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Trafigura Group has completed the acquisition of Greenergy’s European and Canadian supply businesses from Brookfield Asset Management and its listed affiliate Brookfield Business Partners.
Founded in 1992 to supply diesel with lower emissions, Greenergy is today one of Europe’s largest suppliers of biofuels with manufacturing plants in the UK and the Netherlands and a leading distributor of…
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For Mazda’s 35th anniversary of the MX-5 Celtic Renewables welcomed the team and four car models to its biorefinery in Grangemouth.
The cars had embarked on a 1,000-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using 100% biofuel from SUSTAIN Fuel - derived from agricultural waste.
Mazda and SUSTAIN Fuel chose Celtic Renewables as one of their stops to refuel on their…
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Holland America Line announced the start of a biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords.
The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on April 27 and will operate one of its four engines using low carbon intensity oil derived from organic waste or residues…
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Air New Zealand has dropped a 2030 emissions reduction target - blaming delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and high sustainable aviation fuel prices.
However, the carrier said it was committed to an industry-wide target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Aviation is deemed responsible for about 2% of the world's emissions but is considered one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise, Reuters…
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Enerkem has appointed Michel Chornet as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Dominique Boies in this role.
This announcement follows a series of important changes to prepare for the next phase of the company’s growth.
Chornet, already an integral part of Enerkem’s leadership team for many years, assumes the role of CEO with immediate effect.
The appointment was a natural one as…
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Neste reported its first net loss since 2014 in the second quarter of this year, as the Finnish refiner grappled with a downturn in the global biofuels market and prolonged outages at its Porvoo refinery.
In a July 25 earnings statement, Neste announced a net loss of €144 million for Q2, marking its first negative profit since Q4 2014 and the largest loss in over a decade.
This result was a…
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The corn-based ethanol industry is about to get a much-needed boost. New breakthroughs in corn dry fractionation are going to provide a tremendous boost to yields and the bottom line.
Cereal Process Technologies (CPT) uses dry fractionation technology prior to the ethanol process to separate components without liquids. The technology is operational in four commercial facilities, including a…
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is starting a three-month trial using HVO biofuel in its airside transport fleet at London’s Heathrow Airport in support of SATS’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) group priorities and Heathrow’s goal for all airport vehicles to be zero-emission or using biofuels by 2030.
The trial Initially involves two of WFS’s airside transport vehicles. Based…
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Firefly Green Fuels and Synagro Technologies have partnered to bring Firefly’s novel fuel-production techniques to the American market.
Synagro, the preeminent provider of sustainable solutions for biosolids, organics and residuals has agreed to be the exclusive supplier of the biosolids feedstock used in Firefly’s innovative process.
Firefly has developed a unique process to turn biosolids…
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Most new biofuel demand comes from emerging economies, especially Brazil, Indonesia and India.
All three countries have robust biofuel policies, rising transport fuel demand and abundant feedstock potential. Ethanol and biodiesel use have expanded the most in these regions.
Although advanced economies including the European Union, the United States, Canada and Japan are also strengthening their…
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At just under 5.7 million tonnes, EU-27 rapeseed imports from non-EU countries fell well short of the previous year's volume of 7.5 million tonnes, representing a 24% decrease.
EU rapeseed imports from non-EU countries declined sharply compared to the previous year.
Two trading partners stood out in terms of origins - Ukraine and Australia.
Also, the flow of goods changed significantly,…
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LanzaJet has announced a strategic investment from Airbus, which enables it to continue to build its capability and capacity to scale its proprietary ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology.
“LanzaJet intentionally developed a diverse portfolio of strategic investors comprised of leading, global companies to ensure we have the ecosystem to scale the SAF industry,” said…
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Boeing and Clear Sky, an investment company dedicated to aviation sustainability, are joining forces to accelerate sustainability solutions for aviation.
As an initial project, the companies will help in testing and advancing Firefly Green Fuels’ cutting-edge technology to increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK.
Firefly transforms sewage waste feedstock into SAF…
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Airbus, the Air France-KLM Group, Associated Energy Group, LLC, BNP Paribas, Burnham Sterling, Mitsubishi HC Capital and Qantas Airways have co-invested in a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) financing fund to accelerate the production of SAF.
The corporate partners worked with investment manager Burnham Sterling Asset Management to establish the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Financing Alliance…
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ePURE members produced 5.71 billion litres of ethanol, operating at 79.8% of their 7.16 billion litres of installed capacity in 2022.
Fuel accounted for 84.7% of the use while other markets, such as industrial applications and beverages, represented 7.4% and 8% respectively.
Over that period, ePURE members produced more food and feed co-products than ethanol - of the 7.93 million tonnes of…
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The European Union looks set to impose provisional duties on Chinese biodiesel after finding it is being sold in EU markets at unfairly low prices.
The European Commission, which oversees EU trade policy, has proposed setting provisional tariffs of between 12.8 and 36.4%, Reuters reported.
The investigation is due to continue until February, when definitive duties for five years could be…
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