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Specialty chemical company Clariant has signed a licence agreement with Anhui Guozhen Group, a Chinese green energy company, and Chemtex Chemical Engineering, for Clariant’s sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol technology.
Anhui Guozhen and Chemtex will form a joint venture with the aim of realising a full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste.…
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The UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced funding for four British plants producing biofuels from feedstock including household waste, unused straw from farmland and old wood.
The new UK-based advanced biofuel plants are expected to help the country achieve its net-zero carbon goal, with the projects leading to greener flights and road journeys.
The latest funding…
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US ethanol company Badger State Ethanol has hit a new milestone, producing its one-billionth gallon of ethanol.
The dry mill ethanol plant, which is located in Monroe, Wisconsin in the US, began production in October 2002 and currently has a capacity of over 85 million gallons per year of ethanol. The plant is a member of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).
Congratulating Badger State…
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Bunge North America has sold its stake in an ethanol plant in Iowa, US to Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE), as challenges continue to plague the ethanol industry in America.
SIRE repurchased Bunge’s Series B membership units in the plant, effective 31 December 2019. The purchase ends Bunge’s 13-year ownership interest in SIRE; as part of the transaction, directors Andrés Martín and…
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Finnish company AT-Tuote has collaborated with renewable fuels producer Neste to launch the world’s first industrial lubricant with nearly 100% bio-based content.
The company’s environmentally friendly AT Renewable Penetrating Lubricant is based on a new formulation, with 95% of its content derived from renewable sources. Neste’s MY Renewable Isoalkane is the key component of the…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued its final renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which fails to uphold President Trump’s promised biofuel deal, according to American biofuel trade associations.
In addition to setting final RVOs, the EPA finalised supplemental rulemaking that addresses how the agency will handle small refinery…
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Ireland-based Specialist Nutrition has secured a five-year deal worth €135 million to supply by-products from a US ethanol plant as sustainable feed to farmers in New York.
Part of the Arvum Group, Specialist Nutrition converts co-products produced in the distilling, brewing and biofuel industries into sustainable animal feed.
The deal with US-based Attis Industries will see the company…
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On 19 November, the US House of Representatives passed the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which was signed by all three nations to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The new deal solidifies a multi-billion dollar US ethanol export market, while providing more certainty to farmers and instilling confidence in other countries that the US is a reliable trade partner. It should…
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Researchers led by the University of Manchester in the UK have designed a catalyst that converts biomass into fuel sources with very high efficiency, offering new possibilities for manufacturing advanced renewable materials.
Neutron scattering experiments at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) played a key role in determining the chemical and behavioural dynamics of…
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US clean fuel association Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has thanked Congressional leaders for renewing and extending certain biofuel tax provisions in an agreement reached earlier this week.
The amendment would retroactively reinstate the second-generation biofuel producer credit, the special allowance for second-generation biofuel plant property and the alternative fuel refuelling…
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The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) for the provision of training for ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, or CORSIA.
The scheme is the first global market-based measure for any sector, and contributes to the achievement of ICAO’s goal of…
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Fuel company Broco Oil has been contracted to provide bio-based heating oil for use in the US city of Boston’s city-owned buildings, including fire stations, police stations and other municipal facilities.
The heating oil is a B20 Bioheat® fuel blend, containing 20% biodiesel, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with petroleum-based diesel fuel and heating…
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Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation’s fleet has flown over one million nautical miles – or 1.85 million kilometres – on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The company has used SAF for its corporate, demonstration, customer support and flight test fleets since March 2016. Over 550 flights have been flown with blended fuel, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by around 1,300 metric tons.
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US airline Delta has signed a long-term offtake agreement with renewable fuel producer Gevo for the purchase of 10 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
SAF provides significant environmental benefits, as the lifecycle carbon footprint of the fuel can be up to 75% lower than conventional jet fuel.
The agreement complements the airline’s recent $2 million (€1.79…
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and its members have thanked certain members of Congress for introducing a multi-year extension of the biodiesel tax incentive.
If passed, the credit would be available to biodiesel blenders through 2022. It will help to expand markets and support expansion of the production of biodiesel and renewable diesel in the US.
"Today’s announced deal provides…
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Airplane manufacturer Bombardier has announced that California, US-based private jet charterer Latitude 33 Aviation has taken delivery of the first customer aircraft to be powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Latitude 33 Aviation will manage and charter the Challenger 350 business jet in Seattle on behalf of the aircraft owner.
“We are very pleased that the customer and Latitude 33…
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