Apr 25, 2023
Neste supplies SAF to Air Canada
Bioethanol News
Apr 25, 2023
XFuel has engaged DORIS, a leader in energy engineering, advisory and project management, to provide front end engineering and design support for its modular energy conversion facilities.
DORIS will support XFuel’s in-house engineering team to scale up facilities that use its unique modular mechanical carbon conversion technology (MECC).
These facilities will produce... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 25, 2023
Aemetis said its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India, which operates a biodiesel plant, near the Port of Kakinada, was selected by the three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) to supply 8,500,000 gallons over the next three months.
Approximately 70% of the 25 billion gallon diesel market in India is supplied by the OMCs, with the remaining 30% supplied... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 24, 2023
The stage is set for the annual Biofuels Conference and Expo which will take place on May 16-17 – not long now.
The event will once again take place at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, which so successfully hosted the conference last year following a two-year absence due to the pandemic.
Other speakers will include Karl Fielder, the CEO Neutral Fuels, who strongly believes... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 24, 2023
MEPs have adopted the reform of the EU’s Emissions Trading System including for aviation and maritime - the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and a new Social Climate fund.
Parliament approved the deals reached with EU countries in late 2022 on several key pieces of legislation that are part of the Fit for 55 in 2030 package on Tuesday.
This is the EU’s plan to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 24, 2023
Wizz Air has announced a £5 million (€5.65 million) investment in Firefly - a UK-based biofuel company.
This is the airline’s first equity investment in the research and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The announcement supports Wizz Air’s broader sustainability strategy, which includes an ambitious fleet renewal programme.
The partnership with... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 21, 2023
UK industry body Sustainable Aviation said the cost of decarbonising air travel was likely to push up ticket prices and put some off flying.
Measures such as moving to higher-cost sustainable aviation fuel will "inevitably reduce passenger demand", the group said.
However it added that people will "still want to fly" despite "slightly higher costs", the BBC reported.
Annual... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 21, 2023
A new British Department for Transport document that highlighted policy scenarios for the UK’s 2025 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) law has warned that unless a cap is placed on green jet fuel, carbon emissions may rise in other transport sectors.
In a Euractiv piece, it highlighted in the report that SAF made from used cooking oil and animal fats should be restricted... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 21, 2023
Deutsche Bahn is expanding its use of renewable diesel significantly by purchasing around 13,300 tons of renewable diesel produced by Neste.
Switching from fossil diesel to Neste MY Renewable Diesel will enable Deutsche Bahn to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of their diesel-powered locomotives and railcars by up to 90 %.
In total, the purchased... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 20, 2023
The heavy transport sector operators can now buy Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ at nine Q8 stations in Denmark following strategic cooperation between Q8 and Neste.
Many Danish companies are in the process of converting their transport operations to more sustainable fuels, but a large part of the Danish B2B fleet is still powered by fossil diesel.
A new collaboration... [Read More]
Features
Apr 20, 2023
Cytiva™ produces more than 25 million syringe filters each year and these are used in a variety of settings – from tracking air pollution levels to monitoring and optimising the conversion of glucose to ethanol in the production of bioethanol.
Each time a Whatman™ syringe filter is used during one of these processes, the remaining plastic waste is the size of a... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 19, 2023
Sunflower seed output is expected to increase significantly compared to the previous year especially in Romania and Hungary.
It is set to more than offset the anticipated declines in France and Germany.
According the latest EU Commission estimates, around 10.9 million tonnes of sunflower seed will be harvested in the EU-27 this year.
This will be just under 18% on... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 18, 2023
Apical has established a joint venture with Cepsa to produce second generation (2G) biofuels by constructing the largest plant in southern Europe.
This will be done through its renewable energy subsidiary Bio-Oils located in Huelva, Spain.
The joint venture will entail an investment of up to €1 billion, one of the largest private investments in the history of the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 17, 2023
EWABA has highlighted the ‘important’ issue of falsely certified biofuels which has become an issue in Germany.
The German federal environment ministry (BMUV) has announced it was aware of falsely certified biofuels circulating domestically, Argus Media has reported.
European biodiesel producers have been highlighting that fuel imported into the EU from China has... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 17, 2023
Crown is opening the doors to its recently completed liquids pilot plant.
The firm is offering customers access to a state-of-the-art continuous process environment for testing, validating, scaling and commercialising of renewable diesel/HVO, SAF and biodiesel.
Unique features of the Liquids Pilot Plant include Crown’s RD ReadyTM Pretreatment System that doubles... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 17, 2023
The stage is set for the annual Biofuels Conference and Expo which will take place on May 16-17.
The event will once again take place at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, which so successfully hosted the conference last year following a two-year absence due to the pandemic.
David Carpintero, the new director general of ePURE, will chair proceedings on the first of the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 14, 2023
Neste and Ryanair have expanded their collaboration to enable the airline to power its full schedule of flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with a 40% blend of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
This significant increase in SAF usage represents the latest milestone towards Ryanair’s ambitious goal of operating 12.5% of flights with SAF by 2030 and further supports... [Read More]
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