The UK Government has launched a consultation period for feedback on E10, a blend of 10% ethanol, which is set to become the standard grade of petrol at UK filling stations from 2021. By increasing the ethanol content in petrol, E10 has the potential to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) from transport by around 750,000 tonnes per year, equivalent to removing 350,000 cars from... [Read More]

Brazil has increased the volume of biodiesel blended into diesel fuel at pump stations around the country from 11% to 12%, the country’s agency for petroleum, natural gas and biofuels (ANP) announced. The minimum percentage of biodiesel blended into diesel rose by 1% on 1 March 2020, with the maximum percentage remaining at 15%. This latest increase is in line... [Read More]

Researchers at the Canadian Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) have developed a new biodiesel production process that uses microbes, sewage sludge and a biofuel by-product. Professors Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi and Patrick Drogui have come up with a new method that significantly reduces the cost of making microbial biodiesel from glucose using microorganisms,... [Read More]

A resident of Colorado, US has been sentenced to 83 months in prison for his role in a biodiesel tax credit scheme, according to the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Court documents and statements report that Matthew Taylor and his co-conspirators defrauded the US by filing false claims for tax credits under the Renewable Fuels Standard, which encourages production... [Read More]

Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has announced that it is considering switching its dredging vessels to 100% biofuel, following a successful trial last year. Since the end of 2019, the company’s first trailing suction hopper dredger has been operating in Zeebrugge, Belgium on biofuel – a certified sustainable substitute for fossil fuels that is made for waste feedstocks. Following... [Read More]

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the provision of $100 million (€90.2 million) for infrastructure projects to encourage increased sales of higher biofuel blends. The funding, which will be awarded through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), was announced by US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Higher biofuel blends... [Read More]

An international team of researchers form the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) has developed a new biofuel production method that uses genetic engineering and environmentally friendly solvents. In partnership with the UBC, the KIST has developed an effective biofuel production process that leverages the genetic... [Read More]

Volvo has announced that its bus plant in Borås, Sweden has become one of the first bus production facilities in the world to be powered solely by renewable energy, including hydropower and biofuels. Overall energy consumption at the factory has been reduced by 15% in the past few years, the car and bus manufacturer added. Since the plant now relies completely on renewable... [Read More]

The Port of Seattle in the US state of Washington has supported the state-wide implementation of a low carbon fuel standard. The Port of Seattle Commission and executive director Stephen Metruck sent a letter to the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee urging continued progress towards securing enactment of a Clean Fuels Standard in the state of Washington,... [Read More]

Renewable fuels producer Gevo has secured funding under the Queensland Waste to Biofuels (W2B) Fund to support the development of waste to biofutures projects in the Australian state of Queensland. The fund provides targeted funding for pilot, demonstration or commercially scalable biorefinery projects in Queensland that use conventional waste streams or biomass to... [Read More]

Diamond Green Diesel, a joint venture company between Darling Ingredients and Valero Energy, has entered into a long-term lease agreement with IMTT to enhance distribution logistics. The agreement will allow Diamond Green Diesel to access and use the St. Rose IMTT terminal as a logistics hub for the company’s existing and expanding renewable diesel facility, located... [Read More]

A new report published by IEA Bioenergy has examined how the gap between the cost of advanced biofuels and current fuel prices can be reduced, to enable the wider uptake of cleaner burning fuels. The ‘Advanced Biofuels – Potential for Cost Reduction’ report is part of IEA Bioenergy’s Task 41 project, which is funded by the European Commission with support from... [Read More]

Renewable transportation fuels producer Gevo has received certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) for its sourcing of sustainable corn at is facility in Luverne, Minnesota in the US. The certification additionally covers Gevo’s production of intermediate feedstock isobutanol at the Luverne plant. RSB certification demonstrates that Gevo’s... [Read More]

Japan Airlines, Marubeni, JXTG Nippon Oil and Energy and JGC Japan have agreed to carry out a feasibility study on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and sales in Japan from industrial and municipal waste, including plastic waste. The companies will evaluate the feasibility of the entire supply chain for the production of SAF from industrial and municipal waste,... [Read More]

As we enter a new decade, the world’s energy sector stands at a crossroads in its efforts to improve the sustainability of its supply. The case for greener, cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels was made many years ago, but the growing calls for significant action on climate change have pushed this issue to the forefront of the industry’s strategy for 2020 and beyond. The... [Read More]

Australian company Licella Holdings has received a grant worth AUD$500,000 (€300,685) from the Queensland Government’s Waste to Biofutures (W2B) fund, to support a research and feasibility study for a biorefinery that converts sugarcane waste into biofuel. Licella plans to work with the University of Queensland, Burdekin Renewable Fuels and other project partners... [Read More]