Feb 11, 2021
Shell accelerates drive for net zero emissions
Bioethanol News
Feb 11, 2021
Growth Energy has welcomed the introduction of legislation to fast-track infrastructure investments designed to open new markets for higher ethanol blends like E15.
The Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Investment and Market Expansion Act would authorise $500 million (€411 million) over five years for infrastructure grants, building on successful programmes like the US... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 11, 2021
Malaysia will discuss with Indonesia a plan to formulate the best strategy to protect the oil palm industry of both countries for the future.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called for the framework of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) to be strengthened to protect the common interests of both countries.
THE European Union is... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 10, 2021
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released the latest information regarding ethanol exports for the last 12 months.
The USDA revealed that 1.334 billion gallons were exported in 2020 - down 9.8% from 2019 and hovering around 2017 levels.
Canada took over as the top export market for US ethanol, with 326.4 million gallons (mg) for the year.
The country continues... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 10, 2021
Neste’s renewable products helped customers in several geographic markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 million tonnes.
The company said the method used to calculate emission reduction complied with the EU Renewable Energy Directive.
This amount equalled the annual carbon footprint of 1.5 million average EU citizens, or the removal of 3.7 million passenger... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 10, 2021
Finnish company Fintoil plans to build a €100 million biorefinery in Hamina.
The plant has recently been granted environmental and construction permits, with construction work starting this month. This will lead to the erection of the world’s third largest crude tall oil (CTO) refinery.
Fintoil is due to start its commercial operations in the summer of next year.... [Read More]
Features
Feb 9, 2021
A Liquid Gas UK (LGUK) report has outlined the route to decarbonising non-domestic off-grid businesses using bioLPG.
The report found that LPG and bioLPG have the potential to replace one third of all the coal and oil currently used to heat non-domestic buildings as well as for industrial processing, saving 3.5million tones of CO2 - equivalent of taking over 240,000... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 9, 2021
The US exported a total of 472,889.3 metric tonnes of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 or greater last year.
This figure was up from 384,894 metric tonnes in 2019, according to the latest figures released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Exports of biodiesel and blends of B30 or greater totalled 9,088.1 metric tonnes in December. This was a reduction... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 9, 2021
British Airways (BA) has revealed it will operate transatlantic flights partially powered by sustainable fuels as early as next year.
BA is investing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology provider and SAF producer LanzaJet as the company builds its first commercial scale plant in Georgia, US.
BA will purchase SAF from LanzaJet’s US plant to power a number of... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 8, 2021
Neste’s renewable products helped customers in several geographic markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 million tonnes altogether last year.
According to the company, this amounted to the annual carbon footprint of 1.5 million average EU citizens or the removal of 3.7 million passenger cars from the roads for a full year.
“We are committed to help customers... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 8, 2021
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act legislation to incentivise the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and help the aviation sector reduce carbon emissions has been introduced in the US.
The bill would create a new blender’s tax credit for SAF, linked to carbon reductions, as well as an Investment Tax Credit to help finance new SAF facilities and infrastructure.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 8, 2021
Velocys has signed an agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation to start the development of their commercial projects to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other renewable fuels in Japan.
The agreement follows on from the successful work already conducted last year between the two at the biomass-to-jet-fuel demonstration facility in Japan.
This included... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 8, 2021
Biofuels firm Raízen has signed a commercial agreement to incorporate the assets of Biosev - a Brazilian subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Holding.
The deal includes nine production units strategically located in Brazil with a total installed sugarcane processing capacity of up to 32 million tonnes.
The agreement also includes power cogeneration, with an export capacity... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 5, 2021
The federal government of Germany has decided to increase the share of renewable energies in the transport sector to 28% by 2030.
This means that Germany is well above the EU target of 14%.
In addition to stronger incentives for green hydrogen, new charging stations and advanced biofuels that are obtained from residues instead of food, the change in the law also provides... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 5, 2021
The accounting of biofuels with a high risk of indirect land use change (iLUC) will end in Austria on 1 July.
The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) welcomed the regulation of the Austrian Federal Government, pointing out that the draft law submitted by the German Federal Government at the end of 2020 to implement RED II provides for the exclusion... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 5, 2021
A new report published by the Environmental Research Letters found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than petroleum - up from 39% done by previous modelling.
The report, led by David MacIntosh, Chief Science Officer of Environmental Health & Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health,... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 4, 2021
Oil giant Shell suffered a loss of $21.7 billion (£17.5 billion) last year after the COVID-19 pandemic hit prices and demand.
The trend follows that of BP and Exxon, which posted similar huge losses in the past 12 months.
“2020 was an extraordinary year. We have taken tough, but decisive actions and demonstrated highly resilient operational delivery while caring for... [Read More]
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