Bioethanol News

Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport is now supplied with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). VINCI Airports has made SAF available to users of Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport with Michelin Air Services as its first customer. The fuels are supplied by Air BP under a refuelling contract with VINCI Airports. These biofuels are produced from used cooking oil. SAF represents the solution for…
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Koppert Biological Systems and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) have entered into a partnership as part of the airline's sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme. Under the partnership, AFKLMP Cargo will use SAF on selected international cargo flights carrying Koppert's agricultural and horticultural products for biological pest control. SAF is a jet fuel made from renewable…
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RMI and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have launched the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA). This initiative is supported by founding companies Boeing, BCG, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Netflix and Salesforce. SABA’s mission is to accelerate the path to net zero aviation by driving investment in high quality sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), catalysing new SAF…
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The German Bioethanol Industry Association has published the 2020 market data for the production and consumption of certified sustainable bioethanol. German bioethanol production, standardised for use as fuel, amounted to around 700,000 tonnes in 2020 - an increase of 7.1% compared with the previous year. In 2020, the year of the coronavirus, German producers also supplied the basic material…
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Crowley Shipping recently initiated the use of biofuel to power the tugboat Veteran serving the Bay of San Francisco. The fuelling contract between the companies reflected their commitment to sustainable operations that decrease the carbon footprint and greenhouse gas impacts of maritime operations. The Veteran, a 6,800-horsepower tug with a bollard pull of 182,000 pounds, received its first…
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Skanska will see it cut carbon and harmful air emissions by using low emission, high performance fuel Green D+ - a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel to power all site plant and equipment. The framework agreement which extends to Skanska’s supply chain partners, will see Green Biofuels Ltd supply Green D+, which is certified under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification…
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Clariant is working with Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas corporation Pertamina to evaluate and test the feasibility of its sunliquid technology to process available regional feedstocks into the advanced biofuel. Indonesia has a vast potential of untapped biomass, from empty fruit bunches to palm leaves that could be converted into cellulosic ethanol. In Indonesia, ethanol demand is…
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Telluride regional airport in partnership with fuel supplier Avfuel Corporation became the first fixed base operator (FBO) in Colorado to make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available to customers. The FBO received its first demonstrative delivery of SAF from Avfuel on February 27 with two more following in March. The airport has since begun to receive regular deliveries of Neste’s branded…
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The aviation industry is establishing the Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability (CoSAFA), which is intended to accelerate the industry’s movement toward further sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) use. The global aviation industry currently accounts for around 2% of man-made CO2 emissions. The aviation industry is committed to limit and reduce these emissions through the deployment…
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Bioethanol imports from the EU increased in February this year, latest figures reveal. However, levels were below from a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic while imports were hit in January as new Brexit import rules came into force and led to delays at the border crossings. A total of 11,000 tonnes of bioethanol arrived from EU member states in February an increase from 7,000 tonnes in…
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Neste and NuStar Energy revealed that supply trucks are now able to load Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the Selby Terminal, near San Francisco. The first gallons for the NuStar-operated facility have been safely picked up and delivered to the nearby Monterey Regional Airport. Due to the strategic location of the Selby Terminal, Neste and its partners Avfuel and Signature Flight…
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United has announced details about its new environmental programme called the Eco-Skies Alliance. The programme will be a collective effort by United and dozens of leading global corporations in purchasing 3.4 million gallons of SAF by the end of this year. The biofuel is highly effective, emitting 80% less carbon than traditional jet fuel on a lifecycle basis. This reduction equates to…
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