The environment

According to a study from G&S Business Communications, more than 75% of Americans say the next President should speed up the adoption of renewable energy.

The global biofuels market is expected grow at a CAGR of nearly 6% during the 2016 - 2020 period, according to Technavio’s latest report.

California's big oil disrupting climate change policies have been extended to 2030, and the state now leads the nation in low carbon fuel retail volumes.

Over the past several decades, the US has the world in reducing emissions – down to near 20 year lows – all while energy production has been going up significantly.

Global energy investment in 2015 amounted to US$1.8 trillion, down 8% (in real terms) from 2014, mainly due to a sharp fall in upstream oil and gas investment.

As the world seeks to make more efficient use of its energy resources and meet global climate targets, it is essential that cities take a leading role in the energy transition.

Covanta has announced it has secured 90% of the waste supply needed for the Dublin waste to energy facility.

The State of Rhode Island has announced it has filed a lawsuit against 34 oil companies for the costs associated with MTBE contamination and clean up.

CO2 Solutions has announced the allowance of an important new US patent.

To achieve the legislation’s goal of reducing greenhouse gases, Biodico is moving forward with the development and deployment of its biofuel and renewable energy technology.

Gevo has signed a Heads of Agreement with Lufthansa for the commercial supply of renewable jet fuel.

Clariant has achieved ‘best in class’ rankings in the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

LiqTech and Heilongjiang ZhongDan JianJe BioEnergy Co. Ltd. have entered into a letter of intent to supply a US$1.8 million filtration system for a 100 000 tpy bioethanol plant.

The mix of energy sources used for power generation in California changed from last summer, as renewables and imported electricity offset lower natural gas use.

Johnson Matthey has announced the opening of the new electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (ePSIC) in Harwell’s Science and Innovation Campus.