biofuelsdigest

In Washington, Growth Energy relaunched its “E15 Now” campaign pressing for Senate action on a nationwide, permanent legislative fix to allow the year-round sale of E15, a higher ethanol fuel blend that costs $0.30 less per gallon on average than regular fuel and that can be used in 96% of all cars on the road […]

In Mozambique, the Diario Economico reports the consortium responsible for the Mozambique LNG project intends to install, in the district of Palma, in Cabo Delgado, an industrial unit with capacity to produce about 5,000 metric tons of coconut biodiesel per year, intended for the supply of liquefied natural gas operations. The initiative integrates the decarbonization […]

In Finland, a large team of students at Aalto University has created a baby carriage for Dutch baby products company Bugaboo that includes unique biobased materials. The pram’s canopy was made from waste orange peel. Serranur Zileli developed the light brown, citrus-scented material, giving discarded orange peel a new use as a functional component of the […]

In China, researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have created a biobased material that could be used to 3D print houses on Mars. The “recipe” combines Martian rocks with gelatin and yeast brought from Earth. Once the mixture is dried and hardened, the building material is as strong as low-grade concrete. It […]

In Australian, engineering firm Worley has been selected to engineer D-CRBN’s renewable syngas demonstration plant in Belgium. The project is designed to demonstrate a lower-carbon pathway for producing feedstock used in the chemicals and fuels sectors. The plant will produce syngas using D-CRBN’s plasma technology, which uses electricity to convert carbon dioxide and biomethane into […]