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Jan 13, 2023
US ethanol industry praises India for hitting blending targets
Bioethanol News
Jan 13, 2023
VINCI Airports, operator of Toulon Hyères airport, and WFS, holder of the airport's fuelling contract, are launching a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) service available to commercial and business aviation firms.
The fuels will be distributed in a 30% blend with conventional kerosene.
To distribute these fuels, VINCI Airports and WFS have chosen a 100% electric refuelling... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 12, 2023
Airbus has introduced renewable fuel on one of the vessels it uses for transportation by sea.
A test campaign was launched on the route Saint-Nazaire-Tunis-Naples in December, which will run for 18 months.
Airbus is continously introducing alternative energy solutions across the different transportation methods it uses - air, road and maritime.
In 2019, Airbus introduced Sustainable... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 12, 2023
Tributes have been paid to Dr Douglas John Ward, the former chairman of Celtic Renewables, who has died, aged 82.
The Scotland-based company, in a statement, said it was deeply saddened following the passing of its ex-chairman who died peacefully in his home following a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Ward was involved with the original R&D, which underpinned... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 12, 2023
Europe’s oil majors’ ‘big bet’ on hydrogen as the transport fuel for the future is not so big in reality, according to a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E).
The NGO argues that investments in biofuels refining are eight times bigger. T&E accuses oil producers of not being serious about investing in genuinely clean fuels, but are choosing the... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 11, 2023
CropEnergies revealed it generated revenues of €1,177 million up from €781 million the previous year.
The main reason for this were higher sales volumes and sales prices overall, both for sustainably produced ethanol and for the food and animal feed products sold.
As the significantly higher revenues for the products sold more than compensated for the negative impact... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 11, 2023
As we settle into the new year, Biofuels International has looked back on the past 12 months to see which stories helped generate the most interest.
The news that Repsol and the EIB have signed a deal to finance a new biofuels plant in Spain attracted a lot of traction.
The article attracted more than 9,000 page impressions when it was uploaded in December.
The piece... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 11, 2023
The German Bioethanol Industry Association (BDBe) has criticised the Federal Minister’s claim that food and fuel are in competition with one another.
The Federal Minister of Food an Agriculture , Cem Özdemir, has led calls to abandon biofuels from cultivated biomass.
“Since the animal feed grain used for domestic bioethanol production is not qualitatively suitable... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 10, 2023
Global biofuel demand is expected to be 6% or 900 million litres per year (MLPY) higher in 2022 than the previous year.
Renewable diesel makes up the largest share of this year-on-year expansion, thanks to attractive policies in the United States and Europe.
Blending requirements and financial incentives support demand growth in India and Brazil, and Indonesia’s 30%... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 10, 2023
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects global soybean production in 2022/23 to reach around 391.2 million tonnes in its latest report.
This is up 0.6 million tonnes on the November 2022 estimate. The figure translates to an expected increase of 35.6 per cent on the previous marketing year.
According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, the upward revision... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 10, 2023
A pub in south Lincolnshire in the UK has celebrated one year of net-zero emissions by using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).
The Five Horseshoes Inn in Barholm village first adopted the renewable liquid fuel in summer 2021. The 300 year old pub has since become what is believed to be the first rural establishment in the country to achieve carbon neutral status.
HVO... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 9, 2023
Repsol and ASAJA, the largest professional agricultural organisation in Spain that represents more than 200,000 farmers, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote projects that focus on the circular economy.
Repsol will analyse the potential of waste and by-products as new raw materials for the manufacture of renewable fuels and circular materials in its industrial... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 9, 2023
Delivering freight across the UK could become more efficient and cleaner thanks to a £7 million (€7.9 million) government-backed fund.
The initiative that was rolled out on January 9 will outline new innovative ideas and technology across the industry.
The freight innovation fund (FIF) will go to up to 36 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They will then... [Read More]
Features
Jan 9, 2023
We are all aware that reaching our climate neutrality goal by 2050 is not an easy one - on the contrary, it will be extremely difficult, especially now with the impact of the Russian invasion on Ukraine that has temporarily shifted the EU’s short-term focus to energy security and energy poverty.
A complex regulatory framework currently being shaped is needed as soon... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 6, 2023
US ethanol exports declined 3% to a three-month low of 81.4 million gallons (mg) - about 40% less than the volume shipped a year ago, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. All exported US ethanol landed in just 10 countries in November.
Canada secured its place as the US’s top customer for the 20th consecutive month as shipments to Canada increased 8% to... [Read More]
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