
Jan 26, 2022
Neste tour during PRC Europe 2022 event
Bioethanol News
Jan 25, 2022
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has unveiled her 2022 Biofuel Access Bill (HSB 594) to continue Iowa’s national leadership in providing widespread access to higher biofuel blends.
This includes offering E15 statewide by 2026 and updating the E15 promotion tax credit to $0.09 (€0.08) per gallon year-round through 2025.
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor released the following... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 25, 2022
Iberia is looking to expand its development of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by using waste, recycled used oils, and other sustainable plant-based feedstocks.
Iberia signed a strategic alliance with Cepsa, one of Spain’s leading aviation fuel suppliers. The airline is looking to fly 10% of all its operations using SAF by 2030.
Both parties will research and develop... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 25, 2022
Liebherr will be expanding its use of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to include its plant in Kirchdorf.
The company develops and manufactures about 2,500 machines, such as hydraulic excavators, material handling machines and articulated trucks annually.
Neste-produced renewable diesel will be used in testing as well as in all plant traffic.
Liebherr has already been powering... [Read More]
Features
Jan 24, 2022
Crown Iron Works is paving the way on pretreatment of fats, oils, and alternative feedstocks for the renewable fuels industry.
While many of these feedstocks have been around for ages, only in recent decades have they been transformed into high quality transportation fuels.
In the early 2000s, biodiesel was gaining popularity. Crown adapted its core oils and fats technology... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 24, 2022
VARO Energy Group and GPS Group, a growing storage and logistics provider, have announced the successful completion of a new railway line and ethanol storage tanks, which will be operated as of 1 February.
Located in the Port of Amsterdam, the world’s largest trading and blending hub for fuels, this new infrastructure is state-of-the-art and one of very few rail facilities... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 24, 2022
It has been revealed that around 7% from 1.4 billion ha of crops such as grain, oilseeds, protein, sugar and fibre plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts and others were grown worldwide went into biofuels production in 2020.
Biofuel production is mostly located in countries where there is already a surplus of feedstock (especially maize, soy and palm oil) and legally prescribed... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 21, 2022
A new list shows the trucks, buses, engines, and other commercial vehicles that have been approved by the manufacturers to run on higher blends of biodiesel.
These range from Caterpillar to DEUTZ, MAN and MTU to Scania and Volvo.
They can be fuelled with a proportion of 10 percent (B10), 20 percent (B20), 30 percent (B30) or pure biodiesel (B100).
By using biodiesel,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 21, 2022
Sandvik’s Mobiles business unit and Cat dealer Finning revealed they have successfully tested hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) with C series Cat engines without making new modifications.
The test could pave the way for the renewable synthetic diesel powering large, mobile crushing and screening equipment from Sandvik.
Forming a part in both companies journey towards... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 21, 2022
World Fuel Services Corporation revealed that it supplied Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton last year.
This was in support of the The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall when they embarked on the first leg of their royal tour last autumn.
This flight is one of the many activities that World Fuel and Neste have taken to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2022
Bilfinger Tebodin has successfully delivered engineering, procurement, overall project and construction management services (EPCM) for the Swiss firm Clariant in Romania.
Its first full-scale commercial sunliquid® plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues is mechanically complete and is now ready for start-up.
The flagship plant will... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 20, 2022
Green Fuels’ is reinforcing its commitment to its biodiesel refining in Latin America by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telfer Tanks.
This concerns the deployment and operation of distributed-scale biodiesel production facilities in the Republic of Panama.
The project’s objective is to refine biodiesel and advanced biofuels for the distributed energy,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2022
Members of the oneworld alliance intend to purchase more than 350 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from renewable fuels company Aemetis.
This is for their operations at San Francisco International Airport - further signifying the alliance’s commitment to environmental sustainability.
Once finalised, the agreements will cover the delivery of... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 19, 2022
Sustainable biofuels led to record greenhouse gas savings of over 13.2 million tonnes in 2020, new data revealed.
A press conference in the run-up to the 19th International Conference on Renewable Mobility Fuels of the Future 2022 addressed the contribution that sustainable renewable fuels has already made to mitigating climate change.
That means an additional saving... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 19, 2022
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers is building the UK’s first hybrid high speed passenger ferries, which will launch later this year.
The new boats will use excess power from their biofuel-powered engines to re-charge their batteries for the central London stretch.
The hybrid design will allow the new vessels to operate solely on battery power while transporting commuters... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 19, 2022
The National Biodiesel Board has unveiled its new name and new brand - Clean Fuels Alliance America.
The organisation said that its transformation to Clean Fuels helps the industry represent all its industry members: biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels.
“Our industry has seen and will continue to see significant growth as the world around us... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 18, 2022
Ross Aviation, in partnership with fuel supplier Avfuel Corporation, is offering customers sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its California location.
The announcement comes ahead of Ross Aviation welcoming traffic to Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Palm Springs when the PGA golf tour comes to La Quinta on January 20.
Having accepted its first load of SAF on January... [Read More]