March 30, 2021
BY Erin Krueger
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thyssenkrupp Uhde has been awarded a contract by Halifax-based Nova Sustainable Fuels to perform an integration and optimization study for NSF’s biomass-to-methanol project in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Celtic Renewables has secured £16.23 million in public and private funding to scale its production of high-demand green chemicals. The company plans to develop a commercial-scale facility to produce bioacetone, biobutanol, and bioethanol.
U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 1 million tons of densified biomass fuel in October, according to the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 970,000 tons during the month.
Gevo Inc. on March 5 announced plans to expand capacity at its North Dakota ethanol plant to 75 MMgy. The company also plans to make a final investment decision on the development of an adjacent SAF project later this year.
The Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance on March 9 launched as a global industry platform uniting organizations to expand the use of woody biomass as a versatile, renewable carbon solution sourced from working forests.