Nova Pangaea Technologies has signed an agreement with Sembcorp Energy UK to build a new commercial plant - NOVAONE. NOVAONE will be the UK’s first second generation bioethanol facility with construction expected to begin early next year. The UK’s recently announced Jet Zero strategy, where bioethanol is converted to SAF, requires five commercial plants to be in... [Read More]

Cargill and Owensboro Grain Company have entered into a definitive agreement to help boost its North American agricultural supply chain business. Owensboro Grain Company was founded in 1906 as a small grain merchant and it operates a fully integrated soy processing facility, producing soy products for human consumption, biodiesel, glycerin and industrial waxes. The... [Read More]

Neste and CIM are collaborating to enable the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ into France. The collaboration enables fuel marketing companies to comply with the French mandate for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which has set a requirement to include a minimum of 1% SAF in jet fuel for all commercial flights from French airports in 2022. Compagnie Industrielle... [Read More]

TotalEnergies and ENEOS Corporation will pursue a feasibility study for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production unit at the latter’s Wakayama refinery in Arida, Japan. The study was initially planned for the ENEOS Negishi refinery, but industrial, technical and competitiveness criteria have led ENEOS and TotalEnergies to select the Wakayama refinery instead. The... [Read More]

The International Grains Council (IGC) said that world rapeseed production will likely exceed the previous year's level by 15%. For the 2022/23 marketing year, the IGC sees consumption and international trade volume at a record level. Global rapeseed stocks are seen to be rising considerably at the same time. The IGC projects a convenient global rapeseed supply of... [Read More]

Qantas is aiming to increase sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) usage by forming a new coalition of corporate clients. The Australian airline’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition includes Australia Post, Boston Consulting Group, KPMG Australia, Macquarie Group and Woodside Energy. Coalition members will pay a “premium” to reduce about 900 tonnes of their carbon... [Read More]

Bioethanol membrane engineering innovator Whitefox revealed that Western Plains Energy will become the first US ethanol producer to install its ICE®-XL system. This will be installed at its 50 million gallons per year ethanol plant in Kansas. Derek Peine, CEO at Western Plains Energy, said: “Since beginning operations in 2004, Western Plains has always been on the... [Read More]

Cellulosic drop-in sustainable aviation fuel producer DG Fuels has signed a multi-year sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement with Air France KLM. This is for up to 60,408 metric tons (21 million gallons) per year from DGF’s initial plant to be located in Louisiana. The minimum 10-year deal will reduce lifecycle emissions by up to 340,647 metric tons of... [Read More]

Fossil fuel resources are dwindling. Production of biofuels and chemicals from renewable feedstocks is necessary to meet the energy demand in a world where fossil fuels are increasingly becoming scarce and more expensive. The global attention for the alternative fuel to decrease the dependence on fossil fuels and reduce the carbon footprint led to biodiesel production.... [Read More]

Avfuel Corporation and Atlantic Aviation have extended their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement to include continuous inventory of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at all four of Atlantic’s Colorado locations. While the two companies announced continuous supply of Neste MY SAF at Atlantic’s Aspen facility (KASE) in the spring of 2021, this agreement... [Read More]

Advanced Biofuels Canada (ABFC) has released a new report card intended to create a complete picture of biofuels’ use impacts in the country. The report card demonstrates which provinces are leading on emissions reductions in transportation and how poorly designed fuel taxation systems are raising fuel costs for fuel consumers. The report reinforces the importance... [Read More]

Maersk has entered into a green fuel partnership with US-based project developer Carbon Sink to help decarbonise its customers’ supply chains. This is Maersk’s eighth such agreement in the efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol. The parties have signed a letter of intent covering the development by Carbon Sink of green methanol production facilities... [Read More]

Neste has delivered over 500,000 gallons (1,500 metric tons) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This SAF delivery was made possible by a close cooperation with LAXFUEL, the consortium of the airlines operating at LAX providing the jet fuel supply infrastructure for the planes at the airport. It is the first time SAF is... [Read More]

A retail business director said the firm’s move towards the introduction of HVO will have a ‘significant impact’ on cutting harmful particulates. Circle K in Ireland has just announced that its fleet of delivery vehicles will be fuelled exclusively by milesBIO HVO100 from early next year. milesBIO HVO100 is a completely fossil-free biofuel made from waste, by-products... [Read More]

The UK government has with the Trade Remedies Authority’s recommendation on anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of biodiesel from the USA and Canada. After reviewing the measures on biodiesel imports, which were transitioned from the European Union system when the UK left the EU, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) recommended that existing tariffs on... [Read More]

Shipments of German rapeseed oil declined in the 2021/22 marketing year, following three consecutive years of considerable growth. At slightly less than 1.1 million tonnes, Germany exported about 22% less rapeseed oil in 2021/22 than in the previous season. Nevertheless, exports exceeded the volume of the 2019/20 marketing year by 13%. The Netherlands, which acts... [Read More]