-jet fuel production facility announced to date in North America. The project will create more than $1.6 billion in capital investment. located on the Houston Ship Channel, the selected 60-acre site location will provide Summit Next Gen with substantial optionality to leverage existing and planned marine, pipeline, rail and other logistics infrastructure to cost competitively source ethanol feedstock for the facility and deliver produced SAF to all major demand markets on behalf of its offtake customers both domestically and internationally.... Link  31/01/2025

Biojet/SAF: Sweden. Jord AB and Votion Biorefineries AB announced a strategic partnership to convert Jord’s sustainable C4-grass biomass into biocrude and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This collaboration aims to accelerate the global energy transition and reduce carbon emissions in hard-to-abate sectors such as transport, aviation, and chemicals. ord specializes in cultivating and commercializing C4-grass biomass and solid biofuels, grown on marginal or degraded lands in Senegal and the Dominican Republic. This fast-growing biomass sequesters carbon, regenerates soils, and serves as an ideal feedstock for renewable energy applications. Link 31/01/2025

Biomaterials: Germany. In a high-pressure reactor, we mix the biomass with water in an approximate ratio of 0.1 to 0.4. The fibre components, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin are then broken down under high pressure (between 6 to 60 bar) and at a high temperature (between 160 and 240°C). Depending on the pH value and temperature in the reactor, we obtain either more hydrochar or artificial humic acid. Both are solids that range in colour between brownish to black. Link

Biomaterials: USA. Celanese will convert captured CO2 from industrial CO2 emissions into a methanol building block which makes up part of vinyl acetate-based emulsions used as a raw material in the manufacturing of paints. Celanese has commercialized an approach for converting waste emissions into renewable feedstocks through CCU. The technology takes industrial CO2 emissions that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere and applies hydrogen to chemically convert the captured CO2 into a methanol building block which makes up part of vinyl acetate-based emulsions used as a raw material in the manufacturing of paints... Link

Biomaterials: USA.  LanzaTech Global announced its intent to form LanzaX, a business unit dedicated to its wholly-owned synthetic biology platform. LanzaTech intends to spin out LanzaX from its core biorefining business as a joint venture with Tharsis Capital LLC in the coming months. The formation and proposed spin-out of LanzaX, which is comprised of the Company’s proprietary synthetic biology and strain engineering (“synbio”) platform and associated employees, is a strategic move that aims to accelerate project development. ..Link       24/01/2025

Biomaterials: Finland. CarbonScape, a pioneer in sustainable battery materials, on Jan. 27 announced the signing of several agreements for the supply of renewable feedstock, woodchips, to CarbonScape's future biographite industrial plants in North America and Europe. These agreements, with some of the largest forestry companies in the world, follow CarbonScape's recent announcement of plans to build a demonstration facility in Kotka, Finland, after having operated their pilot plant facility in New Zealand and producing biographite over the past six years. Link 31/01/2025

CO2 removal: Hungary. eChemicles, pioneering in CO2 electrolysis, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Bosch Thin Metal Technologies to accelerate the commercialization of a novel carbon dioxide utilization (CCU) technology. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (i.e., its conversion to more reduced chemical species using electrical energy) is a promising waste-to-wealth approach, generating high-value, green chemicals which can be readily used in the chemical value chain in several industries (such as chemicals, steel, petrochemicals, plastics, and synthetic fuels)...Link

CO2 removal: USA. Rebel Fuels Inc., a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, announced its plants will capture biogenic CO2 from sources such as ethanol and alcohol distilleries, wastewater treatment plants, and biogas facilities. The captured CO2 is then combined with renewably produced hydrogen to create carbon-neutral fuels. ...Link

E-fuels: Uruguay. HIF Global and Alcoholes del Uruguay (“ALUR have signed the Implementation Agreement which establishes the framework for the interaction between HIF’s future e-Fuels facility in Paysandú and ALUR’s biofuel plant nearby. The HIF Paysandú e-Fuels facility, with an estimated investment of $6 billion, aims to produce 700,000 tons of renewable fuels annually.... Link

E-fuels: Switzerland. Metafuels announced its latest, oversubscribed $9 million round – led by Celsius Industries (fka UNTITLED and anchored by the Tetra Laval industrial family). Other new investors are RockCreek, Fortescue Ventures, Verve Ventures, with existing investors Energy Impact Partners (EIP) and Contrarian Ventures also participating. Metafuels has now raised $22 million in just over two years, making it one of Europe’s best funded  sustainable aviation fuel startups.... Link

E-fuels: Norway Boeing has become a key project development partner of Norsk e-Fuel, supporting one of Europe’s first industrial scale Power-to-Liquids (PtL) facilities. Boeing’s investment will accelerate the production and availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the Nordics and globally. It is also intended to support the commercial aviation industry’s and ICAO member states’ common goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.... Link   23/01/2025

E-Fuels: Finland. Liquid Wind and Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of an eFuel facility in Naantali, Finland. Once operational, the eFuel facility will produce 100,000 tons/a eMethanol made from green hydrogen and biogenic CO2 (160,000 tons/a). Final investment decision (FID) is planned for 2026, and the facility will be operational in 2029. eMethanol is a very versatile commodity that can replace fossil fuels in hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping and aviation while reducing CO2 emissions.....  Link    23/01/2025

E-fuels: USA. Lydian announced the successful pilot demonstration of its technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial and defense applications. The pilot plant, which can produce up to 25 gallons of fuel per day, is located at RTI International in North Carolina. Lydian’s power-to-liquids (PtL) technology is part of a growing evolution within the SAF industry that has seen PtL approaches gain traction due to highly accessible and scalable feedstock (waste CO2 emissions) and minimal land and water usage compared to biofuels. As a result, PtL approaches can achieve the lowest emissions of any SAF..... Link 29/01/2025

E-fuels: Finland. Finnish energy firm Fortum Oyj (HEL:FORTUM) has sealed a contract to supply clean electricity enough to cover the initial power needs of a green hydrogen production plant in south-western Finland which P2X Solutions is currently ramping up. The companies have signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA), including the corresponding Guarantee of Origin, which will allow the Harjavalta plant to meet the EU requirements for renewable hydrogen.    Link 31/01/2025

e-methanol: Finland. Freija will make eMethane at scale from clean hydrogen and biogenic CO2 based on a cost competitive, proprietary and modularized solution with an integrated electrolyser facility. Following site selection, the company has issued the EnvironmentalImpact Assessment (EIA) program report and has started front-end engineering and design studies based on a capex and opex efficient development concept with up to three phases. Each phase equals one plant with annual capacity of up to58.000 tons of renewable eMethane. Production will start in 2029….Link    24/01/2025

e-methanol:Spain. Reolum has selected  Johnson Matthey’s e-methanol technology for the next phase of its La Robla Nueva Energia (NE) project. Located in the Spanish region of Castilla y León, it will be one of the largest e-methanol production plants in Europe, planned to be online by the end of 2027. This project is made up of two cutting-edge facilities: Roblum, a green energy generation plant that will power more than 50,000 households – and La Robla NE, an e-methanol plant.. Link 28/01/2025

Ethanol: India.  Bihar State, India expects to see nine new ethanol plants brought online by 2026, bringing 50,000 jobs to the region and supporting sugarcane as well as corn farmers who will supply those plants feedstocks. Ethanol production will already begin in 2025 in Bhagalpur and Kaimur....Link

Ethanol: Brazil. National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved financing totaling R$1 billion for Raízen Energia S/A to build a second-generation Cellulosic Ethanol Unit, E2G, in Andradina (SP), with an installed production capacity of up to 82 million liters per year. the plant will be one of six planned in the country to achieve economic viability of E2G by 2028.... Link

Ethanol: USA. ClonBio Group Ltd. is taking its biorefinery build-out strategies proven in Tolna County, Hungary, and applying them in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The European Union’s largest ethanol producer acquired a former Valero corn ethanol production facility in Jefferson in 2022 and has already made progress in reshaping the 100-year-old site through more than $450 million in investments.... Link

Ethanol: USA. Green Plains Inc says key milestones for the ‘Advantage Nebraska’ carbon strategy have been met and the project remains on track for operation in the second half of 2025. These facilities are expected to be among the first significant volumes of low carbon ethanol from carbon capture and sequestration in the U.S....  Link

Ethanol: Brazil. Progresso group is making its first investments in a corn ethanol plant that is being built in Uruçuí (PI) and which is expected to start crushing grains between June and July 2026. With a total investment of R$1.18 billion, the project is being carried out in partnership with Brasil Bioenergia (BrasBio), which has among its partners the Green Lake Fi Participações fund, H4 Holding and Ideal Agro.... Link 29/01/2025

Feedstock: USA. Neste and Bayer have signed a MoU aimed at developing a winter canola ecosystem in the U.S, including identifying partners and developing the value chain together, and scaling winter canola production as a raw material for renewable products. Winter canola, used as a rotational crop in combination with regenerative agriculture practices, can improve soil health and sequester carbon, contributing to more sustainable farming. Link

Feedstock: Indonesia. Indonesia has decided to limit exports of used cooking oil as well as palm oil residue such as palm oil mill effluent in an effort to retain sufficient feedstock in the country to achieve its new 40% blending mandate. As the levy lobbed on crude palm oil exports are used to subsidize biodiesel blending, the government had to find other feedstocks that wouldn’t impede that revenue....Link

Feedstock: Germany. Bayer announced a deal with Canada-based Smart Earth Camelina Corp., whereby Bayer has acquired their camelina germplasm, intellectual property, and materials to expand its global leadership position in biomass-based feedstock markets ... Link

Feedstock: Australia. Idemitsu Kosan said it will launch a trial plantation of Pongamia in Queensland, Australia, to evaluate its suitability as a potential feedstock for SAF using HEFA technology. The trial plantation will be conducted in collaboration with US-based company Terviva and Australian firm Stanmore Resources Limited.... Link

Feedstock: USA. Comstock Fuels Corporation has executed an agreement with Hexas Biomass Inc, securing exclusive rights to Hexas’ intellectual properties in liquid fuels applications, subject to certain pre-existing agreements and relationships. Hexas has developed a suite of proprietary intellectual properties for the propagation, production, harvesting, and processing of purpose grown energy crops with proven yields exceeding 25 to 30 dry metric tons per acre per year, or about 4 to 7 times the yields of traditional forestry species....  Link     23/01/2025

Hydrogen: Chile. AES Andes has submitted an environmental impact study (EIS) for a USD-10-billion (EUR 9.58bn) green hydrogen and ammonia project in Chile, proposing to establish a wind and solar-powered industrial-scale complex near mining sites and port facilities in the region of Antofagasta. AES Andes estimates that the gaseous hydrogen production plant would consume around 1.68 GW of electricity for an output estimated at 217,023 tonnes/year, or 595 tonnes/day.... Link

Hydrogen: Singapore. PacificLight Power (PLP) was granted the rights to build, own and operate a 600MW hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island. Expected to power up in January 2019, the H-class CCGT will boast “at least” 600MW of capacity, working alongside PLP’s existing 830MW CCGT and 100MW of fast-start capacity, which is expected to start operations in Q2 this year.... Link

Hydrogen: EU. Provaris Energy, Uniper Global Commodities and Norwegian Hydrogen have signed a conditional Term Sheet, paving the way for the supply of hydrogen from the Nordics to north-western Europe. Under the agreed terms, an annual volume of 42,500 tonnes per year of renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO)-certified hydrogen will be delivered using Provaris’ H2Neo carriers... Link

Hydrogen: Germany. Germany is expected to complete around 525 km (326.2 miles) of its planned nationwide core hydrogen network in 2025 according to the current planning status. n total, Germany plans to build 9,040 km of hydrogen infrastructure by 2032, including repurposing existing gas networks and developing new hydrogen pipelines.... Link

Hydrogen: Chile. German development bank KfW will provide a promotional loan of EUR 100 million (USD 103m) as part of a EUR-1-billion financing platform to support the development of green hydrogen projects in Chile. The financing is part of the European Global Gateway Renewable Hydrogen Funding platform, whose total volume reaches up to EUR 1 billion. In addition to KfW’s loan, the amount includes EUR 100 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB), EUR 16.5 million from the EU, USD 150 million from the World Bank, EUR 400 million from Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and EUR 230 million from CORFO and other financiers. ...Link

Hydrogen: South Korea. Utility, the off-gas-to-value company pioneering its proprietary eXERO gas production technology optimized to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries, has signed a commercial agreement with GH EnA of Korea for multiple projects to create clean, affordable, carbon-negative hydrogen using biogas with Utility’s groundbreaking H2Gen reactor. H2Gen reactors are based on Utility’s proprietary eXERO gas production technology which enables a variety of chemical reactions to produce valuable gas streams. ...Link

Hydrogen: USA. Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (PTC), also known as 45V, had been the subject of heated debate — and lobbying — since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) way back in August 2022. But after more than a year of speculation — and with the Biden administration in its last days — the final rulemaking has at last been published.... Link

Hydrogen: Germany. Evia Aero has signed a letter of intent with Britten-Norman to buy 15 new Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, the UK aircraft manufacturer. Deliveries of the 15 planes will start at the beginning of 2027. The machines will then be converted to zero-emissions platforms powered by hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion systems.... Link

Hydrogen: USA. Avina Clean Hydrogen (Avina), a leading clean fuel solutions provider, is pleased to announce the successful completion of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and Front-End-Loading (FEL-3) for its 2,200 metric tons per day (MTPD) clean ammonia facility located in Texas Gulf Coast. With a Final Investment Decision (FID) targeted in 2025, this is a major milestone for the industry as it represents the first announced completion of FEED for a large-scale clean ammonia facility in the United States.... Link

Hydrogen: France. A liquid hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine engine suitable for the light aviation market has reportedly been successfully tested and validated by Air Liquide, Turbotech and Safran. Hydrogen fuel was stored in gaseous form to perform an initial characterisation of the engine, before the engine was coupled to a cryogenic liquid storage system supplied by Air Liquide to showcase the end-to-end integration of a propulsion system, replicating all functions on a complete aircraft.  Link

Hydrogen: India. AM Green and DP World have partnered to develop logistics and storage infrastructure in India in a bid to export one million tonnes of both green ammonia and methanol. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the two companies aim to establish India as a global hub for green hydrogen-based molecules, as the nation drives forward with its hydrogen ambitions. They will explore port infrastructure across AM Green’s Net Zero industrial clusters to facilitate global exports; develop bunkering infrastructure across Dubai, India and Southeast Asia for green ammonia and methanol supplied from AM Green plants... Link

Hydrogen: United Kingdom. Turkish manufacturing firm ENKA has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Essar Energy Transition (EET) Hydrogen for its hydrogen production plant in Cheshire, UK.  EET Hydrogen’s HPP1 project, located at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, will reportedly have a production capacity of 350MW and capture around 600,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. Link

Hydrogen: Australia. Plug Power has finalised a 3GW electrolyser order from Allied Green Ammonia (AGA) for a major hydrogen-to-ammonia plant under development in Australia’s Northern Territory. After Plug signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and agreed to support the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of the plant under a Basic Engineering and Design Package last May, they will now deliver the PEM electrolyser solutions from 2027.... Link

Hydrogen: Germany. Danish renewables investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has announced the launch of “Project Anker”, an 800MW green hydrogen facility in Germany, to be developed in partnership with local energy firm Friesen Elektra Green Energy. Anker will be built in two 400MW stages in the municipality of Sande, close to the deepwater port of Wilhelmshaven. ... Link

Hydrogen: USA. Plug Power has closed a $1.66bn loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the construction of up to six low-carbon liquid hydrogen projects. The loan guarantee from the DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO), initially announced in May, will be welcome news for Plug Power.... Link

Hydrogen: United Kingdom. Hygen Energy has received funding from HSBC UK to boost the capacity of its green hydrogen production site in Birmingham, UK. Through HSBC Equipment Finance, Hygen will benefit from asset financing to enhance its facility at the Tyseley Energy Park (TEP) and to develop additional sites across the UK. At the Tyseley site, Hygen operates a refueling unit that supplies hydrogen to key clients such as National Express and JCB... Link

Hydrogen: Oman. Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd said it has secured the largest supply contract for a 320-MW green ammonia project in Oman. The contract, awarded by India’s ACME Group, calls for Sungrow Hydrogen to supply multiple sets of 1000 Nm3/h ALK hydrogen production equipment and flexible green hydrogen production solutions for the project. Delivery is due to be completed this year. The project is expected to start operations in 2026 with an initial capacity for green ammonia production of 300 tonnes per day. ....Link. 21/01/2025

Hydrogen: France. Lhyfe and Masdar (UAE based company)  have signed a memorandum of understanding to assess potential co-development opportunities in large-scale green hydrogen production projects in Europe. Lhyfe already has four installed green hydrogen production sites in Europe. The company’s pipeline represents a total installed capacity of 9.5 GW and includes several large-scale projects at advanced stages.... Link     23/01/2025

Hydrogen: USA. Verdagy has been selected to provide more than 320 MW of its electrolysers for Petron Scientech’s first biorefinery project in the US which will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and e-methanol. Verdagy will deliver its eDynamic alkaline water electrolysers for integration into the biorefinery to produce over 45 kilotonnes of green hydrogen per year. The systems will be manufactured at Verdagy’s newly-opened 1-GW plant in the Silicon Valley.... Link     23/01/2025

Hydrogen: Italy. CWA Power, a publicly traded company in Saudi Arabia recognized as the world’s largest private water desalination company signed a MoU with Snam to explore collaboration and joint investments to establish a green hydrogen supply chain in Europe..... Link  29/01/2025

Hydrogen: Spain. Repsol has taken the final investment decision today on its Tarragona Ecoplant, a pioneering project to be completed in 2029 that will produce “renewable methanol” via the gasification of municipal solid waste. Repsol will invest over 800 million euros in a green methanol facility in northeastern Spain. The so-called Ecoplant in Tarragona is scheduled to be up and running in 2029 and will be able to process up to 400,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year, transforming it into 240,000 tons of renewable fuels. This cutting-edge technology, developed by Enerkem - a technology company in which Repsol is a partner..... Link  30/01/2025

Hydrogen: Spain. Moeve, the country's second-largest oil company will to start building its flagship green hydrogen project this year. This follows Spain's decision not to extend an energy windfall tax. Moeve is building the project in phases. It has a target to produce 2GW of green hydrogen from the project by 2030. Owned by Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala and U.S.-based private equity firm the Carlyle Group CG.O, Moeve is investing up to 8 billion euros to shift to low carbon energy and sustainable mobility.... Link 30/01/2025

Marine fuels: EU. European Union marine fuel rules, effective from Jan. 1 as part of efforts to cut emissions, will raise shipping costs, although firms with vessels that can run on alternative fuels, such as biodiesel and LNG, will benefit. The policy is the second major EU regulation focused on cutting the shipping industry's carbon emissions in as many years...Link

Marine fuels: China. Shanghai International Port Group’s (SIPG) bunkering ship Hai Gang Zhi Yuan has supplied 3,000 tons of green methanol to Ane Maersk, one of the world’s first boxships powered by this alternative fuel, at Yangshan Port. Hai Gang Zhi Yuan, owned by Shanghai SIPG Energy Services, a subsidiary of SIPG Group, is considered the Port of Shanghai’s first methanol bunkering ship.... Link

Marine fuels: Spain. United European Car Carriers (UECC) has performed the first-ever ship refueling operation in Spain with a truck-borne shipment of liquefied biomethane (LBM) to widen access to supplies of the sustainable fuel and bolster the country’s circular economy. LBM supplied by green energy developer Naturgy from a biomethane production plant in the surrounding Galicia province was pumped directly from a tanker truck into the tanks of UECC’s multi-fuel LNG battery hybrid Pure Car and Truck Carrier.Link

Marine fuels: Singapore. Neste and KPI OceanConnect recently collaborated on the supply of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to the marine sector in Singapore in partnership with Global Energy for operational delivery in Singapore waters. This is the first time renewable diesel is supplied to the marine sector players to be used e.g. by cruise ships in Singapore. This first supply of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to the marine sector in Asia-Pacific marks a significant milestone for the industry and demonstrates the versatility of the product across a wide range of applications.... Link

Marine fuels: DNV’s latest white paper “Biofuels in Shipping”, key biofuels like FAME and HVO have great potential for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and supporting compliance with maritime regulations, but their benefits to the industry could be constrained by limited supply in the future.... Link

Methanol: USA.ETFuels has selected technology companies John Cockerill and Johnson Matthey as strategic partners for its 120,000-ton-per-year e-methanol project in Texas, U.S. John Cockerill will provide 210 MW of its pressurized alkaline electrolyzer units, along with technical services, as the foundation for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the green hydrogen facility to be constructed in Texas.....  Link

Methanol: USA. Straits Research reported that the global methanol market size is projected to reach $53.15 billion by 2033, up from $34.253 billion in 2025.  North America’s methanol market growth is driven by major players like Methanex, BASF, and Mitsubishi Gas Chemicals...   Link

Methanol: USA. At the core of Emvolon’s system is an off-the-shelf automotive engine that runs “fuel rich” — with a higher ratio of fuel to air than what is needed for complete combustion.The hydrogen and carbon monoxide are intermediate products used to synthesize different chemicals through further reactions. Those processing steps take place right next to the engine, which makes its own power. Each of Emvolon’s standalone systems fits within a 40-foot shipping container and can produce about 8 tons of methanol per day from 300,000 standard cubic feet of methane gas... Link

Methanol: Hong Kong. The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) and Singaporean company Global Energy have signed a MoU to jointly advance the supply and distribution of green methanol as a marine fuel for the shipping industry. This strategic collaboration between Towngas and Global Energy integrates production and logistics capabilities to provide end users with a holistic, end-to-end solution at major and regional ports..... Link 28/01/2025

Plastic recycling: France. CARBIOS, is postponing the construction of its PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville for 6 to 9 months due to delayed funding pending completion of additional financing under satisfactory conditions. CARBIOS’ ambition is to finalize this financing, notably non-dilutive, as quickly as possible, so as to serve market needs from 2027.  ...Link

Plastic recycling: France. CARBIOS is postponing the construction of its PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville for 6 to 9 months due to delayed funding pending completion of additional financing under satisfactory conditions. CARBIOS’ ambition is to finalize this financing, notably non-dilutive, as quickly as possible, so as to serve market needs from 2027. CARBIOS expects to sign several binding commercial contracts in the first half of 2025... Link

Plastic recycling: Denmark. Vitol B.V. (“Vitol”) has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S (“WPU”). On completion, which is subject to certain conditions precedent, Vitol will own 90.36% of the share capital of WPU. WPU upcycles end-of-life plastic waste to oil, using batch pyrolysis technology, for use as full range Naphtha or to be distilled to kerosene/jet fuel. Based in Denmark, WPU has an operational commercial scale facility in Farevejle with the capacity to recycle 30,000 tonnes of waste plastic a year.... Link

Policy: Spain. Spain’s government has extended the 1.2% levy on energy revenues for another year, but made it possible for companies to secure a maximum 60% rebate for investments in ecological transition and decarbonisation. The key feature of the levy remains the same -- all domestic energy companies with net annual revenues exceeding EUR 1 billion (USD 1.04bn), excluding regulated power and gas businesses and earnings from abroad, pay 1.2% of turnover...   Link

Policy: Germany. A recent report by the Centre for Environmental Systems Research - University of Lassel, Germany presents new data on the performance of the German bioeconomy. It shows how much biomass from agriculture, forestry and fisheries was produced, traded and consumed for various purposes in 2020. The sustainable availability of biomass depends on the environmental impact and the possibilities for economic activity within ecological limits. A balanced bioeconomy in line with global sustainability goals requires a balance between consumption and sustainable supply.... Link

Policy: Indonesia. The Indonesian government has yet to implement a higher mandatory blend of biodiesel planned for January 1 2025 as industry participants await technical details of the new regulation, causing confusion among palm oil traders. The government had pledged to mandate a 40% mix of palm oil-based fuel in biodiesel from January 1, known as B40, from a 35% blend currently in force....Link

Policy: USA. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s release of an interim rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of corn, sorghum, and other biofuel feedstock crops grown in the United States.... Link

Policy: USA President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 issued an executive order declaring a national energy emergency. One component of the order directs the U.S. EPA to consider issuing emergency fuel waivers to allow year-round E15 sales. The EPA in early 2024 issued a separate rulemaking that will allow year-round sales of E15 in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin starting with the 2025 summer driving season.....  Link       22/01/2025

Policy: EU. Italy, Germany, Austria, Algeria and Tunisia on Tuesday signed a joint declaration of intent to continue work on the development of the SouthH2 Corridor project, which will carry renewable hydrogen over 3,300 kilometres (2,051 miles) from North Africa to the three European countries.....Link     22/01/2025

Policy: Australia. Forrest has already set a target of “real zero” emissions at his company’s iron ore operations for 2030, by which time he says it will not be burning any fossil fuels for mining, processing or land transport. Forrest is a major critic of “net zero” strategies allow carbon offsets or carbon capture and storage. Real zero, he says, involves the elimination of fossil fuels, and he wants the world to follow – and achieve it a decade earlier than current “net zero” targets. Fortescue says a study involving the University of Oxford found real zero for the power and transport sectors could drive annual savings of more than $US500 billion by 2050. Link 29/01/2025

Policy: USA. Certain parts of the bioeconomy may face headwinds under a Trump presidency. It is not just downstream biobased manufacturers that would be vulnerable to rising tensions between the US and traditional economic partners. US primary producers, those working in agriculture and forestry, would be affected by tit-for-tat tariff hikes too, given that US exports considerable biomass feedstock to China and other Asian countries..... Link  31/01/2025

Policy/Hydrogen: Energy utilities’ plans to use hydrogen for domestic heating and cooking are out of touch with hydrogen’s risks and limitations. That’s the scathing message from a new Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) report which told hydrogen producers that plan on relying on home heating as a market to “think again.” The report’s headline findings warn that hydrogen in homes poses health and safety risks, could delay electrification, would produce NOx and is also inefficient. Burning hydrogen for heat and cooking is an inefficient way to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Also, hydrogen transport requires greater gas compression than natural gas—and compression consumes energy....   Link     22/01/2025

Pyrolysis: Canada. CHAR Technologies, a leader in sustainable energy solutions, is pleased to announce that the Government of Québec, through the Programme Innovation Bois, has announced the approval of $2.5M to CHAR Tech to support the advancement of the previously announced build, own, operate project to convert wood wastes and residuals into both biocarbon for metallurgical coal replacement, as well as green hydrogen, which the project intends to upgrade further into renewable natural gas.... Link

Recycling plastic: The Netherlands. Circularise  announced significant advancements from its involvement in the Circular Foam project, which aims to revolutionise the recycling of rigid polyurethane (PU) foam. The Circular Foam initiative is critical in advancing the circularity of this material, with a focus on creating systemic, territorial approaches for efficient recycling through the use of digital passports.... Link

Recycling Plastic: Germany. Covestro customers use Vulkollan® systems to mold parts for many applications with a high demand for durability and performance. Typical applications for parts made of Vulkollan® are wheels for forklifts, bumper elements in railways and vibration control elements and jounce bumpers in cars. Due to the high yield of the recycling process, end-of-life Vulkollan® materials can be re-introduced into new automotive jounce bumpers and forklift tires via a mass balancing approach....Link

Renewable diesel: Italy. Neste is partnering with the Italian fuel distributor Firmin to make Neste MY Renewable Diesel available for the first time in Italy to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission in the transport sector. Neste MY Renewable Diesel (also known as HVO100) is available in Italy from the beginning of January, 2025. Link

Renewable Diesel: Canada Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has paused, the two main projects related to its proposed Integrated Agriculture Complex in Regina. Due to regulatory and political uncertainty, potential shifts in low-carbon public policy, and escalating costs, FCL’s proposed renewable diesel facility and joint venture canola crush projects, as originally conceived, are paused for the foreseeable future. As indicated, FCL and joint venture (JV) partner AGT Foods, have paused their proposed JV canola crush facility, which would have supplied feedstock to FCL’s wholly-owned renewable diesel facility. Link     22/01/2025

Renewable diesel: USA. Calumet, Inc. has been informed by the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office that the first tranche of approximately $782 million under the guaranteed loan facility that was previously approved for funding January 28 will undergo a tactical delay to confirm alignment with White House priorities. The loan facility, which closed on January 10, will fund the construction and expansion of the renewable fuels facility in Great Falls, Montana, owned by Montana Renewables, LLC, an unrestricted subsidiary of Calumet.... Link  31/01/2025

Textiles: USA. Huminly, seeks to revolutionize textile recycling by enabling the infinite recycling of blended textile waste. The current challenge of recycling blended textile waste, such as a mix of polyester and cotton, lies in the difficulty of separating these materials. Huminly’s solution is a unique enzyme-based process that gently separates polyester from cotton, resulting in high-quality, virgin-grade materials. Link

Textiles: USA. Acme Mills Company, introduced Natura, its groundbreaking line of bio-based polylactic acid (PLA) fabrics. Designed to replace petroleum-based nonwovens such as PET, PP, and Nylon. The Natura product line includes a diverse range of PLA fabric types, such as spunbond nonwovens, needled felts, hydroentangled, and melt-blown textiles.... Link