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VTT and partners to assess bio- and waste-based oils suitable for power plants and ships; BioFlex project

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In a three-year Business Finland BioFlex project, VTT—the Finnish state-owned research agency—and partners are exploring how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for power plants and ship diesel engines. We are also conducting experiments to examine the suitability of the oils for applications.

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Woodside, 6 Japanese partners to conduct feasibility study on lower-emissions ammonia supply chain from Australia to Japan

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Woodside Energy; Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC); Marubeni Corporation; Hokuriku Electric Power Company; The Kansai Electric Power Co.; Ammonia does not emit carbon dioxide during combustion and is considered a promising next-generation lower-emission fuel for energy-intensive thermal power plants and marine engines.

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Turkey begins work on $15B Canal Istanbul

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Both waterways are located in Turkey and supply Western and Southern Europe with oil from Russia and the Caspian Sea region. Critics say it would destroy a marine ecosystem and endanger some of the city’s fresh water supply. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) identifies the Bosphorous as one of six key world chokepoints.

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Sasol and ITOCHU to partner on green ammonia and hydrogen

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MUFG Bank Ltd, one of the largest Financial Institutions in the world, and a market leader in sustainable financing solutions, witnessed the signing of the MoU. Green ammonia is produced from green hydrogen, which in turn is produced from renewable electricity (solar and wind) via an electrolysis process.

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Rolls-Royce and SOWITEC cooperate on power-to-X projects

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This green hydrogen can be used as fuel for fuel cells and hydrogen engines, to produce industrial feedstock and to produce sustainable e-fuels for marine, aviation, agriculture, mining and data center power. The plants will use renewable energy sources to generate electrical power that will be used to produce hydrogen with mtu electrolyzers.

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OriginOils French JV participating in two large-scale algae projects; office buildings and marine fuel

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the developer of a technology to extract oil from algae, announced that Ennesys, its joint venture partner in France, is working with large institutions to develop two separate large-scale algae projects. ITSASOA is an advanced biofuels program financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the European Union.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. TPD) to produce high-quality lignin intermediates suitable for the production of renewable jet fuels and marine fuels. Comstock Inc.,