Avfuel Corporation partnered with Sheltair Aviation and Neste to ensure NBAA-BACE attendees had the option to fuel sustainably for the event. Avfuel had two truckload deliveries of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in the week of October 10. The deliveries provided a total of 16,000 gallons of SAF to the FBO for its customers... [Read More]

Australian industrial biotechnology firm MicroBioGen has opened its new laboratories in Macquarie Park in northern Sydney. The labs will produce world-leading micro-organisms that are essential to industries including biofuels, alternative proteins, space exploration, sustainable human foods and animal feed. The facility was opened by the Assistant Minister for Climate... [Read More]

Honeywell has introduced new ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel. Honeywell’s... [Read More]

Gevo has revealed it has in place 375 million gallons per year of predominantly take-or-pay, financeable SAF and hydrocarbon fuel supply agreements. The company added that this level of demand would require multiple plants to be built over the next four years to satisfy those agreements. Among its offtake partners include Trafigura, Kolmar, Delta Airlines, American... [Read More]

FlixBus and Volvo Buses are testing the use of Oleo100 biodiesel as part of a new collaboration. Oleo100, made from rapeseed, meets the latest environmental criteria, transforming renewable biomass into biofuel. The crop is pressed to obtain non-genetically modified organism vegetable proteins intended for feeding animals on French farms and rapeseed oil for human consumption.... [Read More]

ENVIEN Group is one of the largest firms involved in the production of biofuels in the CEE countries and it also plays a vital role in the agricultural sector. The company has been investing in next-generation technology and has been operating an innovative BDI RepCAT process plant since the beginning of this year. ENVIEN purchased a running biodiesel plant in Hungary... [Read More]

TotalEnergies and a company dealing with the collection and valorisation of organic materials into sustainable products have signed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) development agreement. The agreement with SARIA will be focused on production at the Grandpuits zero-crude platform in Seine-et-Marne in France. This agreement will help secure feedstock supply, principally... [Read More]

Restaurant Technologies will use biofuels supplied by Chevron Renewable Energy Group in its commercial vehicle fleet. Restaurant Technologies has provided Chevron Renewable Energy Group with used cooking oil for more than 10 years. These have been collected from its 34,000 customers including restaurant chains, independent restaurants, grocers, hotels, casinos, universities... [Read More]

TotalEnergies will start offering biofuels as a bunkering fuel to its customers in Singapore from next year. A senior executive at the French energy giant told Reuters the company was determined to reduce its emissions in shipping swiftly. The move would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by 20-25%, said Vice President Marine Fuels Louise Tricoire. "We will... [Read More]

The International Grains Council (IGC) has estimated global supply of soybeans to be lower - but still at a record level. Although demand for soybeans continues to grow all round the world compared to the previous year, supplies have grown even stronger than previously expected. In its latest report, the International Grains Council (IGC) adjusted its estimate of global... [Read More]

Neste is partnering with EDi Energie-Direkt Hohenlohe and TOOL-FUEL Services to jointly enable the supply of Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ in Germany. The two companies will distribute and sell the renewable diesel in the country, while Neste will ensure sufficient volumes of the fuel. Currently, the sale of renewable fuels is regulated by German legislation. It is... [Read More]

Cepsa has started to produce advanced biofuels (2G) with used cooking oil at its La Rábida Energy Park plant. The facility, located in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, is an important milestone in the company’s transformation towards a more sustainable energy model and its ambition to promote the circular economy. These sustainable fuels can reduce emissions by up to... [Read More]

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is pursuing tangible decarbonisation efforts by using biodiesel in its fleet. CCG has begun a biodiesel testing project in its bid to reduce carbon emissions. This is in line with the Government of Canada’s 2030 and 2050 commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Following the award of a contract to procure biodiesel from Windsor,... [Read More]

px Group, a leading infrastructure solutions business and operator of several critical UK energy sites, has been appointed operator at GIDARA Energy’s flagship biofuel plant in Amsterdam. The plant, plans for which were revealed last year by GIDARA Energy and is due to become operational in 2024, is GIDARA Energy’s advanced bio-methanol facility and will convert non-recyclable... [Read More]

Progress is being made at the site of Shell’s former Convent refinery where the oil and gas company plans to build a $1.48 billion (€1.48 billion) low-carbon fuels facility. The project’s first phase will include a renewable fuels unit that would produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from plant oils, animal fats and used cooking oils. The company... [Read More]

Testing, inspection and certification firm Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched a detailed outlook on future maritime fuels in a new white paper, which calls for a “well-to-wake” (WtW) approach to assessing the climate impact and sustainability of alternative fuels. This is one of the key conclusions of the white paper, which evaluates alternative fuels such as biofuels,... [Read More]