The environment

James Morgan, Opportune LLP, discusses the incoming waves for refiners and shipowners as a result of IMO 2020.

Wärtsilä has been given Notice to Proceed for a liquid biogas (bioLNG) plant to be built in Asker, Norway.

The EIA forecasts that several recent trends in US biofuels markets will continue through 2020.

Anellotech, IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics to successfully recover high-purity bio-based paraxylene.

A new research project is exploring ammonia’s potential as a sustainable fuel and a good solution for “storing” green power from wind turbines and solar cells.

A new report from PMR suggests that the global biodiesel market is poised to register 3.1% CAGR over the period 2018 – 2026.

Velocys has agreed a series of amendments in its licensing contracts with Red Rock Biofuels LLC.

A growing number of Republic Services’ natural gas-powered vehicles will utilise increasing amounts of Clean Energy’s Redeem fuel over the next five years.

The European Investment Bank has agreed to offer up to €18 million in financing to Ecoslops.

Neste’s renewable fuels helped motorists reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 7.9 million t in 2018.

The Parliament of Finland has voted in favour of a law to increase the share of biofuels in road traffic to 30% by 2029.

Braskem and Haldor Topsoe have started up a demonstration unit for developing renewable monoethylene glycol (MEG).

A new report suggests that renewable methanol fuel slashes greenhouse gas emissions in transportation and power generation.

Ecoslops and Suez Canal Economic Zone have signed an agreement for a maritime oil waste collection, reception and treatment unit in Port Saïd, Egypt.

The ‘Alliance to End Plastic Waste’ has announced an initial set of projects and collaborations that reflect a range of solutions to help end plastic waste.