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EU ethanol biorefineries produced more food and animal feed than fuel in 2023, according to audited data by ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association.
ePURE members – representing 85% of EU installed capacity – and other European producers of renewable ethanol produced 6.5 million tonnes of food and feed co-products including high-protein animal feed and 5.08 million tonnes of…
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Iberia Maintenance will use 5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its engine test bench at the La Muñoza facilities, near the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport.
The use of this type of fuel will allow for a reduction of 115 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
Iberia Maintenance thus becomes the first Spanish aeronautical maintenance provider to use continuously this type of fuel in its…
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Formula 1 has announced a multi-year partnership with Aggreko to deliver innovative low-carbon energy generation systems at all European Grands Prix from the 2025 season. As part of the deal, Aggreko will become an official provider of F1.
Aggreko and Formula 1 have been working on this system together since 2023 when they first piloted a centralised power generation compound at the Austrian…
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LanzaTech and Lanzajet have announced a new project with Australia’s Wagner Sustainable Fuels to evaluate equipping Wagner’s Brisbane SAF Refinery with the CirculAir™ platform.
The CirculAir platform is LanzaTech and LanzaJet’s joint technology solution that converts waste carbon and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
In addition to securing a commercial partnership…
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Avflight Mesa, in partnership with leading aviation fuel supplier, Avfuel Corporation, has announced it now offers an emission-reducing fuel option - sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The first truckload of SAF arrived on August 28.
Located at Arizona’s Falcon Field, Avflight Mesa is the first of Avflight’s 26 locations to offer SAF.
It also marks Avfuel’s 30th location to provide…
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Nova Pangaea Technologies has welcomed Jonathan Wood as Chief Commercial Officer.
Wood has extensive c-suite level experience in renewable fuels and the energy industry.
He has a track record of developing and transforming international businesses, acquisitions, and investments in assets and new technologies.
Prior to joining Nova Pangaea Technologies as Chief Commercial Officer,…
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Gevo has announced a purchase agreement for its low-carbon intensity fuel blendstock with Shell Global Solutions Deutschland for use in motorsports. Gevo’s renewable blendstock is suitable for premium motorsport fuels, demonstrating that sustainability and peak performance belong together.
Beginning with performance, Gevo’s low-carbon intensity fuel blendstock is expected to meet the robust…
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Growth Energy, the nation's largest biofuel trade association, submitted new comments to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) criticising the board's latest updates to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for unfairly singling out American biofuels in a way that will make it hard for them to generate credits.
Specifically, Growth Energy objected to a proposed "sustainability…
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Gevo has released a new report by Charles River Associates demonstrating the benefits of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, including at Gevo’s planned Net-Zero 1 (NZ) alcohol-to-jet facility in South Dakota.
CRA’s findings in the report show that every $1 (€0.91) from federal tax credits for ATJ SAF yields an estimated $4-6 (€3.6-€5.4) of total quantified benefits.
The…
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OXCCU has launched its first official demonstration plant, OX1, at Oxford Airport.
The OX1 plant represents a significant advancement in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.
Through its novel catalyst and reactor design, the subject of over a decade of research at the University of Oxford, the plant will convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) directly to long-chain hydrocarbons…
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Yvonne Moynihan, corporate and ESG officer of Wizz Air, describes why the airline is adopting new strategies to become cleaner and greener
Can you introduce yourself and outline to our readers your role within the company?
As the corporate and ESG officer of Wizz Air, along with leading legal, regulatory, corporate and government affairs areas, I oversee Wizz Air’s ESG function and…
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According to a new report from the USDA the production of renewable diesel in the US has grown from 40 million gallons in the 2010/11 marketing year to 2.3 billion gallons in 2022/23 - surpassing biodiesel production for the first time.
This increase is led in part by renewable diesel producer Neste, a leading renewable diesel provider both in the U.S and globally.
This is important because RD…
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International Airlines Group (IAG) has reached an agreement with the multi-energy company Repsol for the purchase and supply during the next six months of more than 28,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The SAF provided by Repsol will be used by the IAG airlines flying from Spanish airports, including Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Iberia Express and Vueling.
This agreement…
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PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena have made a final investment decision to develop a biorefinery at PETRONAS’ Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor, Malaysia.
Set to be operational by the second half of 2028, the biorefinery will produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other biofuels.
The facility will process about 650,000 tonnes of raw materials annually, leveraging advanced Ecofining™…
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Gunvor Group will join VARO Energy in building a large-scale SAF manufacturing facility at the Gunvor Energy Rotterdam site through a proposed joint venture.
Since VARO announced on September 7, 2023 its intention to build a large scale SAF facility as a sole owner with total feedstock capacity of 350 kt pa, the project has made good progress.
Under the terms of the agreement, costs, and…
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