China signs another deal to buy US LNG

US-based NextDecade will supply China’s ENN with 1.5 million tonnes per year (mtpy) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 20 years, starting as early as 2026, from the proposed Rio Grande export project in Texas. Significantly, this is the fourth US-China LNG deal struck in the past two weeks. Moreover, China-based buyers have lined up

MicroBite raises $1.5 m for bioethanol plant in India

MicroBite, a sister concern of the startup ThePhiFactory, has raised $1.5 million from Vijay Madduri, the co-owner of Hyderabad ISL Football Team. The company has drawn up plans to set up a five kilo litre pre day (KLPD) capacity bioethanol plant in the State. It is looking at Nalgonda, Zaheerabad and Siddipet as the possible

NTPC enters into partnership with Gujarat Gas for blending green hydrogen

NTPC has inked a pact with Gujarat Gas Ltd for an initiative to blend green hydrogen with the piped natural gas (PNG) supplied by the latter. Green hydrogen will be produced by using electricity from the existing 1 MW floating solar project of NTPC Kawas. This will be blended with PNG in a pre-determined proportion

Timeline for loan disbursal under ethanol scheme extended in India

As part of its efforts to boost domestic production and achieve ethanol blending of 20% by 2025, the central government has extended the timeline for disbursement of loans up to September 30 with regard to all the schemes under the ethanol blending programme notified during 2018-2021. The move is aimed at facilitating the completion of

Maersk and its partners to establish pilot green methanol plant in Singapore

Six leading companies have formed a partnership that aims to establish Asia’s first green e-methanol plant which converts captured biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into green e-methanol, a low carbon fuel, that could enable a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The pilot plant will be set up in Singapore pending successful conclusion of feasibility studies

ClassNK issues approval for J-DeEP’s floating hydrogen plant design

ClassNK, a Tokyo-based ship classification society, issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of a floating offshore hydrogen production plant developed by Japan Offshore Design & Engineering Platform Technology & Engineering Research Association (J-DeEP). The amount of power generated by offshore wind turbines is likely affected by weather conditions, and surplus electricity may

EHB sets targets for hydrogen pipelines completion

The European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) initiative, an industry association made up of gas transmission system operators (TSOs), now targets almost 28,000km of hydrogen pipelines by 2030, and 53,000km by 2040. Around 60% of this would be repurposed existing natural gas pipelines, and 40% would be new pipelines. This time last year the EHB proposed an

In defiance to its own netzero targets UK to drill more oil and gas

The UK government is set to order more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea in defiance of its own net zero targets, while neglecting alternative measures that experts say would provide much quicker relief from high energy bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions instead of raising them. The energy security strategy to

Amid supply disruptions in Europe, France becomes the top destination for US LNG

France was the top destination for US LNG cargoes in March as Europe began refilling storage after inventories bottomed out and as Russia’s war in Ukraine raised fears of pipeline gas disruptions. Spain was a close second, followed by the UK, an April 4 analysis of trade flow data by S&P Global Commodity Insights showed.

Veolia launches solution to produce CO2-neutral biofuel

Veolia launches the world’s largest biorefinery project producing CO2-neutral bio-methanol from a pulp mill, located in Finland. The project allows to unlock the potential of this alternative source of feedstock for biofuel that is almost completely unexplored to date. Developed in close cooperation with Metsä Fibre, the largest cooperative forestry association in Europe, the refinery