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Aug 28, 2024
California LCFS updates stacks deck against US biofuels
Bioethanol News
Aug 20, 2024
Gevo has released a new report by Charles River Associates demonstrating the benefits of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, including at Gevo’s planned Net-Zero 1 (NZ) alcohol-to-jet facility in South Dakota.
CRA’s findings in the report show that every $1 (€0.91) from federal tax credits for ATJ SAF yields an estimated $4-6 (€3.6-€5.4) of total quantified... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 19, 2024
OXCCU has launched its first official demonstration plant, OX1, at Oxford Airport.
The OX1 plant represents a significant advancement in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.
Through its novel catalyst and reactor design, the subject of over a decade of research at the University of Oxford, the plant will convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) directly... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 7, 2024
Yvonne Moynihan, corporate and ESG officer of Wizz Air, describes why the airline is adopting new strategies to become cleaner and greener
Can you introduce yourself and outline to our readers your role within the company?
As the corporate and ESG officer of Wizz Air, along with leading legal, regulatory, corporate and government affairs areas, I oversee Wizz Air’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 6, 2024
According to a new report from the USDA the production of renewable diesel in the US has grown from 40 million gallons in the 2010/11 marketing year to 2.3 billion gallons in 2022/23 - surpassing biodiesel production for the first time.
This increase is led in part by renewable diesel producer Neste, a leading renewable diesel provider both in the U.S and globally.
This... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 5, 2024
International Airlines Group (IAG) has reached an agreement with the multi-energy company Repsol for the purchase and supply during the next six months of more than 28,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The SAF provided by Repsol will be used by the IAG airlines flying from Spanish airports, including Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Iberia Express and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 2, 2024
PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena have made a final investment decision to develop a biorefinery at PETRONAS’ Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor, Malaysia.
Set to be operational by the second half of 2028, the biorefinery will produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other biofuels.
The facility will process about 650,000 tonnes of raw materials annually, leveraging... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 2, 2024
Gunvor Group will join VARO Energy in building a large-scale SAF manufacturing facility at the Gunvor Energy Rotterdam site through a proposed joint venture.
Since VARO announced on September 7, 2023 its intention to build a large scale SAF facility as a sole owner with total feedstock capacity of 350 kt pa, the project has made good progress.
Under the terms of the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 1, 2024
Neste has commissioned terminal capacity at ONEOK’s terminal in Houston, Texas for blending and storing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™.
This is a major step in further expanding the availability of Neste’s SAF to airlines also operating from airports east of the Rocky Mountains all the way to the East Coast.
The new capacity at ONEOK’s terminal in Houston... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 1, 2024
Trafigura Group has completed the acquisition of Greenergy’s European and Canadian supply businesses from Brookfield Asset Management and its listed affiliate Brookfield Business Partners.
Founded in 1992 to supply diesel with lower emissions, Greenergy is today one of Europe’s largest suppliers of biofuels with manufacturing plants in the UK and the Netherlands and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 31, 2024
For Mazda’s 35th anniversary of the MX-5 Celtic Renewables welcomed the team and four car models to its biorefinery in Grangemouth.
The cars had embarked on a 1,000-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using 100% biofuel from SUSTAIN Fuel - derived from agricultural waste.
Mazda and SUSTAIN Fuel chose Celtic Renewables as one of their stops to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 31, 2024
Holland America Line announced the start of a biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords.
The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on April 27 and will operate one of its four engines using low carbon intensity oil derived from... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 30, 2024
Air New Zealand has dropped a 2030 emissions reduction target - blaming delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and high sustainable aviation fuel prices.
However, the carrier said it was committed to an industry-wide target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Aviation is deemed responsible for about 2% of the world's emissions but is considered one of the hardest sectors... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 30, 2024
Neste reported its first net loss since 2014 in the second quarter of this year, as the Finnish refiner grappled with a downturn in the global biofuels market and prolonged outages at its Porvoo refinery.
In a July 25 earnings statement, Neste announced a net loss of €144 million for Q2, marking its first negative profit since Q4 2014 and the largest loss in over a... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 25, 2024
LanzaJet has announced a strategic investment from Airbus, which enables it to continue to build its capability and capacity to scale its proprietary ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology.
“LanzaJet intentionally developed a diverse portfolio of strategic investors comprised of leading, global companies to ensure we have the ecosystem to scale... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 23, 2024
Airbus, the Air France-KLM Group, Associated Energy Group, LLC, BNP Paribas, Burnham Sterling, Mitsubishi HC Capital and Qantas Airways have co-invested in a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) financing fund to accelerate the production of SAF.
The corporate partners worked with investment manager Burnham Sterling Asset Management to establish the Sustainable Aviation Fuel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 19, 2024
Production capacity of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the United States could increase from around 2,000 barrels per day (b/d) to nearly 30,000 b/d in 2024 if all announced capacity additions come on line, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Developers expect Phillips 66’s Rodeo Renewed project to produce up to about 10,000 b/d of SAF beginning... [Read More]