8 March 20223 March 2022 Biofuel Associations: DUH Denies the Positive Climate Record of Sustainable Biofuels Solar power cannot make the existing vehicle fleet climate-friendly
4 March 20222 March 2022 Breakthrough in converting CO2 into fuel using solar energy A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has shown how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel, by using advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy
3 March 20222 March 2022 A hydrogen strategy for a balanced EU-Africa partnership The EU must work with Africa to develop hydrogen as part of a broader economic and development cooperation agenda moving beyond resource production and extraction, writes Eleonora Moro
2 March 20223 March 2022 Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Join our conference and meet forerunners in CO2 utilisation / 23-24 March 2022, hybrid event – Cologne (Germany)
1 March 20221 March 2022 nova Session: The Future of Refineries & Big Chemical Production Sites Nine experts present and discuss their scenarios for the future of the chemical industry, hybrid session at 31 March 2022, Wöllhaf Conference Center Airport Cologne/Bonn
28 February 202228 February 2022 A “fairly simple” breakthrough makes accessing stored hydrogen more efficient New catalyst extracts hydrogen from hydrogen storage materials easily and efficiently
22 February 202222 February 2022 LanzaJet and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) partner to build an integrated Sustainable Fuels Plant in Illinois This partnership will utilize carbon capture and sequestration, renewable energy, and other innovative practices to bring lower-cost, low carbon-intensity sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and other sustainable hydrocarbons to the global market and help accelerate the decarbonization of various industries, including the tough to decarbonize aviation sector
4 February 202227 January 2022 Replacing Petroleum in Chemicals with Lignocellulosic Biomass Deconstruction Bloom Biorenewables SA is unlocking the energy derived from enclosed sugars to produce everyday materials
Food Waste Can Be Used In The Manufacturing Of Biofuels And Bioplastics If more municipalities throughout the U.S. and Canada were to implement food waste recycling programs, we’d be able to reduce some of our annual consumption of fossil fuels
2 February 202226 January 2022 Update in metathesis technology commercialisation Metathesis opened up opportunities to produce many new molecules including those that were developed by Elevance using plant oils
31 January 202224 January 2022 Auburn University was recently awarded University will make a huge investment to support research for producing jet and diesel fuels from wood biomass and waste plastics
Lahti Energia and Nordic Ren-Gas have signed a cooperation agreement Planning starts for the Finnish largest hydrogen and P2X-fuel investment
24 January 202219 January 2022 Overcoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion Study reveals why some attempts to convert the greenhouse gas into fuel have failed, and offers possible solutions
21 January 202219 January 2022 Vertimass and European Energy Sign Letter of Intent Coupling technologies to transform carbon dioxide into jet, diesel, and gasoline fuels and chemicals
Proportion of bio-components in diesel at a record high in 2020 An openness to employing technology is a prerequisite for fulfilling the increasing quota demands
LanzaJet Secures $50M in Funding from Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund LanzaJet partners with Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to enable the transition towards net-zero sustainable fuels
12 January 202210 January 2022 EU paves way for renewable and low-carbon gases to replace fossil fuel The European Commission on Wednesday (15 December) unveiled a package of gas legislation that aims to steer Europe away from fossil gas towards more sustainable energy sources, like renewable and low-carbon hydrogen
5 January 202217 December 2021 World Economy Entering Period of Oil Scarcity, Halliburton CEO Says Jeff Miller warns that global oil supply could soon be surpassed by demand for the indefinite future
3 January 20221 January 2022 Waste not, want not: New process turns manure into fatty acids Madison researchers have demonstrated a new process for transforming a plentiful Wisconsin waste into fatty acids, energy-rich molecules that can be used to make fuels and a wide range of important chemicals
17 December 202113 December 2021 ArcelorMittal expands partnership with carbon capture and re-use specialist LanzaTech through US$30 million investment Investment is ArcelorMittal’s fourth via its XCarb™ innovation fund
10 December 20217 December 2021 Policy critical to unlock Carbon Capture and Utilisation in Europe If the policy context will be navigated effectively, there are many opportunities for decarbonisation across several sectors
6 December 202130 November 2021 Shell halves Singapore refining capacity, to change chemical feedstock Company will build its first pyrolysis oil upgrader to produce 50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of treated pyrolysis oil for its 800,000 tpy cracker on Bukom in 2023
UFOP Chart of the week (46/2021) Global vegetable oil production set to reach new record highs in 2021/22
3 December 202130 November 2021 Study shows renewable naphtha market is set for robust growth Demand for renewable naphtha will also surge owing to growing fuel blending practices to comply with new regulations regarding fuel compositions
2 December 202129 November 2021 Blog posts on wood-based fibres and chemicals Overview over a workshop session beside of AFCC's first conference focusing on forestry feedstock for biofuels and renewable chemicals
1 December 202126 November 2021 Carbon capture and utilisation technologies are solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and move away from fossil resources CCU is a broad term that covers processes that aim at capturing CO2 from flue gas or directly from the air and converting it into a variety of products such as renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials
26 November 202123 November 2021 Eni and BF: partnership for the development of research projects and agricultural production for bio-refining As of 2023, Eni will no longer use palm oil in its production processes and it is aimed to assess the ability to replicate production processes currently used in all countries in which Eni operates
25 November 202129 November 2021 Recycling CO2 to fuel: a carbon-neutral future The conversion of captured CO2 into fuels and other valuable hydrocarbons could enable a sustainable nonfossil-fuel-based economy
24 November 202119 November 2021 CO2 from the air as a raw material for chemicals National and international agreements are aimed at rapidly increasing the share of renewable energies in the energy mix and curbing CO2 emissions. Industry is under pressure to act
18 November 202115 November 2021 China’s ZPC studies crude to petrochemical technology to cut carbon ZPC is working with China's Tsinghua University to develop crude-to-olefin know-how that is expected to reduce carbon footprint by nearly half during the crude refining process
15 November 202110 November 2021 CEMEX invests in pioneer solar technology Together with Synhelion the company is developing an innovative solar-driven technology to eliminate the carbon footprint in cement manufacturing process
8 November 20213 November 2021 Making Martian Rocket BioFuel on Mars Researchers have developed a concept that would make Martian rocket fuel, on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth
VIDEO: Stop Making Excuses UN Development Programme (UNDP) research shows that the world spends $423 billion annually to subsidise fossil fuels for consumers
5 November 202130 October 2021 New refinery to turn used tyres into advanced biofuels The plant will be operational early next year and will be the first in Spain and the largest in Europe capable of transforming the product into advanced biofuel and other high-quality secondary raw materials
27 October 202122 October 2021 Sekab invests in increased production of green chemicals Company made this investment in response to sharply increased demand for sustainable alternatives to fossil products
26 October 202121 October 2021 Sunfire secures landmark investment to accelerate growth of its green hydrogen technologies Company is building a large-scale electrolyzer production site in Germany with an annual manufacturing capacity of 500 MW by 2023 – with a further extension to gigawatt-scale already in planning
21 October 202119 October 2021 Topsoe puts demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable Methanol from biogas – Significant global carbon emission reduction potential With the demonstration plant, Topsoe will validate its electrified technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable Methanol from biogas as well as other sustainable products
Repsol produces renewable hydrogen with biomethane for the first time This new process for production of renewable hydrogen is further evidence of the transformation of Repsol’s industrial complexes into multi-energy hubs capable of manufacturing decarbonized products. It also supports the company’s commitment to achieving zero net emissions by 2050
20 October 202126 October 2021 Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and RIDG partner with Repsol Sinopec and Uniper to develop large-scale green hydrogen facility in Orkney OWPL consortium could deliver renewable power to produce green hydrogen on an industrial scale
Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds Trillions of dollars a year are ‘adding fuel to the fire’ of the climate crisis, experts say
18 October 202114 October 2021 The Green Brief: Fossil fuel subsidies are back (and they’re here to stay) EU governments have scrambled to implement emergency measures to protect vulnerable consumers and yet in doing so, they’re indirectly subsidising fossil fuels
14 October 202111 October 2021 Catalyst Study Advances Carbon-Dioxide-to-Ethanol Conversion Combination of theory and experiment shows how a three-part catalyst helps transform excess CO2 into useable ethanol
13 October 202111 October 2021 Advanced Biofuels USA’s Online Free Library Passes 40,000 Indexed Items Milestone Offering topics from Aviation Fuel (Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)), BioChemicals/Renewable Chemicals and BioRefineries/Renewable Fuel Production to yeast, yellow grease, yields, Zambia, zeolites and Zimbabwe
11 October 20219 October 2021 Carbon dioxide reactor makes ‘Martian fuel’ University of Cincinnati engineers are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars
8 October 20216 October 2021 Maersk invests in electrofuels startup company Maersk has identified 4 potential fuel pathways to decarbonization; biodiesel, alcohols, lignin-enhanced alcohols and ammonia
Pyrocell has started production Company's new plant is located at Setra Kastet sawmill in Gävle on Sweden’s Baltic coast and converts sawdust into non-fossil pyrolysis oil
Biosfera setting the course for sustainable aviation and marine fuels BioSFerA: Biofuels production from Syngas FERmentation for Aviation and maritime use
7 October 20211 October 2021 New research centre to help solve the climate crisis A new, unique research centre has been launched. The Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center is to be established with a grant of DKK 630 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) and based at Aarhus University. The new centre will ensure cross-disciplinary collaboration to reduce the amount of the greenhouse gas, CO2, in the atmosphere through researching and implementing new technology. The centre will be collaborating with a number of Danish and international partners
Gamechanger for clean hydrogen production, Curtin research finds Curtin University research has identified a new, cheaper and more efficient electrocatalyst to make green hydrogen from water that could one day open new avenues for large-scale clean energy production
6 October 202130 September 2021 Carbon Dioxide Market Size, Share / Global Industry Growth, Analysis and Forecast 2030 / ChemAnalyst Carbon Dioxide market has witnessed significant growth as it reached 52 million tonnes in 2020 and is expected to achieve an impressive global CAGR of 6.15% in the forecast period until 2030