Environment
Biden administration (U.S.) to release SAF tax credit model
The Biden administration (U.S.) is expected to release a climate model for its SAF subsidy program, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Optimization for the trigeneration of industrial waste
Many corporations are moving toward sustainable operations for their processes. One alternative pathway to reduce fossil fuels consumption in a processing plant is through harvesting waste heat from industrial waste through combined heat and power (CHP), or what is commonly known as cogeneration or polygeneration.
The concern of CO emissions
No refinery can operate without hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) because it is needed in all hydroprocessing technologies to remove sulfurous impurities and produce products at the correct specifications. With each passing day, the importance of H<sub>2</sub> in refineries is increasing as crude oil gets heavier and more sour while product specifications are simultaneously getting tighter.
Wartsila secures China’s largest-ever methanol newbuild order
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the methanol-fueled auxiliary engines for five new container vessels for COSCO Shipping Lines Co., Ltd and seven new container vessels for Orient Overseas Container Line.
Honeywell Technology helping to produce SAF with lower cost and waste
Honeywell announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce SAF from biomass, helping to make SAF that is 90% less carbon intensive than traditional fossil-based jet fuels.
Clariant catalysts reduce customers’ footprints by 40 million tons of CO2e in 2023
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, announced impressive numbers that highlight how the use of its catalyst products enabled the avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023.
Brazil's Timbro to export 40% more sugar, enter ethanol market in 2024
Brazilian international trade platform Timbro expects to increase its sugar exports by more than 40% in 2024 to 2 MMt, while also expanding operations to enter the ethanol market.
JX to join forces with Sumitomo at large scale SAF/BECCS project in Louisiana (U.S.)
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation executed consortium agreements to manage investment in the Louisiana Green Fuels BECCS project at Port of Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana (U.S.).
WestJet buys first Canadian-supplied SAF by Shell Aviation
The airline said the purchase marks a milestone in its mission to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and is a step forward in making Canada’s aviation industry more sustainable.
Technip Energies selected by Viridor to perform FEED on the Runcorn energy-from-waste carbon capture project in the UK
Technip Energies has been awarded a FEED contract by Viridor for the CCS project at one of the United Kingdom’s largest Energy-from-Waste facilities in Runcorn, United Kingdom and plans to capture around 900,000 tons of CO2 each year, half of which will be from biogenic sources, effectively removing 450,000 tons of CO2 annually from the atmosphere.
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