The environment

Synthetic biology startup, Lygos, has announced the closure of its US$13 million venture financing to target the oil-based specialty chemical industry.

The US Department of Energy has announced US$8 million in available funding for the development of algae-based biofuels.

The IEA has welcomed the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

Vivakor, Inc. has announced it has entered into a major Memorandum of Understanding in Saudi Arabia.

Carbon Cycle Energy has announced it has broken ground on its new US$100 million biogas facility in North Carolina.

Technip and Chemetry have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the licensing and engineering of Chemetry’s eShuttle™ technology for the production of ethylene dichloride.

Fuel Tech has announced it has been awarded Air Pollution Control (APC) contract orders totalling US$2 million.

The API has accused the EPA of changing its conclusions of its Assessment Report on hydraulic fracturing.

The Czech Republic’s energy policies have been strengthened by the adoption in 2015 of the State Energy Policy (SEP) and complementary climate policies.

Linde North America has announced the start up of its new 250 tpd carbon dioxide plant in Texas.

Squeezed budgets and rising energy demand will significantly heighten the demand and use of renewable and energy efficiency technologies across the Middle East.

Ibrahim Baylan, Sweden’s Minister for Energy, was named as the chair of the IEA's Ministerial meeting, which will be held in Paris in November 2017.

California’s PG&E has installed new methane detection technology that will continuously detect methane leaks, reducing harmful emissions and minimising waste.

The mayors of Paris, Madrid, Mexico City and Athens have pledged to remove diesel vehicles from their cities by 2025, while Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria and Benin will reject shipments of high sulfur diesel fuel from Europe.

GE’s Water & Process Technologies has entered into cooperation agreements with WaterSmart Software and Smart Earth Technologies (SET).