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Phillips 66 has announced a major milestone in its conversion of the San Francisco refinery into the Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex - expanding commercial scale production of renewable diesel.
The Rodeo Renewed project has progressed, with the facility now processing only renewable feedstocks and producing approximately 30,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel.
The Rodeo Renewable Energy…
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Ryanair has announced that it has purchased 1,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Shell, which will be supplied to the airline at its Stansted Airport base.
This purchase follows the MoU agreement made between the companies in 2022, providing Ryanair with unique access to purchase up to 360,000 tonnes of SAF from Shell between 2025 and 2030.
The announcement, as part of an event…
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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) and the Global Transport Solutions (GTS) Group, encompassing Marinetrans and Best Global Logistics (BGL), are to extend their collaboration on AFKLMP's Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme.
This collaboration underscores a mutual commitment to sustainability and supports GTS’s Going Green initiative.
The continuation of this partnership…
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The Renewable Fuels Association has filed a petition to intervene in support of a legal challenge brought by European ethanol producers against the European Union’s FuelEU Maritime Regulation.
By arbitrarily assuming crop-based biofuels like ethanol have the same lifecycle carbon emissions as the dirtiest fossil-based marine fuels, the EU regulation effectively bans the use of renewable,…
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Simply Blue Group is developing onshore renewable energy parks to power facilities capable of producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The projects, in Canada, Ireland and Australia will process more than 1.5 million tonnes of sustainable biomass annually to produce over 300,000 tonnes of SAF each year.
Simply Blue Group’s sustainable fuels will be produced in onshore Renewable Energy…
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The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has published its manifesto - setting out the legislative priorities for the EU biodiesel industry for the coming years.
In order to reach the EU climate targets, decarbonisation of transport will remain a big challenge, as demand for transport continues to increase.
The manifesto, according to the EBB, highlights how domestic sustainable biofuels can…
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Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Over 2 million gallons of blended SAF will be supplied into the fuelling system at the Dutch Airport over the course of this year.
The airline will track the delivery of SAF into the fuelling systems and environmental benefits using standard industry accounting methodologies. Emirates’…
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It takes a lot of inputs to convert a raw material into a usable biofuel. It requires specialised expertise, precision equipment, the correct materials and well-executed processes.
However, often, from a cost-perspective, the most significant expense in the process of converting raw materials to biofuel is energy.
That is why, at CPM, we have focused on developing products, solutions and…
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LanzaTech UK has been granted permission to setup a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility on a former-industrial site at Crown Wharf.
Work on the new facility is due to commence this winter and production is scheduled to begin two years’ later.
The proposed alcohol-to-jet facility in Port Talbot will produce about 100 million litres of SAF per annum - about 10% of the sustainable aviation…
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New this year at the annual Biofuels Conference and Expo, which will take place on June 18-19, is the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) element.
The SAF Fuels Summit will take place in an adjoining room at the same venue – the Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels.
A 10% early bird special offer is still available to delegates who are contemplating coming. This lasts until the end of March.
The event,…
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European biodiesel producer Argent Energy has entered consultation on plans to end production at its biodiesel plant in Motherwell, Scotland.
Despite the excellent team and their considerable efforts, external factors affecting the UK and EU biodiesel market have driven the requirement to make a strategic change.
The decision, taken only after lengthy consideration of all other options, will…
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The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) has welcomed the addition of several new feedstocks in the revised Annex IX to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) adopted by the European Commission.
Further clarifications on the definitions of the newly added feedstocks are still needed prior to implementation.
The EBB, with its comprehensive sectoral knowledge, is looking forward to contributing its…
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The International Grains Council (IGC) expects global production of sunflower seeds to reach 58.5 million tonnes in its first estimate for the 2024/25 marketing season.
The anticipated increase in production is based in particular on higher yield expectations despite an approximately 2% reduction in the area planted.
According to the IGC, the reasons for the expected decline in area are good…
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INEOS is looking to close its ethanol plant at the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex in the UK, it has been reported.
The proposed closure is in response to a reduction in demand for ethanol in Europe along with increasing pressure from imports of ethanol from other regions, which has led the business at Grangemouth to run at a loss for several years.
The plant is one of two the company owns,…
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects global soybean output in the 2023/24 crop year to increase 18.8 million tonnes on the same period the previous year.
Production is set to hit a new record high at around 397 million tonnes as adequate supply has caused stocks to rise worldwide.
The USDA's soybean forecast for Brazil was slightly lowered to 155 million tonnes, approximately 7…
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