The City of Lincoln has been awarded funding from the Nebraska Soybean Board (NSB) to begin incorporating B20 biodiesel in its municipal fleet. This biodiesel incentive program marks a significant milestone in the City's ongoing commitment to sustainability and reducing carbon emissions, replacing 215,000 gallons of petroleum diesel in nearly 130 fleet vehicles. Biodiesel... [Read More]

Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) welcomes UK Government’s announcement today of its SAF mandate plans. The mandate becoming law is key to driving investment into a domestic SAF industry placing the UK at the forefront of aviation decarbonisation with the opportunity to deliver £1.8 billion (€2.1 billion) into the UK economy and create 10,000 skilled jobs. Cleantech... [Read More]

Neste and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1,000 tons of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™. This will make SIA and Scoot, the two airlines in the Group, the first carriers to receive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), produced at Neste’s refinery in the country, at Changi Airport. Neste will blend the SAF with... [Read More]

In a world increasingly focused on the pressing challenges of climate change and the imperative to transition away from fossil fuels, a new era of sustainable, renewable energy sources has been unfolding. Amid this transition, the quest for sustainable and scalable biofuel feedstocks has also intensified. Understanding this gap, Terviva recognised the power of the Pongamia... [Read More]

André Paula Santos, head of EU policy, Nuseed, will be speaking on the second day of our Biofuels Conference. We speak exclusively to him and ask him about his role at the company as well as what he hopes to achieve at our event. Can you tell us a little bit about Nuseed? Nuseed is a global agriculture innovator enabling the transformation of select crops into renewable... [Read More]

Topsoe has signed an agreement with Guangxi Hongkun Biomass to provide its HydroFlex™ technology to produce SAF at the company’s plant in the Qinzhou Port Area Free Trade Pilot Zone of Guangxi, China. This agreement is Topsoe’s first SAF project in China. Topsoe will deliver its HydroFlex™ technology for the project, which expects to process 300,000 tons of... [Read More]

Marathon Petroleum continues to operate its Martinez renewable diesel facility in the San Francisco Bay area at about half of its nameplate capacity. However, it is expected to reach 100% by the end of the year, the company said. "We would expect to continue to operate at 50% for the second quarter, and then somewhere mid-third quarter, we would expect to see our capacity... [Read More]

Quadrise has been collaborating with Vertoro since September 2022 to incorporate their novel and cost-effective sustainable biofuels in bioMSAR™. Quadrise Plc, the supplier of innovative energy solutions for a cleaner planet, has provided an update on its Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with the biofuel specialist. Following the successful production and testing... [Read More]

Braya Renewable Fuels (Braya) has achieved commercial operations at its Come By Chance facility in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This marks the successful completion of its refinery conversion project and is the beginning of providing reliable renewable fuel for the energy transition. “We are incredibly grateful for all of the hard work and dedication of the... [Read More]

The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released guidance on the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and reduce climate pollution by spurring innovation in the aviation industry. The Treasury... [Read More]

Germany shipped around 2.9 million tonnes of biodiesel abroad last year - the largest quantity ever. Imports amounted to 1.6 million tonnes, falling 6.2% short of the previous year's volume. The figure does not include imports of HVO, as this is exclusively produced outside of Germany. In 2022, HVO imports totalled approximately 0.48 million tonnes. The Netherlands,... [Read More]

Brazilian-grown sugar cane ethanol shipments have begun arriving at a US plant in Georgia. The sugarcane ethanol will be used to supply the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market, according to According to a Bloomberg news report. Corporate targets indicate SAF usage could amount to 3.3 billion gallons annually by 2030. “The current demand for low-carbon ethanol,... [Read More]

Peninsula has introduced the Aalborg, an IMO II chemical tanker dedicated to sustainable fuel distribution in the Western Mediterranean. The Aalborg is capable of supplying 100% biofuels (B100) in contrast to traditional fuel barges that cannot exceed 25% bio component. The vessel supplies FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Esters) produced from vegetable oils and allows for... [Read More]

Alfanar welcomed Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP to their Teesside site on the day the Government announced measures to give UK aviation and the SAF industry the certainty to create green jobs and cut sector emissions. Alfanar is a global renewables and engineering company headquartered in Saudi Arabia, developing a £1.5 billion (€2 billion) waste-to-sustainable... [Read More]

Boeing and Wagner Sustainable Fuels will collaborate on growing the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to help meet Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel which is expected to increase by 75% over the next 25 years. “Wagner’s sustainability goals align with Boeing’s work to advance aviation decarbonisation and energy security through renewable energy including... [Read More]

Biofuel producers and investors in Europe undoubtedly face a challenging future, although maybe one with a little more hope than has been true of the past decade of high promise and low achievement. For all the ambitious words and targets attached to European biofuels in the recent past, the damming conclusion reached by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) at the end... [Read More]