The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released its sixth edition of the Biodiesel Handling and Use Guide for those who blend, distribute, and/or use biodiesel and biodiesel blends. Funded by Clean Fuels Alliance America, the guide offers basic information on biodiesel's proper and safe use to help fleets, blenders, distributors and others understand... [Read More]

Ponant’s liner Le Champlain is to run on biofuel produced from recycled cooking oil. The landmark sustainable marine fuel trial is being carried out with supplier Altens and is the first of its kind in France. The ship has took on biodiesel B100 which is 100% produced from recycled cooking oil, during a technical stop in Cherbourg in September. The first bunkering... [Read More]

European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced more food and animal feed than fuel in 2022, according to audited data released today by the industry group. ePURE members – representing 85% of EU installed capacity – produced 5.9 million tonnes of food and feed co-products including high-protein animal feed and 4.5 million tonnes of renewable ethanol... [Read More]

HMM has conducted a trial use of a sustainable marine biofuel on its 6,400TEU containership Tacoma that called into Busan, South Korea. The vessel, operated in FIL service connecting Far East, India and Latin America, was refuelled with the biofuel blend during its bunkering at the Port of Busan. This marine biofuel, supplied by GS Caltex, consists of 30% biodiesel... [Read More]

Polish energy company ORLEN has signed a contract for the construction of an oilseed processing plant in Kętrzyn. The plant is set to process 500,000 tonnes of rapeseed annually, yielding a production output of 200,000 of oil to manufacture low-carbon biofuels. In 2022, Poland’s rapeseed crop yielded a total of 3.6 million tonnes. Daniel Obajtek, CEO and president... [Read More]

The Federal Aviation Administration announced nearly $300 million (€282 million) in funding for projects to help achieve America’s goal of net-zero emissions from aviation by 2050 as part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. The application window is now open for $245 million (€231million) in sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) infrastructure projects... [Read More]

A new, international global standard for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been developed by Evident - a world leader in energy attribute certificates (EACs). An agreement announced sees World Energy, the first commercial-scale producer of sustainable aviation fuel, become the earliest user for this global certification scheme for SAF, named Fly-i, marking a new era... [Read More]

Biofuel production globally is not progressing fast enough for the global energy sector to reach net zero emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050, the International Energy Agency said. The organisation revealed this in its updated Net Zero Roadmap on September 26 and it added that the availability of feedstocks, and food fertilizer prices were posing big challenges. Biofuel... [Read More]

Tata Communications has started a partnership with Lufthansa and Air France KLM to offset its business travel emissions through the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAF is a cleaner alternative to traditional jet fuel that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80%. The digital infrastructure provider firm is the first Indian company to enter into... [Read More]

Le Champlain, an expedition yacht from the PONANT Explorers series, is to run on B100 (UCO) biofuel produced from recycled cooking oil. The trial, carried out with ALTENS, is its first in France and underlines PONANT’s commitment to reducing its CO2 emissions by 30% per navigation day by 2030 . “This first marine biofuel test is part of our roadmap as their carbon... [Read More]

DHL Group, German green energy company HH2E and Sasol, the leading company for Fischer-Tropsch technology, are working together to expand sustainable aviation fuel production in Germany. The leading global aircraft manufacturer Airbus could also potentially join the group. As the world’s leading logistics group, DHL Group operates an extensive express network with... [Read More]

Several employees were injured in an explosion at an ADM processing plant on September 10, in Decatur, Illinois. ADM said the explosion happened at 7.11pm at the East Plant within its processing complex on the northeast side of the city of about 70,000 in central Illinois. It was unclear what caused the blast, and the extent of the injuries was unknown. Reuters reported... [Read More]

German shipments of rapeseed oil increased again in the 2022/23 crop year following a significant decline a year earlier. At just less than 1.3 million tonnes, Germany exported just over 19% more rapeseed oil in 2022/23 than in the previous season. Nevertheless, exports fell 6% short of the volume reached in the 2020/21 marketing year. The Netherlands remained the... [Read More]

Portuguese oil company Galp has teamed up with Japan’s Mitsui to invest €400 million in an industrial-scale plant to produce biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste at its Sines refinery. The companies will create a joint venture for the project, which will be 75% controlled by Galp, it said in a statement reported by Reuters. Galp also said it had... [Read More]

Ampol has announced it will conduct a renewable diesel trial with Hanson confirmed as its first customer partner. The trial will allow Ampol to get a practical understanding of the customer demand and market feasibility of renewable diesel in Australia. It will supply Hanson with a blend consisting of 20% renewable diesel and 80% ultra-low sulphur diesel in addition... [Read More]

Verbio has launched its second corn stover harvest at its large-scale plant in Nevada, Iowa. The company sources the feedstock from local growers within a 60-mile-radius of its production facilities. As a fast-growing global company and one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of biofuels, bioenergy and renewable components for chemical industries, it has developed, installed... [Read More]