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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 and 2020.
“Roughly…
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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 will enable…
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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, such as transport…
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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 Airlines has 87 percent…
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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 carbon out of the…
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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 organised in the…
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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 network operators.
It…
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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 jet fuel and is expected…
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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 the EU and across Member…
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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 is a great example of…
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Verde Bio Holdings has announced a significant expansion of its business strategy by entering into an agreement to acquire two operational biodiesel plants.
Under this new strategy, Verde Bio aims to acquire two existing plants located in Fort Myers, Florida, and Wilson, North Carolina, which together will add an estimated $27 million (€24 million) in assets.
The Fort Myers plan can produce…
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Malaysia Airlines has operated its first flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in partnership with PETRONAS and Neste.
The flight marks the airline’s commitment to making SAF the cleaner and more viable energy option for regular flights by 2025.
The Airbus 330-200 aircraft departed Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using a blend mixture of approximately 38% SAF made from used cooking oil, and…
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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 a range of biofuels-ready…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a finalised extension to the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) compliance deadlines for 2019, 2020, 2021, and for 2022.
The 2019 RVO compliance deadline for small refineries was originally set for November 30, 2021, and the 2020 RVO compliance deadline for all obligated parties was previously set for January 31, 2022.
With this latest…
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IKEA UAE, one of the world’s best-known and loved home furnishing brands, aims to cut its CO2 emissions in the UAE by up to 90% on the way to its ultimate goal of emission-free deliveries by 2025.
Farjad Shah, sustainability developer of IKEA UAE, said the company has been using Neutral Fuels B100 Net Zero Biofuel in their delivery vehicles that transport goods from Jebel Ali port to its…
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Greenfield Global reached an agreement with Central Farm Service (CFS) for the supply of corn to its newly acquired ethanol plant in the US.
Greenfield acquired the Winnebago plan in Minnesota and has started the production of renewable ethanol.
The Winnebago plant has a production capacity of 48 million gallons per year, which mainly serves the low-carbon fuel marketplace.
CFS has 17 grain…
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Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and GAIL have joined forces to set-up a bioethanol plant with a 500 kilo litres per day (KLD) capacity.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up the new bioethanol plant in Gujarat and cooperation in other business areas of mutual interest was signed recently.
The plant will use corn/broken rice as feedstock with eco-friendly technology…
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