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BioVeritas, a leading sustainable fuels and biochemicals company focusing on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, is launching The BioVeritas Process™ for SAF. This breakthrough technology converts biomass via fermentation into volatile fatty acids (VFAs), a key precursor for a range of high-value products, most notably SAF. The company, then known as Terrabon, first began exploring…
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Clean Energy Technologies has announced that Vermont Renewable Gas (VRG), an affiliate limited liability company has been selected by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as one of its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grant recipients. Administered by the USDA’s Rural Development Office, this current $1.05 billion initiative funded through the Inflation Reduction Act seeks…
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A new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights supported by RNG Coalition, EBA, ERGaR, and Eurogas provides valuable input to the ongoing revision process of the GHG Protocol. The use of certificates will be critical to meet the increasing sustainable RNG demand from the private sectors, support the economics of new production capacities and ultimately contribute to climate change…
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Saipem's Bluenzyme technology is expected to be applied to capture CO₂ emissions at the waste-to-energy plant of the subsidiary Herambiente in Ferrara. It will be the first industrial-scale example of CCS applied to a plant of this type in Italy. The project is one of the main decarbonisation levers in the multi-utility's Climate Transition Plan to reduce internal emissions. It aims to…
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CMA CGM Group, a global player in maritime, land, air and logistics solutions, and SUEZ, a global leader in circular waste management solutions, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 18 October. The aim of this collaboration between two complementary players is to establish a long-term industrial partnership on biomethane to help decarbonise shipping in Europe. The MOU sets out three…
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Bioenergy Insight caught up with Giulia Cancian, secretary general of the European Biogas Association (EBA) at this year’s European Biogas Conference. “This year, we’re talking about the transition towards net-zero, but we are putting a big focus on resilience,” said Cancian, when Bioenergy Insight asked what the main theme of this year’s event is. “And what we mean by that is…
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The European Commission has concluded that two Swedish tax exemption schemes for non-food-based biogas and bio-propane used for heating or as motor fuel are in line with EU State aid rules. In June 2020, the Commission had approved the schemes under EU State aid rules, but the Commission's decisions were annulled by the General Court on 21 December 2022. The Commission's investigation On 29…
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Lantmännen has signed an agreement to divest Scandbio to the German company LEAG Group. Scandbio, with its operations in solid processed wood fuels, has been part of Lantmännen since 2014. Scandbio is a fuel pellet producer. By refining waste products from the forestry industry, Scandbio takes advantage of natural resources in a resource-efficient way and contributes to a circular,…
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Nordic energy company Gasum and global technology leader ABB are bringing a new energy market optimization solution to energy intensive industry and utilities. The solution is offered by Gasum and powered by ABB Ability™ OPTIMAX®. The new multi-market optimisation (MMO) solution offers customers comprehensive benefits in energy markets by ensuring efficient use and production of energy,…
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Seras, formally known as Esken Renewables, is the new name for the UK’s largest biomass fuel supply business. The rebrand follows the business’ acquisition by Pioneer Point Partners in December 2023. Seras supplies 1.7 million tonnes of UK sourced sustainable biomass fuel a year to UK power plants. The business has five waste wood storage and processing facilities across the UK and a fleet…
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Supermajor oil company Eni has tasked French investment bank Natixis with finding investors to purchase a minority stake in its biomethane operation, Enibioch4in. According to Corriere della Sera, the Italian oil giant is seeking investors to acquire up to 49% of Enibioch4in. The report states the search is in its early stages, as no valuation set or possible investors are currently lined…
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Vogelsang outlines some of its innovative machines that enable effective recycling. The circular economy is growing in the UK. As people and businesses consciously step away from a linear manufacturing process to a circular model, considerably less waste is being disposed of at the end of its life. Rather than being a fad or ‘greenwashing’, companies and local authorities are adopting a…
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Last week, Claire Coutinho, UK shadow net zero secretary, backtracked on the former Conservative government's previous approval of Drax fittings its Selby biomass facility with Beccs (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technology. She claimed the case for the scheme 'simply unravelled' on closer inspection. She said: “We cannot go green by burning trees at huge cost to the public. If…
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