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Apr 27, 2023
VAR Ventures and Maersk Growth invest in Danish biofuel company
Bioethanol News
Apr 27, 2023
Delta is making another multi-million-dollar commitment in sustainable aviation fuel on its quest to scale what is widely considered the airline industry’s largest proven decarbonisation lever.
Delta will purchase up to 10 million gallons of neat SAF from Shell Aviation over a two-year period for use at its hub at Los Angeles International Airport. This will increase... [Read More]
Features
Apr 26, 2023
Although demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is expected to experience significant growth1, production is currently limited with only a handful of commercial plants available today.
bp believes that producing SAF through co-processing at existing refineries will help the aviation sector as it transitions to a low-carbon industry and builds dedicated and more efficient... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 26, 2023
The European Parliament and Council negotiators have agreed to increase the uptake of sustainable fuels such as advanced biofuels or hydrogen in the aviation sector.
A provisional deal, reached on April 24, between the European Parliament and Council negotiators on RefuelEU Aviation rules, sets the minimum share of sustainable aviation fuels to be made available at EU... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 26, 2023
Hundreds of delegates from the world of biofuels attended the European biofuel conference in Geneva.
The two-day event at the Fairmont Hotel, in the heart of the city, focused on key policy areas including key biofuel market drivers, the long-term outlook for clean fuel as well as RED III updates and the impact of on biofuels.
The event was organised by S&P Global Platts... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 25, 2023
Aemetis said its Universal Biofuels subsidiary in India, which operates a biodiesel plant, near the Port of Kakinada, was selected by the three government-controlled oil marketing companies (OMCs) to supply 8,500,000 gallons over the next three months.
Approximately 70% of the 25 billion gallon diesel market in India is supplied by the OMCs, with the remaining 30% supplied... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 25, 2023
XFuel has engaged DORIS, a leader in energy engineering, advisory and project management, to provide front end engineering and design support for its modular energy conversion facilities.
DORIS will support XFuel’s in-house engineering team to scale up facilities that use its unique modular mechanical carbon conversion technology (MECC).
These facilities will produce... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 25, 2023
Neste and Air Canada are expanding their collaboration with an additional supply of 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million litres) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied to Air Canada will be blended with conventional jet fuel and used to power the airline’s flights from the San Francisco International Airport.
Air Canada has... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 24, 2023
Wizz Air has announced a £5 million (€5.65 million) investment in Firefly - a UK-based biofuel company.
This is the airline’s first equity investment in the research and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The announcement supports Wizz Air’s broader sustainability strategy, which includes an ambitious fleet renewal programme.
The partnership with... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 24, 2023
MEPs have adopted the reform of the EU’s Emissions Trading System including for aviation and maritime - the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and a new Social Climate fund.
Parliament approved the deals reached with EU countries in late 2022 on several key pieces of legislation that are part of the Fit for 55 in 2030 package on Tuesday.
This is the EU’s plan to... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 24, 2023
The stage is set for the annual Biofuels Conference and Expo which will take place on May 16-17 – not long now.
The event will once again take place at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, which so successfully hosted the conference last year following a two-year absence due to the pandemic.
Other speakers will include Karl Fielder, the CEO Neutral Fuels, who strongly believes... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 21, 2023
Deutsche Bahn is expanding its use of renewable diesel significantly by purchasing around 13,300 tons of renewable diesel produced by Neste.
Switching from fossil diesel to Neste MY Renewable Diesel will enable Deutsche Bahn to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of their diesel-powered locomotives and railcars by up to 90 %.
In total, the purchased... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 21, 2023
A new British Department for Transport document that highlighted policy scenarios for the UK’s 2025 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) law has warned that unless a cap is placed on green jet fuel, carbon emissions may rise in other transport sectors.
In a Euractiv piece, it highlighted in the report that SAF made from used cooking oil and animal fats should be restricted... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 21, 2023
UK industry body Sustainable Aviation said the cost of decarbonising air travel was likely to push up ticket prices and put some off flying.
Measures such as moving to higher-cost sustainable aviation fuel will "inevitably reduce passenger demand", the group said.
However it added that people will "still want to fly" despite "slightly higher costs", the BBC reported.
Annual... [Read More]
Features
Apr 20, 2023
Cytiva™ produces more than 25 million syringe filters each year and these are used in a variety of settings – from tracking air pollution levels to monitoring and optimising the conversion of glucose to ethanol in the production of bioethanol.
Each time a Whatman™ syringe filter is used during one of these processes, the remaining plastic waste is the size of a... [Read More]
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