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LCFS pathways for renewable diesel produced in Singapore from NA tallow and SE Asian fish oil

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The staff of the California Air Resources Board has posted six new applications for pathways for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), two of which are from Neste Oil for renewable diesel (RD) produced at its plant in Singapore from (a) North American tallow and (b) Southeast Asian fish oil. Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Neste applies for CA LCFS pathway for renewable diesel produced in Singapore from corn oil extracted in US midwest

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Among them are two proposed pathways from Neste for the production of renewable diesel at its Singapore refinery, using corn oil from the US midwest as feedstock. Neste Singapore Pte Ltd. The renewable diesel would then be shipped back to California.

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DENSO and USJC announce mass production shipment of automotive IGBTs, targeting expanding EV market

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Insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) are core devices that act as switches in inverters to convert DC current from batteries to AC current to drive and control electric vehicle motors. Production is expected to reach 10,000 wafers per month by 2025.

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Rice husks to H2; wet combustion technology converts waste organic materials to hydrogen and other value-added materials

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The Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), an Institute of The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Singapore), is collaborating with Shion Pte Ltd (Shion), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Science System Corporation Shion Inc., Science System Corporation Shion Inc.

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Asahi Kasei to produce S-SBR for eco-friendly tires using butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass

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Asahi Kasei plans to begin producing and marketing sustainable solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) using sustainable butadiene at its plant in Singapore by the end of fiscal 2021. Shell will produce sustainable butadiene by mass balance method in two ways at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore, located on Bukom.

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Berge Bulk & ABS to study retrofit of bulk carrier for methanol-fueled propulsion

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Singapore—based Berge Bulk, one of the world’s leading independent dry bulk shipping companies, and ABS signed a joint project agreement to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the conversion of methanol-fueled propulsion system and aim to kickstart in Q1 2024. Berge Bulk is committed to our target of achieving net zero carbon by 2025.

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Photo-activated catalyst converts CO2 to CO for clean fuel technology; no unwanted byproducts

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An international research team led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a light-activated material that can chemically convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide without generating unwanted byproducts.

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