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Repsol's chairman Antonio Brufau said that the energy transition represents an "enormous opportunity" for the company. During the annual general share holders' meeting, he reviewed the key aspects of the energy transition, mainly in Europe, and the path towards zero net emissions by 2050. Brufau highlighted the company’s plans to transform the industrial sites to produce renewable fuels…
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Velocys, the sustainable fuels technology company, has announced the launch its new 52,500 sq ft technology facility in Plain City, Ohio. The facility will house the reactor core assembly and catalysis operations which form a critical part of the production process for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The new site enables the consolidation of the company’s catalysis services, microchannel…
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Rolls-Royce has successfully completed a series of tests with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on its latest generation of business aviation engines - the Pearl 15 and the Pearl 10X. The Pearl 15, the first member of the Pearl engine family, powers Bombardier’s Global 5500 and 6500 aircraft, while the Pearl 10X will power Dassault’s ultra-long-range flagship aircraft, the Falcon 10X. The…
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Emirates and Neste have expanded their partnership by solidifying their collaboration for the supply of over 3 million gallons of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel in 2024 and 2025. The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which will be blended with conventional jet fuel, will be supplied over the course of the two years for Emirates’ flights departing from Amsterdam Schiphol and…
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OMV and Ryanair have announced the signing of an offtake agreement to supply 500 metric tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Vienna Airport. This forms part of the MoU agreement between the companies, providing Ryanair with unique access to purchase up to 160,000 metric tonnes of SAF from OMV up to 2030. This offtake agreement will save over 1,250 metric tonnes in CO2 emissions. For…
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The International Grains Council (IGC), according to its latest information, said global production of sunflower seed will probably amount to 56.1 million tonnes in 2023/24. The IGC has lowered its previous month's forecast by 300,000 tonnes. The previous year's output was exceeded by only 2.6%. The downward adjustment was mainly due to a prospective smaller crop in the EU-27. The sunflower…
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Any review of business or technical development across Asia, whatever the subject, will almost inevitably highlight the region’s enormous potential. Looking at the way ahead for biofuels is certainly no exception, especially now. India’s leadership of the Global Biofuel Alliance, launched during the G20 summit in New Delhi at the beginning of September, heads the current list of Asia’s…
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Johnson Matthey has announced that EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft (EDL) has selected their Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology for EDL’s HyKero plant located in Böhlen-Lippendorf in Germany. The HyKero plant is planned to produce 50,000 metric tons (MT) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year when fully operational, including eSAF from a power-to-liquids (PtL) route, and would be the…
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The US Grains Council’s Global Ethanol Summit (GES) concluded with a variety of concurrent panel discussions with experts on various topics within the biofuel industry. GES was an education and trade forum that sought to elevate bioethanol’s international visibility and ongoing successful initiatives as a viable decarbonisation solution within the transportation sector. More than 350…
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UK road planing contractor Jet Plant continues its drive for sustainability after announcing that 100% of its planing machines will be fuelled by Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The Evesham-based business already has a strong sustainability plan and trialled the use of HVO in August 2022. HVO is created by processing renewable waste lipids in vegetables. Following the success of that trial,…
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Embraer’s Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 have recently complete 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) flight tests. Completion of the tests is a significant step towards achieving the aviation industry’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and Embraer’s target of net-zero by 2040. The tests, with one engine running on 100% SAF, were performed at Embraer’s Melbourne facility and provided…
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Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for an advanced biofuels unit and a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. Both projects are part of Galp’s programme to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Advanced Biofuels Unit, promoted by the joint venture of Galp (75%)…
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Fuel supplier Certa, which is part of DCC, has become the first Irish operator to open a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel fuel station in the country. This is part of its strategy to make the fossil-free biofuel more available to motorists. The company, which is part of the DCC services group, said its new “forecourt of the future’ in Liffey Valley in Dublin cost over €1…
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