Eurotank Amsterdam (ETA) is investing in the conversion of its gas oil tanks, making them suitable for storing biofuels, mixed biofuels and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). This follows a successful pilot project by the storage company which is part of VTTI. The project will allow for storage capacity of 75,000 cubic metres and the first phase will be commissioned... [Read More]

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced it will commit to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The airline that also runs Scoot and SIA Cargo, will invest in new-generation aircraft and adopt low-carbon technology such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). SIA Group has pursued multiple projects in support of its sustainability goals even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.... [Read More]

Civil aviation is at an inflection point. COVID-19 grounded global passenger air traffic just as new science revealed that aviation’s total global warming impact is more than double that of its CO2 emissions. Airlines’ largest corporate customers are demanding a transformation to net zero climate impact, and they have learned to do business virtually and remotely,... [Read More]

British Airways is to power future flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) - part of a new partnership with sustainable jet fuel company LanzaJet. The partnership will see British Airways invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial scale Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia, US, and acquire cleaner burning SAF from the plant. It expects the fuel to be available to... [Read More]

Until now, there have been no commercial drop-in solutions for replacing fossil petrol to reduce high amounts of greenhouse gas emissions from conventional petrol cars, without investing into new vehicles or modifying the old ones. Neste, a producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) may be the first to have developed a renewable petrol for such commercial... [Read More]

The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) has welcomed the German Bundestag's decision to increase the greenhouse gas reduction obligation for fuels. The law provides for an increase from 6% today to 7% in 2022 and to 25% in 2030. UFOP has repeatedly called for a more ambitious GHG quota system. The aim is to give domestic agriculture and the biofuel... [Read More]

UPM has moved forward with its biofuels growth plans and has begun the basic engineering phase of a next generation biorefinery. The potential biorefinery would have an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes of high-quality renewable fuels including sustainable jet fuel (SAF). The products will significantly reduce carbon footprint in the road transport and aviation, as... [Read More]

Essar hosted a visit to Stanlow Refinery by Andrew Stephenson – the UK Minister of State at the Department for Transport. The Minister met senior company representatives and discussed plans to create a new facility to convert non-recyclable household waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use by airlines operating at UK airports. The project involves Essar... [Read More]

Vivergo Fuels site in Hull will be re-opening following an announcement by the Department for Transport that E10 petrol will be introduced at pumps across the UK from September. Established in 2012, the site was the only dedicated bioethanol plant in the UK and represented the second largest infrastructure project after the Olympics. However, in September 2018 the decision... [Read More]

Air France-KLM, Total, Groupe ADP and Airbus have joined forces to carry out the first long-haul flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produced in France. Air France flight 342 took off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport's Terminal 2E for Montreal with its tanks filled for the first time with SAF produced in Total's French plants. The biofuel used for... [Read More]

CropEnergies generated revenues of €833 million in the 2020/21 financial year and an operating profit of €107 million, despite the challenging market environment. This compared with revenues of €899 million and an operating profit of €104 million in the previous 12 months. Despite the extended maintenance shutdown in Wanze at the beginning of the 2020/21 financial... [Read More]

The biggest increases in soybean production this year were recorded in Italy and Romania, according to current figures published by the EU Commission. These were the two major soy-producing countries, but soybean production in Germany has also risen strongly. According to estimates, the soybean production area in the EU-27 for harvest in 2021 for the first time exceeded... [Read More]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its net zero by 2050 roadmap. The IEA said the world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050, but it was narrow and required immediate action across all countries. Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector was the world’s first comprehensive... [Read More]

London Oxford Airport has embarked on a major infrastructure development project that will include a new fuel farm that will quadruple the storage capacity of the original facility. This will also provide future storage space for sustainable aviation fuel. A centrally located fire station is under construction as well, while the centerpiece will be the airport's 15th... [Read More]

A global effort to reduce sulphur and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships has researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and other Department of Energy facilities investigating the potential use of marine biofuels. “Biofuels turned out to be very good options because they have zero or very, very low sulphur compared to fossil fuels,” said... [Read More]

Lakeview Energy which owns Three Rivers Energy said the biorefinery was set to reopen later this summer. Three Rivers Energy started as the Coshocton ethanol plant in 2008, but it shutdown after 10 months. CE Acquisitions, a partnership of Lakeview Energy and Crestwood Energy of Illinois, acquired the biofuels refinery in 2013. It previously produced ethanol, distillers... [Read More]