Ireland-based College Group has become the latest company to join EWABA. Originally founded in 1989 as a rendering company, College Group has grown into being the country’s leading circula economy business with rendering, biodiesel, fertiliser and renewable divisions. In 2020, College Group constructed its state-of-the-art waste-based biodiesel facility at Nobber in... [Read More]

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released its Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2022 with more data collected than ever before. The annual report is produced under the direction of Clean Fuels Alliance America to document the quality of biodiesel from US and Canadian-based producers that participate in the industry’s voluntary quality assurance... [Read More]

Portugal's environment regulator has approved a project by Galp to produce biodiesel and SAF using cooking oils at its Sines refinery. Galp aims to build a Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) plant, with an initial investment of €269 million at its refinery south of Lisbon, where it plans to install its first 100-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen unit. The green light from... [Read More]

Soybean exports from Brazil are forecast to reach a record 97 million tonnes in 2022/23, according to latest estimates by the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). June’s estimate for Brazilian shipments was 95.7 million tonnes and the new estimate was 23.2% higher than the previous year’s total of 78.7 million tonnes, the 27 June report said.... [Read More]

Uniper and Sasol ecoFT have jointly applied for funding from the Swedish Energy Agency to develop sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The final decision on the award is likely to be received during the next study phase. In SkyFuelH2, biomass and renewable hydrogen feedstock will be combined using Sasol’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce SAF on an industrial... [Read More]

Air China successfully operated an Airbus A350 using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a blending ratio of 10%. This marked a positive milestone for the normalization of low-carbon flights, the airline said. The use of SAF in Air China‘s low-carbon flight demonstrated the commitment of the aviation industry towards environmental sustainability. By effectively... [Read More]

Repsol has announced it will invest more than €120 million to retrofit an ageing diesel plant to produce second-generation biofuels, Reuters reported. The Spanish oil company aims to produce two million tons of low-carbon fuels by 2030, tripling the capacity it had at the beginning of this decade. The Puertollano plant, built in the 1960s, will start producing biofuels... [Read More]

Asahi Tanker has conducted bunkering for the ocean-going LPG carrier Buena Reina with marine biofuel (B24). Buena Reina was chartered by Marubeni Corporation and the operation took place in Tokyo Bay, the largest port in Japan. The marine biofuel is a blend of conventional bunker fuel oil (VLSFO) and approximately 24% biofuel. The biofuel is composed of biomass (organic... [Read More]

Transdev has completed switching its fleet across its 10 operating centres in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester to the high blend biodiesel fuel. The transport company has partnered with fuel provider Argent Fuels to achieve this aim. Operations director Vitto Pizzuti said: “The biodiesel fuel we’re now using across our fleet is a high-blend B15 formation,... [Read More]

The United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund – a way for companies and consumers to come together and increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the support of start-ups - has increased its investment power to nearly $200 million (€180 million). It has added eight new corporate partners, five months after its initial launch. American... [Read More]

RockCreek is investing in Raven SR - a company that produces renewable transportation fuels from a variety of feedstocks, including waste streams, using a proprietary non-combustion. Raven SR will use RockCreek's investment to further commercialise low-to-negative carbon intensity hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The Raven SR investment is part of RockCreek's... [Read More]

The IEA has presented key findings from its new report, Biofuel Policy in Brazil, India and the United States – Insights for the Global Biofuel Alliance. This was done at a special meeting of government ministers who convened at the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting, which identified Fuels for the Future as a priority area. The event in Goa, India, was opened... [Read More]

Eni, Enel and other Italian energy groups look set to benefit from a partial transfer of European Union funds to the REPowerEU scheme. In a report analysing Italy's challenges to spend €191.5 billion of EU post-COVID funds by 2026, DBRS noted that the Italian government was trying to shift some of that money to the green energy initiative REPowerEU, Reuters reported. "We... [Read More]

Gevo has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of McDermott International to provide front end engineering and early planning services for the development of multiple sustainable aviation fuel facilities in North America. The first facility, Net-Zero 1, is expected to be located near Lake Preston, South Dakota. The Net-Zero 1 plant is expected to produce up to... [Read More]