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The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 team has concluded a trial using biofuels in 16 Mercedes Actros Gigaspace race trucks for the final three races of the European season. As part of the firm's drive to further reduce its CO2 emissions and achieve verified net-zero by 2030, the trial was designed to understand the level of carbon saving and positive impact that can be achieved using biofuels. The…
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An underutilised natural resource could be just what the airline industry needs to curb carbon emissions, researchers have found. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Washington State University have reported success in using lignin as a path toward a drop-in 100% sustainable aviation fuel…
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Neste Corporation and Marathon Petroleum Corporation have completed their 50/50 joint venture that was announced earlier in the year. The agreement is to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon's refinery in Martinez, California, known as the Martinez Renewable Fuels project. All required closing conditions have been met, including…
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Atlantic Aviation and Avfuel Corporation have partnered to ensure plentiful supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM for air operations surrounding the United Nations’ Mountain Partnership Global Meeting in Aspen. Avfuel and Atlantic Aviation will supplement their continuous supply of SAF with two renewable diesel-powered truckloads of the fuel to Atlantic’s FBO at Aspen-Pitken County…
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Getting Asia back on track after the shock of Covid-19 was never going to be easy, even before the uncertainties now being caused by ‘armed conflict involving key global actors’. That’s the careful conflict description chosen by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) to cover Russia’s six-month-old invasion of Ukraine, which inevitably lies at the heart of the difficult economic rebuilding…
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Virgin Voyages is working to make its cruise ships more sustainable through partnerships with independent sustainability experts the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials and three waste-based sustainable fuel providers. Following months of research, Virgin Voyages has taken an important step towards a low-carbon future by establishing these key partnerships and is working with multiple…
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India is reported to be considering forming an alliance of biofuels-producing countries that would facilitate technology transfer on advanced biofuels. India is keen that stronger international co-operation on biofuels is in place ahead of its hosting of the G20 summit next September, Fastmarkets reported. “We are looking at having some kind of international collaboration when we take over…
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Quadrise has announced a joint development agreement with lignin biofuel specialist Vertoro. Vertoro is a supplier of sustainable biomass-based biofuels extracted from agricultural and forestry residues using their proprietary Goldilocks® technology. GEM® is a crude lignin oil that is a potential alternative to methanol and is being developed in conjunction with Maersk and CSO™ is an…
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Cathay Pacific has signed an offtake agreement with Aemetis for the supply of 38 million US gallons of blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This is to be delivered over seven years beginning in 2025 from San Francisco International Airport. The SAF purchased can reduce more than 80,000 tonnes of lifecycle carbon emissions, equivalent to the amount of carbon sequestered by more than 1.3…
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Holland America Line has completed a biofuels’ test on board Volendam at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The 20-day test was conducted in partnership with GoodFuels, a leading producer and supplier of sustainable biofuels for the transportation industry, and Wärtsilä, a global leader in power and propulsion technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine market. The…
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Topsoe has announced its commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2040 - setting near-and long-term company-wide emission reduction targets. Through investment in renewable energy technology and changes to production processes, Topsoe aims to reduce operational emissions by 30% in 2024 and at least 95% in 2030, with a transition to 80% renewable power within all the company’s operations by…
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CropEnergies has been assessing the capacity utilisation of all its renewable ethanol production plants due to declining prices. The company based in Mannheim, Germany, said continuously increasing costs could be offset by higher ethanol sales prices. However, ethanol sales prices have decreased significantly as an increasing volume of imports particularly from Brazil and the US, have entered…
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Neste has launched a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, to non-crude oil refining and into a renewable and circular solutions site. Neste is targeting to significantly grow its renewables and circular production in Porvoo in the long term. The transformation under study would start with the co-processing of both renewable and circular feedstock and could continue…
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A senior executive of one of the world's biggest producers of biofuels, Raizen, said greater electrification in the transport sector will not spell the death-knell for bioethanol or biodiesel. Paula Kovarsky, the firm’s chief strategy officer said in countries like Brazil and India where EV adoption will be much slower, biofuels will have a role in reducing emissions. She added that…
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