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Join over 300 biofuels and biomass executives at the 2nd Biofuels & BioCarbon Asia, hosted by CMT on May 20-21 at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel.
The event will help to advance sustainable fuel, for aviation and shipping and carbon removal solutions.
Co-located with the 15th Biomass Pellet Trade Asia, this event is part of the broader 2nd Annual BioInnovAsia 2025 summit (May 20-23), offering an…
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Neste and BMW have announced a collaboration for the supply of renewable diesel.
BMW will purchase Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ and use the fuel for the initial fill of diesel vehicles leaving their manufacturing plants in Germany.
This will see Neste's renewable diesel being used in the BMW plants in Munich, Dingolfing, Leipzig and Regensburg.
The transition of the initial filling to…
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Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have agreed to work together with Renewable Developments Australia (RDA) to become key partners on a project that will set out to deliver a homegrown Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility in the Charters Towers Region of North Queensland.
The project aims to establish a fully-integrated Ethanol to Jet (EtJ) facility that converts bioethanol…
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It’s all hands to the pump as preparations for the annual Biofuels Conference and Expo as well as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit move into top gear.
All the speaker slots for the two-day event have now been filled, but there is still a lot of work to do before the two-day event kicks off in June.
So the countdown has begun for the 16th edition of the event that has grown in size and…
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XFuel, a producer of high-grade sustainable drop-in fuels and carbon removal for the transport sector, has secured €7.7 million in blended finance from the European Innovation Council (EIC), helping it bring its fuel-from-waste technology to transport markets.
XFuel has developed proprietary conversion and refining technologies that can produce cost-competitive low-carbon drop-in fuels for the…
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The new generation DAF XF, XG and XG+ can now also be delivered with a specially developed PACCAR MX-13 engine for transporters who wish to switch to B100 biodiesel. This new power source is available for both tractors and rigids.
B100 biodiesel, also known as FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Esters) or RME (Rapeseed Methyl Esters) biodiesel, is a fuel that is produced entirely from renewable vegetable…
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Praj Industries convened a technical workshop in Pune on 28 March focusing on the evolving landscape of ethanol blending in India and the emerging opportunities in biofuels.
The event brought together industry participants, experts and various stakeholders to deliberate on strategies for enhancing ethanol production and the utilisation of the existing assets with the addition of grain…
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Jet Zero Australia has executed a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Technip Energies for Project Ulysses - a bioethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project located in Townsville, Australia.
The contracts are expected to run for several months and cover an extensive package of engineering activities.
The project aims to produce 102 million litres of SAF and 11 million…
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Neste and DB Schenker have collaborated to work towards expanding the latter’s adoption of Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ in Asia-Pacific.
This partnership underscores the shared commitment of both companies to progress towards lower-emission logistics.
Both companies embarked on a trial which took place from December 2024 to February 2025, in which Neste MY Renewable Diesel was used in…
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Milica Folić, director, Topsoe, looks at the sustainable aviation fuel market for the year ahead.
On 22 July last year, my local airport, Copenhagen Airport, witnessed a record-breaking 115,000 passengers in a single day, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
July 2024 became the busiest month in the airport’s 99-year history, reflecting a global trend.
In fact, ICAO projects that air transport…
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BDI-BioEnergy International has signed a contract with Ghent Renewables BV to begin the construction of a pioneering biofuel feedstock refinery plant.
This facility will be unique in its approach, integrating advanced technologies for the refining of feedstock for sustainable fuels.
The plant, with a significant production capacity, will represent an important milestone in BDI’s mission to…
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James Hygate, CEO of Firefly Green Fuels, was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his outstanding contributions to the development of low carbon fuels.
The prestigious investiture ceremony took place on Tuesday, 1 April at Windsor Castle.
James has long been a driving force in the green energy sector, leading the way for over 20 years in developing innovative…
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The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a coalition of 12 leading global energy companies, is strengthening its efforts to enable decarbonisation of the transport sector, one of the largest sources of global CO₂ emissions.
With a decade of progress, including halving methane emissions and cutting flaring by 45%, OGCI is exploring technologies to tackle transportation's carbon…
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Technology group Wärtsilä has partnered with Brazilian energy company Energetica Suape II to conduct a world-first clean energy trial, which will see bioethanol mainly produced from sugarcane – used to generate clean power.
Taking place at the Suape II power station in Recife, Brazil, the trial will test the world’s-first ethanol-fuelled engine for large-scale electricity generation.…
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EcoCeres, Mitsui, KPI OceanConnect and Global Energy have jointly conducted the sustainable supply of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) with the delivery of 400 metrics tons to a renowned cruise line in Singapore.
This collaborative effort marks a significant milestone in promoting eco-friendly solutions for maritime operations.
EcoCeres and Mitsui have partnered with KPI OceanConnect, a…
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VARO Energy has reached an agreement to acquire Preem through the purchase of 100% of the share capital of the parent company, Corral Petroleum Holdings in an all-cash transaction.
Subject to customary closing conditions and the receipt of regulatory approvals the transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025.
VARO has been engaged in this process for over 15 months,…
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The Trump administration has urged oil and biofuel producers to negotiate a compromise on the future of US biofuels policy, aiming to prevent the political clashes that defined his first term, Reuters reported.
The oil industry and biofuel producers have long competed for a share of the multibillion-dollar US gasoline market, frequently clashing over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) — a…
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