In South Carolina, Green Energy Biofuels says it takes up to six gallons of cooking oil to fry a typical turkey. Recycling holiday oil and grease is a much cheaper alternative to the cost of repairs. Every drop poured down the drain increases the size of a growing clog in the sewage system, so do […]
This week we reported that Steeper Energy is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a $59M industrial scale demonstration plant at a former pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway leading to a future commercial scale project. Let’s look at that item in more detail. Silva is a joint venture between Norway’s […]
In Finland, a leading researcher has claimed that the country’s love for biofuels, a fuel that he says is now becoming “marginal,” has kept it from switching towards electric vehicles along with other countries in Europe. Though there are some incentives for the switch including support for charging stations at filling stations, the focus is […]
In Texas, SG Preston, a Philadelphia-based bioenergy company, and IHI E&C, a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of IHI Corporation, announced a ground-breaking agreement for a Multi-Facility Program that will include the development and construction of a series of commercial volume, advanced biofuels manufacturing plants, initially in the U.S. Midwest and Canada. The […]
SG Biofuels is a bioenergy crop company using molecular breeding and biotechnology to develop elite, hybrid seeds of Jatropha. The company has sold more than 250,000 acres of its hybrid Jatropha seed, including orders from two of the top 20 largest energy companies in the world. SGB’s JMax Jatropha Optimization Platform draws from the world’s […]
In California, SGB named Eric L. Hakmiller and Andrew Leitch to its board of advisors. Hakmiller most recently served as a vice president and general manager of Bunge Biofuels, a division of Bunge North America. Leitch currently serves on the board of directors for three publicly listed companies, including chairman of the board for Blackbaud, Inc. […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Verity Holdings, LLC, and ClearFlame Engine Technologies, Inc., announced a collaboration to drive decarbonization traceability from field-to-fleet for the road freight transportation market in the United States, which consumes an estimated 29 billion gallons of fuel every year. Under this collaboration, the parties intend to […]
In the UK, ESG Today reported that sustainable fuels startup Renovare Fuels announced the launch of a $7.6 million equity raise, with proceeds aimed at supporting projects to produce advanced renewable biofuels from waste. Founded in 2015, UK-based Renovare provides a technology that turns biodegradable waste from homes and industry into advanced renewable biofuels. The […]
In Colorado, United Energy Trading (UET) said it has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification EU and PLUS certifications for its purchasing, selling, and trading of ISCC EU and PLUS certified biomethane and bio-circular methane for the renewable fuels market. The firm noted that ISCC EU certification is recognized by the European Commission to demonstrate […]
In China, EcoCeres, Inc. signed a strategic partnership agreement with Shenzhen Expressway Environmental Co., Ltd. to collaborate in areas including the collection and transportation of used cooking oil (UCO) and wasted oil, pre-treatment and processing, production of renewable fuels, circular economy utilization, and carbon reduction. This partnership will create a new model for feedstock procurement […]
