Nov 5, 2024
Biffa acquisition expands food waste offering
Biodiesel News
Nov 5, 2024
US biodiesel imports have been plentiful over the past few months and since 2022 import volumes have doubled.
Given the attractive price level, EU origins in particular have dominated.
Germany produces significantly more biodiesel than any other EU member state and consequently plays a vital role in supplying the US.
This significance is reflected in US import figures.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 4, 2024
Cepsa has delivered second-generation biofuels to Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) in the Bay of Algeciras.
For the delivery of 1,030 tons of Cepsa-produced B24 biofuel to the Atlas Leader, a 653-feet-long vehicle carrier ship operated by NYK Line, the Bahía Levante used 100% renewable diesel (HVO) while sailing and supplying the 2G... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 1, 2024
The Malaysia government plans to boost sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production from the use of palm oil waste.
The country’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim revealed the proposals as he outlined his plans for next year’s budget.
The state-owned oil and gas company Petronas will work alongside palm oil producers to develop palm oil waste-based SAF.
... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 31, 2024
The Canadian canola harvest for 2024 is expected fall just short of the previous year's level. With rising consumption and strong export demand, ending stocks are likely to decrease notably.
According to recent information by the International Grains Council (IGC), Canada's 2024 canola harvest amounts to 19 million tonnes.
This translates to a 1% decline from 2023.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 28, 2024
At the recent meeting of the EU Energy Council, the sharp increase in imports of biofuels from palm oil mill effluent (POME) and the need for action to prevent fraud were discussed at the initiative of Ireland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Crops (UFOP) welcomed this overdue initiative, as the development was to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 25, 2024
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat has saved six tonnes of carbon emissions on its first voyage using Scania-endorsed hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
The lifeboat embarked on a 200 nautical mile journey from Fleetwood, Lancashire, to Salford Quays using HVO supplied by Certas Energy during its RNLI 200 ‘Coast To Cobbles event, which took place... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 24, 2024
In the first quarter of the running crop year, rapeseed imports to the EU exceeded those of the same period last year.
Just over two-thirds of those imports came from Ukraine.
Between the beginning of the crop year and 6 October, EU-27 imports of rapeseed amounted to 1.41 million tonnes, which represents an increase of just over 17% on the previous year.
The imports... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 23, 2024
Petrobras and Vale have announced an agreement for the supply of products focused on competitiveness and advancing the decarbonisation agenda.
The agreement includes the use of renewable diesel in the mining company’s vehicles.
The signing ceremony took place on October 18 in Rio de Janeiro, attended by Petrobras President Magda Chambriard and Vale President Gustavo... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2024
Terviva has announced an investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group.
Together, the two companies expect to scale Terviva’s pongamia-growing operations and drive greater availability of pongamia as a feedstock for renewable fuels production.
The new arrangement signals Terviva’s strategic growth and global scalability as well as the advancement of pongamia as... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2024
Neste’s renewable diesel has been helping Verne, a provider of sustainable data centre solutions for high intensity computing, to transition its operations from fossil to renewable fuels.
Verne's data centres in Helsinki, Pori and Tampere in Finland will use Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ to power their backup generators. The switch from fossil diesel to Neste’s renewable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 21, 2024
TUI marked the beginning of a new chapter in its bid to lower transport emissions in destinations when one of its coaches ran entirely on used cooking oil.
The transport was for 55 guests when they were picked them up from their hotel to go to Alicante Airport.
In collaboration with Repsol, TUI is piloting this biofuel initiative in parts of its Benidorm fleet of coaches.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 18, 2024
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team has successfully powered its marketing trucks and generators for the 2024 European Season on HVO100.
Working with its logistics partners, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 set a target to extend the use of biofuels during the nine 2024 European races.
Despite the complexities of the supply chain across Europe, the team achieved 98% biofuel coverage... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 17, 2024
VTTI and renewable feedstocks trader Connex are joining up to develop a renewable feedstock pretreatment facility at VTTI’s Amsterdam terminal.
When finished, the facility will be able to process over 400,000 tons of renewable feedstock per year to enable the production of sustainable fuels in Northern Europe.
Renewable feedstocks can be stored, blended, and pretreated... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 15, 2024
The consumption of biodiesel in June 2024 decreased 3% tonnes month-on-month to 197,700 tonnes, according to the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA).
In a year-on-year comparison, the decline amounts to as much as 14.6%.
Consumption of diesel reached a volume of 2.5 million tonnes in June 2024, up 4.7% on the previous month, while remaining... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 14, 2024
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Programme (RFIP) Board has approved 126 project applications from Iowa petrol stations for new and expanded E15, E85, and biodiesel infrastructure projects.
Totalling nearly $6.35 million (€5.8 million), the projects are located across 61 Iowa counties and will allow drivers to save... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 11, 2024
Rolls-Royce has now approved its mtu engines for operation with sustainable fuels like HVO.
The company now also offers its mtu Series 1163 and 8000 large engines in all cylinder variants - 16 and 20V in each case - in the power range between 4,800 and 10,000 KW with SCR system for compliance with emission stage IMO III.
This enables ship operators to enter the Emission... [Read More]
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