
Mar 25, 2022
Ryanair’s pathway to net zero includes greater SAF usage
Bioethanol News
Mar 25, 2022
Gevo has signed an agreement with Delta Air Lines to supply 75 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year for seven years.
Gevo estimates that the agreement should generate approximately $2.8 billion (€2.5 billion) of revenue over the seven-year term of the agreement.
The Agreement replaces the existing agreement signed with Delta in 2019 to purchase... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 24, 2022
Clariant has announced that it has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI).
The aim of the RCI is to support and accelerate the transition from the use of fossil carbon to the use of renewable carbon in the chemical industry. Switching to renewable carbon sources prevents additional fossil carbon entering the atmosphere and thus addresses a core problem of climate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 24, 2022
Velocys has announced that its subsidiary Altalto Immingham has sold its 100% interest in Rula Developments (RDIL) as planned.
Rula owns the site for the proposed Altalto waste-to-sustainable-fuel project, which is being developed in collaboration with British Airways.
Rula has been sold to funds managed by Foresight Group for £9.75 million (€11.7 million) with a... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 24, 2022
AECOM has signed a strategic agreement with Genifuel Corporation to scale production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biogas from wild algae and biosolids.
The partnership employs a patent-pending process developed by AECOM to harvest wild algae and a patented process developed by Genifuel and the US Department of Energy to convert algae and wastewater biosolids... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 23, 2022
A bipartisan group of US senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to increase access to higher blends of American biofuels in an effort to curtail rapidly increasing gas prices.
In the letter, signed by 16 Senators, they request President Biden use his administrative authority to permit the sale of E15 fuel during the 2022 summer driving season, extending... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 23, 2022
A group of researchers from the Bioprocessing Separations Consortium have been developing separation processes and technology needed for the conversion of biomass to biofuel.
The researchers from six national laboratories are part of the team that was established in 2016 by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
“There... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 23, 2022
Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement with Air bp that will reduce lifecycle carbon emissions for gas turbine tests carried out at three sites and support one of the organisation’s key sustainability commitments.
It ensures that all of the aviation fuel supplied for engine testing at Rolls-Royce facilities in Derby and Bristol, UK and Dahlewitz, Germany, will be a 10%... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 22, 2022
ICM and Agribrasil have signed an agreement to develop a greenfield dry-mill grain ethanol production facility near Canarana in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
The facility will utilise ICM’s proprietary process technologies, including Base Tricanter System™ (BTS™) for corn oil recovery, patented Selective Milling Technology™ (SMT™) for milling optimisation,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 22, 2022
V-Bunkers, which is part of Vitol’s Singapore bunker operations company, has announced that its barges have recently made several deliveries of biofuel blended VLSFO.
Mike Muller, Head of Vitol Asia, said: “We are delighted to have demonstrated in multiple deliveries that we have the capability to bring to market these bespoke blended bunker supplies containing... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 22, 2022
XPO Logistics has started to take delivery of 76 Volvo FM trucks with 53 vehicles to be fuelled with HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil).
They will be used exclusively on the company’s contract with building materials supplier British Gypsum.
The new 6x2 tractor units will play a crucial part in the two companies’ commitment to a cleaner, more sustainable future with... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 21, 2022
DHL Express and Neste have announced a significant step towards decarbonising aviation logistics by expanding their existing cooperation with a new strategic collaboration.
In the next five years, Neste will supply DHL with approximately 320,000 tonnes (400 million litres) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
The agreement is Neste’s largest for Sustainable Aviation... [Read More]
Features
Mar 21, 2022
With the aviation industry committed to building back better following the global pandemic, the good news is that sustainability remains a key topic of interest across the industry.
As a drop-in fuel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the most promising solutions for decarbonising the aviation sector in the short term and will play a key role in meeting the industry’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 21, 2022
one world Alliance and Gevo have announced that certain members plan to purchase up to 200 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from the firm.
The delivery of the SAF is expected to commence in 2027, for a five-year term.
Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Japan Airlines and Qatar Airways expect to utilise Gevo’s SAF... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 18, 2022
A total of 50,000 journeys made annually for the transport of Coca-Cola, Fanta, Fuze Tea and Chaudfontaine in the Netherlands will be done using HVO supplied by Neste.
Since the start of the year, Neste has been a renewable fuel provider for Coca-Cola in the Netherlands by using HVO100 for the transport of all their drinks in close collaboration with its logistics partners.
HVO100... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 18, 2022
The absence of deliveries from the Black Sea region is expected to severely exacerbate the global scarcity of available rapeseed.
Supply of the crop has already been characterised by tight supplies even before the war.
The conflict is having an increasing impact on world trade, as Ukraine is one of the largest suppliers of rapeseed, along with Canada and Australia.
Rapeseed... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 18, 2022
Anglo American has successfully completed a sea trial using biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), reducing carbon emissions by approximately 10%.
The trial further demonstrated the potential for sustainable biofuel to be used as a ‘drop-in’ fuel, improving its viability to help reduce emissions in the shipping sector.
The fuel was blended and bunkered... [Read More]