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Clean Fuels Alliance America has written to President Joe Biden and other administration officials to highlight the biodiesel and renewable diesel industry’s contribution to job growth in the clean energy sector.
The letter also asks the administration to support tax policy that encourages continued investments, capacity expansion, and additional job creation.
“The clean fuels industry…
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The UK government revealed the Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) will align its measurement of the environmental credentials of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) with sustainability rules that underpin the UK's biofuels policy until 2025.
The UK ETS Authority confirmed airlines that wanted to claim a related emissions reduction under the scheme using SAF would have to ensure the fuels they…
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The Airport City Sustainability Campus will be a launch point and demonstration hub for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) under a new agreement with an Alberta-based energy company.
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and SixRing, a subsidiary of Calgary-based Fluid Energy Group, have signed an agreement to utilise the SixRing process to produce one of the world’s cleanest drop-in aviation…
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Jing Xieng Han, General Manager at GoodFuels Asia Pacific, outlines why she feels so passionately about the biofuels industry
What was your first job?
My first role in the energy sector was at BP’s Singapore office in 2000. After taking different roles in their finance and accounting departments, I had the opportunity to become the executive assistant to the CEO for Supply and Trading in…
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European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced more feed than fuel in 2021, according to certified data released by the industry group.
ePURE members – representing 85% of EU installed capacity – produced 4.48 million tonnes of animal feed co-products and 4.40 million tonnes of renewable ethanol last year, according to the statistics. Additional co-products included 1.05…
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Producer of biodiesel from waste Greenergy is increasing production at its Amsterdam biodiesel manufacturing plant by over 25%.
As part of the investment the company is also upgrading its pre-treatment processing capability to treat a wider range of waste oils as feedstocks for biodiesel production. The upgrades will be complete in 2023.
With waste oils a proven feedstock to reduce on-road…
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A fire and an explosion occurred at an idled biofuel refinery in Canada last week.
The emergency happened at the Braya Renewable Fuels refinery, previously known as Come by Chance, which has not been in operation for more than a year.
The incident on September 2 at the facility in Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador province injured eight people before the blaze was contained.
All eight…
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International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol has urged energy ministers from the world’s largest economies to prioritise actions to ensure secure, affordable and sustainable energy in response to the crisis the world currently faces.
The top-level G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, held under the G20 Presidency of Indonesia, was chaired by…
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Shell plans to build a new sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel production facility in the US.
According to the Louisiana Economic Development body, the plant will be constructed at its shuttered Convent refinery.
Shell said it planned to convert the old Convent site into an alternative fuels complex in February this year.
The facility would source sugarcane ethanol as a primary…
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Plug-in flex-fuel hybrid vehicles running on E85 fuel with up to 85% renewable ethanol are just as climate-friendly as electric vehicles, according to a new study.
Research carried out by consultants at IFPEN – a French public research, innovation and training organization in the fields of energy, transport and the environment – measured and compared the greenhouse-gas emissions of vehicles…
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Brazilian soybean exports are likely to exceed the previous year's level significantly following the expansion in production areas.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) estimates the soybean production area for the 2022/23 crop year at 42.5 million hectares. This translates to a presumed increase of 1.6 million hectares on the previous year.
The five-year growth rate of 1.2 million…
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Neste’s acquisition of Walco Foods, an Irish trader of animal fats, has been approved by regulatory authorities and the transaction has been closed.
Neste’s raw material strategy is focusing on growth of waste and residues and the development of new raw material sources.
The company said this acquisition will help it to enhance its global supply of waste and residue raw materials.
“This…
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Japan-based K Line has successfully trialled marine biofuel on a Supramax bulk carrier.
The company tested the marine biofuel delivered by GoodFuels on the bulker known as Albion Bay.
The vessel finished the loading operation of hot rolled steel coils at JFE Steel Corporation West Japan Works and began sailing to Pakistan’s discharging port.
GoodFuels delivered the marine biofuel to the…
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Delta and DG Fuels are to expand the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which is critical to achieving a more sustainable future for aviation.
Under the new agreement, the low-emissions fuel company plans to establish a new SAF supply stream that could provide Delta with 385 million gallons of unblended sustainable aviation fuel.
“Achieving a sustainable future for travel will…
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Universal Biofuels has been selected by three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) and a major oil refiner in India to supply 8 million gallons of biodiesel over the next two months.
In a statement, the company, a subsidiary of Aemetis, the California-based biofuels company, said this would require the Aemetis biodiesel/glycerin production plant to operate at nearly 100%…
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Northern Ireland motorists will be able to fill up with greener E10 fuel from November – a year after the rest of the UK moved to the cleaner fuel.
E10 is made from 10% bioethanol and is designed to have a lower carbon footprint than petrol made entirely from fossil fuels.
Its use in Northern Ireland was delayed because the shift to E10 was subject to the approval of EU countries and the…
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Boeing and Alder Fuels announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The firms will test and qualify Alder-derived SAF, advance policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy in aviation and grow the amount of SAF for the global aerospace market.
Alder Fuels' proprietary technology enables the efficient conversion of abundant, sustainable forest…
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