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In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Biosustainability (DTU) and Yale University carried out research into how bacteria commonly found in sugarcane ethanol fermentation affects the industrial process.
By closely studying the interactions between yeast and bacteria, it is suggested that the industry can improve …
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India has brought forward its target of blending petroleum with 20% ethanol by five years in its efforts to accelerate towards renewables and make its overall energy basket cleaner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
Modi, who was speaking on the occasion of the World Environment Day, said the country would now aim to achieve the target of 20% blending by 2025, instead of 2030.
He said this was…
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Imports of Australian rapeseed to the German market have increased recently while Canadian supplies have lost pace since January, latest figures reveal.
Although Germany's 2020 rapeseed harvest was larger than the previous year, it was nevertheless below average.
This meant that large rapeseed imports have been required again in the 2020/21 marketing year.
Canada, Ukraine and the Baltic…
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POET has revealed that it has acquired Flint Hills Resources' entire ethanol business.
The deal will boost POET's ethanol production capacity by 40% to 3 billion gallons per year, the company revealed.
The US is the world's largest producer of ethanol and before the coronavirus pandemic, producers made 15.8 billion gallons of ethanol in 2019, according to the US Energy Information…
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d’Amico Group has started testing biofuel blends (B30) derived from advanced second generation feedstock on board its LR1 product tankers.
d’Amico Group, TRAFIGURA, ABS, RINA, Lloyd’s Register’s Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis Advisory Service (FOBAS), the Liberian Registry and MAN Energy Solutions are working together to calculate possible CO2 emissions reduction through a “lifecycle…
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Vertex Energy will acquire an oil refinery in Mobile, Alabama and produce renewable diesel.
A refiner and marketer of high-quality refined products, Vertex will acquire the Mobile Chemical LP Refinery from Equilon Enterprises, doing business as Shell Oil Products, Shell Oil Company and Shell Chemical, subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell, for $75 million (€61.4 million).
Vertex will become…
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is to be incorporated into Heathrow’s main fuel supply ahead of the G7 Summit.
Vitol Aviation, a fuel supplier at Heathrow, is making Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel available before world leaders meet in the UK from 11 to 13 June.
Vitol Aviation also intends to deliver further supplies ahead of COP26 to enable attendees to also transit to Glasgow with…
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CVR Energy said it will focus on renewable fuels and is no longer interested in acquiring crude oil refineries.
The company said it will set aside $10 million (€8.2 million) to progress its renewable diesel initiatives including the completion of process design to convert an existing hydrotreater at the Coffeyville refinery to renewable diesel service.
The company is also about to complete…
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplier SkyNRG has received Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) certification – marking another milestone in the history of SAF certification.
SkyNRG became the first company in the aviation sector to become a certified participating operator of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) in 2013.
This paved the…
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Abu Dhabi's waste management centre will start recycling waste cooking oil (UCO) from homes and restaurants to produce biofuels.
Abdul Mohsin Al Katheeri, acting director of projects and facilities at Tadweer, said the doorstep project is expected to start next year.
Residents will be provided with secure containers to safely dispose of their used oil.
A licensed recycling company will take…
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ACWA Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Neutral Fuels for future collaboration on the supply of its net zero biofuel for Saudi Arabia’s ambitious regenerative tourism project on the Red Sea coast.
The ACWA Power-led consortium, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation and desalinated water plants, was awarded the Red Sea Development…
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Royal HaskoningDHV alongside University Maritime Advisory Services will undertake an energy demand study for the Port of London Authority (PLA).
This builds on the Emission Reduction Roadmap for Inland Vessels on the tidal Thames, released in 2020 that sets out options available for reducing air and carbon emissions.
These include biofuel and emissions abatement as the report concluded a mix of…
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has signed agreements with two leading Dutch freight forwarders – Best Global Logistics and Fast Forward Freight.
The agreement will see the two firms participate in AFKLMP’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme.
Best Global Logistics (BGL) has joined the AFKLMP SAF programme for its 2021 marine logistics shipments (ship spares), as a crucial…
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French group Total, one of the world’s biggest energy companies, is preparing to change its name to TotalEnergies to signal its diversification towards cleaner energy sources.
The group, founded in 1924 as the Compagnie francaise des petroles, proposed the new name at a shareholders’ general assembly.
“The group is expressing its intention to transform itself into a multi-energy company…
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New legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives, intended to drive the production and uptake of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The Sustainable Skies Act brought forward by Congressman Brad Schneider, along with Congressman Dan Kildee and Congresswoman Julia Brownley, establishes a $1.50 (€1.23) – $2 (€1.64 ) per gallon blender’s tax credit for SAF that achieves…
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