The US biofuel market is experiencing dynamic growth, making canola cultivation increasingly attractive for farmers in the northern US. Their Canadian counterparts are also benefiting, because the US is a major market for both canola meal and oil. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the area dedicated to canola exceeds 1 million hectares for the first... [Read More]

Dutch technology company GAFT has signed a formal agreement with the Singapore-based philanthropic organisation Temasek Foundation to secure €750,000 as one of the two grand winners of The Liveability Challenge 2024. The catalytic funding will help accelerate GAFT’s technology readiness to produce formic acid using its patented electrolyser unit in Europe, before... [Read More]

Indonesia has called on the European Union to clarify the numerous questions that remain around EUDR implementation at the World Trade Organization (WTO). At the recent Agriculture Committee meeting, the Indonesian government laid out key questions on the EUDR with support from numerous other countries, including the US and India. The key concerns underlined by Indonesia... [Read More]

CLIMBING. FAST., an advocacy initiative focused on advancing business aviation’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, has welcomed the formation of the bipartisan Senate Sustainable Aviation Caucus. The caucus has been founded by Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Boozman (R-AR), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). Sens. Moran and Duckworth... [Read More]

The ORLEN Group has initiated sales of its HVO100 fuel at two service stations in Germany. HVO100 is a second-generation biofuel, made from vegetable oils and waste products from the food and hospitality industries, including used cooking oil. It has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% compared to conventional fossil fuels. HVO100 can be used... [Read More]

Arkas Bunker has started to supply biofuel to the maritime industry for the first time in Türkiye. The Arkas Line's container vessel, Matilde A, was supplied with a marine fuel containing environmentally friendly bio-components, entirely produced from waste in Türkiye. The blended marine fuel, called Bio24F, significantly reduces carbon emissions without modifying... [Read More]

ldi is converting more than 30% of its fleet of owned HGVs to operate on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels. The move is taking place on more than 160 HGVs based at its Cardiff, Swindon and Neston distribution centres in the UK and is expected to reduce the supermarket’s carbon footprint by approximately 15,432 tonnes of CO2e per year. HVO is a diesel alternative... [Read More]

Encyclis has announced the successful completion of a ground-breaking pilot programme to replace diesel in the Energy-from-Waste process with sustainable hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). The achievement is the result of a 12-month research and development programme to find out whether diesel could be replaced with a sustainable product made from waste vegetable oil... [Read More]

The UK's last coal-fired power station has shut down for good - making Britain the first G7 country to end its reliance on the fossil fuel. The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar marks a symbolic step in the UK's ambition to decarbonise electricity by 2030, and become carbon neutral by 2050. "The era of coal might be ending, but a new age of good energy jobs for our country... [Read More]

Jet Zero Australia has welcomed a Commonwealth and Queensland Government grant support worth $14 million (€12.5 million) to progress Project Ulysses - the company’s flagship sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Townsville. The jointly announced government funding represents $9 million (€8 million) of funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)... [Read More]

PT Pertamina Patra Niaga is expanding its distribution of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a new carrier Virgin Australia Airlines utilising its SAF. Approximately 160 kilolitres of SAF was supplied to Virgin Australia's Boeing 737 for two days of services out of Bali International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai, from September 18 to 19. “The first SAF delivery at... [Read More]

Rio Tinto will develop Pongamia seed farms in Australia as part of a new biofuels pilot. The project will explore the potential of Pongamia seed oil as a feedstock for renewable diesel, a cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels. The pilot aims to determine if the seed oil can contribute to Rio Tinto's renewable diesel needs while potentially contributing to the... [Read More]

Avalon BioEnergy Uruguay has launched its first fully integrated agriculture-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Latin America, located in Uruguay. The proposed SAF biorefinery will significantly contribute to reducing emissions from air travel - offering up to an 80% reduction compared to traditional fossil fuel-based jet fuels. The initiative integrates... [Read More]

Neste, ITOCHU and GS Caltex have collaborated to make the first batch of CORSIA-eligible ISCC-certified sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available for purchase at Narita International Airport in Japan. This is the first time that CORSIA-certified SAF was made available for airlines’ regular purchase at commercial scale, well ahead of the start of CORSIA’s mandatory... [Read More]

ENOC Group will supply dnata’s entire non-electric fleet and ground handling services at airports with a blend of biodiesel at its largest hub in Dubai. This significant step, taken in partnership with Dubai Airports and the Emirates National Oil Company Group (ENOC), is projected to cut CO₂ equivalent emissions by over 3,500 tonnes annually over the lifecycle of... [Read More]

DHL and Formula 1® are making strides in sustainability with their latest milestone - the adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Formula 1 has been working with DHL Global Forwarding's GoGreen Plus service to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by around 80% per flight compared to conventional aviation fuel by utilising SAF. This marks an exciting new chapter... [Read More]

LanzaTech has signed a master license agreement with Sekisui Chemical to deploy a platform that converts syngas from municipal solid waste and industrial solid waste into ethanol. Sekisui intends to build multiple facilities in municipalities across Japan which incorporate equipment packages, engineering and advisory services, consumables, and intellectual property provided... [Read More]