May 25, 2023
Vopak opens new tanks for biodiesel and SAF storage
Biodiesel News
May 24, 2023
Royal Den Hartogh Logistics is collaborating with Shell Chemicals Europe in switching to HVO renewable diesel.
This is a significant step towards achieving its goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 25% by 2025.
The partnership with Shell Chemicals allows the firm to take advantage of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) renewable diesel, which is a sustainable and low-carbon... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2023
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 and its logistics partners are working together to deliver the aspiration of a fully biofuel-powered European season following a successful trial this year.
PETRONAS said it was committed to a more sustainable future, driven by continuous technical innovation and pioneering the transition of the team and Formula One to a net-zero future.
Over... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 11, 2023
A major oil producer in Canada is undertaking a project to use local rapeseed oil to create renewable diesel on an industrial scale.
At the heart of the plant will be a number of precision pumps from Sulzer that have been designed to handle the challenging process conditions.
The expected outcome of the initiative is a reduction in carbon emissions by 3 million tonnes... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 9, 2023
Vertex Energy cut the ribbon on its first renewable diesel facility at the company's mobile refinery and the first renewable diesel facility in Alabama.
In 2022, Vertex undertook a bold initiative, acquiring a conventional fuels refinery from Shell, immediately launching a $115 million (€104 million) conversion project.
The primary aim of this project was to convert... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 9, 2023
Oleo-X has announced the launch of its renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock pretreatment facility.
Located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Oleo-X's facility has the potential capacity to produce up to 300 million gallons per year of premium feedstock.
The company leverages its advanced pretreatment technology to innovate exceptionally clean, high-quality... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 4, 2023
Repsol has launched a supply of 100% renewable diesel at three service stations in Madrid, Barcelona, and Lisbon, Portugal.
The company has now become the first Spanish company to dispense 100% renewable fuel in the Iberian Peninsula.
The service stations to offer these zero net emissions fuels are located in Mercamadrid, Madrid, Esparraguer, Barcelona, and Alcochete,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 28, 2023
Cepsa has awarded Técnicas Reunidas the contract for the detailed engineering of the largest second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in southern Europe.
Cepsa will be working alongside Bio-Oils, with an investment of up to €1 billion, at the La Rábida Energy Park in Huelva.
The new plant, which will use agricultural waste and used cooking oils as feedstock, will have... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 28, 2023
A group of more than 50 organisations have signed the B+ Manifesto on Decarbonising Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs) with higher biodiesel blends at the 1st B+ Summit in Estoril, Portugal.
The B+ Manifesto emphasises the need to decarbonise the existing HDV fleet in the most cost-effective way, and highlights the potential of all green fuels to achieve this goal.
The document... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 27, 2023
Restaurant Technologies (RT) recycled nearly 290 million pounds of used cooking oil, which eliminated 16 million plastic oil jugs, saved 7.4 million cubic feet of landfill space, and reduced about 67 million pounds of GHG CO2e emissions.
RT released its sustainability numbers for 2022as it helped 36,000 customers nationwide reach their ESG goals and create a cleaner,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 25, 2023
Aemetis said its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India, which operates a biodiesel plant, near the Port of Kakinada, was selected by the three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) to supply 8,500,000 gallons over the next three months.
Approximately 70% of the 25 billion gallon diesel market in India is supplied by the OMCs, with the remaining 30% supplied... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 21, 2023
Deutsche Bahn is expanding its use of renewable diesel significantly by purchasing around 13,300 tons of renewable diesel produced by Neste.
Switching from fossil diesel to Neste MY Renewable Diesel will enable Deutsche Bahn to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of their diesel-powered locomotives and railcars by up to 90 %.
In total, the purchased... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 20, 2023
The heavy transport sector operators can now buy Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ at nine Q8 stations in Denmark following strategic cooperation between Q8 and Neste.
Many Danish companies are in the process of converting their transport operations to more sustainable fuels, but a large part of the Danish B2B fleet is still powered by fossil diesel.
A new collaboration... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 19, 2023
Sunflower seed output is expected to increase significantly compared to the previous year especially in Romania and Hungary.
It is set to more than offset the anticipated declines in France and Germany.
According the latest EU Commission estimates, around 10.9 million tonnes of sunflower seed will be harvested in the EU-27 this year.
This will be just under 18% on... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 13, 2023
The legume area for this year’s harvest is projected to see a slight decline - due to a smaller soybean growing area.
The production area of feed peas and field beans are aslo expected to be expanded.
According to an initial forecast from the EU Commission, the area dedicated to legume production in the EU-27 for the harvest is set to decline 1% to just less than... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 12, 2023
NORDEN and shipowner Spar Shipping recently bunkered approximately 1,100 tonnes of biofuel at GoodFuels in Rotterdam which was used on two voyages bound for Asia and Africa respectively.
The bunkering has marked an important milestone in NORDEN’s commitment to offer greener shipping solutions to customers.
Henrik Røjel, head of decarbonisation and climate solutions... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 6, 2023
Major European industry associations in the biodiesel sector are organising the 1st B+ Summit, to be held on 26, 27 and 28 April in Estoril, Portugal.
The conference will bring together representatives from the European industry as well as Portuguese and European Union decision-makers.
On the agenda
The summit will be an open high-level dialogue between market... [Read More]
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