Eni, Euglena and Petronas are jointly studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC). This is one of the largest integrated refinery and petrochemical developments in Southeast Asia. The three parties are currently carrying out technical and economic feasibility assessments for the proposed project, with the... [Read More]

The 44 m long Lammouche (144.3ft) has started to reduce emissions significantly by incorporating biofuel. The vessel took delivery of 15,000 litres of second-generation biofuel in La Seyne sur Mer on 7 November. Six months of discussions with the engine manufacturer Caterpillar took place before the decision was made. The new fuel, marketed by Fioul 83, is called Cristal... [Read More]

LanzaJet has celebrated a major construction milestone at its Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia. The facility is the world’s first ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant. Construction will be completed in 2023 with commission and startup beginning next year. The plant will produce 10 million gallons of SAF and... [Read More]

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has announced that Metro Shipping has joined its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme. Birmingham-headquartered Metro Shipping is the first of its customers in the UK to invest in the SAF programme - confirming its shared ambition to contribute to the development of sustainable aviation. Grant Liddell, Metro’s managing... [Read More]

DEUTZ has just approved its entire TCD engine portfolio for use with alternative diesel fuels. This means that paraffinic diesel fuels such as HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) can now be used to run all DEUTZ engines that meet the EU Stage V emissions standard, including the TCD 5.2 series. HVO is an innovative biofuel produced from biological waste, manure, and used... [Read More]

Northern California’s ACE rail service is to switch to 100% renewable diesel operations. San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) has made the decision for the train service and the move to renewable diesel will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 99%. This step is a key milestone for the agency on its path to net-zero emissions operations. “We are proud to announce... [Read More]

Sulzer has supplied flow technology solutions to convert an existing US West Coast refinery into one of the world’s largest renewable biofuels plants. The pumps will support a number of critical applications to convert waste oils and fats into renewable fuels with a lower carbon cost. Once complete, the new facility is expected to produce 3 billion litres of renewable... [Read More]

Velocys has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Altalto Immingham has been awarded a grant of up to £27 million (€31 million) from the UK Department for Transport’s (DfT) Advanced Fuels Fund. This will help fund for the Altalto Immingham sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project. The purpose of this project between Velocys and British Airways is to deliver a commercial... [Read More]

Clariant has announced a financial impairment of its sunliquid® plant in Podari, Romania, amounting to about CHF 225 million (€228 million). As previously reported, the sunliquid® plant began production in the second quarter of this, though it has not yet achieved the targeted yields and other operational parameters on an industrial scale. Clariant has completed... [Read More]

Bertschi Group has doubled its terminal capacity at the ValuePark Terneuzen while all the on-site terminal machines will be fuelled by hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) or biodiesel. The Swiss chemical logistics company’s switch to biofuels for these machines saves 90% of emissions per litre and is equivalent to a CO2 savings of several hundred tons per year. The expansion... [Read More]

This year’s harvest of sunflower seed came in considerably lower than 2021 due to extreme dry weather conditions within the EU-27. It was also short of the long-term average. According to the latest EU Commission's estimate, 9.3 million tonnes of sunflower seed were harvested in the European Union in 2022. This was around 10% less than in 2021. In other words, both... [Read More]

GoodFuels has delivered 140 mt of 100% biofuel to AIDAprima and enhanced its partnership with Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises brand. The Hyperion-class cruise ship was refuelled with GoodFuels’ sustainable biofuels during its 8 December port call to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. This first bunkering of 100% biofuels for AIDAprima marks another important step... [Read More]

Ground handling vehicles operating at Schiphol will refuel using renewable HVO100 fuel resulting in a 98% reduction in CO2 emissions. The renewable diesel will be used as an intermediate solution until all vehicles run on electricity or hydrogen and are emission free. Parties in the aviation sector continue to work on reaching that goal by 2030. Neste will be the supplier... [Read More]

The European Commission has asked to hear views on the long-awaited update of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) Annex IX. This draft act is open for feedback for four weeks until January 2. This feedback will then be taken into account for finalising this initiative. The Commission added that the feedback received will also be published on its website and must... [Read More]

CropEnergies is set to build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol. The plant will be built in the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, Elsteraue, Germany. The supervisory board of CropEnergies has given the green light to the investment into what will be the first production plant in the new biobased chemicals business. The total... [Read More]

Global Bioenergies has delivered a 200-litre batch of sustainable aviation fuel for tests commissioned as part of the GENOPTAIRE project funded by the French government defence procurement and technology agency (DGA).  The project, which forms part of the ministry’s defence energy strategy, seeks to promote technological advances in the design and use of military platforms... [Read More]