Valero sets annual sales volume record in 2020 and approves new 470MMGPY renewable diesel plant
2021, Jan 21 – Valero Energy Reports 2020 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results and Declares Regular Cash Dividend on Common Stock here. While reporting a a net loss attributable…
Startup bluShift Aerospace launches its 1st commercial biofuel rocket from Maine
2021, January 31 – Space.com reports that BluShift Aerospace has tested what it says is the first commercial booster rocket powered by biofuel. The Maine-based firm successfully launched its Stardust…
Preem plant increases production of renewable diesel by 40 percent
21 Jan 2021 07:37 – Press release here Following a redevelopment of Preem’s Green Hydro Treater (GHT) plant in Gothenburg, the plant’s production capacity of renewable diesel is increased by…
Shell invests in Québec’s first waste to low-carbon fuels plant
2021, Jan 5 Shell Canada has announced the signing of commercial agreements to invest in Varennes Carbon Recycling, the first waste to low-carbon fuels plant in Québec, Canada. Calgary, AB…
BASF Digital Farming and VanderSat first to offer access to scalable, daily biomass images unimpeded by cloud cover
Biomass image service to be integrated with xarvio™ FIELD MANAGER and available in North America by March 2021 Farmers gain daily access to reliable, highly accurate biomass images derived from…
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, together with Macquarie, Deliver World’s First Shipment of Carbon-Neutral Oil
Press release here https://www.oxylowcarbon.com/news/worlds-first-shipment-of-carbon-neutral-oil HOUSTON— January 28, 2021 –– Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV), a division of Occidental (NYSE:OXY) announced today the delivery of two million barrels of carbon-neutral oil1…
Methanol production capacity may quintuple on decarbonized industry transformation: IHS Markit
29 January 2021 – IHS Markit has released a study predicting global methanol production could increase five-fold by 2050, but only if half the total comes from a decarbonized “e-methanol”…
U.S. renewable fuel credits surge to at least 7-yr high: traders
2021 January 29 – Reuters reports RIN credits have surged to a 7 year high here . Renewable fuel (D6) credits for 2021 traded at $1.13 each on Friday. Biomass-based…
SK Global Chemical and Brightmark sign MOU aimed at construction of plastics renewal plant in South Korea.
SK Global Chemical and Brightmark sign MOU aimed at construction of plastics renewal plant in South Korea. The two sides aim for plastics renewal plant with commercial scale to dramatically…
Brightmark: Circularity Is The Solution To Plastic Pollution And CO2
JANUARY 28, 2021 – Brightmark Release here. Forbes – Jan 28, 2021Written by Jim Vinoski Two of the very top concerns for the environmentally conscious are plastic waste and greenhouse…