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Oct 26, 2021
GoodFuels, REG to supply and develop marine biofuel
Biodiesel News
Oct 26, 2021
The carbon footprint of launching the new Orbex Prime space rocket will be up to 95% lower than comparable space launch programmes, a new study has revealed.
Orbex is set to launch Prime - the ‘world’s most environmentally friendly’ space rocket - using renewable, ultra-low-carbon biofuel at Space Hub Sutherland – the carbon-neutral Spaceport in the North of... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 26, 2021
Cable and pipe seal manufacturer Roxtec has joined GEODIS’s new global Sustainable Marine Fuels strategy.
Logistics company GEODIS launched the possibility for freight customers to choose sustainable marine fuels, or fuels produced from waste materials such as used cooking oils and forest residues.
Roxtec has increased its transportation of cable and pipe seals... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 25, 2021
Velocys has welcomed the recognition in the UK Government’s newly published Net Zero Strategy that sustainable fuels are a practical way to decarbonise the aviation sector.
In the document, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “Our strategy for net zero is to lead the world in ending our contribution to climate change, while turning this mission into the greatest... [Read More]
Features
Oct 25, 2021
A team from Net- Zero-Solution – a division of Channoil Energy – examined the rapid development of advanced feedstock markets covering the current regulatory environment and the impact it is having on advanced feedstock availability.
The team then looked at the matrix of feedstock types that are emerging and examined some of the new arrivals on the scene.
They... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2021
Renewable Energy Group held a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of the expansion of its renewable diesel plant at REG Geismar.
The project will take total site production capacity from 90 million gallons per year to 340 million gallons per year.
REG Geismar was the first renewable diesel production facility in the US and was acquired by REG in 2014.
REG... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 22, 2021
Rolls-Royce has carried out a successful test flight of its 747 Flying Testbed aircraft using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on a Trent 1000 engine.
Working with Boeing and World Energy the aircraft flew from Tucson airport in Arizona, passing over New Mexico and Texas, with a Trent 1000 engine running solely on 100% SAF while the remaining three RB211 engines ran... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2021
TEPSA Tarragona has been given the green light to import animal by-products for the production of biofuels.
Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has authorised the importation of these products into the Port of Tarragona.
The authorisation allows TEPSA to import liquid animal by-products from outside the EU directly through the Dependent Inspection Centre.
This... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 21, 2021
EU Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who is in charge of the EU Green Deal, met with Indonesian officials with the future of palm oil exports high on the agenda.
Timmermans met with President Joko Widodo and key Indonesian Ministries (Energy, Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Foreign Affairs), as well as the Secretary General of ASEAN.
The meetings were principally... [Read More]
Features
Oct 21, 2021
In recent years, renewable technologies have reached technical readiness, providing commercially viable solutions for the energy transition – some backed by over 15 years of research and development.
But as legislation and technology for low-carbon energy industries converge, a new emerging market has been created – the renewable fuels market.
This market lies at... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 21, 2021
CropEnergies, Stuttgart Airport and the mineral oil company Mabanaft Deutschland are testing a fuel with 20% renewable ethanol.
The petrol fuel provided by CropEnergies and Mabanaft for test purposes is intended to help save CO2 and reduce particulate emissions.
"We are convinced that we need all technologies to decarbonise – or rather to defossilise – the transport... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 20, 2021
The UK government has announced £440 million (€521 million) in new funding for green construction projects as part of another raft of net zero announcements.
The net zero strategy sets out how carbon emissions will be reduced across the economy as part of the government’s net zero goals.
It includes £180 million (€213 million) for the development of plants which... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 20, 2021
Gevo and Axens North America have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialisation of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in the US.
Gevo expects to develop, own, and operate plants to produce SAF utilising its expertise in renewable alcohol production and technologies.
Jean Sentenac, CEO of Axens, said:... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 20, 2021
Soy prices have tumbled after the quarterly report on US soybean stocks published at the end of September took market participants by surprise.
According to investigations conducted by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, the US had just less than 7 million tonnes of soybeans in storage as of 1 September. This was less that at the same time a year earlier.
Market participants... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Oct 19, 2021
A total of 42 easyJet flights operating from Gatwick Airport are to be powered by a 30% Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ blend.
This important milestone marks the first time a departing flight at Gatwick has used sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and is also the first usage by any easyJet service.
Of the 42 flights running on Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel blend,... [Read More]