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22 November 202418 November 2024

Malaysia’s 2025 budget promotes palm waste SAF

Malaysia's state-owned Petronas will work with palm oil producers to develop palm oil waste-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he presented the 2025 budget

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21 November 202418 November 2024

Revolutionizing Tech to Produce Sustainable Fuel

SRI and University of Houston to receive $3.6M to develop a microreactor to convert carbon dioxide to methanol using renewable energy

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How will Trump’s return impact US biomanufacturing?

It’s difficult to say at this early stage, but here we break down what to watch for

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14 November 20248 November 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $239 Million to Increase Access to Clean, Affordable Domestic Biofuels as Part of Investing in America Agenda

Funding from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Will Continue to Provide More Cost-Effective Options for American Consumers

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11 November 20245 November 2024

BASF and AM Green enter MoU to jointly evaluate opportunities in low-carbon chemicals in India and for the offtake of 100,000 tons of green ammonia annually

The companies intend to conduct common feasibility studies on low-carbon chemicals production in India including a joint evaluation of potential technologies

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4 November 20242 November 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), October 2024

Let's take a look at what happened in October 2024 at RCI:

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A $1.46 Billion Boost for First-of-Its-Kind Carbon Capture and Clean Fuels

Colorado-based alternative fuels Gevo company has taken a significant step towards expanding its carbon capture and storage capabilities

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31 October 202428 October 2024

ORLEN launches sales of HVO100

With two service stations in Germany to become more, the HVO100 fuel can be used in most diesel engine vehicles without any modifications

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28 October 202424 October 2024

Unable to get its cosmetics plant project financed, Global Bioenergies is now focusing all its efforts on SAF opportunities

The Company is now devoting all its energy to applying its technology to the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”), with a model of industrial partnerships

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The Evolution of the Biofuel and E-Fuel Production Landscape

Electrification is widely regarded as a leading solution for decarbonizing the on-road transport sector. However, for certain industries, electrification may not be the most viable option, leading to the growing interest in alternative low-carbon fuels like hydrogen, ammonia, biofuels, and e-fuels

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18 October 202414 October 2024

Chempolis Oy announces new ownership and transfer of Fortum Bio2X

Chempolis Oy, a provider of groundbreaking biorefining technologies, is pleased to announce two significant milestones in the company’s journey

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17 October 202411 October 2024

In step toward solar fuels, durable artificial photosynthesis setup chains two carbons together

The system produces ethylene, an important ingredient of many plastics, with much higher efficiency, yield and longevity than competing systems

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14 October 20248 October 2024

Next Wave and Lummus Produce World’s First Renewable Alkylate

First-of-a-kind, bio-based alkylate is an industry breakthrough in producing clean fuels

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9 October 20242 October 2024

Production of solar fuels: Storing the sun’s heat at 1,200 degrees

High-temperature bricks - a joint development by Empa and Synhelion – serve as temporary storage for the enormous heat

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The four factors behind Nebraska’s biomanufacturing potential

The state’s agricultural prowess combined with its openness to biobased investment means it should be among the first in line to benefit from any further renewable fuel laws for the aviation industry

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7 October 202430 September 2024

SABIC launches certified low carbon chemicals with CO2 footprint savings

The methanol product in the new portfolio contain a lower carbon content than a traditional portfolio, with the same high quality product specifications

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2 October 20244 October 2024

Elec­tro­chaea suc­cess­fully scales up to 10MWe with EIC Accel­er­at­or Pro­gram sup­port and applies new plant design for first com­mer­cial pro­ject in Denmark

The com­pany has developed a tech­no­logy to pro­duce syn­thet­ic meth­ane which is vir­tu­ally CO2-neut­ral, can replace fossil nat­ur­al gas and can be stored and trans­por­ted in the exist­ing gas grid

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1 October 202425 September 2024

NewEnergyBlue acquires Inbicon biomass conversion technology and international patent portfolio

The bioconversion technology and process have sparked global interest among leading international companies and scientists and enables the company to convert any feedstock

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U.S. Grants Gevo a Patent for Breakthrough Ethanol-to-Olefin Process

Next Generation Process with Potential to Lower Capital and Operating Costs for Producing Chemicals, SAF and Other Fuels

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30 September 20244 October 2024

Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2024

Let's take a look at what happened in September 2024 at RCI:

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USDA backs research into making sustainable jet fuel and fish feed from wood

University of Maine researchers discovered low-value wood biomass as an aquafeed ingredient or sustainable jet fuel and a sustainable protein component of fish feed for aquaculture-farmed fishU

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Proposed $1.35 Billion for World’s Largest Ultra-Green Hydrogen Facility

Proposed $1.35 Billion Investment in Southeast Louisiana Would Establish the World’s Largest Carbon Negative Renewable Natural Gas

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24 September 202420 September 2024

Groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of Dairy Distillery Alliance’s sustainable biofuel project

America’s lowest carbon-intensity dairy ethanol plant breaks ground in southwest Michigan, adding to the needed biofuel supply and helping lower the dairy industry’s carbon footprint

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19 September 202413 September 2024

BETO Accelerates Innovation to Advance the U.S. Bioeconomy

Several BETO-funded projects across its bioenergy industry consortia and DOE national laboratory system are enabling substantial investments that translate scientific discoveries into commercial applications

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18 September 202412 September 2024

Innovative Research Unveils News Path to Ethanol Production from CO2

Researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have introduced a novel method for converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into ethanol and other fuels

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16 September 202410 September 2024

Oklahoma State University scientists develop innovative co-fermentation process for sustainable biofuels

By utilizing both sugars and CO2, the co-fermentation process addresses key challenges in traditional fermentation processes, making it more efficient and sustainable for large-scale biofuel production

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11 September 20246 September 2024

Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels

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10 September 20246 September 2024

What’s happening to the biofuels market?

The oil majors that had branched out into renewables in recent years began pausing biorefinery projects in quick succession over the summer of 2024

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9 September 20244 September 2024

AFC Supports Africa’s Largest Methanol Plant, Transforming Flared Gas into Valuable Resources

The project in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, targets producing an initial 1.8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of methanol, diversifying the local economy and generating over 18,000 jobs

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Ørsted’s halt on hydrogen plant highlights synthetic fuel challenge

Ørsted, widely considered the greenest energy company in the world, recently decided to stop the construction of a plant for hydrogen-based fuel

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6 September 20244 September 2024

Government of Canada announces investment in the industrial bioeconomy to reduce GHG emissions

Strengthening Canada's bioindustrial sector through research and innovation creates opportunities, increases competitiveness, and moves Canada towards a more sustainable future

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5 September 20242 September 2024

Electrochaea successfully scales up to 10MWe with EIC Accelerator Program support and applies new plant design for first commercial project in Denmark

The new arche­type design shall be integ­rated into the exist­ing oper­a­tion of a bio­gas upgrad­ing and grid-injec­tion plant

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3 September 202430 August 2024

Japan, Indonesia, others agree to build sustainable fuel supply chain

Coconut oil-based aviation fuel among 400 projects pitched in Jakarta meeting

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30 August 202422 August 2024

Honeywell And Repsol To Collaborate On Renewable Fuel Development 

Companies to scale the commercialization of Honeywell technologies for efficient chemical production and advanced biofuels

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28 August 20249 September 2024

New report finds there are $4-6 in benefits to the U.S. Economy for every $1 of federal SAF at Gevo’s net-zero 1 facility

Research by Charles River Associates ("CRA") demonstrates clear economic and environmental benefits utilizing this business system

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23 August 202421 August 2024

Raízen and Vertoro join forces to enhance lignin’s value in advanced biofuels and chemical sectors

Joint Development Agreement focuses on using the lignin from 2nd Generation Ethanol’s potential to produce additional waste-based sustainable solutions

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9 August 20247 August 2024

PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena reach Final Investment Decision to construct a biorefinery in Malaysia

Targeted to be operational by the second half of 2028, the biorefinery will have the capability to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other biofuels such as Renewable Diesel/ Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO)

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5 August 20242 August 2024

FEATURE: CO2-derived plastics could trump bio-based plastics on GHG footprint, resource usage

CO2-derived plastics could reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of plastics under a clean energy grid scenario and reduce pressure on biomass resources, which will become increasingly in-demand as the world pivots towards a more circular economy, say plastic experts

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1 August 202429 July 2024

OMV starts up co-processing plant at Schwechat refinery

Almost EUR 200 million have been invested to allow up to 160,000 metric tons of liquid biomass being converted into high-quality renewable hydrogenated vegetable oil components

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30 July 202425 July 2024

Chemists design novel method for generating sustainable fuel

Using a special method researchers for the first time saw those molecules convert themselves into either methanol or carbon monoxide

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24 July 202423 July 2024

Advancing Circular Bioeconomy with Biomass Feedstocks

The Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future or VIFF is a partnership between Schmidt Sciences and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), to enhance collaboration across scientific and technological disciplines

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EPA approval of rapeseed oil increases US import demand for use in biofuel production

Final rule states that rapeseed oil meets the requirement of at least 50 per cent greenhouse gas reduction for all fuel options (biokerosene, diesel, fuel oil)

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23 July 202418 July 2024

ANDRITZ to supply world’s largest lignin production system to Södra pulp mill in Sweden

Swedish forest industry group Södra has selected international technology group ANDRITZ to supply a complete solution for kraft lignin production to its Mönsterås pulp mill in Sweden

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Evonik expands sodium methylate production in Argentina to meet growing demand for biofuels

Evonik has announced the expansion of its sodium methylate production capacity at its Rosario plant, located in the Sante Fé Province in Argentina

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17 July 202412 July 2024

AFYREN’s fermentation lab reaches 2-million-hour mark as it identifies new raw materials to fuel industrial expansion

The company confirms its innovative approach and identifies the biomass families that will underpin its industrial expansion

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8 July 20244 July 2024

USDA Publishes Request for Information on the Production of Biofuel Feedstocks Using Climate-Smart Practices

Growing crops as feedstocks for biofuels contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and using climate-smart practices, such as cover crops or no-till, can reduce on-farm GHG emissions

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5 July 20243 July 2024

New Energy Blue and ARCO/Murray Partner to Build Biomass Refineries to Produce Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals   

The partners plan to break ground later this year and start up the refinery in 2026

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The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Hexas Biomass

Biomaterials company using plant-based materials to replace wood and petroleum-based feedstocks in multiple applications

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2 July 202428 June 2024

OMV Petrom invests ~EUR 750 million at Petrobrazi to become the first major producer of sustainable fuels in Southeast Europe

Petrobrazi is the first refinery in the country certified to produce SAF and HVO through the co-processing of biological raw materials

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26 June 202425 June 2024

EU countries call for more checks on Asian biofuel imports

France, Germany and the Netherlands said it was necessary to tighten checks on biofuel production sites "wherever they are located in the world"