Emissions, Oil and Waste

EPA and DOE to provide more than $1B to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector

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JULY 2, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to provide more than $1 billion in funding to help reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector through the creation of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Includes flexibilities and exemptions.

EPA

EPA Oil Gas Emissions

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Heavy-duty diesel vehicles using mixing controlled compression ignition (MCCI), the most common ignition and combustion strategies for heavy-duty diesel engines, contribute significantly to the emissions of GHG, oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), and particular matter (PM) and are subject to stringent emission standards. Skaggs et al.

Waste

Waste Diesel Renewable Convert

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

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JULY 5, 2023

The first global car maker to announce such a switch, Volvo calculates it will achieve an immediate reduction in fossil CO 2 emissions from intercontinental ocean freight by 55,000 tonnes over a year. Due to the renewable fuel, CO 2 emissions are reduced by at least 84% (Well-to-Wake, WTW) compared to fossil fuel.

Volvo

Volvo Emissions CO2 Renewable

Neste charters two new lower-emission tankers from Terntank; methanol and sails

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APRIL 3, 2023

Neste has signed an agreement to charter two new lower-emission product tankers from Terntank. The tankers will transport a wide variety of liquid cargoes including renewable raw materials such as waste and residue oils and fats to Neste’s refineries.

Emissions

Emissions Renewable Waste Pollution

Volkswagen fueling car carriers with fuel derived from used cooking oil; GoodFuels BFO

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The fuel is produced from materials such as used oil from restaurants and the food industry. The first car freighter was refueled for the first time with this oil in mid-November 2020 and a second ship is due to follow at the beginning of 2021. This way, we reuse waste oil in an environmentally compatible way.

Oil

Oil Fuel Mariner Climate Protection

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

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APRIL 11, 2020

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.

Waste

Waste Oil Finland Power

Eni and Hera Group partner on conversion of used vegetable oil to renewable diesel for waste collection vehicles

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NOVEMBER 24, 2018

In Italy, Eni and Hera signed a partnership agreement with the aim of converting used vegetable oil into renewable diesel for Hera’s waste collection vehicles. The agreement revolves around household waste vegetable oil, such as that used for frying, collected by Hera in around 400 roadside containers and about 120 collection centres.

Waste

Waste Oil Renewable Diesel

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team trial of HVO100 for European land freight reduces CO2 emissions by 89%

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Analysis conducted after the trial concluded has shown that the use of HVO 100 biofuel saved 44,091kg CO 2 and reduced freight emissions by 89%. Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO 100) fuel is a 100% renewable fossil fuel free product derived from vegetable oils, waste oils and fats.

Mercedes

Mercedes Emissions CO2 Belgium

BASF investing €16M into tire pyrolysis oil company Pyrum as part of ChemCycling project

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

BASF SE is investing €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. BASF will uptake most of the pyrolysis oil and process it into new chemical products by using a mass balance approach as part of its ChemCycling project.

Oil

Oil Parts Companies Waste

Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Whereas plastics of the same type can often be mechanically recycled, recycling of mixed plastic waste poses a major challenge. These plastic components are processed into pyrolysis oil by chemical recycling. In the medium run, components made from pyrolysis oil can be used again in automobiles.

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Kits Audi Oil Automobile

BMW Group using sustainable BASF paints made from bio-waste

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MAY 13, 2022

The BMW Group is using innovative technologies in its efforts to improve sustainability and taking advantage of new options to conserve resources and reduce emissions from painting bodywork. The BMW Group is the first automotive manufacturer worldwide to use matt paints made from biomass instead of crude oil at its European plants.

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BMW Waste South Africa Africa

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

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JULY 15, 2021

Volkswagen is the first automaker to transport most of its new vehicles overseas using low-emission LNG ships. The further decarbonization of shipping will result in substantial CO 2 reductions, with the use of liquid natural gas enabling Volkswagen to cut the ships’ CO 2 emissions by up to 25% percent (tank-to-wake).

Emissions

Emissions Mariner Climate Climate Protection

Biogas2PEM-FC project converts waste from olive oil production to electricity

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

An EU-funded project, Biogas2PEM-FC , has developed a system to convert the toxic waste from olive oil production into electricity. The waste from olive oil production—which contains pesticides and toxic organic compounds, is acidic and with a high salinity—is environmentally harmful and costly to discard.

Waste

Waste Convert Oil Spain

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

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

regarding the supply of butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass. Moreover, Asahi Kasei has sought to transition to sustainable feedstock in order to reduce CO 2 emissions throughout its supply chain. The use of sustainable S-SBR therefore enables a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions over the life cycle of tires.

Waste

Waste Singapore Emissions Carbon

Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

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APRIL 5, 2021

Rice University scientists and their colleagues at C-Crete Technologies have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. Concrete is the most-produced material in the world, and simply making it produces as much as 9% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.

Waste

Waste Conversion Portland Carbon

Oil sands company Suncor Energy strengthens its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels, divesting wind and solar

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APRIL 6, 2022

Suncor Energy, a Canadian integrated energy company that is one of the top oil sands producers in the country, will strengthen its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels to accelerate progress towards its objective to be a net-zero company by 2050. Suncor also plans to divest its wind and solar assets.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Wind Renewable

Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

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MARCH 2, 2018

Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. to verify—the actual emission reduction resulting from such filtering.

Oil

Oil Emissions Malaysia Indonesia

bp acquires 30% stake in Green Biofuels, UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil fuels

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

bp has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels Ltd (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). GBF’s products are made from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat. It is fully compatible with gas oil and significantly cleaner than EN590 (automotive diesel fuel).

Oil

Oil Green Hydrogen Fuel

Indian Oil signs MOU with LanzaJet on sustainable aviation fuel production in India

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Indian Oil Corporation, India’s leading energy major, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LanzaJet to explore the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in India. As a rapidly developing country, India’s energy transition will play a pivotal role in global energy markets.

India

India Oil Fuel Production

In a US first, the oil and gas sector will pay fines for excess methane emissions

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Photo by Juan Mt on Pexels.com The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fine oil and gas companies for emitting excess methane – the first federal government tax ever on greenhouse gas emissions. It only applies to emissions that exceed the statutorily specified levels. That’s EPA’s stick; here are its carrots.

Oil

Oil Gas Emissions Waste

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Alder Energy will convert miscanthus, a highly promising biomass crop, to SAF through their advanced pyrolysis oil technology, a process that utilizes heat, pressure, and solvents to deconstruct the miscanthus into oils for conversion to SAF. Quasar Energy Group will use an anaerobic digestor to convert food waste to SAF precursors.

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Emissions Waste Conversion Gas-Electric

Audi researching industrialization of chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste from manufacturing

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JUNE 18, 2021

The results of the project indicated that the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste is both technically feasible and environmentally and financially promising. The material cycles closed in this way save valuable resources, energy, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Waste

Waste Audi Manufacturer Industry

Alphabet Energy closes $23.5M Series C; thermoelectric waste-heat-to-power for oil & gas and automotive

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JULY 13, 2016

Schlumberger, a new investor from the oil and gas industry, led the round with participation from GM Ventures and Osceola Capital Management, LLC. The new capital will be used to scale Alphabet Energy’s production for the oil and gas and automotive industries, both under intense regulatory pressure to curb emissions.

Waste

Waste Oil Gas Energy

Neste and CIM collaborate to supply sustainable aviation fuel to France to support SAF blending obligations

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Neste and CIM, part of NOVEN Group in France, the leading independent French group of companies providing oil storage and supply services, are collaborating to enable the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel into France. Neste is committed to contribute significantly as we are increasing our global SAF production capacity to 1.5

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France Supplies Fuel Waste

EcoCeres makes first cellulosic ethanol shipment to Europe

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JUNE 5, 2023

EcoCeres , an Asia-based bio-refinery company, announced its first shipment of 100% agricultural waste-produced cellulosic ethanol to the European markets, a milestone the company achieved after commissioning another facility in China.

Europe

Europe Waste Asia Renewable

Oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife

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MAY 29, 2020

A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to clean up oil spills inexpensively and efficiently without harming marine life. —Vikas Nandwana.

Water

Water Oil Mariner Pollution

ElectraTherm and Navy to demonstrate shipboard waste heat recovery

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JANUARY 10, 2018

ElectraTherm, a leader in distributed, waste heat to power generation, is working with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Creare, and the US Naval Academy (USNA) to demonstrate gas turbine waste heat recovery as part of a Small Business Innovation Research project. Hot water is the only fuel consumed by the Power+.

Waste

Waste Exhaust Maryland Gas-Electric

Total begins producing sustainable aviation fuel in France

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APRIL 13, 2021

The biojet fuel, made from used cooking oil, will be delivered to French airports starting in April 2021. Total started up production at the La Mède biorefinery—converted from a former oil refinery—in 2019. Total will not use vegetable oils as feedstock. An 8-megawatt solar farm that can supply 13,000 people.

France

France Fuel Oil Waste

Goodyear develops 70% sustainable-material tire; NPT on delivery robots

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Goodyear’s new tire features three different carbon blacks that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, and plant-based oil. Initial life cycle assessments demonstrate either reduced carbon emissions compared with current methods of carbon black production or the use of bio-based or waste feedstock sources.

Waste

Waste Oil Maintenance Carbon

Neste exploring ways to use waste plastic as a raw material for fuels and plastics

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JULY 18, 2018

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, is now exploring ways to introduce liquefied waste plastic as a future raw material for fossil refining. The company’s target is to process annually more than one million tons of waste plastic by 2030.

Waste

Waste Fuel Oil 2018

Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Since forming in 2013, Argent Materials, a San Francisco Bay Area recycler of concrete and asphalt, and supplier of aggregate such as crushed rock, entry, cutback, sand, backfill and base rock for construction projects, has diverted more than a billion pounds of waste from local landfills.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Fleet Building

JGC & Cosmo Oil to use Honeywell Ecofining technology in first commercial-scale SAF project in Japan

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

JGC Holdings Corporation and Cosmo Oil Company will use Honeywell Ecofining technology ( earlier post ) for the first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel project in Japan. The project will convert used cooking oil locally collected in Japan into renewable jet fuel meeting ASTM D7566 standards with start-up scheduled in 2025.

Japan

Japan Oil Commercial Renewable

Neste Oil de-emphasizing microbial oil R&D for renewable diesel; seeking other uses for cellulosic biomass

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Despite the decision to de-emphasize microbial oil, Neste Oil emphasized that cellulosic waste will continue to play an important role in its research strategy, adding that it remains committed to its goal of further extending its feedstock base and making greater use of waste and residues in this area in particular.

Oil

Oil Renewable Diesel Waste

Neste Oil produces NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry

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MAY 15, 2012

Neste Oil has again expanded the range of renewable raw materials it uses by beginning to produce NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry at its Singapore refinery. After the fillets have been removed, the fat content of the gutting waste can be as high as 30-35%.

Waste

Waste Renewable Oil Diesel

DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, says it will be neutralizing the carbon emissions of all less-than-container load (LCL) ocean freight shipments from 1 January 2021. This is why we have taken the decision to neutralize the carbon emission of all our LCL shipments.

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Carbon Emissions Global Climate Protection

GE GHG Ecomagination Innovation Challenge for higher value use of low grade waste heat from oil sands production

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JULY 28, 2014

NineSigma, representing the General Electric Company, is inviting participation in a GE GHG Ecomagination Innovation Challenge to create value from excess low grade heat resulting from Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) oil sands production and/or related surface facility operations. Submissions are due 30 September 2014.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Waste Oil Production

LG Chem, Dansuk JV to build Korea’s first next-generation hydro-treated vegetable oil plant

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

LG Chem and Korean biodiesel producer and exporter Dansuk Industrial will form a joint venture to build Korea’s first next-generation hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) plant. HVO is a next-generation bio-oil produced through hydro-treatment of vegetable raw materials such as waste cooking oil and palm by-products.

Oil

Oil Building Waste Fuel

Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream test 100% SAF blend in G650 twin-jet; HEFA and SAK

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DECEMBER 17, 2022

The SAF that was used in the test consists of two components: HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids), produced from waste fat and waste plant oils by low-carbon fuel specialist World Energy in Paramount, California; and SAK (Synthesized Aromatic Kerosene) made from waste plant-based sugars by Wisconsin-based Virent Inc.

Waste

Waste Wisconsin Georgia Fuel

KIST team develops technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels

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JULY 20, 2020

A Korean research team has developed a technology that can be used to mass-produce aviation-grade fuels from wood wastes. Large volumes of lignin are generated as waste in the pulping processes that are used to produce paper. The pyrolysis of lignin produces an oil which has little industrial utility due to its high viscosity.

Fuel

Fuel Production Oil Waste

Waste oil power generator from Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group shows lower emissions than conventional diesel generator

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) have announced positive results of preliminary emissions testing of the combustion system of the Phoenix 10, the first small-scale waste oil power generator. The Phoenix 10 demonstrated emissions of only 0.14 —Doug Petty, Vice President of PPG.

Phoenix

Phoenix Waste Oil Power

New study suggests reported PAH emissions in oil sands region greatly underestimated

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Results from a new modeling assessment of contamination in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) suggest that officially reported emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in that region have been greatly underestimated. Accounting for evaporative emissions (e.g., Average emissions densities from Shen et al.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Pollution

Sparc Technologies, QUT partner to develop a hard carbon anode material from bio-waste for Na-ion batteries

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The partnership will begin with a project in the battery anode space with the development of a novel process for the production of hard carbon from bio-waste. Using readily available, sustainable bio-waste material will provide Sparc with a strong environmental value proposition when compared with conventional sources of hard carbon.

Waste

Waste Sodium Carbon Lithium Ion

St1 Etanolix food-waste-to-ethanol plant integrated into oil refinery in Gothenburg

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JUNE 8, 2015

The ethanol plant is fully integrated into the functions and logistics of St1 oil refinery in Gothenburg and has an annual production capacity of 5 million liters (1.3 The Etanolix production process starts with receiving feedstock that has high carbohydrate concentrations, such as bakery waste.

Waste

Waste Oil Finland Sweden

HEET to conduct first Boeing-COMAC Technology Center aviation biofuel research project focused on waste cooking oil

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

HEET, a company with experience developing alternative energy technologies, will focus on ways to convert discarded cooking oil into a component of sustainable aviation biofuel at the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center.

Waste

Waste Oil China Convert

EPA and DOE to provide more than $1B to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

Volvo Cars switches to biodiesel for ocean freight; cutting fossil CO2 emissions by 84%

Neste charters two new lower-emission tankers from Terntank; methanol and sails

Volkswagen fueling car carriers with fuel derived from used cooking oil; GoodFuels BFO

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

Eni and Hera Group partner on conversion of used vegetable oil to renewable diesel for waste collection vehicles

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team trial of HVO100 for European land freight reduces CO2 emissions by 89%

BASF investing €16M into tire pyrolysis oil company Pyrum as part of ChemCycling project

Audi and KIT working on recycling for automotive plastics via pyrolysis oil

BMW Group using sustainable BASF paints made from bio-waste

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

Biogas2PEM-FC project converts waste from olive oil production to electricity

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

Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

Oil sands company Suncor Energy strengthens its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels, divesting wind and solar

Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

bp acquires 30% stake in Green Biofuels, UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil fuels

Indian Oil signs MOU with LanzaJet on sustainable aviation fuel production in India

In a US first, the oil and gas sector will pay fines for excess methane emissions

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

Audi researching industrialization of chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste from manufacturing

Alphabet Energy closes $23.5M Series C; thermoelectric waste-heat-to-power for oil & gas and automotive

Neste and CIM collaborate to supply sustainable aviation fuel to France to support SAF blending obligations

EcoCeres makes first cellulosic ethanol shipment to Europe

Oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife

ElectraTherm and Navy to demonstrate shipboard waste heat recovery

Total begins producing sustainable aviation fuel in France

Goodyear develops 70% sustainable-material tire; NPT on delivery robots

Neste exploring ways to use waste plastic as a raw material for fuels and plastics

Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

JGC & Cosmo Oil to use Honeywell Ecofining technology in first commercial-scale SAF project in Japan

Neste Oil de-emphasizing microbial oil R&D for renewable diesel; seeking other uses for cellulosic biomass

Neste Oil produces NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry

DHL to use biofuel to neutralize carbon emissions of all ‘less-than-container’ load shipments in ocean freight globally

GE GHG Ecomagination Innovation Challenge for higher value use of low grade waste heat from oil sands production

LG Chem, Dansuk JV to build Korea’s first next-generation hydro-treated vegetable oil plant

Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream test 100% SAF blend in G650 twin-jet; HEFA and SAK

KIST team develops technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels

Waste oil power generator from Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group shows lower emissions than conventional diesel generator

New study suggests reported PAH emissions in oil sands region greatly underestimated

Sparc Technologies, QUT partner to develop a hard carbon anode material from bio-waste for Na-ion batteries

St1 Etanolix food-waste-to-ethanol plant integrated into oil refinery in Gothenburg

HEET to conduct first Boeing-COMAC Technology Center aviation biofuel research project focused on waste cooking oil

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