Trafigura Group has completed the acquisition of Greenergy’s European and Canadian supply businesses from Brookfield Asset Management and its listed affiliate Brookfield Business Partners. Founded in 1992 to supply diesel with lower emissions, Greenergy is today one of Europe’s largest suppliers of biofuels with manufacturing plants in the UK and the Netherlands and... [Read More]

Neste has commissioned terminal capacity at ONEOK’s terminal in Houston, Texas for blending and storing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™. This is a major step in further expanding the availability of Neste’s SAF to airlines also operating from airports east of the Rocky Mountains all the way to the East Coast. The new capacity at ONEOK’s terminal in Houston... [Read More]

Holland America Line announced the start of a biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords. The ship bunkered the biofuel before leaving the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on April 27 and will operate one of its four engines using low carbon intensity oil derived from... [Read More]

For Mazda’s 35th anniversary of the MX-5 Celtic Renewables welcomed the team and four car models to its biorefinery in Grangemouth. The cars had embarked on a 1,000-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats using 100% biofuel from SUSTAIN Fuel  - derived from agricultural waste. Mazda and SUSTAIN Fuel chose Celtic Renewables as one of their stops to... [Read More]

Neste reported its first net loss since 2014 in the second quarter of this year, as the Finnish refiner grappled with a downturn in the global biofuels market and prolonged outages at its Porvoo refinery. In a July 25 earnings statement, Neste announced a net loss of €144 million for Q2, marking its first negative profit since Q4 2014 and the largest loss in over a... [Read More]

Air New Zealand has dropped a 2030 emissions reduction target - blaming delivery delays of fuel-efficient aircraft and high sustainable aviation fuel prices. However, the carrier said it was committed to an industry-wide target of net-zero emissions by 2050. Aviation is deemed responsible for about 2% of the world's emissions but is considered one of the hardest sectors... [Read More]

Enerkem has appointed Michel Chornet as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Dominique Boies in this role. This announcement follows a series of important changes to prepare for the next phase of the company’s growth. Chornet, already an integral part of Enerkem’s leadership team for many years, assumes the role of CEO with immediate effect. The appointment... [Read More]

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is starting a three-month trial using HVO biofuel in its airside transport fleet at London’s Heathrow Airport in support of SATS’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) group priorities and Heathrow’s goal for all airport vehicles to be zero-emission or using biofuels by 2030. The trial Initially involves two of WFS’s airside... [Read More]

The corn-based ethanol industry is about to get a much-needed boost. New breakthroughs in corn dry fractionation are going to provide a tremendous boost to yields and the bottom line. Cereal Process Technologies (CPT) uses dry fractionation technology prior to the ethanol process to separate components without liquids. The technology is operational in four commercial... [Read More]

Most new biofuel demand comes from emerging economies, especially Brazil, Indonesia and India. All three countries have robust biofuel policies, rising transport fuel demand and abundant feedstock potential. Ethanol and biodiesel use have expanded the most in these regions. Although advanced economies including the European Union, the United States, Canada and Japan... [Read More]

Firefly Green Fuels and Synagro Technologies have partnered to bring Firefly’s novel fuel-production techniques to the American market. Synagro, the preeminent provider of sustainable solutions for biosolids, organics and residuals has agreed to be the exclusive supplier of the biosolids feedstock used in Firefly’s innovative process. Firefly has developed a unique... [Read More]

LanzaJet has announced a strategic investment from Airbus, which enables it to continue to build its capability and capacity to scale its proprietary ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) process technology. “LanzaJet intentionally developed a diverse portfolio of strategic investors comprised of leading, global companies to ensure we have the ecosystem to scale... [Read More]

At just under 5.7 million tonnes, EU-27 rapeseed imports from non-EU countries fell well short of the previous year's volume of 7.5 million tonnes, representing a 24% decrease. EU rapeseed imports from non-EU countries declined sharply compared to the previous year. Two trading partners stood out in terms of origins - Ukraine and Australia. Also, the flow of goods... [Read More]

Boeing and Clear Sky, an investment company dedicated to aviation sustainability, are joining forces to accelerate sustainability solutions for aviation. As an initial project, the companies will help in testing and advancing Firefly Green Fuels’ cutting-edge technology to increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK. Firefly transforms sewage waste... [Read More]