Emirates and Neste have expanded their partnership by solidifying their collaboration for the supply of over 3 million gallons of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel in 2024 and 2025. The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which will be blended with conventional jet fuel, will be supplied over the course of the two years for Emirates’ flights departing from Amsterdam... [Read More]

OMV and Ryanair have announced the signing of an offtake agreement to supply 500 metric tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Vienna Airport. This forms part of the MoU agreement between the companies, providing Ryanair with unique access to purchase up to 160,000 metric tonnes of SAF from OMV up to 2030. This offtake agreement will save over 1,250 metric tonnes... [Read More]

The International Grains Council (IGC), according to its latest information, said global production of sunflower seed will probably amount to 56.1 million tonnes in 2023/24. The IGC has lowered its previous month's forecast by 300,000 tonnes. The previous year's output was exceeded by only 2.6%. The downward adjustment was mainly due to a prospective smaller crop in... [Read More]

Any review of business or technical development across Asia, whatever the subject, will almost inevitably highlight the region’s enormous potential. Looking at the way ahead for biofuels is certainly no exception, especially now. India’s leadership of the Global Biofuel Alliance, launched during the G20 summit in New Delhi at the beginning of September, heads the... [Read More]

Johnson Matthey has announced that EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft (EDL) has selected their Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology for EDL’s HyKero plant located in Böhlen-Lippendorf in Germany. The HyKero plant is planned to produce 50,000 metric tons (MT) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year when fully operational, including eSAF from a power-to-liquids (PtL)... [Read More]

The US Grains Council’s Global Ethanol Summit (GES) concluded with a variety of concurrent panel discussions with experts on various topics within the biofuel industry. GES was an education and trade forum that sought to elevate bioethanol’s international visibility and ongoing successful initiatives as a viable decarbonisation solution within the transportation... [Read More]

UK road planing contractor Jet Plant continues its drive for sustainability after announcing that 100% of its planing machines will be fuelled by Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The Evesham-based business already has a strong sustainability plan and trialled the use of HVO in August 2022. HVO is created by processing renewable waste lipids in vegetables. Following... [Read More]

Embraer’s Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 have recently complete 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) flight tests. Completion of the tests is a significant step towards achieving the aviation industry’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and Embraer’s target of net-zero by 2040. The tests, with one engine running on 100% SAF, were performed at Embraer’s Melbourne... [Read More]

Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for an advanced biofuels unit and a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. Both projects are part of Galp’s programme to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Advanced Biofuels Unit, promoted by the... [Read More]

Fuel supplier Certa, which is part of DCC, has become the first Irish operator to open a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel fuel station in the country. This is part of its strategy to make the fossil-free biofuel more available to motorists. The company, which is part of the DCC services group, said its new “forecourt of the future’ in Liffey Valley... [Read More]

Formal engagement has begun on Lighthouse Green Fuels’ (LGF) Development Consent Order (DCO) application for an advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility on Teesside. This will be the largest green-fuel facility in Europe and the most progressed in its development. LGF is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and requires consent from the Secretary... [Read More]

FedEx Express Europe has begun trialling hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel to fuel five of its company-owned trucks in the United Kingdom. In November last year, FedEx Express launched the use of renewable diesel to fuel heavyweight, long-distance vehicles in the Netherlands, as a more environmentally favourable alternative to fossil fuels. With the... [Read More]

PETRONAS and Idemitsu Kosan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance capabilities across the supply chain and optimise the route to market for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Under the terms of the MoU, PETRONAS and Idemitsu will focus on a feasibility study to scale-up bio feedstock possibilities, production cost analysis and security in ensuring a... [Read More]

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has become the first industrial automation customer headquartered in Asia to join Avelia - a blockchain book-and-claim platform for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Avelia, launched in June 2022, was developed by Shell and Accenture, with support from the Energy Web Foundation together with American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT).... [Read More]

Biofuels International will be hosting its annual conference and exhibition in Brussels on 18-19 June next year. For the first time, the event will include sustainable aviation fuel summit to be held at the same venue – Le Plaza in the city centre. Decarbonisation, net zero and energy security are set to be hotly debated topics in 2024 with biofuels taking centre... [Read More]

OMV has signed an offtake agreement to supply 2,000 metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the Air France-KLM Group. This offtake agreement follows an existing MoU, granting Air France-KLM access to purchase more than 300,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV by 2030. OMV is implementing numerous measures to achieve its ambitious strategic sustainability goals... [Read More]