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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 hangar. When completed…
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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% currently to 18%, saying…
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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 are almost exclusively…
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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 grains to feed…
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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 boosting biofuels as…
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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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