Jan 5, 2023
Rail operator achieves biofuel target ahead of schedule
Biodiesel News
Jan 5, 2023
A UK MP visited the first-ever fossil free village, which is run using HVO.
The Camborne and Redruth MP visited the Cornish village of Kehelland, where properties, including the local church, school, businesses and homes, have been converted to run on the biofuel.
The MP met with village residents and industry leaders to find out more about the trial, which is being... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 3, 2023
Chevron has partnered with Singapore-based shipping giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) to complete inaugural biofuel bunkering on a 4,800 TEU containership.
The operation was witnessed by Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), a digital infrastructure that facilitates the sharing of data between supply chain ecosystem partners.
The transaction saw the transfer of 992.2MT... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 3, 2023
Palm oil was the most important vegetable oil raw material for the production of biodiesel and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) in the quota year 2021 for offsetting against the GHG quota obligation.
According to the evaluation report 2021 published in December 2022 by the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), 1.318 million tonnes of the raw materials certified... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 22, 2022
Neste is helping the data centre specialist LCL make a switch to renewable energy sources for its emergency power generators by providing the company with Neste MY Renewable Diesel.
LCL becomes the first in its sector in Belgium to start using the renewable diesel for its emergency power generators. The fuel will initially be used in LCL facilities in LCL Brussels-West... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 21, 2022
Soybean is the most important oilseed crop imported to the European Union, ahead of rapeseed, according to the latest import figures.
EU-27 imports in the first four-and-a-half months of the running marketing year amounted to just under 4.9 million tonnes.
In the same period of the 2021/22 season, imports were around 900,000 tonnes larger. There were significant shifts... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 20, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €120 million loan to Repsol to support the construction and operation of the first advanced biofuels production plant at the company's facilities in Cartagena, Spain.
The plant will produce second generation and advanced biofuels from different types of waste primarily from the agri-food industry, such as used cooking... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 19, 2022
The European Biodiesel Board has welcomed the European General Court decision to dismiss the actions for annulment initiated by three Indonesian biodiesel producers following the EU imposition of definitive countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia.
After a two-year litigation process, the EU General Court rejected all arguments brought forward by Indonesian... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 16, 2022
Indonesia will increase biodiesel blending to 35% from January 1 to cut fuel imports amid high global energy prices and to shift to cleaner energy.
The South-East Asian state and the biggest palm oil producer has implemented the B30 programme, which mandates fossil gasoil to be blended with 30% palm oil-based fuel.
The estimated demand for biodiesel to support B35 implementation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 14, 2022
The 44 m long Lammouche (144.3ft) has started to reduce emissions significantly by incorporating biofuel.
The vessel took delivery of 15,000 litres of second-generation biofuel in La Seyne sur Mer on 7 November.
Six months of discussions with the engine manufacturer Caterpillar took place before the decision was made.
The new fuel, marketed by Fioul 83, is called Cristal... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 13, 2022
DEUTZ has just approved its entire TCD engine portfolio for use with alternative diesel fuels. This means that paraffinic diesel fuels such as HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) can now be used to run all DEUTZ engines that meet the EU Stage V emissions standard, including the TCD 5.2 series.
HVO is an innovative biofuel produced from biological waste, manure, and used... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 13, 2022
Northern California’s ACE rail service is to switch to 100% renewable diesel operations.
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) has made the decision for the train service and the move to renewable diesel will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 99%.
This step is a key milestone for the agency on its path to net-zero emissions operations.
“We are proud to announce... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 12, 2022
Bertschi Group has doubled its terminal capacity at the ValuePark Terneuzen while all the on-site terminal machines will be fuelled by hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) or biodiesel.
The Swiss chemical logistics company’s switch to biofuels for these machines saves 90% of emissions per litre and is equivalent to a CO2 savings of several hundred tons per year.
The expansion... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 9, 2022
This year’s harvest of sunflower seed came in considerably lower than 2021 due to extreme dry weather conditions within the EU-27.
It was also short of the long-term average.
According to the latest EU Commission's estimate, 9.3 million tonnes of sunflower seed were harvested in the European Union in 2022.
This was around 10% less than in 2021. In other words, both... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 9, 2022
GoodFuels has delivered 140 mt of 100% biofuel to AIDAprima and enhanced its partnership with Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises brand.
The Hyperion-class cruise ship was refuelled with GoodFuels’ sustainable biofuels during its 8 December port call to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
This first bunkering of 100% biofuels for AIDAprima marks another important step... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 9, 2022
Ground handling vehicles operating at Schiphol will refuel using renewable HVO100 fuel resulting in a 98% reduction in CO2 emissions.
The renewable diesel will be used as an intermediate solution until all vehicles run on electricity or hydrogen and are emission free. Parties in the aviation sector continue to work on reaching that goal by 2030.
Neste will be the supplier... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 5, 2022
The U.S. Canola Association (USCA) has welcomed the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ruling that canola oil-derived renewable diesel now qualifies as advanced biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme.
This is good news for canola growers, renewable fuel producers, consumers, and the environment.
“The EPA’s approval of these new pathways... [Read More]
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