The urgency of the climate crisis requires a meaningful transition to cleaner sources of energy, even as energy demand is sure to rise. Biofuels will be essential in our energy shift – especially in challenging areas, like jet fuel decarbonisation. With the United States alone consuming more than 20 billion gallons of jet fuel annually, biofuels must undergo unprecedented... [Read More]

Biodiesel producers in North America have their eyes set on hitting a US output target of 6 billion gallons, much earlier than originally planned, as they enjoy a period of demand driving supply. After securing a 3 billion/gallon output last year, production across the US is on track for 4 billion this year with power to add, according to Paul Winters, director of public... [Read More]

Emirates has become the first international airline to join The Solent Cluster, a UK initiative focused on low carbon investments established to reduce CO2 emissions from industry, transport and households in the south coast of England. The Solent Cluster is a cross-sector collaboration of international organisations, including manufacturers and engineering companies,... [Read More]

Enerkem will be retiring its Alberta Biofuels (EAB) plant in Edmonton. The EAB facility achieved its main objective of completing the commercial scale-up of Enerkem’s industry-leading technology. With more than 15,000 hours of operation producing ethanol and methanol (ISCC EU and ISCC PLUS certified), the plant facilitated the validation by strategic industry players... [Read More]

Acelen Renewables has selected Honeywell’s Ecofining™ technology to help support the efficient production of a targeted 20,000 barrels per day of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel. The fuels will be processed at Acelen’s facility in Bahia, Brazil, from a blend of inedible seed and waste oils. Honeywell’s Ecofining process, which was developed... [Read More]

Member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80), have adopted the IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships, with enhanced targets to tackle harmful emissions. The revised IMO greenhouse gas strategy includes an enhanced common ambition to reach net-zero GHG emissions from international... [Read More]

POET and Summit Carbon Solutions have announced a new partnership connecting the world’s largest biofuel producer with the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. This collaboration will capture the value of the biogenic CO2 from the bioethanol production process. The partnership expands the carbon opportunity across the Midwest by incorporating POET’s... [Read More]

Cannes-Mandelieu and Golfe de Saint-Tropez airports have announced they will be converting all internal combustion engine vehicles that cannot be converted to fully electric to biodiesel. Fire engines, refuelling lorries, farm machinery, and the auxiliary power units used to supply electricity to aircraft on stopovers are now fuelled with biodiesel at Cannes-Mandelieu... [Read More]

Sugar Valley Energy aims to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the airline industry. The project could produce up to 61 million gallons of SAF annually. The move will help address a key objective of the aviation industry, which aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. “Ultimately, diversifying our product offering to the broadest possible customer... [Read More]

Germany delivered around 9% more biodiesel (FAME) to other EU member states in the first nine months of the 2023 calendar year than in the same period in 2022, according to EUROSTAT figures. With intra-community exports amounting to 1.6 million tonnes, Germany ranked third among the biggest biodiesel exporters of the European Union. The Netherlands is in first place... [Read More]

Valero Energy and Darling Ingredients have announced that the joint sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project at the Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) Port Arthur plant remains on schedule with completion expected in the first quarter of 2025. The project is expected to give the DGD plant the optionality to upgrade approximately 50% of its current 470 million gallon renewable... [Read More]

Jet Zero Australia attended the ground-breaking of LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels Project. This is the Australian company’s primary reference plant for its flagship Project Ulysses Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in North Queensland, Australia. LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Project is the first commercial scale plant to fully commercialise... [Read More]

LanzaJet has opened its Freedom Pines Fuels plant - the world’s first ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility. This ethanol-based technology is the world’s first viable next-generation SAF technology capable of scaling production to the levels needed to decarbonise aviation through widely available and sustainable feedstock, emerging commercial... [Read More]

The European Biodiesel Bord (EBB) has moved to the next and most significant phase of its plan to combat the huge volumes of biodiesel imports from China that are causing such damage to the European industry. This is after its success in identifying evidence of fraudulent practices and stopping the suspected re-exporting of Indonesian biodiesel through the Port of Hainan... [Read More]

Ryanair and Enilive, a company directly controlled by Eni, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the long-term supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at selected Ryanair airports across Italy. This agreement with Enilive will enable Ryanair to access to up to 100,000 tonnes of SAF between 2025 and 2030. SAF is a concrete solution to contribute to the decarbonisation... [Read More]

Praj’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demonstration facility at its R&D Centre in Pune was opened on January 20. Praj has developed a proprietary technology to process agricultural feedstocks for the production of SAF that can be blended with aviation turbine fuel (ATF). During the inauguration ceremony, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural... [Read More]