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ENOC Group will supply dnata’s entire non-electric fleet and ground handling services at airports with a blend of biodiesel at its largest hub in Dubai. This significant step, taken in partnership with Dubai Airports and the Emirates National Oil Company Group (ENOC), is projected to cut CO₂ equivalent emissions by over 3,500 tonnes annually over the lifecycle of the fuel consumed by…
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LanzaTech has signed a master license agreement with Sekisui Chemical to deploy a platform that converts syngas from municipal solid waste and industrial solid waste into ethanol. Sekisui intends to build multiple facilities in municipalities across Japan which incorporate equipment packages, engineering and advisory services, consumables, and intellectual property provided by LanzaTech. The…
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TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have signed an agreement for the energy company to supply up to 1.5 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over a 10-year period. This agreement marks one the largest SAF purchase contracts signed by Air France-KLM to date. In 2022 and 2023, Air France-KLM was the world's leading SAF user, representing 17% and 16% of total global production…
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Certa has become the first fuel operator in Ireland to make HVO available at 10 of its forecourts as demand for the renewable fuel continues to rise among motorists nationwide. One in five of the company's network of 49 unmanned, pay@pump forecourts now offers HVO alongside other fuels as it continues to make the biofuel more widely available to motorists. Last November, Certa began the…
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Imports of biodiesel from China dropped to 9,835 mt in July down from 109,457 mt in June. This is the lowest point since April 2021, according to the latest Eurostat data. Xavier Noyon, secretary general of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB), said: “Recent import data from Eurostat suggests that the long-anticipated provisional duties on biodiesel imports from China are working, bringing…
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Suttons Tankers and Nippon Gases UKI have embarked on a three-month Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) trial. This collaboration aims to reduce carbon emissions within Nippon Gases' logistics operations. Last year, Suttons Tankers trialled HVO fuel across a selection of its fleet, achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions. Building on this experience, Suttons Tankers and Nippon Gases UKI…
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Fiji Airways has announced an innovative collaboration with the Fiji Sugar Corporation Limited (FSC) and Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) to evaluate the feasibility of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in Fiji. This initiative has the potential to support sustainable aviation and agriculture in the Pacific region. Funded by The Asian Development Bank (ADB), this collaboration aims to…
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The UK House of Commons has given the green light to the draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024. This was unopposed in the House with support gathered from both sides of the parliamentary divide. The order was first put before the House earlier in July and it now needs to be approved by the House of Lords before becoming a law. The SAF mandate will…
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Woodland Biofuels has announced a planned $1.35 billion (€1.21 billion) investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish one of the world’s largest renewable biofuels production facilities. The Toronto-based company will utilise waste biomass to produce sustainable biofuel used in transportation, heating and electricity generation. “Woodlands Biofuels is set to become a signature…
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Do not get carried away by your own success when things are going well and do not get too despondent when the tide turns against you. This appears to be the approach to business planning and development, which have stood the North American biodiesel industry in good stead in recent years and best describes the mood of cautious optimism currently flowing through the sector. Despite the…
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Global transport systems are under huge pressure to decarbonise – aviation in particular. So often the sector is held up as the villain of the climate change story, when in reality it makes up only around 2-3% of carbon emissions worldwide. However, the negative public perceptions remain, and the industry is one of those most determined to transform itself for the sake of building…
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Haffner Energy is making a strategic move to create SAF Zero, a spin-off focused on the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market. This initiative leverages Haffner Energy’s unique technology, backed by 30 years of experience and 80 international patents, positioning SAF Zero to capitalise on the growing demand for SAF. . SAF Zero aims to fully leverage SAFNOCA®, Haffner Energy’s advanced…
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“Build it and they will come.” For the last three years, since the Fit-for-55 (Ff55) announcements made it clear that there would be a SAF mandate in the European Union, that phrase seems to have been the mantra for prospective SAF producers. With the UK also busy developing their own post-Brexit mandate, the prevailing paradigm has been that capacity was needed, fast, and a lot of it, to…
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