Bioethanol News

Space startup company bluShift successfully launched its first rocket powered by biofuels on Sunday. The fuel, which are intended to be used to propel small satellites into space, was employed in a single-stage prototype that can only carry up to 18 lbs of payload and is designed to achieve suborbital space. Stardust's first launch carried three small payloads to an altitude of 4,000 feet…
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Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor delivered the keynote address at Iowa Renewable Fuels Association’s virtual summit. In her speech at the Annual Iowa Renewable Fuel event, Skor reviewed the successes and challenges faced by the ethanol industry over the last year and outlined the opportunities ahead for the biofuels industry to work with a new administration as a key voice on President Biden’s…
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Rolls-Royce conducted the first tests of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a business jet engine. This is part of the company’s ongoing ambition to play a leading role in enabling the sectors reach net zero carbon by 2050. The tests on its latest business aviation engine in development, the Pearl 700, in Dahlewitz, Germany, came just weeks after unblended SAF was successfully used for…
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The Iowa biofuels industry has been “battered” but is “battling for a better future”. This was the view expressed by Iowa Renewable Fuels Association executive director Monte Shaw who also emphasised the many opportunities to expand biofuels demand in the state, across the country and around the world. Shaw touched on several federal and state battles biofuel producers currently face…
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Berlin-based P1 Racing Fuels has been confirmed as the World Touring Car’s (WTCR) official fuel supplier by the FIA World Motor Sport Council after successfully developing a bespoke racing biofuel product. The new biofuel formulation seeks to significantly reduce carbon footprint while never compromising on engine performance. It will result in drivers being powered by a bespoke fuel…
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The opportunities to enhance the sustainability and resilience of the global civil aviation sector were stressed a World Economic Forum (WEF) policy session on ‘Building a Path to Net-Zero Aviation’. ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu’s remarks were part of a series of exchanges with other participants including UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Dick Benschop, CEO of the Royal…
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Qantas and bp have announced a strategic partnership to further advance their shared net zero ambitions. Through the collaboration, the companies will work together on opportunities to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector and contribute to the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry in Australia. The two companies have agreed to explore ways in which bp’s global…
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Air New Zealand is supporting its government in principle over the decision to implement a biofuels mandate. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw and Transport Minister Michael Wood, Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran said pursuing biofuels was a necessary in hitting the country’s net zero by 2050 goal. A company spokesman said: “COVID-19 has had a huge impact…
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A Redcar-based cleantech company has made a significant breakthrough of its proprietary REFNOVA technology. Nova Pangaea Technologies has proven a new process route that significantly reduces the customer’s capital expenditure and delivers economic returns. The new technology suite offers up to six configurations, which focus on the output products such as biochar and non-fossil fuel derived…
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A new Harvard University study has provided an illustration of ethanol’s carbon footprint, but stressed there is more policy work to be done. The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings recognised the study published by Harvard University, Tufts University and Environmental Health & Engineering Inc. scientists. The study cites ACE’s 2018 White Paper titled ‘The Case for…
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ECB Group Paraguay and Shell have signed a multi-year contract for more than 500 million litres of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel annually. The contract is expected to run from 2024. The renewable diesel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), will be produced at ECB’s to-be-built Omega Green biorefinery with a total production capacity of 20,000…
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The start of a second wave of COVID-19 across Europe and the tightening of lockdown restrictions due to the new virus strain led to a slump in petrol consumption and ethanol demand and prices. S&P Global Platts Analytics estimated EU petrol and distillate demand in the region for December was down 570,000 barrels per day year on year due to these factors. Economic mobility in Europe's biggest…
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