Aug 15, 2023
Spain’s first passenger ships powered by 2G biofuels
Bioethanol News
Aug 14, 2023
US ethanol exports edged 1% lower to 111.9 million gallons (mg) in June.
Nearly 99% landed in just 10 markets, with Canada serving as its largest destination for the 27th consecutive month and representing 45% of sales.
The US shipped 50.8 mg of ethanol north of the border — 0.3% less than May and the third largest on record — which included 65% of total US denatured... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 14, 2023
Diageo has partnered with haulage firm Malcolm Logistics in a new trial using biofuel-powered lorries.
This initiative involves operating 11 vehicles, powered by a fuel made up of HVO into and out of Leven, which is Diageo’s largest packaging site globally.
The trial will assess the performance and reliability of the biofuel lorries and will run until the end of... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 14, 2023
According to the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) renewable fuels made up of 8.2% of the country’s road transport and non-road mobile machinery fuel mix this year.
Between 1 January and 3 August 1.969 billion litres equivalent of renewable fuels were supplied in the UK, according to Argus Media analysis.
Biodiesel accounted for 39% of total renewable fuels supplied... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 11, 2023
DB Schenker and Hapag-Lloyd have signed an agreement for emission-reduced container transports with a waste and residue-based biofuel.
By end of this year, DB Schenker plans to claim approximately 3,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions avoidance. This is based on at least 1,000 tonnes of pure biofuel.
“We are excited about this new partnership... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 10, 2023
Indonesia's consumption of palm oil-based biodiesel for the first six months of this year was estimated at 5.41 million kilolitres, data from palm oil fund agency BPDPKS revealed.
Indonesia has allocated a 13.15 million kilolitres biodiesel quota for this year after it raised its mandatory palm oil blend in biodiesel in February from 30% to 35% - a programme better known... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 10, 2023
Vehicles from the Bentley Heritage Collection and press fleet will be able to reduce their carbon impact by an estimated 85% thanks to a new 1,200-litre fuel bowser within the Crewe production site.
Bentley ran its six strong fleet at Goodwood using the fuel and successfully completed all 32 hill-climbs. The 750PS, W12-engined Batur fuelled with the second generation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 10, 2023
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is trialling hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) supplied by Certas Energy on the world-renowned RRS Sir David Attenborough.
Emissions from shipping activities account for approximately 60% of the carbon footprint of BAS and transitioning to low-carbon fuels offers a practical and immediate opportunity to decarbonise its marine operations.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 9, 2023
bp Marine, part of bp’s trading and shipping business, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with integrated transport company StraitNZ, which includes the supply of marine biofuels in the port of Wellington.
StraitNZ’s network includes Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries that connects the north and south islands between Wellington and Picton with 50 freight... [Read More]
Features
Aug 8, 2023
There is concern in the marine sector that future demand for biofuels will surpass supply availability, in part due to feedstock competition from the road and aviation sectors.
Quadrise’s Oil-in-Water (OIW) emulsion fuel technology provides an innovative solution to this problem, allowing ship owners to unlock cheaper, low-carbon biofuel streams that were previously... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 7, 2023
Ireland-based College Group has become the latest company to join EWABA.
Originally founded in 1989 as a rendering company, College Group has grown into being the country’s leading circula economy business with rendering, biodiesel, fertiliser and renewable divisions.
In 2020, College Group constructed its state-of-the-art waste-based biodiesel facility at Nobber in... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 4, 2023
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released its Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2022 with more data collected than ever before.
The annual report is produced under the direction of Clean Fuels Alliance America to document the quality of biodiesel from US and Canadian-based producers that participate in the industry’s voluntary quality assurance... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 3, 2023
Portugal's environment regulator has approved a project by Galp to produce biodiesel and SAF using cooking oils at its Sines refinery.
Galp aims to build a Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) plant, with an initial investment of €269 million at its refinery south of Lisbon, where it plans to install its first 100-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen unit.
The green light from... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 2, 2023
Soybean exports from Brazil are forecast to reach a record 97 million tonnes in 2022/23, according to latest estimates by the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove).
June’s estimate for Brazilian shipments was 95.7 million tonnes and the new estimate was 23.2% higher than the previous year’s total of 78.7 million tonnes, the 27 June report said.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 1, 2023
Uniper and Sasol ecoFT have jointly applied for funding from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The final decision on the award is likely to be received during the next study phase.
In SkyFuelH2, biomass and renewable hydrogen feedstock will be combined using Sasol’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce SAF on an industrial... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 31, 2023
Air China successfully operated an Airbus A350 using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a blending ratio of 10%.
This marked a positive milestone for the normalization of low-carbon flights, the airline said.
The use of SAF in Air China‘s low-carbon flight demonstrated the commitment of the aviation industry towards environmental sustainability.
By effectively... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 28, 2023
Transdev has completed switching its fleet across its 10 operating centres in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester to the high blend biodiesel fuel.
The transport company has partnered with fuel provider Argent Fuels to achieve this aim.
Operations director Vitto Pizzuti said: “The biodiesel fuel we’re now using across our fleet is a high-blend B15 formation,... [Read More]
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