Formal engagement has begun on Lighthouse Green Fuels’ (LGF) Development Consent Order (DCO) application for an advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility on Teesside. This will be the largest green-fuel facility in Europe and the most progressed in its development. LGF is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and requires consent from the Secretary... [Read More]

PETRONAS and Idemitsu Kosan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance capabilities across the supply chain and optimise the route to market for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Under the terms of the MoU, PETRONAS and Idemitsu will focus on a feasibility study to scale-up bio feedstock possibilities, production cost analysis and security in ensuring a... [Read More]

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has become the first industrial automation customer headquartered in Asia to join Avelia - a blockchain book-and-claim platform for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Avelia, launched in June 2022, was developed by Shell and Accenture, with support from the Energy Web Foundation together with American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT).... [Read More]

Biofuels International will be hosting its annual conference and exhibition in Brussels on 18-19 June next year. For the first time, the event will include sustainable aviation fuel summit to be held at the same venue – Le Plaza in the city centre. Decarbonisation, net zero and energy security are set to be hotly debated topics in 2024 with biofuels taking centre... [Read More]

Belize has been reported to be developing a pilot project to convert sargassum seaweed into biofuel. Prime Minister John Briceno said in a statement that a $50 million (€47 million) facility, the result of a public-private partnership with German company Variodin, would convert municipal solid waste and sargassum into diesel fuel replacements. The facility could be... [Read More]

Can you tell our readers a little bit about Valueskies and the work it does in the renewable sector? ValueSkies is a Colombian development company focused on the structuring and implementation of projects to produce SAF, renewable diesel, green chemistry, and second-generation pellets with a high social and environmental impact. The company’s approach is to produce... [Read More]

OMV has signed an offtake agreement to supply 2,000 metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the Air France-KLM Group. This offtake agreement follows an existing MoU, granting Air France-KLM access to purchase more than 300,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV by 2030. OMV is implementing numerous measures to achieve its ambitious strategic sustainability goals... [Read More]

Vehicles that supply fuel to aircraft at Dublin Airport will be powered by HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) after airport operator daa teamed up with logistics partner Exolum to carry out a refit of the fuel supply station at the airport fuel farm. The switch to HVO will mean 300,000 fewer litres of diesel will be used at the airport by the fleet of trucks that supply... [Read More]

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has launched a transition review into countervailing measures on biodiesel imported from Argentina on October 5.  These measures are among those inherited from the EU system and the TRA is reviewing them to establish whether they are still suitable for the UK’s needs. At present the duty payable on imports of biodiesel from Argentina... [Read More]

German imports and exports of biodiesel increased steadily in the past six years. The Netherlands was the most important trading partner, followed by Belgium and Poland. German exports of biodiesel grew steadily over the past years with the exception of 2021. More specifically, exports rose from 1.61 million tonnes in 2017 to 2.72 million tonnes in 2022 - translating... [Read More]

Repsol has licensed Honeywell Ecofining™ technology to produce renewable fuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal fat at its facility in Puertollano, Spain. Repsol is designing the plant to convert approximately 240,000 metric tons per annum (KMTA) of waste feeds/feedstocks to renewable diesel and other products. The Honeywell UOP Ecofining™... [Read More]

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will stay more expensive than kerosene even when large-scale production begins, but the cost will not stop airlines from their emission targets, International Air Transport Association (IATA) head Willie Walsh said. IATA previously estimated that SAF could contribute around 65% of the reduction in emissions needed by aviation to reach net-zero... [Read More]

Malaysia is considering the expansion of its B10 biodiesel programme, which requires the mandatory use of 10% palm oil, to its industrial sector, Reuters reported. Malaysia, the world's second biggest producer of palm oil, currently implements the B10 programme only for the transportation sector. Minister Fadillah Yusof did not say when a decision on the B10 mandate... [Read More]

It all began in 2005 in a leaky greenhouse on the campus of Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. I was tasked with the job of creating a biofuels technology programme and teaching laboratory for students, who could then learn the basic skills to allow them to work in one of the many surrounding biofuels processing facilities here in Iowa and in the Midwest.... [Read More]