Mar 29, 2023
European Commission proposes Net-Zero Industry Act
Biodiesel News
Mar 29, 2023
Tidewater Terminal Company has been awarded $3.1 million (€2.8 million) in federal matching funds to establish a new biodiesel distribution hub at their Snake River Terminal in Pasco.
The facility will expand the annual availability of biodiesel for eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Idaho by more than 12 million gallons per year.
The Clean Energy Transition... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 29, 2023
New rules due to be signed could close down the Irish biofuels sector in favour of imported hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) and threaten the Irish meat processing sector and farmers.
Irish fuel suppliers have been required to blend in a proportion of biofuel into all road transport fuels since 2010.
However, new rules due to be introduced will put Irish biofuels producers... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 28, 2023
Neste has signed an agreement with Terntank Rederi for time chartering two new lower-emission product tankers.
The tankers are tailored to transport a wide variety of liquid cargoes including renewable raw materials, such as waste and residue oils and fats, to Neste’s refineries.
At the refineries, products such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 28, 2023
Gevo has entered into a joint development agreement with Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE) to measure, report and verify carbon intensity (CI) through the entire value chain.
This is inclusive of climate-smart agriculture practices to lower the carbon footprint of SIRE’s product portfolio.
Utilising the Verity Tracking platform under Gevo's newly created Verity... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 28, 2023
Chessington World of Adventures has outlined its ambitions to recycle at least 50% of all its waste on its site in the UK.
The leisure resort, which boasts rollercoasters and family-friendly amusement rides, also recycles used cooking oil (UCO) at its various eateries and restaurants on site, which is later converted into biodiesel.
A spokesman for the adventure resort,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 27, 2023
bp’s Kwinana refinery is spearheading the company’s expansion of its biofuels business.
Kwinana is one of five biofuel projects that bp has planned globally.
It is expected that these projects will produce around 50,000 barrels of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and HVO per day by 2030.
The Kwinana Renewable Fuels project is part of the global multi-billion dollar... [Read More]
Features
Mar 27, 2023
For the planet to reach net carbon neutrality by 2050 we need solutions, which are both actionable and scalable today. Despite impressive and steady gains, we unfortunately cannot solely rely on electrification to reduce all GHG emissions from transport, especially for maritime, aviation and larger road vehicles such as HGVs.
During 2022 we saw a big focus on waste-based... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 27, 2023
UPM sales and marketing director Juha Rainio has been explaining what advanced biofuels are and why they are worth the investment.
As opposed to regular biofuels, advanced biofuels are made of renewable raw materials from non-food sources, such as agricultural or forestry residue.
“These so-called second-generation biofuels make fuel production more sustainable, as... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 24, 2023
EWABA, which represents over 40 stakeholders from the EU waste-based and advanced biodiesel industry, has strongly welcomed the political deal reached by the FuelEU maritime negotiators.
The preliminary deal on the regulation paves the way for the EU to become a global leader in maritime transport decarbonization by significantly reducing emissions in the shipping sector.
EWABA... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 24, 2023
Alaska Airlines announced an agreement with Shell Aviation to expand the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market beyond a standard fuel supply agreement.
The innovative cross-industry collaboration brings together a world-class fuel supply chain and the fifth-largest domestic carrier to procure and use sustainable fuel, while working together to define and tackle what... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 24, 2023
Hawaiian Airlines has reached an agreement with biofuel company Gevo to purchase 50 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over five years.
Gevo expects to supply the SAF from a facility to be constructed in the Midwestern United States and begin deliveries to Hawaiian’s gateway cities in California starting in 2029.
“This offtake agreement gets us one... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 23, 2023
The European Parliament and Council have reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels - asking to cut ship emissions by 2% from 2025 and by 80% from 2050.
A provisional agreement reached on March 23 between negotiators sets up a fuel standard for ships to steer the EU maritime sector towards the uptake of renewable and low-carbon fuels and decarbonisation.
During the talks,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 23, 2023
The Government will commit $50 million (€35 million) for the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to set up a new Aviation Sustainability Programme to support Singapore’s drive to develop a sustainable air hub.
The programme will provide up to 70% funding for sector-wide projects and up to 50% funding for company-level projects.
The setting up of the Aviation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 23, 2023
Burnett Mary Regional Group, Idemitsu Kosan Co and J-Oil Mills with the cooperation of the Queensland government in Australia have agreed to jointly study the establishment of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chain by planting pongamia trees.
The project will study the planting and management of the trees, CO2 fixation and offsetting through the planting.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 22, 2023
Langh Ship and the Dutch chartering Samskip have agreed to switch to biofuel operations for the 750 TEU container vessel Edith.
Biofuels are a key component in Samskip’s strategy for decarbonising its shipping activities. Edith is currently employed on a shortsea liner service between the Netherlands and the UK.
Last autumn IMO introduced new carbon intensity measures... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 22, 2023
The German Bioethanol Industry Association (BDBe) has published its market data for the production and consumption of certified sustainable bioethanol in 2022.
Domestic bioethanol production increased slightly compared to the previous year and amounted to more than 715,000 tonnes in 2022. Sales of Super E10 rose steeply, the report highlighted.
In a fuel market that... [Read More]
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