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]

Progress in the biofuels industry towards a more efficient and sustainable future demands the deployment of innovative strategies and collaboration with key partners that can guide this process in a coherent and effective way. Tomsa Destil is a Spanish company with over 170 years of experience providing engineering solutions worldwide for the alcohol and biofuels industry.... [Read More]

Indonesia is taking the initiative to unite ASEAN member countries against what it perceives as broader discriminatory global sustainability policies, but particularly the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), even with the regulation’s delay. This development comes as ASEAN grapples with the potential economic impacts of such regulations on its key export... [Read More]

The consumption of biodiesel in June 2024 decreased 3% tonnes month-on-month to 197,700 tonnes, according to the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA). In a year-on-year comparison, the decline amounts to as much as 14.6%. Consumption of diesel reached a volume of 2.5 million tonnes in June 2024, up 4.7% on the previous month, while remaining... [Read More]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Programme (RFIP) Board has approved 126 project applications from Iowa petrol stations for new and expanded E15, E85, and biodiesel infrastructure projects. Totalling nearly $6.35 million (€5.8 million), the projects are located across 61 Iowa counties and will allow drivers to save... [Read More]

Cathay Cargo and DB Schenker jointly held a signing ceremony at the airline’s Cathay City headquarters to mark the global forwarder’s membership of the Cathay Corporate Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Programme. Attended by Cathay director cargo Tom Owen and DB Schenker vice-president global carrier relation Susanne Stemmer, the ceremony marked DB Schenker’s stride... [Read More]

Brazil's Grupo Potencial has revealed an investment of $108.86 million (€98 million) to increase biodiesel output at one of its plants giving the facility the world's largest production capacity for soy oil-based biofuel. The investment was announced amid efforts by Brazil's government to increase the footprint of biofuels in local markets, Reuters reported. President... [Read More]

Rolls-Royce has now approved its mtu engines for operation with sustainable fuels like HVO. The company now also offers its mtu Series 1163 and 8000 large engines in all cylinder variants - 16 and 20V in each case - in the power range between 4,800 and 10,000 KW with SCR system for compliance with emission stage IMO III. This enables ship operators to enter the Emission... [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]

Stephen Hickman, chairman of the board for the Pengerang Renewables Complex and Pengerang Energy Complex in Malaysia, speaks to Biofuels International about the new downstream biofuel complex Can you introduce yourself and explain your role in the project? As chairman of the Pengerang Energy Complex (PEC) and the downstream renewable fuels facility at ChemOne Group,... [Read More]

Solstad now offers certified renewable biodiesel to its clients to decarbonise existing offshore vessels in the transition period towards zero-emission technologies in the future. This initiative is part of Solstad’s strategy to decrease its environmental footprint. In a significant step towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Solstad have recently bunkered... [Read More]