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Southwest Airlines invests $30M in LanzaJet

Southwest Airlines invests $30M in LanzaJet

February 28, 2024 |

In Illinois, LanzaJet, Inc. announced a $30 million investment by Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) in LanzaJet. As part of the agreement, LanzaJet and Southwest intend to work toward the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility and collaborate to advance the operations of a corn stover to ethanol technology company in which Southwest […]

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Repsol supplies 100% renewable fuels to Spanish Antarctic base

Repsol supplies 100% renewable fuels to Spanish Antarctic base

February 28, 2024 |

In Antarctica, a unique continent dedicated to science, the Spanish Army are realizing the 37th Antarctic Campaign, this year more sustainable than ever thanks to Repsol’s 100% renewable fuels that provide part of the energy that the Gabriel de Castilla Base needs for electricity, hot water, and heating.  For four months, these facilities are home […]

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Vattenfall to capture 150,000 TPY of CO2 at Stockholm biomass heat plant by 2028

Vattenfall to capture 150,000 TPY of CO2 at Stockholm biomass heat plant by 2028

February 28, 2024 |

In Sweden, in Jordbro outside Stockholm, Vattenfall plans to have a facility in place by 2028 that will be able to capture up to 150,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the biomass fuelled heat plant. Now Vattenfall is taking an important step by submitting an application for an environmental permit for its first full-scale […]

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CycleØ acquires Biogasclean with capital supplied by Ara Partners

CycleØ acquires Biogasclean with capital supplied by Ara Partners

February 28, 2024 |

In the UK, CycleØ has acquired Biogasclean, a leading Danish supplier of biological methanation and desulphurisation systems. A prominent, pan-European biomethane platform, CycleØ develops, builds, owns and operates renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Europe and Latin America. Ara Partners, a private equity and infrastructure investment firm at the forefront of industrial decarbonization, provided additional […]

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Sugar Valley Energy secures TerraNova Capital Equities to raise funds for $1B project

Sugar Valley Energy secures TerraNova Capital Equities to raise funds for $1B project

February 28, 2024 |

In California, Sugar Valley Energy, a new 160-acre bioenergy campus planned in California’s Imperial Valley has added New York-based TerraNova Capital Equities, Inc. to its finance team to lead marketing and placement of equity capital for the $1 billion project. The 25-year-old investment bank focuses on the small-to-middle market and provides equity and debt solutions […]

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Egypt eyeing $380M SAF facility

Egypt eyeing $380M SAF facility

February 28, 2024 |

In Egypt, the Egypt Independent newspaper reports state-owned Egyptian Petrochemical Holding Company has teamed with the state-owned Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemical Company (ANRPC Petroleum) and an unnamed private company to develop a $380 million sustainable aviation fuel production facility. The 120,000 metric ton per year facility could see contruction begin in 2026. It is […]

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Raízen Fuels Finance enquiring about sustainability-linked bond sales

Raízen Fuels Finance enquiring about sustainability-linked bond sales

February 28, 2024 |

In Brazil, Bloomberg reports Raízen Fuels Finance recently enquired with some banks regarding sustainability-linked bond sales, allowing it to sell debt to fund ethanol projects, just a week after it said it is mulling investing in sustainable aviation fuels. The program has been in place internally since 2022. The company has announed a 5.3% offer […]

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NREL researchers create computer model of polymers in Populus wood

NREL researchers create computer model of polymers in Populus wood

February 28, 2024 |

In Colorado, a multidisciplinary approach has enabled a research team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to quantitatively define the relative positioning and arrangement of the polymers in Populus wood, and to create a computer model that details the findings. The research solving this macromolecular puzzle, Atomistic, Macromolecular Model of the Populus Secondary Cell Wall […]

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Bipartisan Senators introduce Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act

Bipartisan Senators introduce Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act

February 28, 2024 |

In Washington, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act to allow companies to preserve Renewable Identification Number credits (RINs) under the RFS program for renewable fuel, when the fuel for use is in ocean-going vessels. The RFS excludes “fuel used in ocean-going vessels” from the […]

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Argus launches B30 Ucome dob ARA marine biodiesel prices

Argus launches B30 Ucome dob ARA marine biodiesel prices

February 27, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, Argus has launched B30 Ucome dob ARA range marine biodiesel blend assessments, replacing a calculated fob ARA range blend price. The assessment will comprise 30pc used cooking oil methyl ester (Ucome) and 70pc very-low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO). Trade of marine biodiesel blends in northwest Europe has been impacted by changes to […]

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