Bioethanol News

Eni’s chemical company Versalis has begun the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass at Crescentino. The plant, which was acquired in 2018, has been overhauled thanks to major investments and has started the production of advanced bioethanol. The bioethanol, produced using Proesa® technology, is ISCC-EU certified and will be used to formulate petroleum with a renewable…
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Singapore International Airlines is set to start using a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from used cooking oil and waste animal fats under a one-year pilot programme. The airline said it will purchase 1.25 million litres – or about 330,000 gallons – of this blended SAF. All Singapore International Airline flights and those of its low-budget affiliate, Scoot, will use the…
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Shell has become the first supplier of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore. The oil and gas company revealed during an event at the Singapore Airshow. "We have delivered some (SAF) to our customers SIA Engineering Company and the Republic of Singapore Air Force," said Doris Tan, head of aviation Asia Pacific & Middle East. Shell has also completed an upgrade of its Singapore facility,…
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Neste and ITOCHU Corporation have expanded their partnership to grow the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Japan. ITOCHU will act as the branded distributor of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ in Japan making Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel available first at Tokyo Haneda and Narita airports. Neste, ITOCHU and All Nippon Airways started cooperating in 2020,…
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Dr Vinicius Celinski, application development manager, Clariant/Business Unit Functional Minerals, argues that the biggest portion, more than 70%, of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) comes from energy consumption. Celinski said that in Europe transportation represented almost a quarter GHG emission, where road transportation was by far the biggest, more than 70%, followed by aviation and…
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USA BioEnergy is to develop an advanced biorefinery that will convert 1 million green tonnes of wood waste into 34 million gallons of transportation fuel. This includes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and renewable naphtha developed through its subsidiary, Texas Renewable Fuels (TRF). Future expansion will double the plant’s production capacity to 68 million gallons…
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Pearson Fuels, the largest distributor of E85 flex fuel in the US, has opened its 250th station. The company delivered more than 50 million gallons of E85 flex fuel through its retail station network last year. This volume of E85 represents nearly 200,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions reduced each year by California motorists choosing to fuel with E85 flex fuel rather than…
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British Airways and Phillips 66 Limited have entered into a multi-year supply agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced at its Humber Refinery. The SAF will be supplied to British Airways to power a number of its flights from this year. It will be produced from sustainable waste feedstock at the refinery, which will deliver its SAF supply to British Airways via existing pipeline…
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Singapore Airlines (SIA), and Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek have selected ExxonMobil to supply and deliver sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore. Under this pilot, SIA, with support from CAAS and Temasek, will purchase blended SAF from ExxonMobil. This product will comprise 1.25 million litres of neat SAF, which…
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LanzaJet has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Marquis SAF) to construct a 120 million gallons per year integrated sustainable fuels plant in the US. This will use low-carbon intensity (CI) feedstocks to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel via the LanzaJet™ Alcohol-to-Jet process. The plant will employ on-site…
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Virgin Atlantic has reached an agreement with Neste Oyi to supply 2.5 million litres of neat Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), which will be delivered to London Heathrow. The agreement forms part of a wider collaboration between Virgin Atlantic and Neste, the world’s leading provider of SAF, to increase the availability and use of SAF in the UK. Virgin Atlantic and Neste are working with…
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Eni and SEA, the Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate airports operator, have signed an agreement to promote decarbonisation initiatives in the aviation sector and accelerate the ecological transition of the two airports. The agreement stems from a collaboration that first began in December 2021 with the supply of biofuels (SAFs) for private flights. The collaboration has been extended to…
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