Bioethanol News

Clariant has officially opened its new cellulosic ethanol plant in the southern Romania. The flagship plant in Podari will process 250,000 tonnes of straw to produce 50,000 tonnes of cellulosic ethanol annually, contributing to lowering greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. After completing the construction and starting commissioning in October 2021, Bilfinger Tebodin supported…
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Southwest Airlines Co. is to invest in SAFFiRE Renewables as part of a Department of Energy (DoE)-backed project to develop and produce scalable, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Funded with a DoE grant matched by Southwest’s investment, SAFFiRE is expected to utilise technology developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to convert corn stover into renewable ethanol that…
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The EU Commission anticipates a significant increase in area for this year’s sunflower harvest – reaching a new record. The main reason is the expected expansion in production area in the most important sunflower-producing countries within the EU. According to the EU Commission's forecast, the EU sunflower area for harvest in 2022 amounts to around 4.7 million hectares. This translates to…
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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, said: "As our testing…
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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 between Neste and…
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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 are very excited to be…
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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 generations is part of…
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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 and tallow. This…
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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 Energy CEO Emily Skor…
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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 platform in the…
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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 of Lakeview Energy and…
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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 Humber Refinery in…
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