bp has completed its purchase of Archaea Energy marking a milestone in the growth of its strategic biofuel business. “We see enormous opportunity to grow our bioenergy business by bringing Archaea fully into bp,” said Dave Lawler, chairman and president bp America. “The talent, expertise and passion of their team has let them achieve incredible growth so far,... [Read More]

Liege Airport is the first Belgian airport to distribute sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to its airline customers. The Belgian airport announced that its aviation fuel installations, as well as its fuelling staff are ready to receive, store and distribute SAF. Throughout the last few months, its fuel storage facilities have been audited and the... [Read More]

US ethanol exports to Brazil will not face significant tariffs this year. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper said that the Brazilian government has extended the suspension of a 20% tariff that was set to resume on January 1. “This extension buys us some time and gives us some breathing room to work with the new administration on a longer-term, permanent resolution... [Read More]

Palm oil was the most important vegetable oil raw material for the production of biodiesel and hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) in the quota year 2021 for offsetting against the GHG quota obligation. According to the evaluation report 2021 published in December 2022 by the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), 1.318 million tonnes of the raw materials certified... [Read More]

Chevron has partnered with Singapore-based shipping giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) to complete inaugural biofuel bunkering on a 4,800 TEU containership. The operation was witnessed by Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), a digital infrastructure that facilitates the sharing of data between supply chain ecosystem partners. The transaction saw the transfer of 992.2MT... [Read More]

Brussels Airlines has started the new year by receiving a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel using the NATO Central European Pipeline System (CEPS). The SAF is supplied by CEPS to commercial airports in Europe and these airports can also receive SAF via the pipeline system. The flag carrier of Belgium which is part of the Lufthansa Group has ambitious sustainability... [Read More]

Plans for the world’s first commercial-scale factory to transform waste gases into sustainable jet fuel (SAF) have moved a step closer today. LanzaTech UK has announced that its DRAGON facility project has received a £25 miilion (€31 miilion) grant from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund Competition. Project DRAGON, which stands for Decarbonising... [Read More]

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport and Urban Development (JOIN) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on initiatives aimed at manufacturing and procuring sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). ANA will provide advice and other support to JOIN's SAF projects overseas, based on its experience... [Read More]

MEPs and EU governments have agreed to reform the Emissions Trading System to further reduce industrial emissions and invest more in climate friendly technologies. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which enshrines the “polluter pays” principle, is at the core of European climate policy and key to achieving the objective of EU climate-neutrality. By putting a... [Read More]

The UK Government has confirmed the results of the Advanced Fuels Fund competition where Velocys has been awarded £29.5 million (€33.6 million). Velocys, the sustainable fuels technology company, announced on 12 December that it had received the grant of from the Department for Transport (DfT) Advanced Fuels Fund competition for the Altalto Sustainable Aviation Fuel... [Read More]

Neste is helping the data centre specialist LCL make a switch to renewable energy sources for its emergency power generators by providing the company with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. LCL becomes the first in its sector in Belgium to start using the renewable diesel for its emergency power generators. The fuel will initially be used in LCL facilities in LCL Brussels-West... [Read More]

Soybean is the most important oilseed crop imported to the European Union, ahead of rapeseed, according to the latest import figures. EU-27 imports in the first four-and-a-half months of the running marketing year amounted to just under 4.9 million tonnes. In the same period of the 2021/22 season, imports were around 900,000 tonnes larger. There were significant shifts... [Read More]

Rolls-Royce has finished building its UltraFan demonstrator engine that will help improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to 10% while running on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The motor boasts a 12ft (fan system, the largest in the world, and it has now been moved from the workshop and into Testbed 80 - a £90 million (€102 million) facility in Derby, UK. The British... [Read More]

Demand for renewable ethanol in the EU will increase by 13% from now until 2030, according to a new report from the European Commission. The EU Agricultural Outlook for Markets, Income and Environment 2022-2032, published by the Commission’s DG for Agriculture and Rural Development, forecasts that demand for renewable ethanol will increase to 7.7 billion litres per... [Read More]