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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 greenhouse gas emissions…
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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 engine for large-scale…
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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 I was proud to win a major…
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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, vast acres of farmland are…
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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, and difficult to…
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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 supporting the biofuels…
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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 venture, Zaffra.
With…
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has made new estimates for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.
In summary the headline figures include:
• SAF volumes reached over 600 million litres (0.5Mt) in 2023, double the 300 million litres (0.25 Mt) produced the year before.
• SAF accounted for 3% of all renewable fuels produced with 97% of renewable fuel production…
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Firefly’s founder James Hygate and Nufarm’s André Paulo Santos will be speaking at the Biofuels International Conference and Expo and SAF Summit to be held in Brussels on 24–25 June. Both share their thoughts on the challenges facing the industry.
Can you outline what Firefly has been doing this year?
Over the past year, Firefly has been progressing its FOAK project in Harwich, Essex,…
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The biodiesel sector has undergone significant market changes in recent years, leading to the emergence of new processing and technological solutions.
In Europe, the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) is driving substantial change in the biodiesel sector, which has already seen major market evolution and technological progress.
The directive sets binding renewable energy targets…
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The aviation industry is one of the vital arteries that keeps the global economy ticking, but as a major source of carbon emissions it comes at a significant cost to the planet.
Current projections estimate that demand for air passenger journeys could exceed 16 billion by 2050, placing further strain on a sector which is facing constant scrutiny, so it is essential to find green solutions to…
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Carl Nyberg, Senior Vice President Commercial, Renewable Products at Neste, reveals his biofuel outlook for the year ahead.
Last year was a dynamic one especially for the biofuels industry with production capacity outpacing demand growth.
This could be seen in the market for renewable diesel as well as in the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market.
With the current volatility, predicting…
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ePURE members and other European producers of renewable ethanol produced 5.08 million tonnes (6.4 billion litres) of ethanol and 6.5 million tonnes of food and feed co-products, including high-protein animal feed – in other words, more food than fuel – in 2023, when these figures were last correlated by ePURE.
All of the crops used were grown by European farmers. Eighty-six percent of the…
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Aether Fuels has reported promising demonstration results for the electric Tri-Converter technology embedded in its proprietary Aether Aurora™ solution, which aims to transform the economics of sustainable fuels and accelerate their large-scale deployment.
This electric Tri-Converter demonstration had a capacity more than 50 times greater than that of the previously demonstrated pilot plant.…
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Ethanol in North America is a highly policy-driven industry, both domestically and internationally — a fact evident from the benefits now flowing from E15-based expansion in selected US states, to a policy pathway for E10–E20 progression in Japan.
At a time when the global market for ethanol — and much else — is volatile and uncertain, the industry has plenty to celebrate, albeit with…
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HVO and SAF have led headlines in recent years, fostering a boom in renewable fuels reminiscent of the biodiesel boom of the early 2000s. In many ways, the biodiesel and ethanol industries paved a path for HVO, SAF and other next generation biofuels to find quick success.
Governmental regulations, subsidies and incentives have provided a crucial driving force for biofuels producers to develop…
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