The UK Prime Minister has revealed that the country will end direct government support for the fossil fuel energy sector overseas. The policy, announced at the Climate Ambition Summit by Boris Johnson, will see the UK end export finance, aid funding, and trade promotion for new crude oil, natural gas, or thermal coal projects, with ‘very limited’ exceptions. The... [Read More]

British fighter jets and helicopters could soon be powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Aircraft including F-35s, Typhoons and Wildcat helicopters currently use conventional fuel, but could use up to 50% SAF in the future, after the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) changed aviation fuel standards came into effect last month. The new standards will lead to a significant... [Read More]

The American state of Wisconsin has made available $3.25 million (€2.43 million) of funding to help nine ethanol producers and thousands of farmers and producers who have experienced significant losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Tony Evers announced the funding through the federal Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Governor Evers... [Read More]

The UK government has set out ambitious plans to clean up our energy system as it transitions to net zero by 2050. Building on the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the Energy White Paper sets out specific steps the government will take over the next decade to cut emissions from industry, transport and buildings by 230 million metric... [Read More]

Bentley Motors is to run its in-house logistics on 100% renewable fuels. This follows the installation of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuelling facilities at its site in Crewe. All of Bentley’s in-house logistics now run on green fuels or electricity. A 34,000 litre Green D+ HVO tank and pump now fuels 10 HGV logistics trucks that transfer parts between Bentley’s... [Read More]

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) vegetable oil price index reached its highest level since April 2014. It was driven by firming prices for all main vegetable oils – in particular palm oil. FAO's vegetable oil price index, which illustrated the changes in international prices of the 10 most important vegetable oils in world trade, averaged 121.9 points... [Read More]

The Dutch government is looking to make alterations to its biofuels legislation in order to hit EU RED II targets. Companies that deliver fuels to the transport sector in the Netherlands are obliged to deliver an annually increasing share of renewable energy rising to 16.4% by the end of this year. This could potentially increase gradually to just over 27% by the end... [Read More]

EWABA has welcomed the EU Commission’s adoption of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. This document puts forward the Commission’s ambitious vision to decarbonise the transport sector as new legislative laws come into force in the coming year including RED II. The European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association welcomed the Commission’s unequivocal call... [Read More]

The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) has welcomed the Sixth Carbon Budget published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). UKIFDA has been lobbying for targets and timelines and was pleased that the CCC has agreed with this. However, the organisation said liquid biofuels were still not included in the list of possible decarbonisation solutions,... [Read More]

Several successful test flights have been conducted with the Swedish air force’s JAS 39 Gripen using a mixture of fossil-free fuel. Ongoing tests have shown good aircraft performance with the biofuel when compared to traditional jet fuel. Testing continues and the Swedish Armed Forces is closely following the biofuel project that the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration... [Read More]

POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, will be featured in a Discovery channel documentary. The company will appear in an episode of Tomorrow’s World Today on Saturday, December 12. In the newest episode, the programme will look at how POET is aiming to fight climate change through agriculture in Scotland, South Dakota. Biofuels like ethanol are made from... [Read More]

Emirates has welcomed the first of three new A380s to join its fleet that was powered by a blend of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel. The aircraft arrived in Dubai in the early hours of Saturday morning and is the fleet’s 116th A380. Emirates is scheduled to receive two more A380 aircraft later this month. This is the first time the airline is using sustainable... [Read More]

Signature Flight Support and Neste are making low emission, renewable fuel a reality for business aviation starting with the first two locations of its worldwide network. Through its company-wide Signature Renew programme, the operator has pumped the initial ceremonial gallon of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at San Francisco airport and London-Luton airport. This marks... [Read More]

Six US associations have challenged the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to exempt 31 small refineries from their obligations to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2018. Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Biodiesel Board, American Coalition for Ethanol and the National Farmers Union, collectively... [Read More]

Growth Energy, the nation’s largest association of biofuel producers and supporters, released a new report examining the potential climate benefits of a nationwide transition from E10 ethanol to E15. The report was authored by Air Improvement Resource (AIR), a leading research firm in the area of mobile source emissions modelling and technology, at the request of Growth... [Read More]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $2.5 million (€1.9 million) technical assistance package to support advanced biofuel development in India. The grant is funded from the Asia Clean Energy Fund, financed by the Government of Japan under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility, and the Republic of Korea's e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund. In... [Read More]