There is much talk nowadays about “decarbonising” the economy, would it be more appropriate for us to use a greener form of carbon instead? Carbon has helped to shape the…
SteamBio enabling sustainable carbon for industry
Chiara Benetti
Cascading Use of Biomass and Classification of Used Wood
Wood products are typically considered to have lower environmental impacts than equivalent products made out of non-renewable raw materials. Woody biomass is presently used in many different value chains, e.g.…
Performance analysis of a commercial pellet-fired stirling engine
The use of pellets in residential boilers allows the increase of the share of renewable sources in heat production with an added advantage that this type of fuel is seldom…
MacroFuels – Third Generation Biofuels from Seaweed
In the last decade, seaweed has received increasing interest worldwide as potential source of advanced biofuels production, which has resulted in a considerable attention from research, industry and policy makers.…
Biomass heating resources from Bioenergy4Business
The international project Bioenergy4Business (B4B), funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union, supports and promotes the partial substitution of fossil fuels used for heating with available bioenergy sources, such as by products of…
Teaming agreement to build new bioenergy facility in Germany
Five thousand homes and businesses in Herten, Germany, will soon benefit from a clean, renewable energy source as Lockheed Martin and Concord Blue begin phase two of a new power…
Joint development for a biorefinery in the port of Rotterdam
What do a Gorinchem-based biobased ingredients company, two power companies and the port have in common? The joint development of a biorefinery in the port of Rotterdam. The partners Corbion,…
Wärtsilä to supply biogas liquefaction plant for buses in Norway
Wärtsilä has been awarded the order to supply a biogas liquefaction plant that will produce fuel for public transport vehicles, mainly in Norway. The Wärtsilä plant will be installed at…
First zero-carbon transatlantic flight
French Eraole is planning to fly a ‘zero-emission’ plane in a transatlantic trip powered by algae and solar energy. History of transatlantic flights is studded with the legendary achievements of pioneers…
United begins using sustainable biofuel for scheduled LAX flights
United Airlines made history last week by becoming the first U.S. airline to begin use of commercial-scale volumes of sustainable aviation biofuel for regularly scheduled flights with the departure of United…
