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Oct 20, 2022
Topsoe to support first SAF production facility in Brazil
Bioethanol News
Oct 19, 2022
Tour operator TUI and Spanish energy firm Cepsa have signed a new agreement to promote the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
These fuels will be produced from circular raw materials that do not compete with food resources, such as used cooking oils, non-food animal waste or biodegradable waste from various industries.
TUI has been working to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 19, 2022
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has taken another step in making the airfreight industry more sustainable with the introduction of goSAF.
Customers can set the level of their contribution to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for every cargo shipment they book.
This is part of its pledge to tackle climate change, achieving net-zero CO₂ emissions in 2050.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 19, 2022
McDonald's UAE has revealed that its supply trucks have travelled more than 22 million kilometres on pure biodiesel.
The fast-food company said this was the latest milestone of its biodiesel programme, which gets used cooking oil from their restaurants converted to 100% biodiesel to fuel their vehicles.
Walid Fakih, CEO at McDonald's UAE, said: "Focusing on the environment... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 18, 2022
Eni has announced plans to build a new biorefinery at its industrial site in Livorno in Italy.
Representatives from the energy company met with the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, and the mayors of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, and Collesalvetti, Adelio Antolini, to confirm the details.
The feasibility study involves building three new plants for the production of hydrogenated... [Read More]
Features
Oct 18, 2022
Sami Faour, global technical director at BetaTec speaks to Biofuels International about the company’s involvement in the alternative fuels’ sector
Can you introduce yourself to our readers and provide us with a brief history about BetaTec?
I'm the global technical director for BetaTec. I lead the global innovation team and oversee collaboration with key stakeholders... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 18, 2022
BASF has introduced CircleStar™ - a dehydration catalyst to process renewable feedstocks. The novel star-shaped catalyst achieves a 99.5% selectivity for the ethanol-to-ethylene (E2E) conversion.
With an operating temperature that is more than 25°C lower compared to conventional processes, CircleStar™ helps to decrease the carbon footprint in the bio-ethylene value... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 17, 2022
Aberdeen International Airport has received its first commercial delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The SAF was delivered by Air bp and will be blended with traditional jet fuel for Bristow flights to bp’s North Sea offshore operations.
bp is the first North Sea operator to voluntarily commit to an ongoing supply of SAF for its North Sea flights, helping... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 17, 2022
TEBO Group of Industries and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have started a new research partnership aimed at driving highly sustainable and carbon-efficient construction and infrastructure technology.
The collaboration will bring together TEBO engineers with researchers at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses to explore and develop solutions with the potential... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 17, 2022
Airbus has revealed that an A320neo for China Eastern Airlines has been powered by a 5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) fuel blend.
The aircraft recently took off from the company’s Airbus Delivery Centre in Tianjin.
SAF is a sustainably-produced aviation fuel made from feedstocks ranging from used fat, oil and grease to municipal and forestry waste.
Compared to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 14, 2022
Honeywell has introduced new ethanol-to-jet fuel (ETJ) processing technology that allows producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based jet fuel.
Honeywell’s... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 14, 2022
Australian industrial biotechnology firm MicroBioGen has opened its new laboratories in Macquarie Park in northern Sydney.
The labs will produce world-leading micro-organisms that are essential to industries including biofuels, alternative proteins, space exploration, sustainable human foods and animal feed.
The facility was opened by the Assistant Minister for Climate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 14, 2022
Avfuel Corporation partnered with Sheltair Aviation and Neste to ensure NBAA-BACE attendees had the option to fuel sustainably for the event.
Avfuel had two truckload deliveries of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM at Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) in the week of October 10.
The deliveries provided a total of 16,000 gallons of SAF to the FBO for its customers... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 13, 2022
Gevo has revealed it has in place 375 million gallons per year of predominantly take-or-pay, financeable SAF and hydrocarbon fuel supply agreements.
The company added that this level of demand would require multiple plants to be built over the next four years to satisfy those agreements.
Among its offtake partners include Trafigura, Kolmar, Delta Airlines, American... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 12, 2022
FlixBus and Volvo Buses are testing the use of Oleo100 biodiesel as part of a new collaboration.
Oleo100, made from rapeseed, meets the latest environmental criteria, transforming renewable biomass into biofuel.
The crop is pressed to obtain non-genetically modified organism vegetable proteins intended for feeding animals on French farms and rapeseed oil for human consumption.... [Read More]
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