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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rolls-Royce has officially opened Testbed 80 - the world’s largest and smartest indoor aerospace testing facility in the UK. The completion of the project is a major milestone after almost three years of construction and a £90 million (€100 million) investment. With an internal area of 7,500m2, making it larger than a Premiership football pitch, Testbed 80 was designed with distinctive…
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Malaysia backs the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries’ (CPOC) move to submit an objection to Belgium, which is planning to ban the use of palm oil as a biofuel next year. CPOPC has made its objection through a letter to Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. Malaysia is one of the founding members of CPOPC. Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin said Belgium’s decision came after a…
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Five EU countries have demanded the European Commission establish a framework for stricter supervision of the use of biofuels in the bloc in the wake of a number of cases of fraud relating the sale of used cooking oil (UCO) of unsustainable origin as transport fuel. EURACTIV reported that the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg issued a joint statement on the need to improve the…
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Topsoe and Preem have successfully revamped the latter’s Gothenburg refinery. This is the second revamp of the hydrotreater, following work in 2010 that upgraded the unit to co-process 30% renewable feedstock using Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The unit was one of the first in the world capable of processing renewable feedstock. With the second revamp, Preem and Topsoe achieved 85%…
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects increases in rapeseed harvests for the most important rapeseed-producing countries this year. According to an initial USDA assessment, the supply situation in the global rapeseed market will likely remain tense in the 2021/22 marketing year. Rapeseed output is anticipated to increase 2.5% to 73.2 million tonnes. However, global rapeseed…
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Shell Aviation and American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) have announced they will collaborate on an alliance for making sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available. The parties will design a model aimed at increasing the supply and use of SAF and accelerating the aviation industry’s pathway towards net-zero emissions (NZE). This collaboration combines the buying power of airlines and…
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced it will commit to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The airline that also runs Scoot and SIA Cargo, will invest in new-generation aircraft and adopt low-carbon technology such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). SIA Group has pursued multiple projects in support of its sustainability goals even amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, the most…
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