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Jan 22, 2024
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Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2024
New York City took a monumental step towards clean air and a sustainable future with the grand opening of the city's first retail fuel station dispensing renewable diesel on January 11. This historic collaboration between Sprague and Sonomax signals a new era for the transportation sector with this drop-in fuel solution. “Sprague has a long history of introducing... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2024
The cities of Ames, Madison and Washington DC have utilised Optimus Technologies for their snowplows which are using 100% biodiesel (B100) as the decarbonisation solution for their heavy-duty fleets. This decision marks a significant milestone in these cities’ commitment to reducing carbon emissions and transitioning towards renewable energy sources today. This week,... [Read More]

Policy News
Jan 19, 2024
The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new measures to strengthen carbon emission reduction targets for new heavy-duty vehicles. Negotiators agreed on emissions reduction targets of 45% for the period 2030-2034, 65% for 2035-2039 and 90% as of 2040, applying for large trucks (including vocational vehicles, such as garbage trucks, tippers... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jan 18, 2024
Wizz Air has reported that its average carbon emissions for 2023 amounted to 51.5 grams per passenger/km, 6.8% lower than in 2022. This represents the airline’s lowest ever average annual carbon intensity result recorded in one calendar year, underpinning its leadership in CO2 intensity reduction among competitor airlines. As part of its sustainability strategy, Wizz... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jan 18, 2024
HutanBio, a biotech company founded by scientists from Cambridge University, has secured investment from the Clean Growth Fund to accelerate the commercial use of its HBx biofuel oil and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Clean Growth Fund has invested £2.25 million (€2.6 million) to accelerate the company’s commercialisation. HutanBio, which is based in Cambridge... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jan 17, 2024
Neste has welcomed the French government and Senate’s decision to increase the share of renewable energy within the overall energy consumption of the transport sector. This decision will pave the way for important steps forward in the efforts to combat climate change. In January 2024, the required minimum share of renewable energy will increase from 8.6% to 9.2% to... [Read More]

Policy News
Jan 17, 2024
The European Commission has established the Union Database for Biofuels (UDB) which opened for online registration by biofuel operators. According to the Commission the database aims to improve traceability of biofuels, avoid double counting, and address concerns about fraud. The European Commission said it worked closely with relevant stakeholders and market players... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jan 16, 2024
The annual vessel arrival tonnage in the Port of Singapore crossed three billion Gross Tonnage (GT) for the first time - increasing by 9.4% over 2022 and setting a high of 3.09 billion GT in 2023. This reflected growth in all segments of our port ecosystem, including container ships, dry bulk carriers, liquid bulk and chemical tankers, ferries and specialised vessels,... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jan 16, 2024
Repsol will exceed 600 service stations supplying 100% renewable fuel by the end of 2024. The multi-energy company accelerated its commitment to renewable fuels with an ambitious goal of expanding its network of service stations with renewable fuels in the Iberian Peninsula. Renewable fuels are one of the main levers of Repsol's strategy to accelerate the reduction of... [Read More]

Other News
Jan 15, 2024
According to investigations by Agrarmarkt-Informations-Gesellschaft the total area planted with cereals, oilseeds and protein, sugar and fibre crops, fruit, vegetables and nuts was 1.2 billion hectares in 2022. The largest share was used directly or indirectly, via livestock feeds, for human nutrition. Only around 6% of the area was used to produce biofuels. Biofuel... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jan 15, 2024
Korean Air has partnered with Yusen Logistics, a global logistics company, to further promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the air cargo industry. The two companies signed a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Cooperation Program Agreement at the Yusen Logistics headquarters in Tokyo. Yusen Logistics is the airline’s first cargo SAF partner based in Japan, and... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jan 12, 2024
CropEnergies generated revenues of €943 million in the first nine months of the financial year 2023/24. EBITDA decreased significantly to €94 million, while operating profit was reduced to €61 – it was €235 million the previous year. The main reasons for this were significantly decreased ethanol sales prices and planned maintenance stoppages, as a result of... [Read More]

Features
Jan 12, 2024
In Wisconsin, just off the main road, lies a lone silver structure surrounded by green pastures. That structure houses the fictitious Ethanol Ltd, a mid-sized ethanol manufacturing plant. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivering over 50 million gallons of pure ethanol a year to its consumers. An attractive candidate As concern over climate change... [Read More]

Other News
Jan 11, 2024
United Energy Trading has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certification EU and PLUS certifications for its purchasing, selling, and trading of ISCC EU and PLUS certified biofuels. The ISCC EU certification is recognised by the European Commission to demonstrate compliance with the sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids set out in the Renewable... [Read More]

Bioethanol News
Jan 11, 2024
The Air France-KLM Group’s airlines incorporated around 80,000 metric tonnes of SAF – nearly double the amount in 2022 – last year. This has made the group the world’s largest SAF user for the second year in a row. Throughout the year, the Group continued to secure future SAF supplies to meet its target of a minimum of 10% incorporation of SAF by 2030 by signing... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Jan 10, 2024
TransLink is introducing renewable diesel into its bus fleet as a cleaner fuel option. The Surrey Transit Centre in New Westminster, British Columbia, will be the first bus depot to transition and has been fully fuelled with renewable diesel since January 1. With this change, TransLink will be reducing total greenhouse gas emissions by 6,550 tonnes of its total emissions... [Read More]


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