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Neste and FedEx have agreed on the supply of 8,800 metric tons of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to FedEx at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It is the largest SAF purchase by a US cargo airline at LAX to-date. The fuel blend purchase will account for roughly a fifth of all jet fuel consumed annually by FedEx at LAX. This fuel purchase by FedEx marks the first major US…
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The agendas for the two-day Biofuels Conference and SAF Summit have now been firmed up. There’s a month to go before the Biofuels Conference and Expo as well as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit get underway in Brussels. The first day of the biofuels event will be chaired by Nuseed’s Andre Paula Santos. Other speakers over the course of the event include Craig Winneker from ePURE and…
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The UK government has introduced new legislation aimed at accelerating the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the country. Presented in Parliament, the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill outlines a framework to implement a revenue certainty mechanism (RCM) that will guarantee a set price for eligible SAF sold over a fixed period. This initiative is designed to reduce financial…
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Greenergy has announced the temporary suspension of operations at its biodiesel plant in Immingham in north-east England. The company said this was done as it conducts a strategic review to evaluate the plant's commercial viability amid the significant challenges currently facing the UK biofuels industry. Despite implementing significant cost reduction measures at Immingham, market conditions…
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Universal Fuel Technologies (Unifuel) has completed a successful five-month pilot project to support Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production goals and increase feedstock availability. The campaign demonstrated the effectiveness and viability of the company’s Flexiforming technology in producing SAF that is chemically comparable to conventional jet fuel from various renewable feedstocks.…
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Essar Energy Transition’s EET Fuels has signed agreements to supply jet fuel to two additional major UK airports. This expansion elevates EET Fuels’ total network to nine airports across the UK, marking a significant milestone in its mission to bolster energy security and support the aviation industry’s growth. Deepak Maheshwari, chief executive officer at EET Fuels, said: “This…
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The European Union (EU) is the primary market for US soybeans - second only to China. However, the EU has announced initial retaliatory tariffs in response to US tariff policies. This move is expected to negatively impact US soybean sales. After Brazil, the US is the world's second-largest supplier of soybeans. With national production totalling just under 119 million tonnes, approximately…
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ePURE members and other European producers of renewable ethanol produced 5.08 million tonnes (6.4 billion litres) of ethanol and 6.5 million tonnes of food and feed co-products, including high-protein animal feed – in other words, more food than fuel – in 2023, when these figures were last correlated by ePURE. All of the crops used were grown by European farmers. Eighty-six percent of the…
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Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has signed an agreement to sell its proprietary technology NAPCON to Lummus Technology. NAPCON covers solutions in the field of interactive operator training simulators and game-aided learning systems, real-time process optimisation, AI based process predictors and real-time process information gathering,…
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Swiss aviation technology company Metafuels AG is to open a new synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) production plant in the Port of Rotterdam. Metafuels and Evos Rotterdam are working together to take the next steps to progress the development of the project. Evos is a leading liquid energy and chemicals storage company in Europe committed to supporting innovative energy solutions.…
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The price gap between forward contract prices for soft wheat and rapeseed from the 2025 crop has recently widened to a ratio of 1 to 2.4, making rapeseed production for the 2026 harvest even more appealing. In early May 2025, rapeseed growers in Germany received an average of €443 per tonne ex-farm for forward contracts from tvhe 2025 crop, more than twice the price buyers paid for one tonne…
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Delta Air Lines is supporting new bipartisan, bicameral legislation that will accelerate the growth of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Michigan while strengthening the state’s agricultural economy and creating new opportunities for farmers. Senate Bills 235-36, introduced by Sens. Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) and Joe Bellino (R-Monroe), and House Bills 4424-25, introduced by Rep. Jerry Neyer,…
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Global biofuel demand is expected to surge, with the IEA projecting a 23% increase by 2028, writes Omar Hamid, Renewable Fuels SME and Group Manager, at Worley. Renewable diesel and ethanol are expected to account for two thirds of this growth with new regulations such as FuelEU stimulating uptake. However, the domestic outlook for US ethanol looks more uncertain with the acceleration of…
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