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bp is considering buying stakes in biofuel feedstock producers and investing directly in farming ventures to secure supplies as the global race for the low-carbon fuel speeds up.
Fuels made from vegetable oil, waste cooking oil and grease are expected to play a central role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the difficult to decarbonise sectors like aviation and maritime.
BP said it will…
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be available at Geneva Airport as a central component to the 2023 edition of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition from May 23-25.
Fixed base operator Jet Aviation will provide the fuel, which was delivered on May 19 just ahead of EBACE2023.
The event, co-hosted by the European Business Aviation Association and the National Business…
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XFuel, a producer of sustainable drop-in fuels and carbon removal, has been awarded International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) EU and ISCC Plus allowing it to produce low- and zero-carbon fuel according to strict sustainability criteria.
XFuels’ conversion technology produces sustainable drop-in fuels for the marine, aviation and road transport sectors.
The company has…
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Velocys which was awarded a grant from the UK Government’s Department for Transport Advanced Fuel Funds of up to £27 million (€31 million) for the Altalto Immingham Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project last year has completed the work necessary to claim the first £7 million (€8 million).
In addition, as planned, the project has obtained the first tranche of private funding for the period…
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Abu Dhabi-based clean energy company Masdar has signed an agreement with Airbus to support the development and growth of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Under the agreement, the two companies are to collaborate to develop SAF, as well as green hydrogen, direct air capture technologies, as well as supporting the development and implementation of ‘book and claim’ solutions, which allow…
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As chemical manufacturers continue to seek renewable alternatives for fossil fuel feedstocks, bio-based ethanol is poised to be a crucial raw material in the ethylene value chain for products from jet fuel to bioplastics.
Various novel-shaped alumina catalysts developed by the BASF Catalysts Division in Ludwigshafen, in Germany, is enabling 99.5% conversion and >95% selectivity for the…
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The Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (CoSAFA) has introduced its Methodology for SAF Environmental Attribute Transactions, a first step in establishing recognised procedures for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) accounting and auditing to support global book and claim systems.
The guidance details the information and procedures necessary for individual book and claim systems to transparently…
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Neste’s €1.6 billion Singapore expansion project has been successfully completed and the company has celebrated its opening today.
The Singapore refinery expansion doubles Neste’s production capacity in the country and brings the refinery’s total capacity to 2.6 million tons annually of which up to one million tons can be sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
This strengthens our position…
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More than 130 people packed the main auditorium for day two of the 14th Biofuels International conference and expo which focused on sustainable aviation.
The second day was chaired by Andre Paula Santos, from the European Biodiesel Board, and the session kicked off with Praveen Bains, from the International Energy Agency, who looked closely at the IEA’s net-zero scenario.
Next up, Michiel…
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More than 180 people packed the main auditorium for the 14th Biofuels International conference and expo on May 16.
After CEO and founder Peter Patterson made his opening remarks, several experts in the vast field made their presentations.
Olivier Mace, an independent consultant, spoke about the role of biofuels in securing security of supply.
He was followed by Xavier Noyon, the secretary…
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For many years the concept of decarbonisation for any industrial process to produce their desired product without the need to emit carbon seemed alien. In fact, when people stop and think and move past the well-trodden words of net zero, carbon neutrality or even carbon negative, which from the cynical mind have become cliché, it is still hard to believe firms can manufacture the same product,…
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Montana Renewables hosted key aviation stakeholders, including Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, to celebrate the first production and initial shipments of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) under a multi-year agreement with Shell.
The start of production makes Montana Renewables the largest SAF producer in North America.
“Montana Renewables is a great example of what’s possible when there…
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Arcadia eFuels, Sasol and Topsoe have signed a single license agreement for Arcadia’s Vordingborg eFuels plant for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The signing of the agreement represents a major milestone in maturing the project and ahead of the next major milestone being Arcadia’s final investment decision.
The production of SAF is not only important for the three…
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A major oil producer in Canada is undertaking a project to use local rapeseed oil to create renewable diesel on an industrial scale.
At the heart of the plant will be a number of precision pumps from Sulzer that have been designed to handle the challenging process conditions.
The expected outcome of the initiative is a reduction in carbon emissions by 3 million tonnes annually - equivalent to…
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MOL, Neste, Budapest Airport, RÜK and Wizz Air have started commercially testing its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chain.
The project supports broader efforts in the aviation industry to reduce CO2 emissions and aims to prepare the fuel supply system at the airport ahead of the EU SAF blending mandates, which will be introduced in 2025.
Wizz Air took off from Budapest Airport for the…
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Philipp Schoelzel, vice-president next generation biofuels, bp, outlines why he finds the complex world of biofuels a fascinating sector to work in.
What was your first job?
Within bp it was as a product scheduler at our Rotterdam Refinery for Light and Middle Distillates. Basically, I was managing day-to-day refinery production, imports and exports of oil products and supply into local and…
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