Bioenergy

BP has agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture with Bunge that will create a bioenergy company in one of the world’s largest markets for biofuels.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule allowing the year-round sale of motor gasoline blends containing up to 15% fuel ethanol.

Haldor Topsoe will build a 10 kg/hour methanol plant to demonstrate the company’s eSMR Methanol™ technology for the production of sustainable methanol from biogas.

Aries Clean Energy has received all approvals required to construct biosolids-only gasification facility in New Jersey, USA.

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has joined an EMPIR research consortium which aims to improve the accuracy and durability of commercially available meters for renewable gases.

Pharmco has announced that it will open a new warehouse in Ocala, Florida, for its alcohols and solvents.

According to research by Fior Markets, the global industrial hemp market expected to reach US$14.67 billion by 2026.

Attis Industries, Inc., a technology holding company with a production asset in Fulton, New York, that produces corn-based ethanol, has announced that it has joined the Advanced Biofuels Association.

Enexor BioEnergy has announced the expansion of the its Franklin operations, a move expected to represent a US$5 million investment and create approximately 50 jobs over the next 2 years.

Renewable energy systems producer Enexor Bioenergy is dedicating US$5 million toward the opening of a new production plant in Franklin, Tennessee.

Forbes has reported that renewable energy sources have surpassed coal for the first time in the US since the inception of the US electrical power system in the nation’s monthly electricity generation mix.

The National Trust is set to sell all of its £1 billion fossil fuel assets, saying it no longer wants to be invested in companies that are not contributing to the effort to tackle climate change.

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has announced that it completed the sale of substantially all assets of REG Life Sciences’ to Genomatica on 2 May 2019.

RTE is reporting that the energy company Energia has announced a €3 billion investment in renewable energy generation in Ireland over the next 5 years. It will create 200 direct jobs and 3000–5000 construction jobs.

Total has started up production at the La Me`de biorefinery in southeastern France, with the first batches of biofuel coming off the line.