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Trafigura has expanded its agreement with Brookfield Asset Management and its listed affiliate Brookfield Business Partners to include Greenergy’s Canadian supply operations for an undisclosed sum.
This complements Trafigura’s proposed acquisition of Greenergy’s European operations announced on 4 March.
Founded in 1992 to supply diesel with lower emissions, Greenergy is one of…
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The EU Commission expects a decrease in rapeseed harvests in Romania, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic in 2024 compared to the previous year.
Freezing temperatures and abundant rainfall have fuelled concerns over this year’s rapeseed harvest in many parts of the EU-27.
There are fears of considerable declines in yield. The EU Commission assumes the 2024 EU rapeseed harvest to reach…
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The City of Lincoln has been awarded funding from the Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) to begin incorporating B20 biodiesel in its municipal fleet.
This biodiesel incentive program marks a significant milestone in the City's ongoing commitment to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions, replacing 215,000 gallons of petroleum diesel in nearly 130 fleet vehicles.
Biodiesel is a clean-burning…
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Marathon Petroleum continues to operate its Martinez renewable diesel facility in the San Francisco Bay area at about half of its nameplate capacity. However, it is expected to reach 100% by the end of the year, the company said.
"We would expect to continue to operate at 50% for the second quarter, and then somewhere mid-third quarter, we would expect to see our capacity increased to about…
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Quadrise has been collaborating with Vertoro since September 2022 to incorporate their novel and cost-effective sustainable biofuels in bioMSAR™.
Quadrise Plc, the supplier of innovative energy solutions for a cleaner planet, has provided an update on its Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with the biofuel specialist.
Following the successful production and testing of stable blends of…
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Germany shipped around 2.9 million tonnes of biodiesel abroad last year - the largest quantity ever.
Imports amounted to 1.6 million tonnes, falling 6.2% short of the previous year's volume. The figure does not include imports of HVO, as this is exclusively produced outside of Germany.
In 2022, HVO imports totalled approximately 0.48 million tonnes.
The Netherlands, with Rotterdam being the…
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Peninsula has introduced the Aalborg, an IMO II chemical tanker dedicated to sustainable fuel distribution in the Western Mediterranean.
The Aalborg is capable of supplying 100% biofuels (B100) in contrast to traditional fuel barges that cannot exceed 25% bio component.
The vessel supplies FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Esters) produced from vegetable oils and allows for neutral emissions…
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Alfanar welcomed Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP to their Teesside site on the day the Government announced measures to give UK aviation and the SAF industry the certainty to create green jobs and cut sector emissions.
Alfanar is a global renewables and engineering company headquartered in Saudi Arabia, developing a £1.5 billion (€2 billion) waste-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)…
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Peninsula has successfully concluded the first B30 biofuel supply deal in Zeebrugge, Belgium, in collaboration with the Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK).
The deal, which marks a significant milestone in sustainable fuel distribution, saw the delivery of 1,200 metric tons of B30.
The delivery involved the vessel Garnet Leader, a vehicles carrier. Peninsula’s New…
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Neste and New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), the principal subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, look to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with Neste MY Renewable Diesel™.
NJNG announced it is switching its medium-duty trucks and associated equipment to renewable diesel to help reduce GHG emissions.
NJNG is now the first natural gas utility on the East Coast to use this cleaner fuel for its…
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Silvey Fleet and BWOC will be supply HVO for the British Truck Racing Championships (BTRC).
The BTRC is one of the biggest motorsport categories in the UK, with machines weighing in at more than five tonnes and producing in excess of 1000 bhp. Silvey Fleet and BWOC will be helping the BTRC significantly reduce carbon emissions over the course of the 2024 season through the use of renewable…
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The Coastal Sustainability Alliance (CSA), an industry collaborative effort led by Kuok Maritime Group (KMG) revealed plans to advance the maritime biofuel ecosystem in Singapore with up to $10 million (€6.9 million) in investments.
This partnership will be spearheaded by two of its Alliance members – Green COP and Ken Energy – which formalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Over…
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Topsoe has signed an agreement with Cepsa to provide its HydroFlex™ technology for the production of SAF and renewable diesel.
This will be carried out at Cepsa’s and Bio-Oils’ new second-generation biofuels plant in Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
Elena Scaltritti, chief commercial officer at Topsoe, said: “We are excited to have been selected as the technology provider for this important…
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HGK Shipping is supporting the German government’s decision to approve the alternative fuel - HVO100.
Europe’s largest inland waterway shipping company believes that this provides an opportunity to press ahead with decarbonising this mode of transport in the medium term.
European inland waterway shipping companies face high investment costs for new drive systems for vessels
The sector with…
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Repsol has marked a milestone in the decarbonisation of transport in the Iberian Peninsula with the start of large-scale production of renewable fuels at its industrial complex in Cartagena, Spain.
This plant will be the first on the Iberian Peninsula dedicated exclusively to the production of 100% renewable fuels.
The company has invested €250 million in the construction of the unit, which…
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