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Imports of rapeseed meal to the European Union rose around 16% in the first eight months of the running marketing year.
Imports from Russia increased especially sharply.
In the first eight months of the running marketing year, the EU-27 received around 681,500 tonnes of rapeseed meal, which was 95,600 tonnes more than in the same period a year earlier.
At 281,830 tonnes – which is just over…
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HGK Shipping is supporting the German government’s decision to approve the alternative fuel - HVO100.
Europe’s largest inland waterway shipping company believes that this provides an opportunity to press ahead with decarbonising this mode of transport in the medium term.
European inland waterway shipping companies face high investment costs for new drive systems for vessels
The sector with…
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Japan Airlines (JAL) will launch a new business initiative called the JAL Corporate SAF Programme from April, which certifies the environmental value of CO₂ reduction achieved through the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and provides it to corporate customers in Japan using JAL flights.
JAL has been working on reducing its direct (Scope 1) CO₂ emissions from aircraft operations and…
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Daniel Chereau leads IATA's fuel team, which focuses on efficiency and reliability of fuel supply – including the ramp up of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) – and advocating for a competitive market and fair access to infrastructure. He will be speaking on the second day of the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Summit to be held in Brussels on June 18-19
What are you planning to talk about at…
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Wizz Air has announced its new aspiration to power 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030 using poo.
This new target marks a significant step in Wizz Air’s sustainability strategy, and builds on its ongoing investments in SAF development.
To achieve the new goal, the airline is also calling for wider industry action to boost SAF production, urging policymakers to…
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Johnson Matthey (JM) has announced that DG Fuels has selected its award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology – co-developed with bp – for DG Fuels’ first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in St James Parish, Louisiana.
The plant will be the largest deployment of FT CANS to date, seven times larger than any previously announced project using this technology.
DG Fuels is an…
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Work has commenced in earnest at the only dedicated private jet terminal at Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man, as a private group embarks on plans to modernise and expand the FBO facility – originally built in 2015.
The enhanced Private Jet Centre will include a host of sustainable features, including the ability to calculate and offset carbon emissions (with a proprietary carbon calculator) and…
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Much of the industry conversation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is focused on production. Making more molecules available is important, but we also need to unlock the ability to deliver them to the aircraft.
Perhaps the supply chain logistics are not as attention grabbing as production itself, but the industry has to focus on all aspects of the supply chain if we are serious about scaling…
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The aviation industry has been working on bio-aviation fuels since the late 2000s.
The first flight using bio-aviation fuel took off in 2008 - it was flown by Virgin Atlantic from London to Amsterdam. Since then, many more airlines have carried out flights using bio-aviation fuels.
In 2009, the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) which sets a cap on how much CO2 can be emitted by different…
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Solarig has reached an agreement with SOMACYL to acquire 116,000 square metres for its NUMANTIA SAF project.
The plant will be built in Parque Empresarial del Medio Ambiente (PEMA) in Soria, Spain.
Additionally, Solarig will have its new regional corporate headquarters in one of the dedicated dome buildings currently under construction.
The SAF plant will have an estimated investment of…
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Repsol has marked a milestone in the decarbonisation of transport in the Iberian Peninsula with the start of large-scale production of renewable fuels at its industrial complex in Cartagena, Spain.
This plant will be the first on the Iberian Peninsula dedicated exclusively to the production of 100% renewable fuels.
The company has invested €250 million in the construction of the unit, which…
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ABB has signed an agreement with Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production sites in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
As part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), ABB will explore how its automation, electrification and digital technology – including the ABB Ability™ System 800xA® distributed control system and eHouse…
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ePURE’s Craig Winneker will be speaking on the second day of the Biofuels International Conference and Expo to be held in Brussels on June 18-19, and he shares his thoughts on the challenges the industry faces
Can you outline what you will be addressing at the conference?
Regulatory challenges remain, even after the sustainability of crop-based biofuels has been confirmed by the revised…
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Southwest Airlines Co. has announced the acquisition of SAFFiRE Renewables (SAFFiRE) as part of the investment portfolio of its wholly owned subsidiary Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures (SARV).
SARV is dedicated to creating more opportunities for Southwest® to obtain scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
SAFFiRE is part of a project supported by the Department of Energy (DoE) to…
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The slightly smaller German rapeseed harvest has led to an increase in demand for imports especially from Ukraine, Poland and Romania.
According to information published by the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany imported around 3.5 million tonnes of rapeseed in the first half of the 2023/2024 crop year (2.6 million tonnes; 2022/2023), with around 2.2 million tonnes originating from EU…
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