At the recent meeting of the EU Energy Council, the sharp increase in imports of biofuels from palm oil mill effluent (POME) and the need for action to prevent fraud were discussed at the initiative of Ireland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Crops (UFOP) welcomed this overdue initiative, as the development was to... [Read More]

A Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat has saved six tonnes of carbon emissions on its first voyage using Scania-endorsed hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The lifeboat embarked on a 200 nautical mile journey from Fleetwood, Lancashire, to Salford Quays using HVO supplied by Certas Energy during its RNLI 200 ‘Coast To Cobbles event, which took place... [Read More]

The dates have been finalised for the Biofuels Conference and Expo as well as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit for next year. After the resounding success of the two events this year, the next get-together will take place on June 24-25. The event will once again be held at the magnificent Plaza hotel in the heart of the city. For the second time, the two-day event... [Read More]

Power2X and Advario are developing a world-scale production and storage hub for sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and synthetic, ultra-low carbon fuels in the Port of Rotterdam. The Power2X production facility will have the capacity to produce over 250,000 tonnes/year of e-SAF, a non-fossil, synthetic fuel made from green hydrogen. It will be the largest e-SAF facility... [Read More]

In the first quarter of the running crop year, rapeseed imports to the EU exceeded those of the same period last year. Just over two-thirds of those imports came from Ukraine. Between the beginning of the crop year and 6 October, EU-27 imports of rapeseed amounted to 1.41 million tonnes, which represents an increase of just over 17% on the previous year. The imports... [Read More]

Wizz Air has announced a trial using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in collaboration with Airbus. This positions Wizz Air at the forefront of compliance with the EU’s forthcoming RefuelEU aviation regulations, which are set to take effect in 2025. The trial will involve flights across two major routes, Barcelona to Budapest and Brussels Charleroi to Budapest, with... [Read More]

CLIMBING. FAST. campaign partners have welcomed the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) as a formal member of the growing sustainability advocacy campaign focused on advancing the business aviation industry’s commitment to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The partnership was announced at the 2024 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE)... [Read More]

Petrobras and Vale have announced an agreement for the supply of products focused on competitiveness and advancing the decarbonisation agenda. The agreement includes the use of renewable diesel in the mining company’s vehicles. The signing ceremony took place on October 18 in Rio de Janeiro, attended by Petrobras President Magda Chambriard and Vale President Gustavo... [Read More]

IFF has announced the launch of its OPTIMASH® F200 and OPTIMASH® AX enzyme solutions to maximise corn oil recovery at fuel ethanol plants. New IFF in-plant data shows that this combination can deliver up to 15% additional corn oil recovery, helping to meet the growing demand in the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and animal feed industries. Additionally, IFF has developed... [Read More]

Neste’s renewable diesel has been helping Verne, a provider of sustainable data centre solutions for high intensity computing, to transition its operations from fossil to renewable fuels. Verne's data centres in Helsinki, Pori and Tampere in Finland will use Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ to power their backup generators. The switch from fossil diesel to Neste’s renewable... [Read More]

Terviva has announced an investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group. Together, the two companies expect to scale Terviva’s pongamia-growing operations and drive greater availability of pongamia as a feedstock for renewable fuels production. The new arrangement signals Terviva’s strategic growth and global scalability as well as the advancement of pongamia as... [Read More]

The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has obtained a favourable judgement from the Court of Justice, which rejected the appeal formed by Indonesian exporters PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri and PT Permata Hijau Palm Oleo against the judgment of the General Court delivered in 2022. The ruling from the Court of Justice upheld in its entirety the ruling of the General Court and... [Read More]

TUI marked the beginning of a new chapter in its bid to lower transport emissions in destinations when one of its coaches ran entirely on used cooking oil. The transport was for 55 guests when they were picked them up from their hotel to go to Alicante Airport. In collaboration with Repsol, TUI is piloting this biofuel initiative in parts of its Benidorm fleet of coaches.... [Read More]

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team has successfully powered its marketing trucks and generators for the 2024 European Season on HVO100. Working with its logistics partners, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 set a target to extend the use of biofuels during the nine 2024 European races. Despite the complexities of the supply chain across Europe, the team achieved 98% biofuel coverage... [Read More]

Norwegian airlines and the Norwegian Armed Forces flew using SAF at Ålesund Airport Vigra in a game changing voluntary initiative put together to enable and develop the market for renewable aviation fuel. As supporters of the initiative, Fly Green Alliance (FGA) was in attendance at the in-person aircraft fuelling event and flew back with the team to Oslo on the 15%... [Read More]

VTTI and renewable feedstocks trader Connex are joining up to develop a renewable feedstock pretreatment facility at VTTI’s Amsterdam terminal. When finished, the facility will be able to process over 400,000 tons of renewable feedstock per year to enable the production of sustainable fuels in Northern Europe. Renewable feedstocks can be stored, blended, and pretreated... [Read More]

The dates have been finalised for the Biofuels Conference and Expo as well as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit for next year. After the resounding success of the two events this year, the next get-together will take place on June 24-25. The event will once again be held at the magnificent Plaza hotel in the heart of the city. For the second time, the two-day event... [Read More]