Nov 17, 2020
UK aviation CEOs write to Prime Minister calling for aviation decarbonisation to be at heart of green economic recovery
Features
Nov 16, 2020
Throughout history, fossil fuels were the dominant energy source that powered the world.
However, due to their negative environmental impact and unsustainability, there have been new efforts to shift the world’s reliance onto greener, renewable sources of energy, such as biofuels. The biofuel industry has become an emerging market, providing a multitude of alternative... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 16, 2020
The European Commission has granted the continuation of tax exemption measures for biofuels in Sweden.
Sweden has exempted liquid biofuels from energy and CO₂ taxation since 2002 under EU state aid rules.
The scheme was continued following the Commission decision until 31 December and this has now been extended to 31 December 2021.
The reason for the tax exemption... [Read More]
Features
Nov 16, 2020
In the past several years, the EU and the US have witnessed a marked increase in interest in hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) or renewable diesel (as it is more commonly referred to in the US).
HVO is a diesel-quality fuel, made by the hydro-processing of oils and fats, and is an alternative to standard biodiesel. It can also be further upgraded to biojet-quality fuel.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 13, 2020
A new report from the World Economic Forum on the importance of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been published.
The Clean Skies for Tomorrow: Sustainable Aviation Fuels as a Pathway to Net Zero Aviation report highlighted the need for rapid sale-up of SAF production and use.
The report found that sufficient sustainable feedstocks were available to meet the projected... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 13, 2020
Rolls-Royce is to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel for the first time in testing next generation engine technology as part of its decarbonisation strategy.
The tests will aim to confirm that unblended SAF makes a significant contribution to improving the environmental performance of gas turbine engines.
The SAF being used in the tests was produced by low-carbon fuel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 12, 2020
Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels (NWABF) has announced it is in final funding discussions for its SAF project, which will produce and supply 60 million gallons of the aviation fuel for Delta Air Lines.
NWABF is currently holding talks with US energy investment firms in reviewing the SAF investment opportunity.
According to the company, these discussions were the logical... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 12, 2020
PRIO has launched a new green fuel for ships with 15% biodiesel content.
Eco Bunkers, developed from raw waste material recycling processes, is produced at PRIO's biodiesel plant in Aveiro in Portugal.
Accoring to PRIO, Eco Bunkers allows for a reduction of up to 18% in CO2 emissions.
This new sustainable base product is the result of more than 10 years of research... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 12, 2020
GPS Group, the storage and logistics provider, and VARO Energy have revealed they are strengthening their strategic partnership.
The expansion of their contractual relationship includes the formal construction of a new railway line and ethanol storage tanks at the Port of Amsterdam.
VARO, a downstream energy company active in north-west Europe, will support GPS in maximising... [Read More]
Features
Nov 11, 2020
For the production of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), feedstock impurities are known as catalyst killers, even in small quantities.
The usage of waste-based material, for example used cooking oil or animal fat, as a feedstock for HVO production is becoming increasingly important. However, compared to vegetable oil, it is more difficult to remove the contamination and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 11, 2020
Repsol has selected Axens Vegan technology for its first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain.
The new plant, at its Cartagena refinery, will be capable of producing 250,000 TPA of biodiesel, biojet, bionaphtha and biopropane.
Axens’s expertise lies in hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) and its commitment to power sustainability in transport.
Its technology... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 10, 2020
The biofuels industry has been strongly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Global transport biofuel production for this year was expected to be 144 billion litres, or 2,480 thousand barrels per day (kb/d) – an 11.6% drop from 2019’s record output.
The IEA said this was the first reduction in annual... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 10, 2020
Demand for soy diesel could quadruple in Europe because of the EU’s biofuels policy, a new independent study has found.
According to the Transport & Environment (T&E) campaign group, soy cultivation was a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon and other ecosystems in Latin America and biofuel made from soy was twice as harmful to the climate as fossil diesel.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 9, 2020
Green Fuels has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aris Bioenergy committing the two companies to a biodiesel refining joint venture in India.
Under the agreement, the world’s leading distributed-scale biodiesel and advanced biofuels company and Aris have formed a company that will leverage Aris’s experience in used cooking oil collection in the Mumbai metropolitan... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 9, 2020
Growth Energy has congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory.
The organisation that represents producers and supporters of ethanol released a statement on behalf of its CEO Emily Skor following the news that Donald Trump had been defeated.
She said: “Growth Energy extends its congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory.
“President-elect... [Read More]
Features
Nov 6, 2020
The reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as the efficient utilisation of carbon dioxide (CO2) represents one of the major global challenges today.
This is especially relevant for the combustion of fossil fuels. However, in the field of biogenic resources such as starch for ethanol production or biogas used for biomethane or synthetic natural gas (SNG),... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 6, 2020
Japan Airlines (JAL) will use biofuels made from general rubbish in about two years’ time as part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions.
The airline plans to refuel its aircraft in San Francisco as they fly routes between the US and Japan.
It will use recycled aviation fuel produced by US company Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. JAL invested around 900 million yen (€7.3... [Read More]
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@VTTI and @Connex partners in the development of Greenstock Pretreatment Facility (GPF) at VTTI’s terminal in Amsterdam (ETA), have announced that the project has entered the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Phase.
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