Aemetis, Inc. announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India was selected by the three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) and a major oil refiner to supply approximately 8,000,000 gallons of biodiesel over the next two months. Universal Biofuels owns and operates biodiesel plant located near the Port of Kakinada on India’s east coast. The
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that over-production of sugar is a problem for the economy and there is a need to diversify cane output towards ethanol production for the energy sector. Addressing the felicitation programme of National Cogeneration Awards 2022 in Mumbai, Gadkari said that majority of our population depends
Northern Lights, which is a joint venture between energy giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, has signed a deal to ship and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from Yara’s ammonia and fertilizer plant in the Netherlands. From early 2025, 800,000 tonnes of pure CO2 from Yara Sluiskil will be captured, compressed and liquefied in the Netherlands, and
South Korea’s largest shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has acquired design approval for Hi-Rotor, its own wind-assisted propulsion tech. HHI claims its rotor sail tech can contribute to reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions by about 6 to 8%. Many new forms of wind propulsion are coming to market of late. Separately, top brass at
BYD, the world’s largest electric carmaker by volume, is set to enter the mainstream Indian car market with an electric SUV. BYD will assemble its electric cars in India at its facility in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Chinese EV maker BYD, which currently sells the e6 electric MPV to corporates and fleet operators,
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Norwegian shipowner Torghatten Nord for two hydrogen-powered vessels operating on Norway’s longest ferry route, Vestfjordstrekninga, connecting Bodø, Røst, Værøy and Moskenes. The two vessels, designed by Norwegian Ship Design, will use a minimum of 85% ‘green hydrogen’ based fuel, helping to reduce CO2 emissions on
Plug Power, a hydrogen tech outfit linked to Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has inked a supply deal with online retail giant Amazon. The new deal will see Plug Power provide liquid green hydrogen starting in 2025, to help Amazon decarbonise its operations in line with its commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040. The deal
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is looking at converting waste onboard into energy. Japan’s second largest shipping line by dwt has invested in Sustainable Energy, which operates an energy supply business using unused resources such as flammable waste generated in cities. Sustainable Energy has developed its own integrated subcritical-water organic-waste power-generation system, or ISOP system, which
Coradia iLint with fleet of 14 trains, manufactured by French company Alstom, were flagged off in the German province of Lower Saxony in Germany. They will operate between the northern towns of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude. The hydrogen-powered trains have a “range of 1,000 kilometres”, can clock a top speed of “140 kph” and
IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) announced that it has deepened its partnership with California Ethanol + Power (CE+P) via a 15-year asset management deal to oversee its forthcoming Sugar Valley Energy campus outside of Brawley, California. The project is expected to produce approximately 70 million gallons of extremely low-carbon, fuel-grade Essential Ethanol™ from locally grown