The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has thanked lawmakers for introducing the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act in both the House and Senate. This will help to clarify that E15 should be allowed for sale year-round by extending the 1-psi Reid vapour pressure (RVP) waiver to fuel blends containing gasoline and over 10% ethanol. The bill received bipartisan, bicameral... [Read More]

The EWABA association has hailed the RED III political agreement reached on March 30 as a good deal for the industry. The 14.5% GHG transport sub-target will ensure that the EU significantly reduces GHG emissions in one of its most polluting sectors. The possibility to set the transport target in energy content will facilitate Member States’ policy options to achieve... [Read More]

The European Commission has proposed a new Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the transition. This initiative was announced by President Ursula von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The Act will strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of net-zero technologies... [Read More]

Tidewater Terminal Company has been awarded $3.1 million (€2.8 million) in federal matching funds to establish a new biodiesel distribution hub at their Snake River Terminal in Pasco. The facility will expand the annual availability of biodiesel for eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Idaho by more than 12 million gallons per year. The Clean Energy Transition... [Read More]

New rules due to be signed could close down the Irish biofuels sector in favour of imported hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) and threaten the Irish meat processing sector and farmers. Irish fuel suppliers have been required to blend in a proportion of biofuel into all road transport fuels since 2010. However, new rules due to be introduced will put Irish biofuels producers... [Read More]

Neste has signed an agreement with Terntank Rederi for time chartering two new lower-emission product tankers. The tankers are tailored to transport a wide variety of liquid cargoes including renewable raw materials, such as waste and residue oils and fats, to Neste’s refineries. At the refineries, products such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)... [Read More]

Gevo has entered into a joint development agreement with Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE) to measure, report and verify carbon intensity (CI) through the entire value chain. This is inclusive of climate-smart agriculture practices to lower the carbon footprint of SIRE’s product portfolio. Utilising the Verity Tracking platform under Gevo's newly created Verity... [Read More]

Chessington World of Adventures has outlined its ambitions to recycle at least 50% of all its waste on its site in the UK. The leisure resort, which boasts rollercoasters and family-friendly amusement rides, also recycles used cooking oil (UCO) at its various eateries and restaurants on site, which is later converted into biodiesel. A spokesman for the adventure resort,... [Read More]

bp’s Kwinana refinery is spearheading the company’s expansion of its biofuels business. Kwinana is one of five biofuel projects that bp has planned globally. It is expected that these projects will produce around 50,000 barrels of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and HVO per day by 2030. The Kwinana Renewable Fuels project is part of the global multi-billion dollar... [Read More]

For the planet to reach net carbon neutrality by 2050 we need solutions, which are both actionable and scalable today. Despite impressive and steady gains, we unfortunately cannot solely rely on electrification to reduce all GHG emissions from transport, especially for maritime, aviation and larger road vehicles such as HGVs. During 2022 we saw a big focus on waste-based... [Read More]

UPM sales and marketing director Juha Rainio has been explaining what advanced biofuels are and why they are worth the investment. As opposed to regular biofuels, advanced biofuels are made of renewable raw materials from non-food sources, such as agricultural or forestry residue. “These so-called second-generation biofuels make fuel production more sustainable, as... [Read More]

EWABA, which represents over 40 stakeholders from the EU waste-based and advanced biodiesel industry, has strongly welcomed the political deal reached by the FuelEU maritime negotiators. The preliminary deal on the regulation paves the way for the EU to become a global leader in maritime transport decarbonization by significantly reducing emissions in the shipping sector. EWABA... [Read More]

Alaska Airlines announced an agreement with Shell Aviation to expand the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market beyond a standard fuel supply agreement. The innovative cross-industry collaboration brings together a world-class fuel supply chain and the fifth-largest domestic carrier to procure and use sustainable fuel, while working together to define and tackle what... [Read More]

Hawaiian Airlines has reached an agreement with biofuel company Gevo to purchase 50 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over five years. Gevo expects to supply the SAF from a facility to be constructed in the Midwestern United States and begin deliveries to Hawaiian’s gateway cities in California starting in 2029. “This offtake agreement gets us one... [Read More]

The European Parliament and Council have reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels - asking to cut ship emissions by 2% from 2025 and by 80% from 2050. A provisional agreement reached on March 23 between negotiators sets up a fuel standard for ships to steer the EU maritime sector towards the uptake of renewable and low-carbon fuels and decarbonisation. During the talks,... [Read More]

The Government will commit $50 million (€35 million) for the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to set up a new Aviation Sustainability Programme to support Singapore’s drive to develop a sustainable air hub. The programme will provide up to 70% funding for sector-wide projects and up to 50% funding for company-level projects. The setting up of the Aviation... [Read More]