BP invests in WasteFuel to study potential of bio-methanol

BP has invested $10m in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company, to research the potential of bio-methanol in hard-to-abate sectors like shipping. BP said that solid waste production totals about 2bn metric tons annually and would increase to 3.4bn metric tons by 2050. According to the company, WasteFuel’s deployment of anaerobic digestion and methanol production technologies

Averda and WasteFuel to develop green methanol

Averda, a waste management, treatment and recycling company, and WasteFuel, a developer of bio-refineries, announced during the COP27 climate conference, their partnership to develop the first commercial scale municipal waste to renewable methanol plant in the Middle East. The location for the first plant is likely to be in Jebel Ali, the premier port in

WasteFuel comes up with new tech to develop green methanol

WasteFuel, a developer of bio-refineries focused on converting municipal solid waste into low carbon fuels, has come up with a new way to create green methanol. Among the many investors in the American firm is Maersk, the containerline that to date has invested the most in methanol-powered boxships. The new WasteFuel Methanol Module is designed