Dec 20, 2024
Multiple flight paths to aviation decarbonisation
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Dec 19, 2024
On 14 August, Be8 announced the start of construction of its new ethanol plant - the first large-scale facility in the state producing biofuel from cereals and the first vital gluten production plant in Brazil.
Be8 is a global renewable energy company that implements new energy matrices through a circular innovation ecosystem.
“We now begin turning a dream into reality... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2024
Axens is leading the way in developing a diverse range of technologies for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a vital alternative to fossil jet fuel and a cornerstone of aviation’s decarbonisation strategy.
SAF can be produced from renewable or waste-derived bio-based resources or through captured CO₂ combined with low-carbon hydrogen, generated using renewable or... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2024
Carrie Song, senior vice-president commercial, renewable products, Neste, speaks to Biofuels International about the latest biofuel developments.
How buoyant is the US market for renewable diesel (RD) produced by Neste?
Neste has been providing renewable diesel to help heavyduty sectors in the US reduce reliance on fossil diesel since 2012. Over the past decade we’ve... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2024
The reality of a new presidential team entering the White House in January 2025 has created an inevitable degree of uncertainty for biodiesel producers in recent months.
The presidential election debate has hardly been strong on policy signals after all and judging how the new president may address the role of biodiesel over the next four years is far from easy.
The... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2024
As the world races towards netzero, Alfanar is stepping up to play a vital role, building what is set to become Europe’s largest and most advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Teesside, UK.
This ambitious project is setting a new standard for the aviation industry’s path to decarbonisation. “Aviation remains a notable source of global carbon emissions,... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2024
Bill Morphew, global VP sales – liquids segment, CPM Crown, looks back on a successful 12 months at CPM/Crown.
Can you outline CPM’s role in biofuel production?
CPM’s mission is to feed, fuel and build a better world. Biofuels are central to that mission and it is a market that CPM touches in a variety of ways. In biomass applications, CPM’s equipment is used... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2024
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.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2024
Biofuel producers and investors in Europe undoubtedly face a challenging future, although maybe one with a little more hope than has been true of the past decade of high promise and low achievement.
For all the ambitious words and targets attached to European biofuels in the recent past, the damming conclusion reached by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) at the end... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2024
The aviation industry's ongoing shift towards sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), biofuels and ethanol marks a critical step in the global pursuit of environmental sustainability.
As the need to reduce the carbon footprint of air travel becomes increasingly urgent, SAF and biofuels offer a promising solution.
These alternative fuels are not only environmentally beneficial,... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2024
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]
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Oct 9, 2024
Reaching the UK’s net-zero ambitions is no easy feat. Despite the vital importance of meeting our climate goals as quickly as possible, we must ensure all industries – and indeed all nations across the world – play their part in supporting the global transition to a greener planet.
The pressures facing many sectors across the transport industry – an industry which... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2024
Global transport systems are under huge pressure to decarbonise – aviation in particular.
So often the sector is held up as the villain of the climate change story, when in reality it makes up only around 2-3% of carbon emissions worldwide.
However, the negative public perceptions remain, and the industry is one of those most determined to transform itself for the... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2024
Do not get carried away by your own success when things are going well and do not get too despondent when the tide turns against you.
This appears to be the approach to business planning and development, which have stood the North American biodiesel industry in good stead in recent years and best describes the mood of cautious optimism currently flowing through the sector.... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2024
“Build it and they will come.” For the last three years, since the Fit-for-55 (Ff55) announcements made it clear that there would be a SAF mandate in the European Union, that phrase seems to have been the mantra for prospective SAF producers.
With the UK also busy developing their own post-Brexit mandate, the prevailing paradigm has been that capacity was needed,... [Read More]