
Sep 20, 2022
Neste aims to end crude oil refining at Porvoo refinery
Bioethanol News
Sep 16, 2022
A senior executive of one of the world's biggest producers of biofuels, Raizen, said greater electrification in the transport sector will not spell the death-knell for bioethanol or biodiesel.
Paula Kovarsky, the firm’s chief strategy officer said in countries like Brazil and India where EV adoption will be much slower, biofuels will have a role in reducing emissions.
She... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 16, 2022
World Energy plans to convert its existing biodiesel and terminal assets in Houston into a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) hub.
This new facility will enable the company to produce another 250 million gallons of SAF annually by 2025.
In April, the company announced plans to produce 250 million gallons of SAF annually by 2024 at its Paramount, California site.
This... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 15, 2022
OMV and Ryanair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Ryanair airports across Austria, Germany and Romania.
This MoU agreement gives Ryanair access to purchase up to 160,000 tons of SAF from OMV over the next eight years, starting in 2023.
This landmark MoU demonstrates Ryanair’s continued progress towards its... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 15, 2022
Air New Zealand is to welcome the first shipment of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM (SAF) ready to power the airline's fleet.
The shipment of SAF is imported into New Zealand in partnership with Z Energy.
The 1.2 million litre (937 tons) import of neat SAF is equivalent to fuelling around 400 return flights between Auckland and Wellington.
The first shipment... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 14, 2022
OMV and Lufthansa Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the supply of more than 800,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel from next year to 2030.
The companies intend to expand their existing partnership and extend it to include new locations for SAF production and delivery as well as new SAF production technologies.
OMV, the integrated oil, gas and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 8, 2022
Aemetis announced that $7 billion (€7 billion) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) supply agreements have been signed with 10 airlines.
This is for a total of 916 million gallons of blended SAF, including a contract with Cathay Pacific.
Previously, Aemetis announced a contract with a major travel stop chain for 450 million gallons of renewable... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 7, 2022
The Airport City Sustainability Campus will be a launch point and demonstration hub for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) under a new agreement with an Alberta-based energy company.
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and SixRing, a subsidiary of Calgary-based Fluid Energy Group, have signed an agreement to utilise the SixRing process to produce one of the world’s cleanest... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 6, 2022
European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced more feed than fuel in 2021, according to certified data released by the industry group.
ePURE members – representing 85% of EU installed capacity – produced 4.48 million tonnes of animal feed co-products and 4.40 million tonnes of renewable ethanol last year, according to the statistics. Additional... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 5, 2022
Shell plans to build a new sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel production facility in the US.
According to the Louisiana Economic Development body, the plant will be constructed at its shuttered Convent refinery.
Shell said it planned to convert the old Convent site into an alternative fuels complex in February this year.
The facility would source sugarcane... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 2, 2022
Plug-in flex-fuel hybrid vehicles running on E85 fuel with up to 85% renewable ethanol are just as climate-friendly as electric vehicles, according to a new study.
Research carried out by consultants at IFPEN – a French public research, innovation and training organization in the fields of energy, transport and the environment – measured and compared the greenhouse-gas... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 1, 2022
Delta and DG Fuels are to expand the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which is critical to achieving a more sustainable future for aviation.
Under the new agreement, the low-emissions fuel company plans to establish a new SAF supply stream that could provide Delta with 385 million gallons of unblended sustainable aviation fuel.
“Achieving a sustainable... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 31, 2022
Northern Ireland motorists will be able to fill up with greener E10 fuel from November – a year after the rest of the UK moved to the cleaner fuel.
E10 is made from 10% bioethanol and is designed to have a lower carbon footprint than petrol made entirely from fossil fuels.
Its use in Northern Ireland was delayed because the shift to E10 was subject to the approval... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 31, 2022
Boeing and Alder Fuels announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The firms will test and qualify Alder-derived SAF, advance policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy in aviation and grow the amount of SAF for the global aerospace market.
Alder Fuels' proprietary technology enables the efficient conversion of abundant,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 31, 2022
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. has completed a $20 million (€20 million) equity investment in Fulcrum by SK innovation, the energy arm of South Korea's SK Group.
In addition, the clean energy company pioneering the creation of renewable, drop-in transportation fuels from landfill waste, and SK innovation will work together to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement to explore... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 30, 2022
Chevron Renewable Energy Group broke ground on the expansion of its Emden biorefinery during a ceremony on August 27.
The expansion project in Germany includes the addition of a pretreatment system at the facility, which is expected to allow the business to utilise a broader variety of feedstocks for the production of biodiesel.
Chevron Renewable Energy Group operates... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 26, 2022
Sulzer Chemtech and BASF have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the goal of advancing technologies for renewable fuels that will further expand the partners’ portfolio of sustainable solutions.
The companies are entering into a strategic partnership to reduce the carbon intensity of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.
The collaboration combines... [Read More]