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May 3, 2022
bp to invest up to £18 billion in UK energy system by 2030
Bioethanol News
May 3, 2022
Germany has announced plans to cut the use of biofuels produced from food and feed crops because of rising food costs.
This is also due to reduction in supply of agricultural products caused by disruption of exports from main suppliers Ukraine and Russia.
The Minister of the Environment, Steffi Lemke, expressed for the first time her intention to examine the regulation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 29, 2022
Louis Dreyfus Company announced the successful completion of a biofuel trial.
This was carried out in collaboration with Wisby Tanker AB, Sweden on one of LDC’s upgraded Juice vessels, MV Essayra.
The company used a B30 biofuel-blended marine fuel for the first time to sail from LDC’s terminal in Ghent, Belgium, to LDC’s other terminal in Santos, Brazil, and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 29, 2022
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has welcomed the bipartisan group of Midwestern governors for their letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting their state authority ensure retailers can continue to sell E15 all year.
ACE CEO Brian Jennings issued the following statement thanking the Midwest governors for their letter to administrator Michael... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 29, 2022
Air Products is teaming up to build a new $2 billion (€1.9 billion) major expansion project at World Energy’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production and distribution hub in California.
The LA county facility in Paramount is the world’s first commercial scale and North America’s only SAF production facility and its total fuel capacity will be expanded to 340... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 28, 2022
Aemetis, a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced an offtake agreement has been signed with JetBlue for 125 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be delivered over 10 years.
The value of the contract including incentives is approximately $530 million (€504 million).
SAF provides significant environmental... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 28, 2022
Repsol and the Spanish Air Force have signed a collaboration agreement to promote sustainable mobility in the air sector.
The CEO of Repsol, Josu Jon Imaz, and the Chief of Staff General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, signed the agreement within the scope of the Connected, Sustainable and Intelligent Air Base (BACSI) project.
The agreement between the multi-energy company... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 28, 2022
The Iowa state house passed the 2022 Biofuel Access Bill with overwhelming bipartisan support.
The bill now heads to Governor Reynolds’ desk to be signed into law.
This follows months of work by Growth Energy, POET, and other biofuels and ag leaders in the state to give Iowans cleaner, more affordable fuel options. The legislation would offer E15 statewide by 2026... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 27, 2022
Air Canada revealed it will use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on flights departing from San Francisco to Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal.
Air Canada is sourcing its SAF from Neste, a leading producer of renewable fuels, which will provide the airline with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM. These four flights will allow Air Canada to reduce emissions... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 27, 2022
The Malaysian Biodiesel Association (MBA) said it was against a move to reduce or retract the biodiesel mandate in Malaysia.
In a statement, the MBA urged the Malaysian Palm Oil Board to engage the biodiesel industry before taking any precipitative action.
With reference to Reuters’ recent report, the MBA explained that it was important to note that the global supply... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 27, 2022
A coalition of close to 80 aviation stakeholders — from general aviation, airlines and cargo operators, clean-fuel producers, engine and aircraft manufacturers, airports, trade associations and think tanks — have sent a letter to congressional leadership to redouble support for SAF tax credits.
They were also keen to underscore the urgent need for legislation to catalyse... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 26, 2022
ExxonMobil is recruiting a biofuel and ethanol trader in North America as part of its efforts to develop lower emission fuels.
The largest US oil producer plans to invest $15 billion (€14 billion) over six years to lower its greenhouse gas emissions including through biofuels, the company said in a social media post.
Demand for renewable fuels and carbon credits is... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 26, 2022
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently estimates global rapeseed production for the running crop year 2021/2022 at 71.18 million tonnes - up 60,000 tonnes from the previous month's forecast.
According to the Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, this would only be down 2.43 million tonnes on the previous crop year.
In the European Union in particular, rapeseed... [Read More]
Features
Apr 26, 2022
With the aviation industry committed to building back better following the global pandemic, the good news is that sustainability remains a key topic of interest across the industry.
As a drop-in fuel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the most promising solutions for decarbonising the aviation sector in the short term and will play a key role in meeting the industry’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 25, 2022
The sustainable fuels technology company Velocys has welcomed President Biden’s commitment to incentivise the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The President’s commitment reflects the importance and need for technology solutions to produce synthetic fuels and recognises the value of the industry itself.
The company said was looking forward to further... [Read More]