Neste is helping the data centre specialist LCL make a switch to renewable energy sources for its emergency power generators by providing the company with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. LCL becomes the first in its sector in Belgium to start using the renewable diesel for its emergency power generators. The fuel will initially be used in LCL facilities in LCL Brussels-West... [Read More]

The UK Government has confirmed the results of the Advanced Fuels Fund competition where Velocys has been awarded £29.5 million (€33.6 million). Velocys, the sustainable fuels technology company, announced on 12 December that it had received the grant of from the Department for Transport (DfT) Advanced Fuels Fund competition for the Altalto Sustainable Aviation Fuel... [Read More]

MEPs and EU governments have agreed to reform the Emissions Trading System to further reduce industrial emissions and invest more in climate friendly technologies. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which enshrines the “polluter pays” principle, is at the core of European climate policy and key to achieving the objective of EU climate-neutrality. By putting a... [Read More]

Demand for renewable ethanol in the EU will increase by 13% from now until 2030, according to a new report from the European Commission. The EU Agricultural Outlook for Markets, Income and Environment 2022-2032, published by the Commission’s DG for Agriculture and Rural Development, forecasts that demand for renewable ethanol will increase to 7.7 billion litres per... [Read More]

Rolls-Royce has finished building its UltraFan demonstrator engine that will help improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to 10% while running on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The motor boasts a 12ft (fan system, the largest in the world, and it has now been moved from the workshop and into Testbed 80 - a £90 million (€102 million) facility in Derby, UK. The British... [Read More]

Soybean is the most important oilseed crop imported to the European Union, ahead of rapeseed, according to the latest import figures. EU-27 imports in the first four-and-a-half months of the running marketing year amounted to just under 4.9 million tonnes. In the same period of the 2021/22 season, imports were around 900,000 tonnes larger. There were significant shifts... [Read More]

Rolls-Royce and Gulfstream Aerospace conducted the first original equipment manufacturer test flight of an ultralong-range business jet powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The test took place on a BR725-powered Gulfstream G650 twin-jet over Gulfstream’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. Demonstrating that current Rolls-Royce engines for business jet... [Read More]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €120 million loan to Repsol to support the construction and operation of the first advanced biofuels production plant at the company's facilities in Cartagena, Spain. The plant will produce second generation and advanced biofuels from different types of waste primarily from the agri-food industry, such as used cooking... [Read More]

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and its partners from across the port community are testing various low- and zero-emission fuels and technologies. This is part of the port authority’s efforts to phase out all port-related emissions by 2050 in support of the Government of Canada’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions.  Through the Low-Emission Technology Initiative,... [Read More]

Global output of oilseeds in the crop year 2022-23 is set to hit a peak of around 644.4 million tonnes - up around 7% year-on-year, according to USDA estimates. Global processing of oilseeds is also set to rise to a record high of 533.4 million tonnes, according to the most recent USDA outlook. This would be up around 21.9 million tonnes on the crop year 2021/22. Global... [Read More]

The European Biodiesel Board has welcomed the European General Court decision to dismiss the actions for annulment initiated by three Indonesian biodiesel producers following the EU imposition of definitive countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Indonesia.   After a two-year litigation process, the EU General Court rejected all arguments brought forward by Indonesian... [Read More]

Alfa Laval will supply pre-treatment systems, consisting of various equipment such as separators, heat exchangers, pumps and agitators for a US-based renewable fuels and petroleum refining company. The agreement is with a subsidiary of CVR Energy and the aim is to supply processing systems for feedstock pre-treatment, part of a strategic investment in the refinery supporting... [Read More]

MEPs have backed plans to boost the deployment of more renewables across member states. A proposed new law will accelerate the procedure to grant permits for new renewable energy power plants or to adapt existing ones. In their amendments to the Commission proposal, MEPs shortened the maximum period to approve new installations from 12 to nine months, if located in so-called... [Read More]

Indonesia will increase biodiesel blending to 35% from January 1 to cut fuel imports amid high global energy prices and to shift to cleaner energy. The South-East Asian state and the biggest palm oil producer has implemented the B30 programme, which mandates fossil gasoil to be blended with 30% palm oil-based fuel. The estimated demand for biodiesel to support B35 implementation... [Read More]

The world’s first net-zero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year with Virgin Atlantic set to fly one of its Boeing 787 aircraft from London to New York using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline has received UK government funding for the flight to show how SAF could replace conventional jet fuel. It will work with a consortium that includes Rolls-Royce,... [Read More]

Low-cost Mexican airline Volaris is looking to adopt sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) including a potential deal in the US, Reuters reported. "We have to work on developing supply in Mexico," CEO Enrique Beltranena said. Beltranena added that the airline had flown with sustainable fuel just once due to the lack of local availability. "Really, SAF is an ethanol. And... [Read More]