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Alfa Laval will supply pre-treatment systems, consisting of various equipment such as separators, heat exchangers, pumps and agitators for a US-based renewable fuels and petroleum refining company. The agreement is with a subsidiary of CVR Energy and the aim is to supply processing systems for feedstock pre-treatment, part of a strategic investment in the refinery supporting CVR’s expansion…
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The world’s first net-zero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year with Virgin Atlantic set to fly one of its Boeing 787 aircraft from London to New York using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline has received UK government funding for the flight to show how SAF could replace conventional jet fuel. It will work with a consortium that includes Rolls-Royce, Boeing,…
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Eni, Euglena and Petronas are jointly studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC). This is one of the largest integrated refinery and petrochemical developments in Southeast Asia. The three parties are currently carrying out technical and economic feasibility assessments for the proposed project, with the investment decision…
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Low-cost Mexican airline Volaris is looking to adopt sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) including a potential deal in the US, Reuters reported. "We have to work on developing supply in Mexico," CEO Enrique Beltranena said. Beltranena added that the airline had flown with sustainable fuel just once due to the lack of local availability. "Really, SAF is an ethanol. And what we don't have in…
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has announced that Metro Shipping has joined its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme. Birmingham-headquartered Metro Shipping is the first of its customers in the UK to invest in the SAF programme - confirming its shared ambition to contribute to the development of sustainable aviation. Grant Liddell, Metro’s managing director, said he was…
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LanzaJet has celebrated a major construction milestone at its Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia. The facility is the world’s first ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant. Construction will be completed in 2023 with commission and startup beginning next year. The plant will produce 10 million gallons of SAF and renewable diesel per year…
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Sulzer has supplied flow technology solutions to convert an existing US West Coast refinery into one of the world’s largest renewable biofuels plants. The pumps will support a number of critical applications to convert waste oils and fats into renewable fuels with a lower carbon cost. Once complete, the new facility is expected to produce 3 billion litres of renewable fuels per year. The…
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Clariant has announced a financial impairment of its sunliquid® plant in Podari, Romania, amounting to about CHF 225 million (€228 million). As previously reported, the sunliquid® plant began production in the second quarter of this, though it has not yet achieved the targeted yields and other operational parameters on an industrial scale. Clariant has completed a financial assessment of…
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Velocys has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Altalto Immingham has been awarded a grant of up to £27 million (€31 million) from the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Advanced Fuels Fund. This will help fund for the Altalto Immingham sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project. The purpose of this project between Velocys and British Airways is to deliver a commercial waste-to-SAF plant…
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Global Bioenergies has delivered a 200-litre batch of sustainable aviation fuel for tests commissioned as part of the GENOPTAIRE project funded by the French government defence procurement and technology agency (DGA).  The project, which forms part of the ministry’s defence energy strategy, seeks to promote technological advances in the design and use of military platforms making use of…
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CropEnergies is set to build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol. The plant will be built in the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, Elsteraue, Germany. The supervisory board of CropEnergies has given the green light to the investment into what will be the first production plant in the new biobased chemicals business. The total investment for the new…
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Virgin Atlantic will purchase 10 million gallons per annum of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by Gevo. The fuel will be supplied by Virgin Atlantic’s joint venture partner, Delta Air Lines. The agreement with Delta builds on the existing long-term partnership between Delta and Gevo and increases the use of SAF from the US West Coast. SAF produced by Gevo will come from one of its…
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