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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group joined Iowa State University (ISU) at the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) to mark the start of a new hydrotreater pilot plant. REG converts waste and byproduct fats and oils into biodiesel and renewable diesel.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Cemvita defines Gold Hydrogen as the biological production of hydrogen in the subsurface through the consumption of trapped or abandoned resources. The hydrogen production in this trial exceeded our expectations. billion in 2020. Green hydrogen production, however, is energy intensive and expensive. billion by 2028.

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JULY 22, 2020

Brazilian researchers have demonstrated a new chemical approach for producing biodiesel from domestic cooking oil waste by using lithium hydroxide mixed with either sodium hydroxides or potassium hydroxides as catalysts. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy doi: 10.1063/5.0005625. —Gilberto Maia de Brito.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Once built, the facility will be among the largest in Europe to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel made from waste. Shell expects the Rotterdam biofuels facility to start production in 2024. Shell will use bio-naphtha and light hydrocarbon gasses created during the formation process to create hydrogen.

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JUNE 8, 2023

Ahead of the Paris Air Show held in Le Bourget, TotalEnergies is doubling production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Grandpuits, bringing the site’s annual production capacity to 285,000 tons—almost double the capacity announced in 2020. and also e-fuel synthetic fuels for aviation.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

billion to add additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore. The investment will extend Neste’s renewable product overall capacity in Singapore by up to 1.3 million tons per year, bringing the total renewable product capacity close to 4.5 Singapore expansion. million tons annually.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

The USDA ARS and BIOF are cooperating to develop production methods which can be used to increase the productivity of land in Florida formerly used for orange production prior to the devastation of the industry by citrus greening. Citrus greening is one of the world’s most serious citrus plant diseases.

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MAY 8, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has acquired 100% of the Dutch Count Companies BV’s Count Terminal Rotterdam BV and its supporting entities, part of the First Dutch Group of Peter Goedvolk.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel refined from waste and residues, will deliver renewable jet fuel (sustainable aviation fuel, SAF) to Zurich Airport during the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos, Switzerland. This is the first time SAF is available in Switzerland.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content. Fulcrum has licensed from ThermoChem Recovery International, Inc.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Neste began production of renewable diesel 10 years ago at the Neste Porvoo refinery in Finland. Neste has since become the leading circular economy company in biofuels and reduced GHG emissions from traffic by more than 33 million tons, based on production of the renewable bio-hydrocarbon fuel. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 17, 2018

New biofuel targets that came into force in the UK over the weekend (15 April 2018) will double the use of renewable fuels in the UK transport sector within 15 years, cutting the sector’s reliance on imported diesel. Increasing our use of renewable fuels is a key part of this. biofuel by 2032. —Transport Minister Jesse Norman.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BP and Johnson Matthey (JM) have signed an agreement with Fulcrum BioEnergy to license their Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology to support Fulcrum’s drive to convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Located on a 327-acre site at the Port of Columbia, the LGF plant plans to convert 1 million tons of forestry waste feedstock into cleaner-burning renewable diesel and is projected to produce 31.8 The LGF plant currently aims to be operational by early 2027 and is expected to produce about 87% renewable diesel and 13% bionaphtha.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Ultimately to reach zero, this hydrogen will need to be green (produced via electrolysis which is powered by renewable electricity). ArcelorMittal Europe is also implementing projects in almost all its Flat Products sites to use gases from different sources for blast furnace injection. Smart Carbon with hydrogen.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Total started up production at the La Mède biorefinery—converted from a former oil refinery—in 2019. In September 2020, Total announced plans to invest more than €500 million to convert its Grandpuits refinery into a zero-crude platform. The Group will create a dedicated Renewable Fuels Business Unit in May.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

Neste has begun design of a new production line in its Singapore refinery for the production of renewable diesel, renewable aviation fuel and raw materials for various biochemical uses. The growth project includes an enhanced pre-treatment unit in preparation for the use of increasingly poor-quality waste materials.

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MARCH 22, 2021

Bio feedstock will be co-processed together with fossil materials increasing the renewable share of fuels and reducing up to 200,000 tons /year CO 2 emission without negatively affecting fuel quality. The benefits are numerous, as we produce more sustainable fuel, we will also help the circular economy by recycling waste.

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AUGUST 5, 2012

Sinopec) unit has completed production trials of a waste cooking oil to renewable aviation kerosene process, and plans to be ready to seek airworthiness certification from the government in January. In China, The Economic Observer reports that a China Petrochemical Corp. Sinopec’s Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a novel process for the production of hydrogen using various types of biomass, including lignin, as an efficient alternative to water oxidation as an electron source. Schematic diagram of byproduct production and hydrogen evolution through lignin decomposition.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. Enerkem Inc., Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 1, 2023

European lawmakers have been promoting the by-product of industrial meat farming as a way of reducing the carbon impact of transport fuels.They are now setting their sights on planes and to a lesser extent ships. Like all waste biofuels, the availability of animal fats is limited. However, there is not enough fat to go around.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Airport services provider Finavia will fuel 20 Helsinki Airport buses with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. Using Neste MY Renewable Diesel as our vehicle fuel is a fixed part of our emissions solutions. In addition to reduced emissions, another reason to select Neste MY Renewable Diesel was its easy adoption.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Spain-based global energy company Repsol and Talgo, a manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains, will promote a renewable-hydrogen-powered train, fostering emission-free rail transport in the Iberian Peninsula. The Vittal One renewable hydrogen-powered train uses electric motors powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

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JUNE 21, 2018

Catalyst produced by PQ has already been used to successfully produce renewable transportation fuel and other products at ENVIA, the first commercial smaller scale gas-to-liquids plant which incorporates Velocys technology. UK waste-to-jet-fuel project. Velocys earlier announced that £4.9 million (US$6.5

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APRIL 28, 2022

Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether). the third-largest propane supplier in the US, is the first company to make this more sustainable blended product available to its customers across Southern California. Oberon partner Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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MAY 31, 2021

The STRIA roadmap for low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) focuses on renewable fuels production, alternative fuel infrastructures as well as the impact on transport systems and services of these technologies for road, rail, waterborne transport and aviation. Transport infrastructure (INF). Bars not in scale.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Aemetis, a renewable fuels company focused on negative-carbon-intensity products, signed an offtake agreement with Delta Air Lines for 250 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be delivered over the 10-year term of the agreement. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

billion investment (100% basis) to continue production at its Kennecott copper operation in the United States. Rio Tinto Kennecott represents nearly 8% of US annual copper production. Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the top producing copper mines in the world with production at more than 20 million tons.

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APRIL 11, 2020

Researchers at the Fraunhofer IFF in Germany are designing the distributed and modular production and distribution of green hydrogen for industry, business and transportation throughout the value chain—a hydrogen factory of the future. We are opting for site-specific solutions and using biogas plants for production where possible.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This agreement significantly increases the supply and availability of SAF for the aviation industry with effect from October 2020. It brings together Neste’s expertise in the production and supply of renewable diesel and SAF with Shell Aviation’s world-class credentials in supplying and managing fuel around the world.

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MARCH 26, 2021

Haldor Topsoe and Nel ASA have entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the intent to offer customers complete solution for green ammonia and methanol produced with renewable electricity. Together, we can offer end-to-end renewable electricity to ammonia and methanol solutions based on the most reliable technologies available today.

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JULY 9, 2020

There is significant potential in the reuse of waste heat from industrial sites, data centers, or other sources, and energy produced from bio-waste or in wastewater treatment plants. For those sectors where electrification is difficult, the strategy promotes clean fuels, including renewable hydrogen and sustainable biofuels and biogas.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

In May 2020, SG H2 announced it was bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster ( earlier post ). The plant will feature SGH2’s gasification technology, which uses biogenic waste, biomass and recycled water to produce carbon negative hydrogen.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is the first industrial production facility in Germany to use this process for SAF production based on biomass waste and residues. Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG) co-processing is one of nine ASTM-approved conversion processes for SAF production. The process used in Lingen for the production of SAF is unique in Germany.

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MARCH 13, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff has released for public comment four new Tier 2 renewable diesel (RD) pathways using soy oil, used cooking oil, tallow, and corn oil at the Diamond Green facility in St. All of these co-product streams go to the adjacent Valero refinery. Charles, Louisiana.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Norwegian startup Blastr Green Steel is planning to establish a green steel plant with an integrated hydrogen production facility in Inkoo, Finland. Fortum has developed the Joddböle area since the dismantling of its Inkoo coal-fired power plant there in 2017-2020. The production is planned to start by end of 2026.

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