Feb 22, 2024
Vitol Bunkers takes delivery of first biofuel barge
Policy News
Feb 21, 2024
The European Commission has published a detailed impact assessment on possible pathways to reach the agreed goal of making the European Union climate neutral by 2050.
The Commission recommends a 90% net greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels, launching a discussion with all stakeholders; a legislative proposal will be made by the next Commission,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 21, 2024
Airbus and TotalEnergies have signed a strategic partnership to meet the challenges of aviation decarbonisation with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
In line with the objective of achieving net carbon neutrality of aviation by 2050, this partnership aims to contribute to the reduction of the sector's CO2 emissions, in which SAF play a key role.
SAF supplied by TotalEnergies... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 20, 2024
Aircastle Limited has made an investment commitment to the United Airlines Ventures’ Sustainable Flight Fund.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is an alternative to conventional jet fuel that, on a lifecycle basis, reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with air travel compared to conventional jet fuel alone.
Aircastle now joins 21 other corporate partners... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 20, 2024
Brazil and Argentina are set to maintain their shares in the global soybean market this crop year.
While Brazil's harvest is likely to fall just short of the previous year's bumper crop, Argentina is expected to double its soybean production.
Brazil, the US and Argentina are the world's main soybean producing countries, collectively accounting for 80% of global soybean... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 19, 2024
Quadrise Plc has signed a Project Development Agreement (PDA) with renewable biofuels specialists, BTG Bioliquids (BTL) and Euthenia Energy Group.
Quadrise and BTL entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) last year to investigate the use of BTL's fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO) as a potential cost-effective renewable feedstock for Quadrise's bioMSAR™ solution.... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 19, 2024
Singapore plans to require all flights departing the country to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2026.
Transport minister Chee Hong Tat said the country aims for a 1% SAF target from 2026 and plans to raise it to 3-5% by 2030, Reuters reported.
"The use of SAF is a critical pathway for the decarbonisation of aviation and is expected to contribute around 65%... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 16, 2024
The current hiccup over the vote to set stricter carbon fleet limits for trucks and buses once again confirms the lack of coordination of a comprehensive strategy - not only at national but also at European level.
With this statement, the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) criticised the inappropriate discussion in the Federal Chancellery on the... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 16, 2024
European renewable ethanol producers have launched a new legal challenge now directed to the EU’s RefuelEU Aviation Regulation - charging that it improperly excludes crop-based biofuels from the effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from air transport.
It’s the second legal challenge from the EU renewable ethanol industry to be raised in recent months alleging... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 16, 2024
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) is investing in the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight FundSM - the first of its kind venture fund focused on funding startups dedicated to the scale up of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Natixis CIB joins a group of 22 investors consisting of industry leaders across the aviation value chain including OEMs,... [Read More]
Features
Feb 15, 2024
Nicole Sautter, director of global sustainability at American Express Global Business Travel, looks closely at how the business community is adopting SAF as a pathway towards decarbonisation.
The UK has an increasingly narrow opportunity to develop a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry than can help achieve its 2050 net-zero ambitions and create a long-term... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 14, 2024
The FAO vegetable oil price index averaged 122.5 points in January, which was marginally up on the previous month, but still 12.8% below the January 2023 level.
In January, higher palm oil and sunflower oil prices contrasted with, and practically offset, lower soybean and rapeseed oil prices.
The rise in palm oil prices was first due to seasonally lower production in... [Read More]
Features
Feb 14, 2024
David Carpintero, the director general of ePURE, the European renewable ethanol association, looks at the direction of biofuels policy for the year ahead. The last few years of EU climate and energy policy have demonstrated more than ever that Europe needs a new way to think about biofuels and their contribution to transport de-fossilisation.
As the EU enters a new... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 13, 2024
Jet Zero Australia has executed a first-of-a-kind licence and engineering agreement for Australia between Jet Zero and LanzaJet.
The agreement will progress the development of Project Ulysses - a North Queensland sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project using LanzaJet’s Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) technology that converts the bioethanol into SAF and renewable diesel.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 13, 2024
Raízen and Wärtsilä have signed an agreement in order to advance decarbonisation of the marine sector.
By studying the effects of ethanol application as a marine fuel, the new initiative aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), provide novel options to customers seeking sustainable fuel alternatives and substantively contribute to the discussion of the energy... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 12, 2024
Repsol has received certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), giving the company access to sell its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the RSB Book and Claim System.
This enables the multi-energy company to deliver SAF at specific airports and enter it into the RSB registry.
This allows customers at other airports around the world to claim... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 12, 2024
Velocys has begun a new chapter following the completion of its take-private on 18 January.
As part of the transaction, a new consortium of growth investors, including Carbon Direct Capital, Lightrock, GenZero and Kibo Investments, has infused Velocys with $40 million (€37 million) of growth capital.
The funds will be used to accelerate the delivery of Velocys’... [Read More]
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