Tag: Biomass
Critical Minerals Bottleneck Unblocked By Weed (Seaweed, That Is)
A new US startup aims to harvest critical minerals from seaweed, avoiding the environmental and social impacts of conventional mining.
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China Zorrilla: How The World’s Largest Electric Ferry Changes Maritime Electrification
The launch of the all-electric ferry China Zorrilla, expected to be operating between Argentina and Uruguay, represents a landmark event in global maritime electrification. Commissioned by Buquebus, a major regional ferry operator connecting Buenos Aires and Montevideo, this vessel is—for now—the largest battery-electric passenger and vehicle ferry in the world. … [continued]
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SAF Takes Off & Ticket Prices Follow: The Real Cost Of Greener Air Travel
A traveler books a long-haul flight from Frankfurt to Singapore and notices a line item labeled “Environmental Surcharge.” It’s not optional, and it’s not tiny. For most economy passengers, it adds somewhere between €6 and €20. In business class, it can go much higher. At first glance, this might seem … [continued]
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With a Technology License from MIT and NREL in Hand, Comstock Fuels Aims to Produce Jet Fuel from Lignin
Patent-Pending Technology Turns Lignin—a Plant Structural Material—Into Aromatic Hydrocarbons That Could Help Leap Over Synthetic Aviation Fuel ‘Blend Wall’ It is an ideal complement to Comstock Fuels’ own technologies: an additional refining step to upgrade lignin from biomass into aromatic hydrocarbons, which are molecules needed to produce “drop-in” synthetic aviation … [continued]
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Interview With Carbon Removal India CEO Asitava Sen On Scaling CDR In India
What was it that first made you interested in carbon removal, and when? Honestly speaking, a year ago, I did not know about CDR — except having heard of only biochar — but that too as a soil carbon enhancement “product” and not as a carbon removal method. I come … [continued]
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