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Jan 9, 2024
Connecting the waste to energy industries
Policy News
Jan 8, 2024
The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new rules to reduce road transport emissions for passenger cars, vans, buses, trucks and trailers.
The regulation for the type-approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles (Euro 7) aims to support the transition towards clean mobility.
At Parliament’s request, the number of exhaust particles... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 8, 2024
Bunker One has been supplying B100 biofuel to Color Line’s SuperSpeed 1 and 2 ferries travelling between Hirtshals in Denmark and Larvik and Kristiansand in Norway.
With this switch to biofuel, Color Line’s two passenger ferries have reduced carbon emissions by approximately 85% on average on the biofuel quantities used.
With the EU ETS that took effect as of January... [Read More]
Features
Jan 5, 2024
Renewable diesel, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), is really taking off in and around Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Several active projects in the renewable fuels space have considered locating to the industrial agriculture park just outside the city limits.
According to Derick Anderson, project engineer at McClure Engineering: “McClure Engineering, working... [Read More]
Features
Jan 5, 2024
Cepsa and Air Europa have sealed an alliance whereby the energy company will supply 14.4 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the airline for one year to cover the first monthly Madrid-Havana flight.
Collaboration
This is the first time that two companies in Spain have established a regular supply of this sustainable fuel for a specific air route.
During... [Read More]
Features
Jan 4, 2024
Pretreatment of fat-based feedstock plays a crucial role in ensuring efficient and reliable biofuel production, regardless of whether the end product is biodiesel, renewable diesel (RD), or sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Considering the significant impact of raw material costs on production expenses and the evolving legislation favouring the use of waste oils and fats... [Read More]
Features
Jan 4, 2024
The aviation industry is embarking on a strong growth journey following the turbulence of the Covid-19 years.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Global Outlook for Air Transport report released in June, noted that the recovery in air passenger traffic observed in 2022 continued its upward trajectory into the first quarter of this year.
By March, industry-wide... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 3, 2024
Brussels Airport Company, thanks to federal government support, will be granting a special financial contribution to promote the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
One year ago, Brussels Airport announced the first delivery of SAF via the NATO pipeline.
However the high price of SAF remained an obstacle and slowed down its use by airlines.
This new SAF incentive... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 3, 2024
The European Union will begin an anti-dumping investigation into biodiesel imports from China, which the bloc's industry said has slashed domestic production.
In August, it began investigating whether biodiesel from Indonesia was circumventing EU duties by going through China and Britain.
The latest investigation, Reuters reported, prompted by a complaint from producer... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 2, 2024
The USDA said the global production of oilseeds in the crop year 2023/24 is set to hit a peak of around 661 million tonnes, which would be up around 4% year-on-year.
Global processing of oilseeds is also set to rise to a record high of 542.5 million tonnes, according to the most recent USDA outlook.
This would be up around 19.1 million tonnes on the crop year 2022/23.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 2, 2024
A biofuel company working with NASA has announced plans to open a £9 million (€10.3 million) County Derry plant on a landfill site.
Renovare Fuels said the first of its kind UK and EU operation in Craigmore will create up to two million litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from gases trapped in the waste.
The plant will be built on top of an existing landfill... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 22, 2023
Preem’s fully renewable HVO, produced at its Gothenburg refinery, has been exported for the first time in the company's history.
This is an important milestone on Swedish company's journey towards a climate-neutral value chain by 2035.
By restructuring production at the refineries in Lysekil and Gothenburg, the plan is to achieve a production capacity of 2.5 million... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 21, 2023
VARO Energy and Höegh Autoliners have announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the decarbonisation of maritime sectors.
This collaboration focuses on supplying 100% advanced biofuels for deep-sea transportation from Europe, underpinning both companies' voluntary commitments to superior sustainability standards.
This partnership is aligned with the strategies... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 21, 2023
Nextchem, through its waste-to-chemicals subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded a feasibility study for the integration of its proprietary Waste-to-Syngas technology in a conversion plant that will transform solid municipal waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
This is the first major project in the UAE aimed at producing up to 120,000 tonnes per year of SAF.
MyRechemical... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 21, 2023
Murrays Coaches’ bid to drive down its emissions continues with the arrival of five new biodiesel-fuelled vehicles for use in Queensland in Australia.
Murrays Coaches, operating transit contracts between Brisbane and regional Queensland, will vastly reduce its CO2 emissions (by more than 80%) thanks to the arrival of five new Scania coaches - running as standard on... [Read More]