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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered a novel oxygenate molecule that can be produced from biomass to be used as a blend for diesel fuel. The NREL team is working with scientists from Yale University, Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Co-Optimisation... [Read More]

Shipping and logistics provider CMA CGM Group has partnered with Shell for the supply of tens of thousands of tonnes of marine biofuel to its fleet. The volume of fuel will allow CMA CGM’s vessels to travel almost one million kilometres, equivalent to over 80 round-trips between Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the US city of New York. In 2019, CMA CGM became the... [Read More]

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), carbon emissions per passenger have declined by over 50% since 1990. Much of this improvement can be attributed to the air industry achieving an annual fuel efficiency improvement of 2.3% since 2009, around 0.8 percentage points ahead of the target. This progress is due to investments in more efficient... [Read More]