National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will use avtur, a type of aviation turbine fuel, with biofuel to help reduce its carbon emissions. Starting in 2016, the airline will use approximately 1.8 billion litres per year of avtur to operate at its aircraft. As a result, from 2016, Garuda's jet fuel consumption is expected to reach 2 billion litres per year. The state-owned... [Read More]

The US Navy and the Chilean Navy will continue their shared research on advanced alternative fuels for power surface vessels and navy aircraft. After a four-year mutual agreement, this latest agreement enables both countries to reduce their dependence of imported fuels, and increase their energy security. By 2020, the US Navy aims to have 50% of its operations fuelled... [Read More]

Tank Storage Asia has announced that there will be a specialist area for Singapore based companies at this year's show, called the Singapore Pavilion. The leading event for the Asian tank storage industry takes place on 24-25 September at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. IE Singapore has officially approved the International Marketing Activities Programme (iMAP) grant... [Read More]

In the US Energy Information Administration's August issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, ethanol production has averaged approximately 940,000 barrels per day over the past three months. This level is amongst the highest monthly levels ever recorded. The highest weekly level ever recorded was 972,000 barrels per day during the week ending June 13. Ethanol production... [Read More]

ASTM International standard D7566, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesised Hydrocarbons now includes renewable synthesised iso-paraffinic fuel. This recently approved revision adds the synthesised iso-paraffinic fuel to the ASTM D7566 annex, which will facilitate the use of the fuels in all international airlines. This standard ensures biobased fuel... [Read More]

Boeing, Airbus and Embraer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of drop-in aviation biofuels. Together, the team hopes to encourage governments and legislators, biofuel producers, and airlines to pursue the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources to help reduce the aviation industry's carbon footprint. The aviation... [Read More]

Thailand's military government is studying a plan to use rotten rice from state stocks to produce ethanol. The government is estimated to have lost as much as 400 billion baht (€9.2 billion) in buying and storing 18 million tonnes of rice from farmers at higher-than-market prices in the programme that lasted from October 2011 to February 2014. 'We just launched the... [Read More]

All British Airways planes at London's City Airport should be fuelled with rubbish. New industrial plants will turn into liquid fuels organic scraps such as paper, food, and garden clippings. The first among these is GreenSky London, currently under construction, which will be able to process some 500,000 tonnes of waste annually and convert it into approximately 60,000... [Read More]

North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB) is investing in a bioethanol plant on the Renforsin Ranta industrial estate in Kajaani, Finland. The plant, which has a production capacity of 10 million litres per year of bioethanol, will be leased to oil and bioproduct traders North European Oil Trade Oy (NEOT). St1 Biofuels Oy, which is responsible for design, permits and coordination... [Read More]

Renewable Energy Group (REG) plans to spend $15 million (€11.3 million) in the next 12 months on its Geismar facility. The biofuels plant, which makes diesel from animal fat, will soon be able to use an increased variety of feedstocks. Although the timescale is still unknown, REG's Geismar plant hasn't operated since October 2012.... [Read More]

Salem-based Epic Aviation was among 11 oil and gas distribution companies to be awarded multimillion-dollar contracts this week by the Pentagon's Defence Logistics Agency. Epic, who supplies almost 300 fuelling points to the commercial and military aviation industry, will receive up to $12,002,258 (€9 million) to supply military aircraft with aviation turbine fuel. The... [Read More]

Mahtani Group has partnered with UK-based Sunbird Group to develop a $150 million (€112 million) bioethanol plant in the Luapula Province, Zambia. The plant will produce bioethanol and will use cassava as its by-product. The feedstock is widely grown in the province with most of it going to waste. The project is going to be 'the first to use cassava to extract bioethanol... [Read More]

With indirect land use change (iLUC) dominating much of the conversation on biofuels for the past six years, the debate shows no signs of slowing down. Chris Malins, ‎fuels programme lead for the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), will conduct a webinar to explain what iLUC really is. The ICCT has published a guide that identifies the main six determinants... [Read More]

Poet-DSM has announced that the grand opening ceremony for its commercial-scale second generation ethanol plant, Project Liberty, will take place on 3 September. When it comes online, the Emmetsburg, Iowa-based plant will process 770 tonnes of corn cobs, leaves and husk to produce 20 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol. This annual production capacity will later... [Read More]

Vancouver, Canada-based Arcade Station has become the first filling station in the region to sell E85 fuel – an ethanol-petrol blend comprising 85% ethanol. The site now sells regular and diesel fuel in addition to E85. Arcade Station is a member of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). 'Canadian consumers need and deserve more choices at the fuel pump,'... [Read More]

In Lagos, Nigeria, biodiesel technology supplier Florida Biodiesel has completed the sale of a biodiesel plant to Avandith Energy in Lagos, Nigeria.   Avandith Energy chose the processor from Florida Biodiesel for its pilot transesterification facility. The technology will allow Avandith Energy to produce four batches of the biofuel every 24 hours.   In a statement,... [Read More]