Ethanol

Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Achieve Purity Target for Ethanol at Membrane Dehydration Pilot Plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.com) has achieved over 99.5 vol% ethanol purity at its pilot plant for membrane dehydration syste…

China

CRI and Jilin Huajin Energy to Collaborate on Green Methanol Project in China

Carbon Recycling International (CRI), based in Iceland, has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Jilin Huajin Energy of China to develop the Yush…

China

Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Splashes New Dual-Fuel Methanol Boxship in China

Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding (TZS), the Chinese manufacturing base of Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, launched a 5,900 TEU methanol dual-fuel contai…

Methane

HAMR Energy’s Flagship Green Methanol Project Gains Ground

Australian chemicals company HAMR Energy has progressed its Portland Renewable Fuels Project in Victoria with the completion of the pre-front-end engineering de…

China

TS Lines Orders Four Methanol-Ready Boxships in China

Taiwanese shipping company TS Lines has commissioned four methanol-ready containerships from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Cor…

Brazil

Cargill’s Brazil Unit to Build New Corn Ethanol Plant

Cargill, a U.S.-based grain merchant, announced on Friday that its subsidiary will construct a corn ethanol plant adjacent to its sugarcane facility in Goi&aacu…

Germany

Greenlyte and MB Energy Conclude Strategic E-Methanol Supply Deal

German startup Greenlyte Carbon Technologies and energy company MB Energy, formerly Mabanaft, have entered a strategic agreement for the offtake of e-methanol f…

Indonesia

Indonesia Accelerates Construction of 1st Bioethanol Factory in South Papua

On Friday, Indonesian Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung announced the construction of the country’s first bioethanol factory …

China

Towngas Delivers Green Methanol for Bunkering Trials in Singapore

On July 23, 2025, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas) announced the successful delivery of 5,000 tonnes of ISCC EU-certified green methanol to Golden …

China

China’s First Full-Cycle Commercial Green Methanol Project Is Operational

On July 15, 2025, Shanghai Electric, a Chinese power and equipment manufacturer, delivered its first green methanol batch from a wind power-biomass project in T…

Philippines

HyOrc, Start Lda to Develop Green Methanol Plant in Porto

HyOrc Corporation, a Texas-based company specializing in hydrogen combustion and waste-to-fuel technologies, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU…

Ethanol

US Paves Way to Resume Ethane Exports to China Amid Trade Truce

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. lifted restrictions on ethane exports to China, allowing companies like Enterprise Products Partners and Energy Transfer to ship witho…

Japan

‘World’s First’ LCO2/Methanol Carrier Gets Stamp of Approval

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), have received approval in prin…

China

Pacific Basin and Towngas Enter Green Methanol Supply MoU

Pacific Basin Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong-based dry bulk vessel operator, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Hong Kong and China Gas Comp…

Biofuel

Brazil Raises Biofuel Levels, Sees Gasoline Self-Sufficiency

On June 25, 2025, Brazil's National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) approved an increase in the proportion of biofuels blended with fossil fuels, aiming to enh…