Brazil biofuels venture to add complex in Alagoas

Brazilian advanced biofuels firm GranBio, biofuels producer Impacto Bioenergia and two sugarcane plant operators will build a biofuels complex in northeastern Alagoas state, the companies said. The biorefinery project, named Exygen I, will cost an estimated R1.5bn ($253mn) and produce carbon neutral ethanol, biomethane and biofertilizers. It will have production capacity of 160mn l/yr (2,760

HPCL to set up 2G bio-refinery plant worth Rs 1,400 cr

The 2G bio-refinery is designed for the utilisation of paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol under the Ethanol Blending Program of the Central Government As a way to tackle the problem of stubble burning in the state, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has decided to set up a Second Generation

First bamboo-based biorefinery to start operations in March

India’s Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL), a subsidiary of explorer Oil India (OILI.NS), plans to start ethanol production at its biorefinery in the northeastern state of Assam from March, the company’s managing director Bhaskar Phukan said on Tuesday. India, the world’s third biggest consumer and importer of oil, is aiming to reduce its crude oil consumption

US DOE invests $59 mn for biofuels expansion in the US

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to invest $59 million to fast-track the production of biofuels and bioproducts to cut emissions in various sectors. The funding will help DOE set the objective of advancing the use of bioenergy, achieving cost-competitive biofuels, and reaching a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. For that it plans

World’s largest bio-methanol production project launched by Veolia in Finland

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

Microsoft puts $50 million into sustainable jet fuel

Microsoft is putting $50 million into a LanzaJet facility in Georgia that will produce jet fuel from ethanol. LanzaJet says its facility will start producing sustainable jet fuel next year. Reuters says experts consider the airline industry one of the hardest to decarbonize. Governments and investors are trying to boost incentives to produce lower-carbon emitting