Is CO₂ the Key to a More Sustainable Chemical and Fuel Industry?
Innovative Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) technologies can convert captured CO₂ from industrial point sources and direct air capture into chemical base materials such as methanol, ethanol, ethylene or even polyols and other polymer building blocks
WasteFuel and ITC Commence Front-End Engineering Design on World-Leading Green Methanol Facility in Ankara, Türkiye
The biorefinery, which would adjoin ITC’s existing integrated waste management facility, would utilize biogas to produce green methanol as low-carbon fuel or the maritime shipping market
High value, zero waste – ATB researchers conceptualise novel biorefinery
Researchers from Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam recently published a concept paper in the scientific Biofuel Research Journal, which combines common bioeconomy models into a comprehensive concept
OCOchem prepares to flip the switch on tech for turning captured CO2 into industrial chemicals
OCOchem will start using its electrolyzer cells to turn CO2 into formic acid and other formate compounds to replace petroleum as a feedstock for products such as clean hydrogen fuel, animal feed and fertilizer
Repsol will invest more than €800 million in the Tarragona Ecoplant, a pioneering project in Europe to produce renewable methanol
The gasification technology, developed by Enerkem, has received funding from the Innovation Fund of the European Union due to its high potential for reducing emissions and the innovative nature of the project
German Federal Statistical Office expects increase in rapeseed hectarage in Germany
The UFOP pointed out that, due to increasing demand for biofuels production - particularly as palm oil becomes less available as a feedstock - rapeseed is currently in high demand, and this trend is expected to continue
European Commission Officially Recognised ISCC EU for the Certification of RFNBOs, RCFs and Forest Biomass
In September 2024, the ISCC received the positive technical assessment from the European Commission for its ISCC EU certification approach for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin and Recycled Carbon Fuels
Biomass Demand for Transport Fuels, Aviation and Shipping up to 2050 and Implications for Biomass Supply to the Chemical Sector
Current transport regulations provide a unique long-term horizon for sustainable aviation and shipping fuel through the defined quotas – what does this mean for the chemical sector?
Bayer and Neste to Collaborate on Developing Feedstocks for Renewable Fuels
The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly scale winter canola in the US as a biomass-based feedstock to meet growing demand for renewable fuel / Bayer aims to launch hybrid TruFlex winter canola in the US in 2027, delivering excellent product stability and performance / Overall goal is to help decarbonize the transportation sector with advancing innovative crops for renewable fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel
Sustainea and Primient to collaborate on $400 million U.S. Bio-MEG facility in Lafayette
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
ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Announce Ethanol Production Milestone and Shipment of First Barge from Flagship Steelanol Facility in Belgium
This achievement progresses LanzaTech and ArcelorMittal’s joint strategy to develop a thriving European supply chain for sustainable ethanol produced in the region
Renewable hydrogen production: Air Liquide strengthens its partnership with TotalEnergies through a new major project in the south of France
New project to supply green hydrogen to a TotalEnergies biorefinery - the H2 will be used to produce biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel, alongside renewable hydrogen being supplied separately by Engie
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