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The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) anticipates a sharp slump in output on the previous year to 4.9 million tonnes in its latest estimate of 2023/24 rapeseed production. In the 2022/23 season, the country saw a bumper crop of 8.2 million tonnes. The latest estimate is based on sowing operations, which are nearing completion, and the current…
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New Zealand is one step closer to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. LanzaJet and LanzaTech have been selected by Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to support the second stage of a study to determine commercial viability and sustainability of domestic SAF production in New Zealand. With support from Z Energy NZ, the study will explore the use of…
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Greenergy is to enter the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market through a new plant planned on Teesside. The company has submitted a planning application for two renewable fuel plants located at the same complex. The SAF plant will be the UK’s first plant creating SAF from waste oils and the other for the previously announced advanced biofuels production from end-of-life tyres project,…
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Targray has announced an expansion of its vast North American supply and distribution network today with the opening of a new biodiesel terminal in the state of Washington. Located in Mead, an unincorporated suburb of Spokane, the new site is well-positioned to supply high-quality biodiesel fuel and alleviate supply concerns for retailers, distributors, refineries and fleet operators across the…
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Nina Karpynec, Clariant Adsorbents, head of sales, marketing and technical business development purification Americas, and Guido Appl, Clariant Adsorbents, head of sales, marketing and technical business development purification EMEA, outlines how the global company has fared in the past 12 months. Can you outline how the past 12 months have been for Clariant Adsorbents? Guido: Last year…
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PerkinElmer will be hosting a webinar on June 21 and provide further insights into lower emission fuel products. The presenters will include Prof David Bressler, from the University of Alberta, Nicholas Lancaster, applications scientist from PerkinElmer, and Gerlinde Wita, global market leader, also from PerkinElmer. The in-depth presentation will cover everything from feedstocks to…
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JAL has signed an agreement with Shell Aviation which will see aircraft refueled in Los Angeles with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2025. This move supports JAL’s ESG target of replacing 1% of its whole jet fuel amount with SAF in fiscal year 2025 set in its GX strategy. Under the agreement, Shell will supply JAL with SAF volumes equivalent to its current estimated jet fuel uplifts in…
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Aemetis said its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India is on schedule with biodiesel shipments to the three government-owned oil marketing company (OMC) customers with $27 million (€24 million) of the $34 million (€31 million) of second quarter contracted deliveries already completed. The combined orders for the second quarter comprised about 8 million gallons of biodiesel and future…
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TotalEnergies is actively responding to a call from its aviation customers to increase production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). As from 2028, the company will be in a position to produce half a million tons of SAF, enough to cover the gradual increase in the European SAF blending mandate, set at 6% for 2030. To this end, TotalEnergies is investing massively and has launched multiple SAF…
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PerkinElmer will be hosting a webinar on June 21 and provide further insights into lower emission fuel products. The presenters will include Prof David Bressler, from the University of Alberta, Nicholas Lancaster, applications scientist from PerkinElmer, and Gerlinde Wita, global market leader, also from PerkinElmer. The in-depth presentation will cover everything from feedstocks to…
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Cargolux became the first airline to uplift sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Luxembourg Airport with the use of the fuel on a celebratory cargo flight. Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ was supplied to the airport’s fuel storage using NATO’s Central European Pipeline System (CEPS) in cooperation with World Fuel Services and supported by the airport. Cargolux used Neste’s SAF to…
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Forty-five governments from around the world took part in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global Conference on Energy Efficiency and endorsed the goal of doubling the average global rate of improvements by the end of the decade. The aim was to foster sustainable economic growth and help put the world on a secure and affordable path towards net-zero emissions. In a ministerial…
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Governor Jim Pillen has signed into law legislation promoting the sale and use of biodiesel in Nebraska. The bill, LB 727, provides retail tax incentives for the sale of biodiesel at fuel retailer locations throughout the state adding value to Nebraska soybean farmers while promoting continued growth of the burgeoning renewable fuel industry. Part of an omnibus revenue bill, the Nebraska…
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The EU-27’s soybean supply is expected to rise again this year - although the soy area is seen to decline compared to 2022. The soybean output of the European Union has more than tripled over the past 10 years. According to latest information from the EU Commission, the 2023 soybean harvest is expected at around 2.8 million tonnes, just under 16% more than 2022. The European Union is set to…
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