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Union Pacific Railroad will begin using a higher biodiesel blend in locomotives it acquired from Wabtec. The new collaboration helps Union Pacific as it works to increase the percentage of low-carbon fuels consumed to 10% of its total diesel consumption by 2025 and 20% by 2030. "Increasing the use of renewable diesels and biofuels currently represents the most promising avenue to help Union…
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Sulzer Chemtech will provide a BioFlux® technology package to support the creation of the Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in Malaysia. This new facility will produce sustainable fuels with limited greenhouse gases emissions by using locally-sourced, renewable feedstock. By leveraging Sulzer Chemtech’s leading expertise in innovative licensed technologies, the…
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The European Commission’s RePowerEU proposal to boost EU energy security is an important step to reducing dependence on imported crude oil and ensuring stable domestic production of fuel and food, while continuing the drive to carbon-neutrality. As a proven, domestically sourced technology for reducing emissions from road transport – renewable ethanol from ePURE members achieves more than…
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Repsol's chairman Antonio Brufau attended the presentation of the beginning of the construction work of the first advanced biofuels plant in Spain at the company’s Cartagena refinery. Repsol, in alignment with its ambition to become a net zero emissions company by 2050, will invest €200 million in this project that will enable the supply of 250,000 tonnes per year of advanced biofuels, such…
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Electric and hydrogen vehicles are possible solutions in the mid to long term for heavy duty vehicles (HDV) and should play their important part in the sustainable energy mix. However, biodiesel, and waste-based biodiesel in particular, offers by far the most cost-effective solution to the displacement of fossil diesel in any diesel engine vehicles left on the road. It is also unique in that it…
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ASCO is switching its heavy goods vehicle fleet (HGV) fleet from diesel to HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) as part of its ambitious drive to decarbonise its operations and be net-zero by 2040. The global, integrated logistics and materials management company said this would reduce direct carbon emissions by more than 3,040 tonnes, representing a 46% reduction in the UK and a 20% reduction…
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Sikorsky together with GE Aviation and Milestone Aviation have announced that a S-92 helicopter successfully used a blend of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) during its flight. The helicopter utilised a combination of biofuel, as well as traditional jet fuel in the 1,500 mile cross country flight. “As a corporation, we are committed to sustainability and I am proud that our S-92 helicopter is…
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Six farm and biofuel organisations in the US have written to President Biden urging his administration to use existing authority to allow for the year-round sale of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) to provide relief at the pump in response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis. In a letter to the White House, the American Farm Bureau Federation, Growth Energy, National Corn…
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Emmanuel Desplechin, the outgoing secretary general of ePURE, outlines how this year will be the one where Europe finally starts delivering on its emissions-reduction promises. He said: “With last year’s Fit for 55 package, the EU promised big changes to its energy and climate laws to meet more ambitious decarbonisation targets for 2030 and beyond. “However, a lot depends on the coming…
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Pilkington United Kingdom has become the world’s first flat glass manufacturer to fire its furnaces on 100% biofuel. This is part of an industry trial by the firm, which is part of the NSG Group, to find sustainable alternatives to natural gas. Biofuels powered the St Helens glass manufacturer’s furnace entirely for four days, creating 165,000 sq ft of the lowest carbon float glass ever…
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Jeremy Baines, the president of Neste US, stressed that threat of climate change demands serious action in his Outlook 2022 feature for Biofuels International. He said: “Business and government leaders must act now to help bring the change we all want and need to see in the world and that change will run on renewables. “That is no easy task. Not every company can easily embrace sustainable…
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Foreign trade in biodiesel declined only slightly in 2021 compared to the record levels shown in the quota year 12 months previously. In both thoe years, the export surplus was around 1 million tonnes. According to the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP), increases in exports were not to be expected in 2020, because the cap on greenhouse gas emission was raised from 4% to…
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Repsol and Navantia have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop innovative solutions to decarbonise maritime transport. Both are keen to reinforce their commitment to accelerate the energy transition and achieve carbon neutrality, in line with the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets of Spain, the EU, the UN and the International Maritime Organisation. The two companies…
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