Air New Zealand is to welcome the first shipment of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM (SAF) ready to power the airline's fleet. The shipment of SAF is imported into New Zealand in partnership with Z Energy. The 1.2 million litre (937 tons) import of neat SAF is equivalent to fuelling around 400 return flights between Auckland and Wellington. The first shipment... [Read More]

EWABA, the EU association representing the European waste-based and advanced biodiesel industry, has welcomed the European Parliament’s plenary vote on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) legislative proposal. The organisation said the industry welcomed the Parliament’s provision to increase the existing proposed limit to Annex IX Part B feedstocks... [Read More]

OMV and Ryanair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Ryanair airports across Austria, Germany and Romania. This MoU agreement gives Ryanair access to purchase up to 160,000 tons of SAF from OMV over the next eight years, starting in 2023. This landmark MoU demonstrates Ryanair’s continued progress towards its... [Read More]

The European Parliament stressed the need for renewable energy to be increasingly used and energy consumption to be drastically slashed by 2030 during an historic vote. MEPs voted on September 14 to raise the share of renewables in the EU’s final energy consumption to 45% by 2030, under the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) -a target also backed by the... [Read More]

As oil prices spike amid supply disruptions, several operational and idle refineries across North America are, or, will be converted to biorefineries for processing waste and vegetable oils into renewable diesel. This is also occurring in Europe and other countries. Well before sanctions were applied on Russia, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast... [Read More]

Sulzer Chemtech is helping Energy Absolute (EA) expand its manufacturing plant in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand, and enhance the quality of HVO. EA, one of the biggest companies in Thailand for renewable energy supply, has signed a license agreement with Sulzer Chemtech. The new technology provided by Sulzer will enhance the quality of the renewable diesel, or hydrotreated... [Read More]

OMV and Lufthansa Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the supply of more than 800,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel from next year to 2030. The companies intend to expand their existing partnership and extend it to include new locations for SAF production and delivery as well as new SAF production technologies. OMV, the integrated oil, gas and... [Read More]

Finally after several setbacks it was all systems go for the Biofuels International Conference and Expo in Brussels, Belgium. Now that the successful event has been concluded, next year's has been pencilled on for next May at the same venue. It was hard to believe that the last time everyone convened for the conference at the glorious former 1930s theatre turned hotel,... [Read More]

  National food waste recycling business Keenan Recycling will be unveiling its new hybrid vehicle at RWM & Letsrecycle Live in Birmingham. This vehicle replaces fossil diesel fuel with a blend of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and hydrogen gas, resulting in a 98.6% reduction in CO2 emissions. Keenan Recycling will use the vehicle to collect food waste... [Read More]

The UAE has increased its greenhouse gas emission reduction target from 23.5% to 31% by 2030. The UAE cabinet, headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved an updated version of the UAE’s second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. In support of the objectives of the UAE Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative, the new document... [Read More]

California drivers at more than 600 stations can now fuel their diesel engines with a cleaner-burning alternative. Making this happen required procuring new feedstocks, repurposing pipeline and terminal infrastructure, and reimaging customer sites. Operators at the Phillips 66 San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, leveraged their refining expertise to process... [Read More]

Everyone at Biofuels International has been saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on September 8. Her Majesty has dedicated a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and countries far beyond. We can all draw great inspiration from Queen Elizabeth who leaves behind a legacy of dignity, integrity, hard work and compassion.... [Read More]

The use of biodiesel and hydrotreated vegetable oil for blending amounted to around 1.23 million tonnes in the first half of 2022 - translating to a 6.3% rise on the same period 2021. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, demand for diesel increased 1.6% to 15.15 million tonnes in this period. The average biodiesel/HVO incorporation rate between January... [Read More]

Rapeseed spot prices have come under growing seasonal pressure due to increasing supply from the running harvest. In some regions, yields for wheat and rapeseed were good, steadying the downward slide of producer prices. At the same time, low water surcharges and rail transport made delivery to the oil mills more expensive. Uncertainties about Ukraine's shipping potential,... [Read More]