Aug 8, 2025
The importance of oil seed extraction for the renewable fuels market
Features
Aug 4, 2025
Over the past six months, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has reported significant developments in the global biofuels sector, encompassing bioethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). These advancements are driven by evolving policies, technological innovations, and shifting market dynamics.
Brazil: In October 2024, Brazil enacted... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2025
bp has spearheaded a landmark industry collaboration to secure Ministry of Defence approval for increasing the renewable content of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through co-processing. The updated Defence Standard now permits up to 30% renewable feedstock – six times the previous limit – accelerating decarbonisation in aviation.
bp has successfully led a taskforce... [Read More]
Features
Jul 18, 2025
As global efforts increase to combat climate change and secure sustainable energy sources, biofuels have emerged as a critical factor in the energy transition.
For Nepal, a nation heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, adopting biofuels is not just an environmental requirement, but it is an economic imperative. The Nepalese government is now prioritising the development... [Read More]
Features
Jul 15, 2025
Chelsea Grimes, Global Strategic Marketing Manager at Grace, outlines how the company has been supporting the biofuels industry.
Can you outline Grace’s solutions for biofuels and SAF?
Let me start by saying that Grace is one of the leading global suppliers of speciality chemicals and solutions that enable industries to enhance modern life.
To that end, we have been... [Read More]
Features
Jul 11, 2025
The potential for biofuels to play a leading role in Asia’s under-pressure energy mix appears to be on the rise.
Nailing down that potential will take time, effort and investment, but opportunities for sector growth are being strengthened by policy moves across the region as various governments respond to the increasing impact of climate change.
According to a new... [Read More]
Features
Jul 10, 2025
As the transport sector confronts its position as the UK’s leading source of carbon emissions – accounting for 28% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2022 – the urgency for immediate action has never been more apparent. Whilst the industry is on the road to achieve ambitious netzero targets, figures from the Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero’s latest... [Read More]
Features
Jul 3, 2025
Technology group Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II, which is majority-owned by Grupo Econômico 4M, to conduct a world-first clean energy trial that will see sugarcane-based bioethanol used to generate clean power.
Taking place at the Suape II power station in Recife, Brazil, the trial will test the world’s first ethanol-fuelled... [Read More]
Features
Jul 2, 2025
In a world increasingly focused on the pressing challenges of climate change and the imperative to transition away from fossil fuels, a new era of sustainable, renewable energy sources has been unfolding.
Amid this transition, the quest for sustainable and scalable biofuel feedstocks has also intensified. Understanding this gap, Terviva recognised the power of the Pongamia... [Read More]
Features
Jul 1, 2025
Hangama Wanner, founder and CEO of LiYF 2G Bioethanol, speaks to Biofuels International
What was your first job?
My first role was as an investment banker at UBS in Zurich, where I managed large-scale trades and advised institutional clients.
I played a pivotal role in expanding UBS’s presence in the French asset management market — achieving 300% growth — and... [Read More]
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Jun 26, 2025
Recently, there has been a growing focus on biofuels as an alternative to nonrenewable fossil fuels, and current biofuels are primarily made from sugar, starch, and oilseed crops [1].
However, these feedstocks pose several challenges that harm scalability, including sustainability, land exploitation, and food production competition.
For example, in the US Midwest,... [Read More]
Features
Jun 19, 2025
Aviation has long been one of the most stubborn sectors when it comes to climate change.
Despite its relatively small share of global CO₂ emissions—about 2.5%—its overall climate impact is far greater due to non-CO₂ effects like contrails and nitrogen oxides. And yet, unlike road transport or electricity, sustainable alternatives for jet fuel remain rare, expensive,... [Read More]
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Jun 16, 2025
Chelsea Grimes, Global Strategic Marketing Manager at Grace, outlines how the company has been supporting the biofuels industry.
Can you outline Grace’s solutions for biofuels and SAF?
Let me start by saying that Grace is one of the leading global suppliers of speciality chemicals and solutions that enable industries to enhance modern life.
To that end, we have been... [Read More]
Features
Jun 16, 2025
In the UK, Jet2.com began using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on flights from Bristol Airport earlier this year.
The airline purchased over 300 tonnes of SAF from Q8Aviation, which has been used to add a 1% SAF blend on to a number of departing flights from the West Country airport.
Elsewhere in Europe, Sasol and Topsoe announced the successful launch of their joint... [Read More]
Features
Jun 9, 2025
Biofuels play a key role in reducing greenhouse emissions by providing an alternative to traditional fossil fuels.
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), modern bioenergy is the largest renewable energy source globally, accounting for 55% of renewable energy and over 6% of the global energy supply.
The EIA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario... [Read More]
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