Bioethanol News

TEBO Group of Industries and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have started a new research partnership aimed at driving highly sustainable and carbon-efficient construction and infrastructure technology. The collaboration will bring together TEBO engineers with researchers at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to explore and develop solutions with the potential to inform TEBO’s…
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Airbus has revealed that an A320neo for China Eastern Airlines has been powered by a 5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) fuel blend. The aircraft recently took off from the company’s Airbus Delivery Centre in Tianjin. SAF is a sustainably-produced aviation fuel made from feedstocks ranging from used fat, oil and grease to municipal and forestry waste. Compared to fossil jet fuel, SAF has…
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Honeywell has introduced new ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel. Honeywell’s technology uses…
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Avfuel Corporation partnered with Sheltair Aviation and Neste to ensure NBAA-BACE attendees had the option to fuel sustainably for the event. Avfuel had two truckload deliveries of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in the week of October 10. The deliveries provided a total of 16,000 gallons of SAF to the FBO for its customers to use for greener…
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Gevo has revealed it has in place 375 million gallons per year of predominantly take-or-pay, financeable SAF and hydrocarbon fuel supply agreements. The company added that this level of demand would require multiple plants to be built over the next four years to satisfy those agreements. Among its offtake partners include Trafigura, Kolmar, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines,…
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TotalEnergies and a company dealing with the collection and valorisation of organic materials into sustainable products have signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development agreement. The agreement with SARIA will be focused on production at the Grandpuits zero-crude platform in Seine-et-Marne in France. This agreement will help secure feedstock supply, principally used cooking oils and…
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px Group, a leading infrastructure solutions business and operator of several critical UK energy sites, has been appointed operator at GIDARA Energy’s flagship biofuel plant in Amsterdam. The plant, plans for which were revealed last year by GIDARA Energy and is due to become operational in 2024, is GIDARA Energy’s advanced bio-methanol facility and will convert non-recyclable waste into…
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Cepsa has started to produce advanced biofuels (2G) with used cooking oil at its La Rábida Energy Park plant. The facility, located in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, is an important milestone in the company’s transformation towards a more sustainable energy model and its ambition to promote the circular economy. These sustainable fuels can reduce emissions by up to 80% over their entire life…
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Progress is being made at the site of Shell’s former Convent refinery where the oil and gas company plans to build a $1.48 billion (€1.48 billion) low-carbon fuels facility. The project’s first phase will include a renewable fuels unit that would produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from plant oils, animal fats and used cooking oils. The company said it is close to…
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Carbon America, the first vertically integrated carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) super developer, has reached an agreement with Bridgeport Ethanol to develop a carbon capture and storage project in Nebraska. The project will capture and store approximately 175,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year, equivalent to 95% of total emissions from the ethanol facility’s fermentation…
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Virgin Atlantic is joining its expanded joint venture partners, Delta, Air France and KLM by offering a sustainable aviation fuel programme (SAF) for its corporate customers. The move represents a first for any airline joint venture and underpins a continued focus on sustainability across the four airlines. The scheme has been specifically designed with the airline’s corporate customers in…
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China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery obtained a bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be shipped shortly to the Airbus (China) Tianjin plant. The fuel, derived from used cooking oil, will then be used for flights across China. This will mark the…
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