With the policy for ex-situ management of crop stubble in place this year, the biggest bio-energy plant in India is all set to be inaugurated in Lehragaga. Coming up with an investment of Rs 220 crore, the plant is being set up by Germany-based Verbio AG’s Indian subsidiary. It will be using crop residue (straw)
European Energy’s upcoming Power-to-X-facility (PtX-facility) in Kassø will be the largest e-methanol facility in the world to date. The Danish Green Investment Fund (DGIF) has now agreed to provide financing of €53 million to the total investment of the facility. Danish bank Jyske Bank is also co-financing. The PtX facility will deliver the first fuel
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a biogas upgrading and liquefaction solution for a new biogas plant in Sweden. The plant will be used to reduce carbon emissions from transport, and to speed the transition to cleaner energy. The order was placed by the energy company St1 and will be located at the Borås Energi
European oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea has teamed up with HES Wilhelmshaven Tank Terminal to jointly develop a CO2 hub at Germany’s largest independent liquid bulk terminal in the Port of Wilhelmshaven. The project envisions capturing CO2 from German industrial sites and transporting the gas to the planned hub, dubbed CO2nnectNow, from which it
The Energy Information Administration reports fuel ethanol is second only to coal as the most-transported fuel by rail. According to its Petroleum Supply Monthly, 95% of all US fuel ethanol deliveries between regions in the first half of 2022 were by rail. The majority of the US capacity to produce fuel ethanol (94%) is in
Public sector power giant NTPC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan and its subsidiary Mitsubishi Power India Private Limited to demonstrate the feasibility for hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in MHI 701D gas turbines installed at NTPC Auraiya Gas Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh, according to an official
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh informed that Centre may come up with production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for green hydrogen. Speaking at the third edition of CII’s ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat in Renewable Energy’ conference, the minister said that the incentive would be required only for the initial green hydrogen projects in the
From investments in improving operational sustainability through higher efficiency and responsible sourcing of materials to enhancing disclosures, top Indian companies are raising their sustainability quotient, but a lot more effort is needed to meet the net-zero targets set for the country. Several Indian corporate houses have set decarbonisation targets internally to become carbon neutral by
Finnish oil refining and marketing company Neste has agreed to acquire two dual-fuel product tankers from Furetank Rederi for an undisclosed sum. The deal features the purchase of Fure Valö and Fure Ven vessels, which are part of the Vinga series. Furetank plans to replace these 17,999 deadweight tonnage (dwt) tankers with new buildings. When
Wavelength Technology Center, a Portugal-based energy and tech company, has secured a contract for a methanol marine fuel supply system. The company has been awarded the engineering supply contract to design a methanol fuel supply system for marine engines. The system will be installed at an undisclosed engine manufacturing site in China. Furthermore, it will