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Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to begin selling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credits in July. This will help air travellers mitigate carbon footprints as businesses and governments work to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. SIA plans to sell 1,000 SAF credits to travellers and freight forwarders, it said in a joint statement Wednesday with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Temasek…
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MOL Drybulk will start sea trials on the Panamax bulk carrier SC Olive using biofuel later in June. MOL has signed a deal for biofuel supplies with Chevron Singapore and about 500 tons of International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) certified biofuel will be bunkered on the vessel at Port of Singapore. The biofuel supplied by Chevron Singapore is blended with used cooking oil…
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DP World’s container terminal at Southampton has taken a major step forward to net-zero by becoming the first port in the UK to eliminate fossil diesel from its operations entirely and transition to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). Diesel previously accounted for 90% of the terminal’s emissions but HVO – a renewable biodiesel derived from sustainable sources – eliminates more than 80%…
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Clariant has officially opened its new cellulosic ethanol plant in the southern Romania. The flagship plant in Podari will process 250,000 tonnes of straw to produce 50,000 tonnes of cellulosic ethanol annually, contributing to lowering greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. After completing the construction and starting commissioning in October 2021, Bilfinger Tebodin supported…
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Gevo has announced a new fuel sales agreement with Japan Airlines. The Agreement outlines the details for the purchase of 5.3 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for five years with deliveries expected to begin in 2027. JAL is a member of oneworld® Alliance, and this Agreement falls within the purview of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that oneworld and Gevo signed…
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Whitefox Technologies has revealed that The Andersons is currently installing the Whitefox ICE® membrane dehydration system at its ethanol plant located in Denison, Iowa. This is Whitefox’s 11th installation in the US and its fourth installation in Iowa. The installation project is in its last stages of completion and is due to be commissioned in October 2022. Bill Krueger, president of…
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Kvasir Technologies - a Danish technology company developing a process to produce climate friendly fuel for the shipping industry – has secured €2.5 million in support from the EU programme EIC accelerator. Kvasir Technologies is a spin-off company from the Technical University of Denmark, where the process was invented by CEO and co-founder Joachim Bachmann Nielsen during his…
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The emergence of biodiesel as an alternative fuel substitute for traditional petroleum-based fuels has changed the way the country produces energy. Biomass is one of the most abundant renewable resources and therefore has led to much attention and research to produce fuels from it. Due to the majority of biomass being composed of carbohydrates, biomass is considered to be the ideal feedstock…
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ABB has been selected by Braya Renewable Fuels to support the transformation of the idled Come By Chance oil refinery into a new renewable fuels production centre. This facility is located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Braya Renewable Fuels is focused on powering the decarbonised future of the heavy transportation sector and is seeking to complete the phase one conversion project and…
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EWABA has welcomed the broadening of the sustainable feedstock base in today’s Council General Approach on the ReFuelEU aviation proposal. The EWABA association, representing the EU waste-based and advanced biodiesel industry, strongly backed the broadening of the feedstock base included in the ReFuelEU general approach agreed by EU Member States’ Transport Ministers. The organisation said:…
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Worley has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) services contract by Alfanar for a low-carbon fuels project in Teesside, UK. The project, known as Lighthouse Green Fuels, will convert residual solid waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and green naphtha. The project will process approximately one million tonnes of residual solid waste every year – such as municipal…
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Southwest Airlines Co. is to invest in SAFFiRE Renewables as part of a Department of Energy (DoE)-backed project to develop and produce scalable, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Funded with a DoE grant matched by Southwest’s investment, SAFFiRE is expected to utilise technology developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to convert corn stover into renewable ethanol that…
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Shipping group Monjasa has successfully completed its first blending and supply of marine biofuels in the UAE. The project was carried out in close collaboration with international energy company, Uniper and biofuel producer Neutral Fuels. The Monjasa-owned tanker, Monjasa Server (9,600-dwt), went alongside the Great Eastern Shipping Company tanker, Jag Prerana, off Dubai, and successfully…
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Malaysia Airlines operated its first passenger flight using Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ (SAF) on flight MH603 from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore in conjunction with World Environment Day. The historic flight was operated with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft fuelled by a blend of conventional jet fuel and Neste’s SAF, which is produced from 100% renewable waste and residue raw materials. The…
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