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With many climate action plans being implemented, additional immediate actions are needed to ensure the climate impacts do not become more dangerous and unpredictable. Some hard-to-abate sectors (e.g, cement, steel and transport) have proven to be particularly recalcitrant. Current efforts at climate mitigation are merely reducing the rate of GHG emissions. While taking carbon out of the…
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Nuseed Limited has an offtake and market development agreement with bp which will purchase Carinata oil it plans to process for the production of sustainable biofuels.
Nuseed Carinata is a non-food cover crop that can be used to produce low-carbon biofuel feedstock that is independently certified, sustainable and scalable.
Nufarm CEO Greg Hunt said “Nuseed Carinata is a great example of…
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A new EU report, highlighted by ePURE, has underlined Europe’s continued dependence on fossil fuels for transport.
The report also confirmed the importance of crop-based biofuels as a renewable energy source that can easily replace them.
Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, released its annual SHARES report detailing the share of energy from renewable sources in the EU and across Member…
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Atlantic Aviation has announced that it is offering sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for sale from its FBO at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
The fixed base operator is keen to exceed last year’s threshold of reducing 10.8 million pounds of carbon emissions through the supply of SAF at the company’s LAX facility.
The SAF is fully miscible with conventional jet fuel and is expected…
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Malaysia Airlines has operated its first flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in partnership with PETRONAS and Neste.
The flight marks the airline’s commitment to making SAF the cleaner and more viable energy option for regular flights by 2025.
The Airbus 330-200 aircraft departed Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using a blend mixture of approximately 38% SAF made from used cooking oil, and…
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BARTEC BENKE products and solutions prevent explosions wherever hazardous substances such as flammable liquids, gases and dust could occur and keep people safe, while protecting the environment.
Customers primarily include companies from the oil and gas industries as well as chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical companies from around the world. The firm also offers a range of biofuels-ready…
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Verde Bio Holdings has announced a significant expansion of its business strategy by entering into an agreement to acquire two operational biodiesel plants.
Under this new strategy, Verde Bio aims to acquire two existing plants located in Fort Myers, Florida, and Wilson, North Carolina, which together will add an estimated $27 million (€24 million) in assets.
The Fort Myers plan can produce…
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Greenfield Global reached an agreement with Central Farm Service (CFS) for the supply of corn to its newly acquired ethanol plant in the US.
Greenfield acquired the Winnebago plan in Minnesota and has started the production of renewable ethanol.
The Winnebago plant has a production capacity of 48 million gallons per year, which mainly serves the low-carbon fuel marketplace.
CFS has 17 grain…
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IKEA UAE, one of the world’s best-known and loved home furnishing brands, aims to cut its CO2 emissions in the UAE by up to 90% on the way to its ultimate goal of emission-free deliveries by 2025.
Farjad Shah, sustainability developer of IKEA UAE, said the company has been using Neutral Fuels B100 Net Zero Biofuel in their delivery vehicles that transport goods from Jebel Ali port to its…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a finalised extension to the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) compliance deadlines for 2019, 2020, 2021, and for 2022.
The 2019 RVO compliance deadline for small refineries was originally set for November 30, 2021, and the 2020 RVO compliance deadline for all obligated parties was previously set for January 31, 2022.
With this latest…
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The continued dryness in South America has led the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to revise the forecast of global soybean production considerably downward.
Expectations for world trade, processing and season-ending stocks were adjusted accordingly.
In its latest report, the USDA significantly lowered its forecast of global soybean supply and demand. The biggest adjustment was in global…
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Brazilian has signed into law a measure to reduce the country's mandatory biodiesel content in diesel to 10% for this year - a setback for biofuels and oilseeds producers.
Brazil was supposed to adopt a 14% biofuel mix in diesel from March, but its National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) decided to keep a 10% content due to high soybean prices and its potential impact on the final price of…
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Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and GAIL have joined forces to set-up a bioethanol plant with a 500 kilo litres per day (KLD) capacity.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up the new bioethanol plant in Gujarat and cooperation in other business areas of mutual interest was signed recently.
The plant will use corn/broken rice as feedstock with eco-friendly technology…
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Delta Cargo has launched a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme to help grow the supply and availability of the ‘green’ fuel.
This programme will help cargo customers reduce their environmental footprint and create a more sustainable future.
Bio-based jet fuel production is a renewable process and can reduce life cycle emissions up to 75% compared to fossil fuel. Through customised…
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Eni's Venice biorefinery in Porto Marghera has delivered a shipment of 5,000 litres of pure HVO hydrogenated biofuel to Fiumicino airport in Italy.
This will further add to the decarbonisation of road vehicles at the airport.
The HVO hydrogenated biofuel will be used in ADR assistance vehicles to transport passengers with reduced mobility around the airports.
HVO is a high quality biofuel of…
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Participants will have an opportunity to join the digitalisation journey and visit Neste’s refinery and Technology Centre during the third day of the Petrochemical and Refining Congress (PRC) Europe 2022.
The plant is located in the Kilpilahti industrial area in Porvoo, Finland, and the event will be on 1 June.
For the second consecutive year, PRC Europe is co-hosted by Neste Corporation, the…
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