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Neste celebrates opening of €1.6B Singapore expansion; SAF supply chain to Changi Airport

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Neste announced its final investment decision on additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore in December 2018. billion Singapore Expansion project has been successfully completed, the start-up of the refinery expansion has been completed after mid-April, and Neste celebrated its opening today.

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Toyota develops “Total-care Service” for ride-hailing companies; rollout with Grab in Singapore

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Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) is introducing “total-care service,” a pioneering set of mobility services specially designed for ride-hailing companies. Through this Total-care Service, ride-hailing companies can provide their driver-partners with more cost-efficient and timely maintenance services. Commute, eat, deliver shopping?

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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, a diversified Japanese multinational company, concluded an agreement with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd. regarding the supply of butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass. 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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Singapore Company Trialing Natural Gas Econic Waste Collection Vehicle

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Singapore’s largest waste management company, Sembcorp, is starting a one-year field trial to assess market acceptance, cost-effectiveness and customer satisfaction of the Mercedes-Benz Econic waste collection truck with Natural Gas Technology. This marks the entry of the natural gas truck into the Asia market.

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Neste to double production of drop-in renewable fuels and chemicals in Singapore to approx. 2Mt per year

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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 company is aiming to make a final investment decision by the end of 2018. Based on this overall assessment, we settled on Singapore.

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Neste to acquire Bunge Rotterdam refinery to increase raw material pretreatment capacity for renewable products

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Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan’s refinery plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for a purchase price of €258 million (US$302 million). million tons.

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NTU Singapore team develops ultra-fast charging Li-ion battery with new TiO2 gel anode material

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Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) led by Professor Xiaodong Chen have developed a new TiO 2 gel material for Li-ion battery anodes. The technology is currently being licensed to a company. A battery equipped with the new anode material can be recharged up to 70% in only 2 minutes. —Prof.

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