May 25, 2021
SIA announces net-zero move with more SAF usage
Bioethanol News
May 21, 2021
British Airways is to power future flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) - part of a new partnership with sustainable jet fuel company LanzaJet.
The partnership will see British Airways invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial scale Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia, US, and acquire cleaner burning SAF from the plant. It expects the fuel to be available to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 20, 2021
Essar hosted a visit to Stanlow Refinery by Andrew Stephenson – the UK Minister of State at the Department for Transport.
The Minister met senior company representatives and discussed plans to create a new facility to convert non-recyclable household waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use by airlines operating at UK airports.
The project involves Essar... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 20, 2021
Vivergo Fuels site in Hull will be re-opening following an announcement by the Department for Transport that E10 petrol will be introduced at pumps across the UK from September.
Established in 2012, the site was the only dedicated bioethanol plant in the UK and represented the second largest infrastructure project after the Olympics. However, in September 2018 the decision... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 19, 2021
Air France-KLM, Total, Groupe ADP and Airbus have joined forces to carry out the first long-haul flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produced in France.
Air France flight 342 took off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport's Terminal 2E for Montreal with its tanks filled for the first time with SAF produced in Total's French plants.
The biofuel used for... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 19, 2021
CropEnergies generated revenues of €833 million in the 2020/21 financial year and an operating profit of €107 million, despite the challenging market environment.
This compared with revenues of €899 million and an operating profit of €104 million in the previous 12 months.
Despite the extended maintenance shutdown in Wanze at the beginning of the 2020/21 financial... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 18, 2021
London Oxford Airport has embarked on a major infrastructure development project that will include a new fuel farm that will quadruple the storage capacity of the original facility.
This will also provide future storage space for sustainable aviation fuel.
A centrally located fire station is under construction as well, while the centerpiece will be the airport's 15th... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 17, 2021
Lakeview Energy which owns Three Rivers Energy said the biorefinery was set to reopen later this summer.
Three Rivers Energy started as the Coshocton ethanol plant in 2008, but it shutdown after 10 months.
CE Acquisitions, a partnership of Lakeview Energy and Crestwood Energy of Illinois, acquired the biofuels refinery in 2013.
It previously produced ethanol, distillers... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 17, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DoE) is awarding $35 million (€29 million) to 15 research projects through the Energy and Carbon Optimised Synthesis for the Bioeconomy (ECOSynBio) programme to decarbonise biorefining processes across the transportation and agriculture sectors.
Many biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and other products derived from organic material... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 17, 2021
Fuel retailers in Brazil have asked the government to reduce the amount of ethanol required to be blended into petrol.
They argue that a smaller production in the current season has reduced the biofuel’s supply and increased prices.
Fecombustiveis, an association representing around 40,000 petrol stations in Brazil, asked for the ethanol blend to be reduced from 27%... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 14, 2021
Estimates show that as many as 600,000 cars on UK’s roads will not be compatible with E10.
According to the RAC, vehicles like the 2-2 litre direct petrol injection engines in the Vectra, Signum and Zafira will not be able to use E10 efficiently.
Current petrol grades in the UK contain 5% bioethanol and this will increase to 10% from September.
The motoring organisation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 14, 2021
POET, the largest biofuels producer in the US, is in discussions with Flint Hills Resources to acquire the entirety of its ethanol assets.
A spokesman for POET said the deal will increase capacity for ethanol by more than a third to 3 billion gallons per year.
That could help the company tap into potential growth in the biofuels market as the Biden administration considers... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 13, 2021
Touchwood Agency Tribal Council (TATC) and Rainforest Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the joint evaluation and development of clean energy in Canada.
Under the MoU, the two companies will explore clean energy solutions in the territory of TATC members, who are the Day Star, George Gordon, Kawakatoose, and Muskowekwan First Nations in Saskatchewan.
A... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 12, 2021
Growth Energy is calling for a reduction in restrictions to higher ethanol-blended fuel in light of the Colonial 2 pipeline cyber attack.
On the fifth day after the attack on the pipeline, the US organisation sent a letter to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Regan and US Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Granholm calling for the change in policy... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 10, 2021
Growth Energy unveiled a new consumer initiative to raise awareness of biofuels’ positive environmental benefits and encourage consumers to choose higher biofuel blends like E15 at the pump.
Through a series of targeted digital content, advertising, and digital media, the Get Biofuel campaign aligns biofuel benefits to an empowerment message titled Fuel Beyond.
“Our... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 10, 2021
The European Commission’s political agreement on a Delegated Regulation seeking to define sustainable investments in the EU sends mixed signals about the importance of sustainable biofuels such as renewable EU ethanol to climate-change mitigation, according to ePURE.
The text and annexes agreed by the Commission at least recognise that the manufacture of biofuels for... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 7, 2021
Alsie Express airline has launched a collaboration with Sønderborg Airport and Danfoss to introduce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into its operations.
When flight no. 6I101 took off from Sønderborg Airport for Copenhagen, its passengers and crew will be taking part in the beginning of the transition to a sustainable domestic aviation industry in Denmark.
The flight... [Read More]
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