The Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel has urged the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide greater opportunities for the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The coalition consisting of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Helicopter Association International (HAI), National Air Transportation Association... [Read More]

The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) has submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Volume Standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The comments are on how the Agency can improve the final rule in a way that makes important near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. ACE’s comments also express support... [Read More]

MJD, road hauliers to firms including Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, has announced a transition to a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) drop-in biofuel called GD+ across all its haulage operations. The fuel will be used with immediate effect in MJD’s existing diesel engine trucks, with no modifications required, and will cut carbon emissions by 17,000 metric tonnes... [Read More]

BARTEC BENKE products and solutions prevent explosions wherever hazardous substances such as flammable liquids, gases and dust could occur and keep people safe, while protecting the environment. Customers primarily include companies from the oil and gas industries as well as chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical companies from around the world. The firm also offers... [Read More]

Cornelius Claeys, a biofuels analyst with Stratas Advisor, outlines how he thinks the used cooking oil (UCO) market will fair in 2022. Claeys will also be presenting at Biofuels International Conference and Expo in Brussels on 5-6 July. He said: “In Europe and North America, biofuels from UCO witnessed larger absolute growth than any other biofuel segment between 2010... [Read More]

LanzaJet has announced it has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The Fund has made a $50 million (€44 million) investment to support the construction of LanzaJet’s first alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in Soperton, Georgia. The innovative structure of Microsoft’s financing... [Read More]

bp has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels (GBF) the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). GBF’s products are made from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat. bp’s investment will support GBF’s growth as it works with businesses looking to transition away from using traditional diesel fuel in their assets,... [Read More]

Turkish Airlines has begun using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on its flights. Aviation fuel obtained from sustainable sources was used for the first time on TK1823 flight that departed from Istanbul Airport for Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport on 2 February. There are now plans in place to use it on different routes on a wider scale. SAF that will be used for Turkish... [Read More]

With many climate action plans being implemented, additional immediate actions are needed to ensure the climate impacts do not become more dangerous and unpredictable. Some hard-to-abate sectors (e.g, cement, steel and transport) have proven to be particularly recalcitrant. Current efforts at climate mitigation are merely reducing the rate of GHG emissions. While taking... [Read More]

SLD Pumps & Power (SLD) has switched exclusively to biodiesel fuel to power its nationwide equipment fleet. The change will displace consumption of about 1 million litres of highly polluting mineral diesel each year. A pilot initiative with the new cleaner-burning fuel was introduced at the company's Glasgow branch to coincide with the global COP26 climate change conference... [Read More]

Zero Carbon Humber has announced an expansion to its partnership with the addition of two of the region’s leading industry names - Velocys and INEOS Acetyls. This is helping its ambition to make the Humber the world’s first net zero industrial cluster by 2040. The announcement takes the Zero Carbon Humber partnership from 12 to 14 leading energy, industrial and... [Read More]

Atlantic Aviation has announced that it is offering sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for sale from its FBO at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The fixed base operator is keen to exceed last year’s threshold of reducing 10.8 million pounds of carbon emissions through the supply of SAF at the company’s LAX facility. The SAF is fully miscible with conventional... [Read More]

A new EU report, highlighted by ePURE, has underlined Europe’s continued dependence on fossil fuels for transport. The report also confirmed the importance of crop-based biofuels as a renewable energy source that can easily replace them. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, released its annual SHARES report detailing the share of energy from renewable sources in... [Read More]

Nuseed Limited has an offtake and market development agreement with bp which will purchase Carinata oil it plans to process for the production of sustainable biofuels. Nuseed Carinata is a non-food cover crop that can be used to produce low-carbon biofuel feedstock that is independently certified, sustainable and scalable. Nufarm CEO Greg Hunt said “Nuseed Carinata... [Read More]