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Firms including Bank of America, Boom Supersonic, Boston Consulting Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Meta and clean energy non-profit RMI are joining together through the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) certificates at scale. This leap forward from previous individual SAF certificate purchases by corporations dramatically strengthens the demand…
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Wizz Air has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cepsa for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2025. The MoU gives Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase SAF from Cepsa to supply the airline’s route network across Spain. Cepsa’s SAF will be produced from organic waste, such as used cooking oils or agricultural waste, among others. The partnership follows an…
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The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) revealed its member Mitchell and Webber undertook the first lifting of US imported hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) at the Valero terminal in Cardiff. This follows a decision by the then Department of International Trade in November 2022 to lift import tariffs on US HVO - previously imposed when the UK was a member of the European…
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Cathay Pacific has teamed up with the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to drive the further development of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chain in China. SPIC is one of the largest state-owned energy companies in the Chinese mainland and a company with the world’s largest solar power installed capacity. SPIC and Cathay Pacific have recently signed a Memorandum of…
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Major European industry associations in the biodiesel sector are organising the 1st B+ Summit, to be held on 26, 27 and 28 April in Estoril, Portugal. The conference will bring together representatives from the European industry as well as Portuguese and European Union decision-makers. On the agenda The summit will be an open high-level dialogue between market and policymakers in a…
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Growth Energy announced a new ad campaign calling on President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure uninterrupted E15 fuel during the summer driving season. The seven-figure campaign will include television and digital advertising in Washington DC and in major biofuel-producing states. “The clock is ticking, and we need the administration to act swiftly to ensure fuel…
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Vistara, India’s full-service carrier and a joint venture with Tata group and Singapore Airlines, has become the country’s first carrier to operate a wide-body aircraft using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a long-haul route. The ground-breaking flight from Charleston International Airport, South Carolina, to Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, was operated in partnership with…
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Neste plans to start commercial production at its renewable fuels expansion project in Singapore in the coming weeks following trial runs, a senior company executive revealed. The Finnish biofuel producer plans to inaugurate the 1.3 million tonne per year (tpy) plant in May, executive vice-president Carl Nyberg told Reuters. The plant will boost Neste's sustainable aviation fuel capacity by up…
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Last year marked another pivotal year for the Renewable Energy Group business. Early in the year, the company acquired two fuel distribution companies based in California. The business saw great progress with their improvement and expansion project at the Geismar, Los Angeles renewable diesel biorefinery, and the lower carbon feedstock expansion project in Emden, Germany. Maybe, most notably,…
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The crop forecast for Argentina has been lowered again considerably, which has also reduced consumption and export estimates. In its latest report, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects the global soybean crop in 2022/23 to reach around 375 million tonnes. This would be down just under 8 million tonnes from the February forecast, but up 17 million tonnes on 2021/2022. The decrease…
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SAS has launched two ticket types that include biofuel and will be available on all domestic, Scandinavian and European flights. SAS aims to use fossil-free aviation fuel equivalent of all domestic flights by 2030 and is making it easier for travellers to be part of the journey by launching tickets that include the maximum allowed amount of biofuel. Travelers buying Go Smart or Plus Pro…
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German oil mills processed less rapeseed, sunflower seed and fewer soybeans in the first half of the running marketing year 2022/23 compared with the same period a year earlier. According to information published by the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), oil mills in Germany processed just under 4.5 million tonnes of rapeseed in the period July through December last year.…
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Shell has decided not to go ahead with two projects it was studying to produce biofuels and base oils in Singapore. "We can confirm that we are stopping the exploration of two projects – a biofuels unit and a Group II base oil plant in Singapore," the company told Reuters in an emailed statement. "We will continue supplying base oil and lubricants, as well as biofuels, to our customers in…
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) has for the first time agreed to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that was blended in Japan under a public-private initiative led by the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). ANA will procure the blended SAF from ITOCHU Corporation, and will use the fuel on ANA's international and domestic flights from Haneda and…
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