Bioethanol News

Clariant reached another milestone at its new sunliquid plant in Podari, Romania. This was achieved by sending the first train with cellulosic ethanol produced in the Romania town to its customer. Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, produced the first commercial cellulosic ethanol at its new plant earilier in the summer. The entire offtake was…
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Cebu Pacific operated a Singapore to Manila passenger flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) - becoming the first Philippine carrier to incorporate the fuel in its commercial operations. The Philippine carrier’s maiden SAF flight was operated with an Airbus A321neo, using 35% blended SAF produced by Neste and supplied by Shell Eastern Petroleum. “SAF will help the aviation…
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WestJet operated the airline’s second ever sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) flight from New York’s JFK to YYC Calgary International Airport. The departure of WS1681 coincided with the end of New York’s UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC where world leaders gathered to discuss critical issues facing our environment, including the need to decarbonise and reduce global emissions. "SAF…
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The hydrotreated vegetable oil plant currently under construction in Płock will enable PKN ORLEN to offer a low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to airlines starting from 2025. This product will be made from used cooking oil. PKN ORLEN and PLL LOT have signed an agreement on cooperation in implementing pro-environmental solutions helping to meet the requirements of the EU’s Fit for 55…
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SWISS International and watchmaker Breitling have entered into an agreement where the luxury watchmaker will purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all its business-related flights. Breitling aims to reduce its flight-related CO2 emissions by 80%. “For us, sustainability is not a project, it’s a journey we’re on to transform our business,” said Georges Kern, CEO at Breitling.…
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Bell’s next generation five-seater helicopter, the Bell 505, fuelled with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ (SAF) took off in Singapore for a demonstration flight. This is the first helicopter flight fuelled with SAF in Southeast Asia. This milestone at Seletar airport was achieved by cooperation between Bell, Safran Helicopter Engines and Neste, with Jet Aviation and Shell Aviation…
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Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation have completed their 50/50 joint venture that was announced earlier in the year. The agreement is to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon's refinery in Martinez, California, known as the Martinez Renewable Fuels project. All required closing conditions have been met, including…
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An underutilised natural resource could be just what the airline industry needs to curb carbon emissions, researchers have found. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Washington State University have reported success in using lignin as a path toward a drop-in 100% sustainable aviation fuel…
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Atlantic Aviation and Avfuel Corporation have partnered to ensure plentiful supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM for air operations surrounding the United Nations’ Mountain Partnership Global Meeting in Aspen. Avfuel and Atlantic Aviation will supplement their continuous supply of SAF with two renewable diesel-powered truckloads of the fuel to Atlantic’s FBO at Aspen-Pitken County…
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Cathay Pacific has signed an offtake agreement with Aemetis for the supply of 38 million US gallons of blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This is to be delivered over seven years beginning in 2025 from San Francisco International Airport. The SAF purchased can reduce more than 80,000 tonnes of lifecycle carbon emissions, equivalent to the amount of carbon sequestered by more than 1.3…
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Quadrise has announced a joint development agreement with lignin biofuel specialist Vertoro. Vertoro is a supplier of sustainable biomass-based biofuels extracted from agricultural and forestry residues using their proprietary Goldilocks® technology. GEM® is a crude lignin oil that is a potential alternative to methanol and is being developed in conjunction with Maersk and CSO™ is an…
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Neste has launched a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, to non-crude oil refining and into a renewable and circular solutions site. Neste is targeting to significantly grow its renewables and circular production in Porvoo in the long term. The transformation under study would start with the co-processing of both renewable and circular feedstock and could continue…
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