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MJD, road hauliers to firms including Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, has announced a transition to a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) drop-in biofuel called GD+ across all its haulage operations.
The fuel will be used with immediate effect in MJD’s existing diesel engine trucks, with no modifications required, and will cut carbon emissions by 17,000 metric tonnes of CO2e per year.
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bp has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels (GBF) the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO).
GBF’s products are made from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat.
bp’s investment will support GBF’s growth as it works with businesses looking to transition away from using traditional diesel fuel in their assets, such as transport…
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SLD Pumps & Power (SLD) has switched exclusively to biodiesel fuel to power its nationwide equipment fleet.
The change will displace consumption of about 1 million litres of highly polluting mineral diesel each year.
A pilot initiative with the new cleaner-burning fuel was introduced at the company's Glasgow branch to coincide with the global COP26 climate change conference organised in the…
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Nuseed Limited has an offtake and market development agreement with bp which will purchase Carinata oil it plans to process for the production of sustainable biofuels.
Nuseed Carinata is a non-food cover crop that can be used to produce low-carbon biofuel feedstock that is independently certified, sustainable and scalable.
Nufarm CEO Greg Hunt said “Nuseed Carinata is a great example of…
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Verde Bio Holdings has announced a significant expansion of its business strategy by entering into an agreement to acquire two operational biodiesel plants.
Under this new strategy, Verde Bio aims to acquire two existing plants located in Fort Myers, Florida, and Wilson, North Carolina, which together will add an estimated $27 million (€24 million) in assets.
The Fort Myers plan can produce…
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Brazilian has signed into law a measure to reduce the country's mandatory biodiesel content in diesel to 10% for this year - a setback for biofuels and oilseeds producers.
Brazil was supposed to adopt a 14% biofuel mix in diesel from March, but its National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) decided to keep a 10% content due to high soybean prices and its potential impact on the final price of…
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Eni's Venice biorefinery in Porto Marghera has delivered a shipment of 5,000 litres of pure HVO hydrogenated biofuel to Fiumicino airport in Italy.
This will further add to the decarbonisation of road vehicles at the airport.
The HVO hydrogenated biofuel will be used in ADR assistance vehicles to transport passengers with reduced mobility around the airports.
HVO is a high quality biofuel of…
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Liebherr will be expanding its use of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to include its plant in Kirchdorf.
The company develops and manufactures about 2,500 machines, such as hydraulic excavators, material handling machines and articulated trucks annually.
Neste-produced renewable diesel will be used in testing as well as in all plant traffic.
Liebherr has already been powering its mobile and crawler…
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A new list shows the trucks, buses, engines, and other commercial vehicles that have been approved by the manufacturers to run on higher blends of biodiesel.
These range from Caterpillar to DEUTZ, MAN and MTU to Scania and Volvo.
They can be fuelled with a proportion of 10 percent (B10), 20 percent (B20), 30 percent (B30) or pure biodiesel (B100).
By using biodiesel, operators of heavy-duty…
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Sandvik’s Mobiles business unit and Cat dealer Finning revealed they have successfully tested hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) with C series Cat engines without making new modifications.
The test could pave the way for the renewable synthetic diesel powering large, mobile crushing and screening equipment from Sandvik.
Forming a part in both companies journey towards a more sustainable future,…
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Green Fuels’ is reinforcing its commitment to its biodiesel refining in Latin America by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telfer Tanks.
This concerns the deployment and operation of distributed-scale biodiesel production facilities in the Republic of Panama.
The project’s objective is to refine biodiesel and advanced biofuels for the distributed energy, marine, aviation, and…
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Envirotainer and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) have announced a new collaboration on sustainability.
Envirotainer, which concentrates on cold chain solutions for air transportation of pharmaceuticals, is investing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
It and AFKLMP Cargo each have a strong focus on sustainability and are pursuing multiple initiatives with a view to achieving more…
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Spliethoff Group has begun trials using biofuel on its vessels in its drive to reduce its CO2 emissions.
The first trial took place between June and November last year on BigLift Shipping’s HTV BigLift Baffin.
The vessel was supplied with a blend of 50% FAME based biofuel – a second generation biofuel, made from waste streams – and 50% conventional HFO. The objective of this trial was to…
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Indonesia's energy ministry plans to begin road tests for a biodiesel programme using 40% palm based bio-content (B40) from February.
A senior government official said that the world's largest palm oil producer mandated that biodiesel sold in the country be blended with 30% of palm-based biodiesel to cut its energy imports and increase consumption of palm oil - the feedstock to the fuel, Reuters…
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Honeywell has been selected by Repsol to supply an integrated control and safety system (ICSS) for the first advanced biofuels production plant to be built in Spain.
The new facility will employ a variety of distributed control systems (DCS), emergency shutdown (ESD), fire and gas (F&G) and human-machine interface (HMI) solutions from Honeywell to achieve efficient, sustainable and…
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