Biodiesel News
Jun 5, 2025
Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc airport, operated by VINCI Airports, has taken a new step in its environmental strategy by providing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) thanks to a new fuelling contract with TotalEnergies. This initiative is in line with the commitment made to the Haute-Savoie department when it took over operation of the infrastructure in 2022, aiming to... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jun 5, 2025
Gevo has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Agri-Energy to A.E. Innovation for $7 million (€6.1 million). The transaction includes Agri’s 18-million-gallon-per-year ethanol production facility located in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo will retain ownership of certain isobutanol-production-related assets and a portion of the vacant land at the site for future... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jun 5, 2025
The Iowa Biodiesel Board and Iowa Soybean Association joined Pilot Travel Centres, PepsiCo and Optimus Technologies to celebrate the launch of a new B99 biodiesel pump for fleets at Pilot’s Des Moines travel centre — one of only a few in the nation dispensing almost pure biodiesel to commercial fleets. The programme helps fuel retailers upgrade their equipment to... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jun 4, 2025
The Tour d’Europe has been showcasing the decarbonisation potential provided by renewable fuels and underlining their role in reaching the EU’s objective of climate neutrality by 2050. The Europe-wide event concludes in Brussels shortly. During the Tour d’Europe, ICE light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles travelled throughout Europe between end-February and June, with... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jun 4, 2025
LanzaJet and BioD have launched a feasibility study to develop the first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in Colombia. After more than three years of thorough evaluation of over 20 technologies, BioD has selected the alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology developed by LanzaJet, a global leader in scalable ethanol-to-SAF conversion solutions. The feasibility... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jun 4, 2025
All petrol vehicles taking part in this year’s Formula Student competition will use SUSTAIN biofuels - thanks to a partnership between the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and fuel supplier Coryton. The finals of the competition, which is organised by IMechE and attracts over 100 teams from universities in the UK and worldwide, will take place in July at... [Read More]

Features
Jun 3, 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) recently approved a $25 million (€23 million) investment in the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE)-led Regional Conservation Partnership Programme (RCPP) expansion. This builds on the successful South Dakota-based project announced in 2021 to unlock corn ethanol access... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jun 3, 2025
Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, announced on 23 April its plan to divest its proprietary technology NAPCON to Lummus Technology. The divestment has now been completed. NAPCON covers solutions in the field of interactive operator training simulators and game-aided learning systems, real-time process optimisation,... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jun 3, 2025
According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), global production of vegetable oils in 2025/26 is expected to reach 234.5 million tonnes. This represents a 6.7 million tonne rise compared to 2024/25. In other words, production could fully cover the projected demand of 228.9 million tonnes. According to research by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, palm oil... [Read More]

Features
Jun 2, 2025
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... [Read More]