Mar 17, 2020
Popular industry trade shows and conferences become latest victim of Covid-19
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Mar 9, 2020
Teeside, UK-based Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) has signed a partnership contract with Pakistan’s JS Group to licence NPT’s technology, which converts waste plant biomass into natural platform chemicals and biofuels.
The deal includes a licence for the use of NPT’s REFNOVA end-to-end fractionation process, as well as a front end loading conceptual design package... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2020
Renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel producer Neste has acquired a minority stake in German cleantech company Sunfire, a developer of high-temperature electrolysis technology.
Sunfire’s patented technology allows the production of renewable hydrogen, as well as the direct conversion of water and carbon dioxide (CO2) into raw material for petrochemical products.
“Over... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2020
Renewable fuels producer Gevo has secured funding under the Queensland Waste to Biofuels (W2B) Fund to support the development of waste to biofutures projects in the Australian state of Queensland.
The fund provides targeted funding for pilot, demonstration or commercially scalable biorefinery projects in Queensland that use conventional waste streams or biomass to... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2020
The company building the world’s fastest supersonic airliner, Boom Supersonic, has announced that is XB-1 test programme will be carbon neutral through the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and carbon offsetting.
Boom is the first commercial airplane manufacturer to commit to a carbon neutral test programme. The XB-1 is a supersonic demonstrator aircraft designed... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2020
Global bank BNP Paribas has closed a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with JetBlue Airways, through an amendment to its existing secured revolving credit facility (RCF). This is reportedly the first sustainability-linked RCF for the airline industry.
JetBlue has amended its existing $550 million (€506.4 million) RCF by including a ‘sustainability-linked’ provision,... [Read More]
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Feb 21, 2020
Heathrow Airport in the UK has announced plans to become one of the world’s first major aviation hubs to become carbon neutral for its infrastructure. The airport is also the first to target zero carbon by the mid-2030s.
Recent investments totalling over £100 million (€119.7 million) have improved Heathrow’s energy efficiency, as well as being used to generate... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2020
A team of bioengineers and economics from KU Leuven in Belgium has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the chemical industry.
According to the researchers, who considered both technological requirements and financial viability, the transition from petroleum to biofuel (in the form of wood) would lead to a reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Currently,... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2020
Italian coffee producer Lavazza will become the first Italian partner to join Dutch airline KLM’s Corporate BioFuel Programme, under an agreement signed by the two companies in February.
KLM’s programme actively contributes to making the aviation industry more sustainable by stimulating the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a large scale. SAF is... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2020
Sarnia, Ontario-based Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) has received a CAD$15 million (€10.5 million) financial contribution from FedDev Ontario to promote new sustainable innovations and bring business support to Eastern Ontario in Canada.
BIC is a business accelerator that provides support, services and investments to developers of clean, green and sustainable... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2020
Delta Air Lines has announced it will commit $1 billion (€0.9 billion) over the next decade to mitigate all emissions from its operations around the world.
The airline plans to invest in driving innovation, advancing clean air travel technologies – such as the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – accelerating the reduction of carbon emissions and waste, and... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2020
INEOS and UPM Biofuels have announced a long-term agreement to supply a renewable raw material for bio-attributed polymers to be produced at INEOS’ facility in Köln, Germany.
As per the agreement, INEOS will use UPM BioVerno, a sustainable raw material from renewable residue of wood pulp processing, to produce bio-attributed polyolefins. These materials will be used... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2020
Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels (NWABF) has signed a long-term offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a major airline in the US.
The airline, which has not been disclosed, is reportedly one of the world’s largest and most profitable.
NWABF is expected to act as the primary provider of SAF to the airline. “We have spent several years assembling... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2020
Swiss speciality chemicals company Clariant has boosted the supply of high-quality activated bleaching earths to the edible oil and biofuel markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with additional capacity in Spain and an extended product portfolio.
The company announced that additional capacity is now on-stream in Yuncos, Spain, with extra advanced purification... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2020
Solenis, a global producer of specialty chemicals for water-intensive industries including biorefining, has recently dedicated its new headquarters in Wilmington in the US state of Delaware.
The 90,000 square foot office replaces the company’s previous headquarters on Beaver Valley Road. Located in Wilmington’s redeveloped Avenue North complex, the new building... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2020
Sustainable fuels technology company Velocys has appointed engineering contractor Worley to manage the delivery of its fully integrated technology package.
Worley will act a partner in the development of pre-feasibility, feasibility and front-end engineering design (FEED) packages for all of Velocys’ projects. This will enable Velocys to ‘leverage synergies’ across... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2020
France’s first 100% carbon-neutral airport group, Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group, has unveiled its programme to eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030.
The group, which has been implementing an ambitious policy to reduce its environmental footprint for over 15 years, has revealed plans to become carbon-neutral 20 years earlier than previously announced.
The... [Read More]
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