Concerns have been raised about possible European Commission plans to tax fossil fuels and crop-based biofuels at the same rate. The EU executive recently proposed the revision of the 2003 Energy Taxation Directive (ETD), whose current tax rates do not take into account the environmental performance of energy products, as reported by Euractive. Fears have been highlighted... [Read More]

Panu Routasalo, vice president, UPM Biofuels, outlines his vision as to what the next 12 months will be like for the biofuels industry. He said: “This year is an important milestone for companies - like UPM Biofuels - involved in the advanced biofuels industry. “After a long wait, a dedicated and compulsory mandate for advanced biofuels based on EU-wide rules is... [Read More]

Singapore International Airlines is set to start using a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived from used cooking oil and waste animal fats under a one-year pilot programme. The airline said it will purchase 1.25 million litres – or about 330,000 gallons – of this blended SAF. All Singapore International Airline flights and those of its low-budget affiliate,... [Read More]

Bunker Holding Group, the world’s largest supplier and trader of marine fuels, and Renewable Energy Group (REG) are to further develop the US and EU marine markets for sustainable bio-based diesel. Partnering REG’s expertise in biodiesel with Bunker Holding’s global reach will allow the companies to play a critical role in transitioning the shipping industry to... [Read More]

BDI-BioEnergy International has announced a contract with REG Biofuels Germany to upgrade two biodiesel production plants in the country. Using proprietary BDI RetroFit technology and Renewable Energy Group’s (REG) proprietary processing capabilities, the plants will now be able to produce biodiesel from some of the hardest to convert waste fats and oils. Making biodiesel... [Read More]

Mazda Motor Corporation will compete in an endurance race series using biofuels to power its vehicles. The Super Taikyu Series 2022 will see two of the firm’s vehicles, the Mazda2 Bio concept and the Mazda MX-5, compete using the green fuel. By participating in the race with vehicles that run on next-generation biodiesel fuel, Mazda wants to conduct a demonstration... [Read More]

Aemetis has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility in India. The refining facility in Kakinada is designed to supply feedstock to the existing Aemetis 50 mmgpy biodiesel plant located on the east coast. It will also provide future feedstock supply to the Aemetis 90 MM gallon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD) plant... [Read More]

Shell and Vopak have agreed a deal where the latter will supply crucial feedstock for Shell’s biorefinery in Rotterdam from its Vlaardingen terminal. Fuels including sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel will be produced at the 820,000 tonnes per annum biorefinery which is located at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Rotterdam. This will be produced from... [Read More]

Shell has become the first supplier of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Singapore. The oil and gas company revealed during an event at the Singapore Airshow. "We have delivered some (SAF) to our customers SIA Engineering Company and the Republic of Singapore Air Force," said Doris Tan, head of aviation Asia Pacific & Middle East. Shell has also completed an upgrade... [Read More]

The EU-27 rapeseed production in 2021/22 exceeded the previous year's output. Consumption is estimated to be lower, leading to reduced import demand. According to information published by the EU Commission, the rapeseed harvest in the EU-27 was slightly larger in 2021 than in 2019. It has been pegged at 17 million tonnes, which translates to a rise of just less... [Read More]

A fire broke out at a soybean processing and biodiesel plant in Indiana - severely disrupting production. The blaze started at the Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) in Claypool in the US state and the affected systems were shut down as a result of the emergency. Smoke had been detected in a baghouse, used for filtering dust and no employees were injured by the time the fire... [Read More]

Indonesia's energy ministry plans to begin road tests for a biodiesel programme using 40% palm based bio-content (B40) this month. The world's largest palm oil producer mandated that biodiesel sold in the country be blended with 30% of palm-based biodiesel to cut its energy imports and increase consumption of palm oil - the feedstock to the fuel - a senior government... [Read More]

Dr Vinicius Celinski, application development manager, Clariant/Business Unit Functional Minerals, argues that the biggest portion, more than 70%, of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) comes from energy consumption. Celinski said that in Europe transportation represented almost a quarter GHG emission, where road transportation was by far the biggest, more than 70%, followed... [Read More]

Neste and ITOCHU Corporation have expanded their partnership to grow the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Japan. ITOCHU will act as the branded distributor of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ in Japan making Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel available first at Tokyo Haneda and Narita airports. Neste, ITOCHU and All Nippon Airways started cooperating... [Read More]

Clariant has announced that the publication of its full year 2021 results will be delayed due to an investigation into accounting issues. As a result, the publication of the Integrated Report 2021 and the Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM) will be postponed beyond the scheduled dates. Clariant shares fell more than 16% in early trading on February 14. The... [Read More]

Göteborg Energi and Siemens Energy have successfully run a gas turbine in the Rya CHP plant with liquid biofuel instead of natural gas using new technology. This opens up new opportunities for the conversion of Rya KVV, but also for sustainable power production nationally and globally. The project with renewable fuels has been ongoing since 2019 and has now resulted... [Read More]