Neste announced that it would acquire the used cooking oil (UCO) collection and aggregation business and related assets on the US West Coast from Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings last year. The acquisition has just been approved by regulatory authorities and the transaction has been closed. The acquisition includes shares in SeQuential Environmental Services and Pure... [Read More]

The European Biodiesel Board has welcomed the European General Court decision to dismiss the actions for annulment initiated by three Indonesian biodiesel producers in March 2020, following the EU imposition of definitive countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia. After a two-year litigation, the EU General Court rejected all arguments brought forward... [Read More]

The Royal Air Force has used sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blended with regular jet fuel to achieve the first sustainable aviation fuel blend air-to-air refuelling of a Typhoon and C-130 Hercules aircraft. A RAF Voyager delivered the fuel to the Typhoon and Hercules. The Voyager was previously used in successful initial trials in November 2022 where it flew on 100%... [Read More]

Airbus has introduced renewable fuel on one of the vessels it uses for transportation by sea. A test campaign was launched on the route Saint-Nazaire-Tunis-Naples in December, which will run for 18 months. Airbus is continously introducing alternative energy solutions across the different transportation methods it uses - air, road and maritime. In 2019, Airbus introduced Sustainable... [Read More]

A pub in south Lincolnshire in the UK has celebrated one year of net-zero emissions by using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The Five Horseshoes Inn in Barholm village first adopted the renewable liquid fuel in summer 2021. The 300 year old pub has since become what is believed to be the first rural establishment in the country to achieve carbon neutral status. HVO... [Read More]

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects global soybean production in 2022/23 to reach around 391.2 million tonnes in its latest report. This is up 0.6 million tonnes on the November 2022 estimate. The figure translates to an expected increase of 35.6 per cent on the previous marketing year. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, the upward revision... [Read More]

Deutsche Bahn is using double the amount of biofuel in its diesel locomotives than it had predicted for this time – 17 million litres of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The German state rail operator has surpassed its 2025 biofuel volume target so early thanks to its successful conversion of diesel filling stations to HVO. The biofuel produces 90% less CO₂ emissions... [Read More]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]