GE Aviation has completed successful testing of its long-range business aviation engine using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The Passport engine can operate on approved SAF and recent testing showed the capability of the engine to run on 100% SAF. Melvyn Heard, president of the Passport engine programme for GE Aviation, which has a major UK base at Bishops Cleeve,... [Read More]

Neste and ITOCHU are celebrating the first delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to Etihad Airways in Japan. The delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Etihad marks the first time in Japan that SAF will be supplied to an overseas airline at an airport in Japan - Narita International. This milestone is a result of the recently expanded partnership... [Read More]

Helsinki Citycopter is committed to offering its Scandinavian customers flights in ACH130s while taking the first steps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The first two ACH130s acquired by Helsinki Citycopter have just landed in Finland. "We are a young company, established in 2020, and our commitment to sustainability for future... [Read More]

POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, will be reopening its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Indiana, after action was taken to safeguard domestic markets for low-carbon biofuels. Restarting the Cloverdale facility will bring POET’s network to a total of 34 bioprocessing plants across eight Midwest states, five of which are located in Indiana. “We... [Read More]

Worley has been awarded a contract by Heartwell Renewables LLC for a greenfield renewable fuels plant in Hastings, Nebraska. The new US plant is a joint venture between The Love’s Family of Companies and Cargill. The new plant will produce an estimated 80 million gallons (around 303 million litres) of renewable diesel per year from feedstocks such as vegetable oils... [Read More]

Growth Energy has welcomed Governor Kim Reynolds’s decision to sign the 2022 Biofuel Access Bill into law. This makes Iowa the first state in the nation to implement statewide access to E15. The legislation would provide Iowans access to E15 statewide by 2026 and update the E15 promotion tax credit to $0.09 per gallon year-round through 2025. In a statement, Growth... [Read More]

Three Rivers Energy Plant in Conesville, Ohio, was rocked by an explosion on May 20. It is understood that workers at the facility were commissioning a grain dryer prior to start up when the incident happened. The cause of the explosion is being investigated and no one was injured. The Coshocton Ethanol Plant began operations in 2008. CE Acquisitions, a partnership... [Read More]

A team of companies led by SGP BioEnergy joined the Government of Panama to announce the development of the world’s largest biofuels production and distribution hub. Once complete in five years, Biorefineria Ciudad Dorada or Golden City Biorefinery, located in Colon and Balboa, Panama, will be the largest advanced biorefinery and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production... [Read More]

Kuehne+Nagel to reduce emissions by purchasing eight million litres of sustainable aviation fuel. The delivery will be over the course of the year and will remove approximately 18,300 tonnes of CO2 - equivalent of 350 British Airways flights between London and New York. The SAF, manufactured from sustainable waste feedstocks, will be sourced from Phillips 66 Limited’s... [Read More]

Rolls-Royce has taken a significant step towards meeting its net-zero goals with the approval by Power Systems of its Series 4000 and Series 1600 diesel engines for use with a range of EN15940-certified synthetic diesel fuels. Following successful testing, both types of engines can use a range of sustainable fuels including biomass to liquid (BtL), hydrotreated vegetable... [Read More]

Super GT is the first championship in Asia to run on 100% biofuel. With the decision to use the fully sustainable fuel Renewablaze GTA R100 from ETS Racing Fuels, the GT Association has achieved a major milestone in leading the motorsport industry towards a more sustainable future. ETS Racing Fuels, a leading fuel development partner for the racing industry and a brand... [Read More]

Air France and KLM have taken part in a new Sustainable Flight Challenge. Organised under SkyTeam’s Alliance Umbrella, 17 of the 19 affiliated airlines and their partners joined forces to operate the most sustainable flight possible. Inspired by Great Air Race – the pioneering long-distance flight from London to Melbourne in 1934 – the Sustainable Flight Challenge... [Read More]

Valmet will deliver key technology areas for ORLEN Poludnie’s planned second generation bioethanol (B2G) plant in Jedlicze, Poland. The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) delivery includes a pretreatment BioTrac system with a capacity to process approximately 400 tons of dry straw per day, a BioPower 48 MWth lignin fired combined heat and power (CHP)... [Read More]

Australian airline Qantas has committed to a deal for 12 Trent XWB-97 powered Airbus A350-1000s that will support non-stop flights between London to Sydney and Melbourne. The Trent XWB-97 is the world’s most efficient large aero engine in service, delivering a 15% fuel consumption advantage over the first Trent engine, enabling airlines to fly further on less fuel.... [Read More]