Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
South Africa-based Sasol and Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to study and to develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia with a focus on its use as bunkering fuel and for power generation. The product can also be cracked back to hydrogen gas for further applications.
Green Car Congress
MAY 13, 2022
The BMW Group is the first automotive manufacturer worldwide to use matt paints made from biomass instead of crude oil at its European plants. In addition to this, BMW Group Plants Leipzig and Rosslyn (South Africa) are also using sustainably-produced corrosion protection.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 7, 2014
Boeing, South African Airways (SAA) and SkyNRG are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from Solaris, a new hybrid tobacco plant optimized for seed production for energy applications. The seed contains around 40% oil. Initially, oil from the plants seeds will be converted into jet fuel. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2014
Oil from the plant’s seeds may be converted into bio-jet fuel as early as next year, with a test flight by SAA as soon as practicable. If the test farming in Limpopo is successful, the project will be expanded in South Africa and potentially to other countries. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JULY 15, 2016
In 2013, Boeing and SAA launched their sustainable aviation fuels collaboration and in 2014, Project Solaris became the first focus project that converted oil from the Solaris plant seed into bio-jet fuel. The oil can be used for biodiesel, electric generation, bio-jet fuel and marine diesel.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2011
Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and of oil and natural gas. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. °C (2.7 °F),
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
The feasibility study will consider two options: a 2 million tons per year (roughly 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day) facility and a 4 million tons per year (roughly 80,000 boepd) facility. Sasol continues to advance upstream oil and gas activities in Mozambique, Nigeria, Gabon, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Canada and South Africa.
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