Dec 18, 2018
Neste expands marine fuel to Sweden with partnership
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Dec 18, 2018
The Indian Air Force (IAF) flew a military aircraft with blended biofuel for the first time, The Times of India reports.
The Russian-sourced AN-32 transport plane was flight-tested with a 10% biojet fuel, created using Jatropha oil, in a sortie flown from the Chandigarh base.
“The project to flight-test the bio-jet fuel, with experiment test pilots and engineers... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2018
Biofuels producer Fulcrum BioEnergy (Fulcrum) announced that it has selected the city of Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint biofuels plant.
The facility will convert municipal solid waste into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel.
“Launching our business in Indiana is an important next step in expanding Fulcrum’s capabilities to new cities... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2018
Oil and gas company Shell announced that its aviation division, alongside Dutch jet fuel firm SkyNRG, has commenced the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to international airlines KML, SAS and Finnair at San Francisco Airport (SFO) in California.
“With our focus on achieving zero net energy, carbon neutrality and zero waste, we are setting bold goals for... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2018
After announcing the project in the summer of 2017, network airline Finnair has begun the first phase of its CO2 and biofuel offset service, selecting the partners that will collaborate on the initiative.
The service will allow customers to offset the carbon emissions of their flight by funding emissions reduction projects or by supporting the use of biofuels.
For sustainable... [Read More]
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Dec 10, 2018
The ongoing legal dispute between renewable fuels and chemicals company Aemetis and cellulosic and biorefining technology company Edeniq has “many years of litigation ahead”, according to Aemetis Chairman and CEO Eric McAfee.
In a statement issued last week, Edeniq announced that Aemetis’ claims had been dismissed on summary judgement by Santa Clara Superior... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2018
North American fuel company Gevo announced that it has signed a joint agreement with technology licensor Renmatix to evaluate the commercial feasibility of creating renewable jet fuel with Renmatix’s Plantrose process and Gevo’s Gift technology.
The Plantrose process involves converting biomass, mainly plant materials, into cellulosic sugar, a feedstock used... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2018
Major US biofuel producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced Cynthia CJ Warner as the company’s new president and chief executive officer.
Warner's appointment was made by the company’s Board of Directors. She will take on the president and CEO positions effective 14 January 2019.
Her predecessor, Randy Howard, who has served as president and CEO since... [Read More]
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Dec 6, 2018
Norway is planning to become the ‘first’ country to stop its biofuels industry from importing palm oil, due to its links with ‘catastrophic’ deforestation, according to The Independent.
The vote obtained majority government support, covering Norway’s entire fuel market.
According to the report, the vote took place “to formulate a comprehensive... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2018
According to the University of York, scientists who have been studying the digestive system of a wood-eating crustacean have recently discovered that it may have the answer to sustainably converting wood into biofuel.
Small marine invertebrates, Gribble have evolved to perform an important ecological role eating the large amount of wood that has been washed into the sea... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2018
US economic adviser Larry Kudlow announced that the Trump administration wants to end subsidies for various renewable energy sources and electric cars, according to Reuters.
The statement comes after car manufacturer General Motors announced various plant closures and layoffs, terminating production of its electric car: the Chevy Volt.
Kudlow addressed plans after the... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2018
The EPA announced that it has finalised the required renewable fuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2019, as well as biomass-based diesel for 2020.
“Issuing the annual renewable volume obligations rule on time is extremely important to all stakeholders impacted by the Renewable Fuel Standard program,” said EPA acting administrator Andrew... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2018
Trials of the ‘world’s first’ zero emission drop-in marine biofuel have been completed, according to GoodFuels Marine.
According to a statement, the trials of the fungible marine biofuel have been carried out with Norden, a bulker and tanker owner and operator. ‘Hundreds’ of tonnes of GoodFuels’ Bio-Fuel Oil were taken on-board the 37,000... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2018
Reuters reports that BP’s chief executive for biofuels, Mario Lindenhayn has said that the latest biofuels policy in Brazil has improved the outlook for ethanol production.
Brazil expects that by 2020 its policy, RenovaBio will be enacted. The policy should face no obstacles and won’ be stopped by the government of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, Lindenhayn... [Read More]
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Nov 28, 2018
New research has evaluated a number of specific regions across the United States and concluded Florida is the best for algae production.
According to a statement, the 19 month long study involving scientists from NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) and Arizona State University (ASU) concluded that Florida’s humidity and lack of dramatic swings between hot... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2018
The world’s largest chemical firm BASF announced that it has started the production of methanol based on renewable raw materials according to the biomass balance approach.
Named EU-REDcert-methanol, the product is made from second-generation raw feedstocks and uses waste as well as residual materials.
BASF claims that as a result of the methanol production, the final... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2018
According to a study published on Phys.org, two researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s (NTNU) Industrial Ecology Programme have found that producing biojet fuels from forestry residues is good for the climate but can apply pressure to certain United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
These SDGs are listed as: zero hunger,... [Read More]
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