Biofuel news
Fluor JV completes Kuwait clean fuels project
Fluor Corporation, Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries have handed over to Kuwait National Petroleum Company the facilities for the Mina Abdullah Package 2 (MAB2) Clean Fuels Project.
Lummus Technology announces start-up of bio-ethers unit at Greek refinery
The unit has been started up at Hellenic Petroleum's refinery in Aspropyrgos, Greece.
Clariant and Chemtex agree biofuel partnership
Under the partnership, the two parties will collaborate to market and sell Clariant’s sunliquid technology licenses, as well as services and supplies for advanced biofuel plants in China.
Phillips 66 plans to convert refinery into renewable fuels plant
Upon completion the reconfigured San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, US, would produce 680 million gallons annually of renewable diesel, renewable gasoline, and sustainable jet fuel.
Repsol begins producing aviation biofuels in Spain
The first batch produced by the company consists of 7000 t of aviation fuel made from biomass.
Petrobras begins non-binding stage in sale of biofuels unit
Petrobras Biocombustível has three biodiesel plants in Brazil.
Velocys completes delivery of reactors to Red Rock Biofuels
The reactors will be used to produce low carbon sustainable fuels from forestry waste at Red Rock's facility in Oregon, US.
CleanBay Renewables construct an anaerobic digestion plant
CleanBay Renewables announces partnership with Kiewit to engineer and construct an anaerobic digestion plant to produce renewable energy.
GranBio and NextChem sign partnership to develop cellulosic ethanol
GranBio’s 2G Ethanol technology converts lignocellulosic, non-food biomass to renewable, low carbon intensity biofuels.
Clariant and Eta Bio sign licence agreement
Eta Bio intends to construct a full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol at a site in northeast Bulgaria with Clariant’s sunliquid technology.