Energy
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HSBC, Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech in partnership
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The UK’s largest bank, HSBC, is joining the collaboration between LanzaTech, Virgin Atlantic, GE and Boeing to convert waste gases captured from industrial steel production to jet fuel via fermentation and chemical conversions. In addition, Virgin Atlantic announced that the team intends to do a demonstration flight within the next year. LanzaTech and Virgin Atlantic have been working…
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British Airways commits to 50 ktpa biomass-based jet fuel supply
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The blog does not usually post much about biofuels but the technology involved in this project announcement is also associated with the developments of waste syngas-based chemicals. Yesterday, advanced biofuels technology developer, Solena Fuels, announced that it will build the world’s first facility, dubbed “GreenSky”, that will convert landfill waste into jet fuel, which will be located in…
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Introducing: Liquid Light’s waste CO2-to-MEG tech
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This is another interview that is a bit late in posting. I have been covering several new technologies since late last year for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter, where these new technologies are now using feedstock such as methane, syngas and carbon dioxide/carbon monoxide to produce various chemical intermediates. Are these bio-based feedstock? They could be…
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Solvay launches production of torrefied biomass
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Solvay has launched the production of torrefied biomass at an industrial scale in the United States, run by the recently created Solvay Biomass Energy joint venture between Solvay and U.S. company New Biomass Energy NBE. The biomass is produced in Quitman, Mississippi at a plant that was built and developed by NBE. Solvay will provide…
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Cleaning industry releases sustainability report
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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released its 2013 Sustainability Report which shows overall decreases by member companies in four environmental metric data points: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste generation. Data spanned all three reporting years (2009, 2010 and 2011). Overall, 2011 showed a reduction in the industry’s footprint for all…
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From Pike Research: Green Garbage
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Pike Research’s Mackinnon Lawrence estimates the theoretical potential for biofuels production from global waste to be around 35bn gal/year today. This would more than double current production of biofuels worldwide while extracting untapped value from nearly 1.5 billion tons of waste. Garbage (or, as the industry refers to it, municipal solid waste, or MSW), is a rising…