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May 13, 2022
Study to probe SAF potential in India
Bioethanol News
May 13, 2022
Australian airline Qantas has committed to a deal for 12 Trent XWB-97 powered Airbus A350-1000s that will support non-stop flights between London to Sydney and Melbourne.
The Trent XWB-97 is the world’s most efficient large aero engine in service, delivering a 15% fuel consumption advantage over the first Trent engine, enabling airlines to fly further on less fuel.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 13, 2022
Valmet will deliver key technology areas for ORLEN Poludnie’s planned second generation bioethanol (B2G) plant in Jedlicze, Poland.
The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) delivery includes a pretreatment BioTrac system with a capacity to process approximately 400 tons of dry straw per day, a BioPower 48 MWth lignin fired combined heat and power (CHP)... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 12, 2022
Hyundai Oilbank has outlined plans for a new biodiesel plant to be built in South Korea.
The new 130,000-ton facility will be constructed in the southwest of the country in 2023.
A spokesman for the company said the proposals include changing part of the Daesan plant to produce 500,000 tons of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) annually.
Daesan is a petrochemical complex... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 12, 2022
Parkland Corporation has announced plans to increase renewable fuel production at its Burnaby Refinery in British Columbia.
The Canadian company said this was one of the steps to advance its commercial decarbonisation strategy.
The company will build a stand-alone complex capable of producing approximately 6,500 barrels per day of renewable diesel.
Renewable... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 12, 2022
Neste and United Airlines have signed an agreement that provides the airline the right to buy up to 160,000 metric tons (52.5 million gallons) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ over the next three years.
This will help fuel United flights at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and potentially other airports as well.
With this agreement, United became the first US airline... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 10, 2022
Malaysia is considering slowing its implementation of its biodiesel mandate and cutting its export tax on palm oil to help meet global demand amid an edible oil shortage.
Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said in an interview with Reuters her ministry has already proposed the cut to the finance ministry, which has set up a committee to... [Read More]
Features
May 10, 2022
The middle of a pandemic would not be most people’s ideal time to join a new company, especially one working with ethanol producers in the middle of a fuel and climate crisis. Yet it is often in such challenging times that the most exciting and ingenious solutions are conceived.
My arrival at Whitefox as head of global sales in June 2021 was the latest step in a career... [Read More]
Other News
May 10, 2022
EU oilseed production is likely to exceed the previous year's level by only 0.4% in the current crop year, although the oilseed area is expected to rise 5%.
The reason is prospective lower yields due to constraints on means of production.
According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to massive volatility in the oilseed market.
This... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 9, 2022
US ethanol exports declined 13% to 125.1 million gallons (mg) - the lowest March shipments in six years, according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
Canada logged its 12th consecutive month as the US’s top customer with a 10% increase to 34.2 mg (equivalent to 27% of total exports in March).
Sales to South Korea spiked 38% to a record high of 25.3 mg (20% of... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 9, 2022
VERBIO’s Nevada plant will begin operating as a biorefinery early next year.
The plant began producing renewable natural gas (RNG) on an industrial scale in December and is on track to achieve full scale production of 7 million ethanol gallons equivalent (EGE) of RNG annually by mid-summer.
Claus Sauter, VERBIO AG’s Founder and CEO, said: “This plant is a game... [Read More]
Features
May 9, 2022
This is rapidly developing into a decade of uncertainty with the global recovery from COVID-19 now being joined by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The severe physical costs of the pandemic, coupled with the horrific aggression of the Kremlin’s war on its neighbour, have inevitably thrown the world into a human, economic and industrial crisis which shows no early sign... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 6, 2022
Green Fuels Research (GFR) has successfully demonstrated the use of its unblended sustainable marine fuel (SMF) from salmon waste.
The firm said this was an important stage on the voyage to marine transport decarbonisation after the successful trial at the Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, near Port Talbot, South Wales.
The fuel was used in a Beta Marine B14 engine aboard a motor... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 6, 2022
Coldplay is partnering with Neste to take steps towards the band’s target of reducing CO2 emissions from its Music Of The Spheres World Tour by 50% compared to the band’s previous concerts.
Neste will provide Coldplay with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help reduce emissions from air travel, while the company’s renewable diesel will help cut emissions from the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 6, 2022
Future Energy Australia (FEA) has welcomed a State Government grant of $2 million (€1.35 million) for the planning, construction, and commissioning of a renewable diesel biorefinery.
The new plant will be built near Narrogin in Western Australia’s wheatbelt region.
The project, being rolled out by joint venture partners Carnarvon Energy and Frontier Impact Group,... [Read More]









