In Canada, Trafigura has expanded its agreement with Brookfield Asset Management and its listed affiliate Brookfield Business Partners to include Greenergy’s Canadian supply operations for an undisclosed sum. This complements Trafigura’s proposed acquisition of Greenergy’s European operations announced on March 4, 2024. The acquisitions are subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Ben Luckock, […]
In Canada, BioIntelligence Technologies, who has developed an AI powered solution to eliminate losses in products and to reduce the consumption of water and energy and the emission of CO2 in industrial bioprocesses using fermentation, announced the recent closing of C$5M in funding led by Amplify Capital (Toronto) and joined by Investissement Québec, Real Ventures, […]
In Canada, researchers at University of Saskatchewan have made a bioplastic meat wrap out of fava beans that also extends freshness thanks to infusion with antimicrobial agents. Led by Michael Nickerson, Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food Research Chair in Protein Quality and Utilization, the team says the wrap is also biodegradable. “You could actually take this […]
In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. has ordered a Biomass Gasifier, a key piece of equipment required to continue driving its Carseland, Alberta project towards commercialization, and has submitted an environmental permit application to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (AEPA) for the project’s construction. The Carseland Project is Cielo’s first commercial by-product-to-fuels facility designed to […]
In Canada, Anew Climate, LLC, and BrightSide Solutions, Inc jointly announced a transformative rebranding of BrightSide Solutions as Anew Canada Low Carbon Fuels, Inc. This strategic evolution follows Anew’s acquisition of BrightSide in mid-2022, marking a pivotal moment in the company’s trajectory. Since the acquisition, Anew Canada LCF has accelerated its leadership position in the […]
In Canada, Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. announced that, upon completion of detailed engineering design for its planned asphalt shingle reprocessing facility in Calgary, the company has received the second installment of C$100,000 in grant funding from Alberta Innovates, a provincial Crown corporation and Alberta’s largest research and innovation corporation. The company received approval in March […]
In Canada, next-generation clean fuels hubs will advance the production and distribution of low-carbon fuels like hydrogen and renewable natural gas in Western Canada as part of a new partnership between Elemental Clean Fuels and Cariboo Low Carbon Fuels. Leveraging their respective expertise and resources, both companies have joined forces as Cariboo Clean Fuels Inc. […]
In Canada, Alberta’s government introduced the Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit in spring 2023 to support economic growth and diversification. The tax credit is attracting large-scale investment in value-added manufacturing with Imperial’s C$720-million project to build the largest renewable diesel facility in Canada. When production begins in 2025, Imperial’s new facility will convert locally sourced biofeedstocks […]
In Canada, Renewable Industries Canada (RICanada) notes the announcement in Tuesday’s Federal Budget 2024-2025, which included C$776 million towards a retooled Clean Fuels Funding program to support renewable diesel (RD), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and renewable natural gas (RNG). However, RICanada is issuing a serious concern over the apparent exclusion of ethanol among the supported […]
In Canada, “Hotline Bling” rapper Drake has been seen sporting pink biobased slip-on shoes designed by Kane. Founded in 2020 by former Maverik Lacrosse CEO John Gagliardi and podiatrist Dr. Daniel Geller, Kane looks to design, manufacture and sell “well-designed, biobased EVA [ethylene vinyl acetate]” shoes that support and stimulate recovery. The design sported by […]
