Maruti Suzuki prefers to produce hybrid-powered vehicles than EVs

Maruti Suzuki India considers to go for manufacturing vehicles powered by hybrid technology, natural gas and biofuels. The company prefers to use hybrid technology to produce vehicles in push towards a cleaner future than electric vehicles (EVs). The ace auto maker in India which sells every other car on the nation’s roads, believes EVs aren’t

IMO removes regulatory impediment to encourage biofuels

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) elaborated on the new “Unified Interpretation (UI)” approved by the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in June 2022 on the application of regulation 18.3 MARPOL Annex VI in relation to biofuels. Regulation 18 of MARPOL Annex VI, “Fuel Oil Availability and Qualities”, applies to fuels derived from petroleum refining

EPA’s renewable fuel standard to ethanol encourages US states to for it  

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard June 3 that sets a goal of 15 billion gallons of conventional renewable fuels for 2022. Some Midwestern states are turning to higher blends of ethanol in hopes it will help them respond to rising fuel costs. Ohio Gov. Mike

Sugar producers in India happy with ethanol blending and rising demand

The government’s decision to implement the ethanol blending target of 20% to 2025-26 from 2030 has brought an added optimism to sugar producers in the country. Now, under the renewed target, 10% blending of fuel-grade ethanol with petrol should happen this year, increasing gradually each year thereafter and reaching 20% by 2025-26. India’s sugar industry

Largest biofuels plant expected to come up in Paraguay

A biofuels plant set to be the largest in South America has been announced in Paraguay. The Omega Green plant aims to produce renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel, as well as processing by-products, including propane, butane, naphtha and acid gases. It is expected to start operating in 2025 and will be located near the

Qantas and Airbus signed an agreement for sustainable aviation fuel

The Australian Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Partnership was signed by Qantas and Airbus in Doha. Airbus and Qantas have agreed to work on the sustainability initiative as part of the airline’s recently announced orders. The partnership will invest in locally developed and produced SAF and feedstock initiatives. Projects will have to be commercially viable and meet

Cargill’s first waste-to-biofuel facility in Ghent completed

Cargill has completed its first biodiesel plant in Ghent, Belgium, the plant converts waste oils and residues into renewable fuel. The advanced biodiesel produced at the facility will be used by the maritime and trucking sectors, enabling customers to lower the carbon footprint associated with their maritime and road transport activities. The project is the

Ethanol gas emerging as cheap alternative in the US

At certain gas stations across Sacramento, the capital city of the US state of California, E-85, a gasoline blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, is priced significantly lower than normal gasoline currently because the price of corn is trading below the price of petroleum. In the mid-2000s, Chevy and Ford created many

Brazil’s biodiesel producers ready to increase output

Brazil’s biodiesel producers are ready to increase output to prevent a major diesel supply shortage. In September last year, the government decided to reduce the mandatory mix of biodiesel in diesel because of the high price of soy, the main raw material for the production of biofuel in the country. The country’s bio blending sector

Price parity for EVs, flex-fuel vehicles will be achieved on par with petrol cars: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said efforts are being made to help EVs and flex-fuel vehicles (FFV) achieve price parity with petrol and diesel vehicles within a year’s time. Speaking at what India thinks today global summit, Gadkari said that the aim of the government is to bring prices of EVs and FFVs to the same