Mar 22, 2022
Bunker operations firm makes biofuel blend deliveries
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]
Bioethanol News
Mar 17, 2022
Green Fuels is expanding its bioethanol facility in Zimbabwe.
The expansion in Chisumbanje will help to increase electricity generation and create job opportunities in Manicaland province.
The ethanol producer once put its expansion programme on hold in 2017 with insiders citing the economic environment as not favourable for the scale of investment.
The ethanol production... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 17, 2022
DB Cargo said that its diesel main line and shunting locomotives will be able to run on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
These locomotives will be able to haul trains of up to 3,000 tonnes for last mile operations at private sidings, ports and freight terminals without the need for any complex conversion.
DB Cargo said that following extensive tests this biofuel has... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 17, 2022
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor sent a letter to US Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm calling on the department to address the most recent inaccurate and misleading study by Tyler Lark and others that claims to have been partially funded by the department.
The study directly contradicts conclusions from DoE’s own Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 16, 2022
The UK Government has awarded alfanar £2.4 million (€2.8 million) to develop its site in Tees Valley that will process household and commercial waste and turn it into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The funding from Department for Transport (DfT) will help the project, called Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF), to start the “front-end engineering and design” (FEED)... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 16, 2022
British Airways will use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced on a commercial scale in the UK after signing a multi-year agreement with Phillips 66 Limited.
Thousands of tonnes of SAF will be produced for the first time in the UK at the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery, near Immingham, and will be supplied to British Airways to power a number of its flights from this year.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 16, 2022
Aemetis announced that an offtake agreement with Qantas Group for 35 MMg of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be delivered over the seven-year term of the agreement.
The value of the contract including incentives is approximately $250 million (€227 million).
The blended SAF to be supplied under this agreement is 40% SAF and 60% Petroleum Jet A to meet international... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 15, 2022
Carnarvon Energy Limited has announce its renewable diesel business as FutureEnergy Australia (FEA).
This is a 50:50 joint venture arrangement with Frontier Impact Group.
Carnarvon announced last year it would invest in seed capital towards an initial renewable diesel project which was the first step in an overall strategy to actively reduce the carbon intensity of its... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 15, 2022
The new biodiesel plant built by Austrian process engineering company BDI-BioEnergy International and operated by Rossi Biofuel will make an important contribution to sustainable circular economy in Hungary.
For Rossi Biofuel, building the new plant is a commitment to sustainable innovation and profitability and will result in 150,000t annual CO2 savings.
Rossi is a... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 15, 2022
Three Scottish companies have joined forces to accelerate the launch of new biofuel technology.
The companies are Ardnamurchan Distillery, Woodlands Renewables and Scotland’s first bio refinery, Celtic Renewables, based in Grangemnouth.
Celtic Renewables has already attracted £43million (€51 million) of investment and the new biorefinery will be able to produce... [Read More]
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