Singapore’s marine biofuel demand could double by 2025 -TotalEnergies exec
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Marine biofuel demand at the world’s largest bunker hub Singapore could potentially double by 2025 to almost 1 million metric tons from 2023 levels as shippers seek to cut emissions, a senior TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab executive said.
Sarawak studying possibility of using wood pellets to generate additional energy, says premier
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Sarawak studying possibility of using wood pellets to generate additional energy, says premier
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The state government is studying the possibility of using wood pellets to generate additional energy for Sarawak, Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said tonight. He said he recently led a delegation to visit a factory in Norway that turns timber waste into wood pellets.
How Indonesia fighting waste crisis
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On the morning of February 21, 2005, a garbage landslide in a 60-meter-high and 200-meter-long trash mountain at Leuwigajah landfill, Cimahi City, West Java, swept two residential areas and killed 157 people.
New feed-in tariff advocated for biomass energy investment in Vietnam
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Although the Vietnamese government hoped for deeper biomass energy investment through a previously-introduced feed-in tariff (FiT), some experts advise that a new one must be coupled with other legal incentives to ensure a more significant share in the country’s energy mix, according to Vietnam Investment Review.
J-POWER signs deal to explore biomass potential in Vietnam
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Japan’s Electric Power Development Co, operating as J-POWER, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnam Forestry Corporation (Vinafor) to jointly explore opportunities for biomass business in the Southeast Asian country.
Marine biofuel successfully supplied to bulk carrier in Singapore
GoodFuels has successfully supplied sustainable marine biofuel to NYK’s bulk carrier MV Frontier Explorer. MV Frontier Explorer was refuelled with biofuel in a blend with VLSFO during its port call to Singapore on 5 July, en route from Australia to India.
Waste biofuels to be ‘key driver’ in energy transition
Waste-based biofuels could be a key driver of the energy transition transforming today’s limited supply of low carbon transportation fuels and creating a local, circular economy, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report