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Renewable fuel producer Neste has strengthened its partnership with European airline Lufthansa in the development of renewable aviation solutions. The airline will use Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), blended with fossil jet fuel, on flights departing from Frankfurt in Germany.
“We are very happy to continue our collaboration with Lufthansa, a company that has supported responsible…
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Aemetis’ Universal Biofuels India subsidiary has set a new production record, with the delivery of over 20 million litres of biodiesel to three government-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) in India.
The biodiesel was supplied under a supply contract issued to Aemetis earlier this year, which provides for ongoing deliveries of biodiesel to a range of blending locations. Under the contract,…
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Copenhagen, Denmark-based shipping company Norden has joined the Getting to Zero Coalition, which was recently launched at the United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit.
The coalition seeks to create awareness of the need to transition to zero emission vessels, as part of the global shipping sector’s move towards decarbonisation. The coalition was founded by non-profit Global Maritime Forum,…
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Renewable diesel producer Diamond Green Diesel plans to expand its annual production capacity of the clean fuel using Honeywell UOP's Ecofining™ process technology, to meet the increasing demand for renewable fuel in North America and Europe.
Diamond Green Diesel is planning a $1.1 billion (€1 billion) of its renewable diesel plant in Norco, Louisiana in the US, making it one of the…
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Velocys has secured a purchase order and technical service agreements with Toyo Engineering (Toyo) for its biomass-to-jet fuel technology in a demonstration facility in Japan.
The company has also secured an advanced deposit for the use of the same technology by Toyo in a subsequent commercial plant, Velocys added.
Under the order, which is worth around $0.5 million (€0.45 million),…
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Italian energy major Eni has opened its second biorefinery in Italy, located in Gela, Sicily.
The plant, which began operations in August, has a processing capacity of up to 750,000 tonnes per year. It will convert used vegetable oil, animal fat, algae and by-products into high-quality biofuels.
Following the closure of all petrochemical plants built in Gela since 1962, Eni has invested…
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Dutch company BTG-BTL has teamed up with TechnipFMC to design and build a production facility in Sweden to convert wood residues such as sawdust into bio-oil.
The plant is expected to be the first in the world where this biofuel will be produced and then further processed in a refinery for motor vehicles.
The facility will have a capacity to convert approximately 35,000-40,000 tonnes of dry…
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Extraction of biofuels and bio-products from algae is on the rise. Recent years have seen a substantial increase in demand for food, energy and valuable chemicals, which has led to the rise of R&D on renewable, novel and sustainable resources.1
The ability of algae to grow in a range of aquatic environments, from freshwater to saturated saline, and their efficient utilisation of carbon…
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US biodiesel producer Chesapeake Green Fuels has put its ten million gallon per year biodiesel facility up for auction, according to Maas Companies, which will sell off the plant.
Built in 2006-2007 by Mid-Atlantic Biodiesel, the Chesapeake Green Fuels facility had an initial capacity of five million gallons per year of biodiesel. Capacity at the plant was doubled in 2009 by Chesapeake, with…
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A new report released by US biofuel producers’ association Growth Energy has examined the impact of a growing role for US biofuels in American’s clean energy future.
The report, which was written by research and management firm Ramboll, offers the latest data on US agricultural innovation, provides a detailed review of recent studies, and highlights gaps in the US Environmental Protection…
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Renewable diesel producer Neste has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai, China. The company will also begin to source renewable material in the Asian country.
“Neste is the third most sustainable company in the world and the largest producer of renewable diesel,” said Jennifer Jiang, general manager of Neste’s Shanghai office. “We are happy to open a new office in China,…
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Specialty chemical company Clariant has announced a license agreement for its sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology with ORLEN Group member ORLEN Południe, a European fuels and energy markets player.
This is the second license agreement for Clariant’s sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology, and represents another step towards full commercialisation of the platform.
The agreement…
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US airline Delta Air Lines has announced it will invest $2 million (€1.8 million) to carry out a feasibility study for a biofuel production facility, in partnership with Northwest Advanced Bio-fuels (NWABF).
The potential biofuel production facility will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – as well as other biofuel products – and is expected to be located in Washington State. The…
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Finnish moving and logistics industry service provider Niemi Services has partnered with Neste to introduce Neste’s MY Renewable Diesel in all its diesel vehicles. The move will help customers moving home or office in Finland to reduce their carbon footprints.
The renewable diesel, which is made entirely from waste and residue raw materials, will help Niemi’s customers reduce greenhouse…
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have devised a method to insert genes into a range of microorganisms that would previously reject foreign DNA, with the objective of creating custom microbes for better biofuel production.
A team at the DOE Centre for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at ORNL are using the power of microbes – the most abundant…
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