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Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, China’s largest fuel supplier SINOPEC Zhejiang Zhoushan Petroleum, and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a long-term supply system for marine biodiesel fuel. Announced in December, the agreement represents a collaborative step to support the wider adoption of lower-carbon fuels in the maritime sector. Under the…
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CIRCOR International has unveiled its new Biofuel Upgrade Kits for IMO Marine Pumps - a strategic advancement that enables commercial marine operators to efficiently and confidently prepare their existing pump systems for biofuel adoption. In response to mounting regulatory pressures and the global drive for emissions reduction, these kits deliver a straightforward, secure, and sustainable…
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Air bp confirmed the signing of a multi-year contract with Airbus, covering the supply of conventional jet fuel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and associated services across Germany and Spain. With this agreement Air bp, the aviation arm of bp which serves 600 locations across 40+ countries, enables one of the largest voluntary offtakes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel* by an original equipment…
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Eni and Q8 Italy have confirmed a major strategic investment in the development of a new biorefinery at the Versalis industrial site in Priolo, Sicily, marking a key step in converting the existing facility into a leading centre for advanced biofuel production. The joint project, formally approved by the boards of directors of both Eni and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation following a binding offer…
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World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) and SD Guthrie are piloting a five-year regenerative agriculture programme for palm oil in Sabah, Malaysia, the first such initiative of its kind for the industry. This transformational partnership is part of WWF-Malaysia’s larger initiative to deliver landscape-scale level biodiversity and climate-positive outcomes in the region. The…
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Clean Planet Technologies (CPTech), part of the Clean Planet Group, has been awarded funding by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) through the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Clearing House, supporting the next phase of qualification and testing for its waste-plastics-to-sustainable aviation fuel (P2SAF) technology. The award forms part of a funding package announced today by the DfT,…
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LanzaTech Global has announced Saltend Chemicals Park in Humberside as the preferred site for its DRAGON II project, a £600 million (€689 million) investment aimed at producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel at scale. Once operational, the facility is expected to deliver around 80,000 tonnes of SAF annually alongside 8,000 tonnes of renewable diesel. The project is set…
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Growth Energy, the United States’ largest biofuel trade association, has renewed its call for swift legislative action to “fix” E15 policy in response to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest farm income forecast, which paints a continued challenging picture for American farmers. The USDA’s recent forecast shows net farm income is expected to slightly decline in 2026 and…
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Aida González Palomino, chief analyst, SGS Inspire, describes how last year was one of growing uncertainty at a global level with new tariffs imposed by the US on fuels, electric vehicles and its components from several countries. Subsequent negotiations with the US administration eased the level of tariffs for some countries. More sanctions were imposed on Russian energy and assets by the EU,…
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A private sector development in SAF supply chains has arrived with UMeWorld Limited advancing its Malaysia sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock facility into industrial execution. The project — now being developed by UMeWorld’s wholly owned Malaysian subsidiary, Verdant Sustainable Fuel — addresses a fundamental obstacle for global SAF production: feedstock availability and…
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A new international research initiative to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development has been launched after Adelaide University secured a A$400,000 grant (€237,000) from the National Foundation for Australia–China Relations. The Australia–China Cooperation for Sustainable Aviation (ACCSA) project will span two years and strengthen collaboration between researchers, aviation…
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The European Commission launched a public consultation on a draft amendment to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807, proposing the gradual exclusion of biofuels derived from palm oil and soybean oil by 2030. Under the proposal, companies subject to EU renewable energy quotas would no longer be permitted to count biofuels produced from these feedstocks towards their obligations after that…
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