Bioethanol News

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 also said that cars…
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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 feasibility…
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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 as relief for resulting…
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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 use in transport should no…
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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 industry’s passion…
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US exports of ethanol accelerated in March to 133.0 million gallons (mg) - the second-largest volume in a year and up 31% from February’s dip. According to the Renewable Fuels Association, exports to China spiked from 4.7 mg to 48.3 mg for the country’s second-largest monthly imports of US ethanol on record and narrowly missing the April 2016 high. Similarly, shipments to Canada…
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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 marked the first step…
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be used to refuel aircraft at Munich Airport from June. SAF will now be delivered, stored and refuelled at the German airport, provided it meets the relevant quality specifications for Jet-A1 aviation fuel. The tank farm, which is supplied with fuel by various oil companies on behalf of the airlines, is also permitted to receive deliveries of SAF blends.…
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The clean air and biofuels industry have received a boost in the state of Washington as the low-carbon fuel standard has come into force. After years of discussion, the HB Bill 1091 was finally passed by the Washington State Senate in early April. The goal of HB 1091 is to put into law a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) in the state of Washington, which will improve the air quality by reducing…
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Alfa Laval has won an order to supply a feedstock pre-treatment processing line to a petroleum refiner to support the production of renewable diesel (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Europe. The order comprises Alfa Laval high-speed separators and various compact heat exchangers along with other equipment, engineering, and services to provide a pre-treatment processing line to remove…
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Business aviation company Jetflite is offering lower-emission private business flights in Finland. Jetflite is committed to sustainable aviation and is reducing greenhouse gas emissions with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The first lower-emission flight by Jetflite will take place this month. Jetflite, belonging to a large Finnish industrial conglomerate Wihuri Group, specialises in…
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Trinity College Dublin in partnership with Ryanair have announced the launch of a new Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre. This new initiative has been made possible by a €1.5m donation which Trinity will use to seed a multi-disciplinary research team to engage in research around sustainable aviation fuels, zero carbon aircraft propulsion systems and noise mapping. This new knowledge…
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Summit Carbon Solutions is to further develop the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project for biorefineries from across the midwestern US to permanent geologic storage sites in North Dakota. In two months since the formal launch announcement in February 2021, Summit Carbon Solutions has expanded relationships across the biorefining industry resulting in the addition of 12…
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Neste will modify its existing renewables production capacity in Rotterdam to enable production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The modifications to the refinery, an investment of approximately €190 million, will enable Neste to optionally produce up to 500,000 tons of SAF per annum as part of the existing capacity. Neste expects the project to be completed in the second half of 2023.…
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