MSC to encourage use of biofuel in its fleet

Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A (MSC) has announced that it is a adopting ‘MSC Biofuel Solution’ for ocean operations at selected ports. The company offers customers the opportunity to join forces with MSC to decarbonise their supply chains and achieve their climate targets. The company sources have revealed that they procure bunkers and low-carbon certified sustainable

Reliance likely to make biofuel from algae   

Reliance industries has announced that the company their scientists have developed cutting-edge innovative capabilities for algae strain development, cultivation, and harvesting. The company said it will be making fuel using algae soon. It has announced that using algae unlocked endless possibilities such as the production of biofuel, bio-chemicals and nutritional food and feed. But how

Quadrise Fuels signs agreement to supply alternative fuels

Quadrise Fuels International PLC announced that it has signed a new agreement with its client in Morocco. As per the agreement, the company will supply trial quantities of its MSAR and bioMSAR alternative fuels for an industrial demonstration at one of the client’s sites. The company will then provide the client with a written report

ACE launches carbon intensity (CI) calculator

The American Coalition for Ethanol introduced a new carbon intensity (CI) calculator to help its members understand the carbon intensity (CI) of their farms and ethanol operations along with a simplified version of the tool to raise awareness about factors impacting the CI of ethanol. These tools help illustrate corn ethanol’s ability to attain net-zero

Ethanol procurement price increased by OMCs

State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) – Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) – have decided to procure ethanol to blend with fuel before selling it. The OMCs have announced an increase in ethanol procurement price for a six months period ending November 30, 2022. This

Proteum Energy partners with University of Regina to develop hydrogen from ethanol

Proteum Hydrogen Technologies Corp. and the University of Regina have agreed to work jointly to produce hydrogen from renewable ethanol feedstock. The project is aimed at advancing Proteum’s patented and proprietary steam non-methane reforming (SnMR™) technology, which can provide fuel cell grade clean hydrogen for heavy-duty transportation, low carbon hydrogen-rich designer fuels for power, and

MOL will commence biofuel sea trials

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd’s (MOL’s) group company, MOL Drybulk Ltd. will start sea trials of Panamax bulk carrier ‘C.S. OLIVE’, chartered from Chugoku Sougyo CO., Ltd. using biofuel in late June 2022. MOL has signed a deal for biofuel supply with Chevron Singapore Pve. Ltd., and about 500 tons of International Sustainability & Carbon Certification

Higher energy costs of Indian ethanol makers will be borne by oil retailers

The state fuel retailers in India are ready to offer monetary relief to sugar mills and other producers of ethanol to compensate for high energy costs. The objective behind this step from oil companies is to boost biofuel production. The Indian government fixes the ethanol purchase prices for fuel retailers – Indian Oil Corp, Bharat

LR to work with Capital Ship Management on marine biofuels pilot project

Capital Ship Management, a Greek ship management company, and classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) have agreed to initiate trial the use of biofuels in a new pilot project. The trial’s objective is to support the maritime industry’s research for low to zero-carbon fuels, which will be in line with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) greenhouse

Biofuel blending mandates for 2022 issued by US EPA

The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) set biofuel blending mandates for 2022 at 20.63 billion gallons and retroactive volume mandates for 2021 at 18.84 billion gallons and for 2020 at 17.13 billion gallons. EPA denied oil refiners’ exemption petitions, but said it would allow extra time for small refiners to meet their 2020 blending obligations.