Government begins talks on developing a roadmap to boost ethanol adoption

At the 12th Edition of the CII Bioenergy Summit today, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, underscored India’s remarkable progress in bioenergy, aligning with the summit’s theme, “Fuelling the Future – Securing India’s Green Growth Goals.”Puri highlighted the success of India’s ethanol blending initiative, which has seen the blending percentage rise from

Aviation industry to use 20% biofuels made from stubble: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced in the Rajya Sabha that India’s aviation industry is set to adopt 20% bio-aviation fuel within the next five years. Gadkari explained that this initiative will start with stubble (parali) as a key raw material, with farmers receiving Rs 2,500 per ton for their contributions. Gadkari also discussed the use

Airbus launches aviation liquid hydrogen project

TU Delft is one of the academic partners in an innovative aviation hydrogen handling and refuelling project, led by Airbus and supported by academic partners, airport operators and leading hydrogen-industry companies that was launched on 16 May in Brussels. The project, co-funded by the European Union, has been launched to demonstrate small-scale liquid hydrogen aircraft

€780m plant in Spain to turn farm waste into SAF

Spanish green energy company Solarig will spend €780m on a plant for making aviation fuel from agricultural waste in northeast Spain. When complete in 2026, it will produce 60,000 tonnes a year, enough for 12,000 flights between Madrid and Mallorca. Built in an industrial park in the municipality of Garray, it will be powered by

Aviation biofuel market will reach $60.4459 bn mark by 2030

Aviation Biofuel Market Size was valued at $40.2 billion in 2022. The Aviation Biofuel market industry is projected to grow from $42.612 Billion in 2023 to $60.4459 billion by 2030, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.00% during the forecast period (2023 – 2030). Aviation biofuel refers to a renewable and sustainable alternative

New sustainable aviation fuel rules gets delayed

The Biden administration said its new climate modeling for sustainable aviation fuel feedstocks will be released in a matter of weeks, marking a delay sources said was due to disagreements over details of the revisions. The slow progress on the revised modeling has frustrated the biofuels industry by extending uncertainty over whether corn-based ethanol will

IATA expects SAF production to rise in 2024

The production of sustainable aviation fuel will double to more than 600 million litres this year and rise further to 1.875 billion litres in 2024, according to the global airlines’ grouping IATA. As the global aviation industry works on decarbonisation ways, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will play a major role. At a recent conference hosted

Virgin Atlantic flies world’s first flight powered by alternative fuel

A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) successfully completed a London-to-New York jaunt in an effort to showcase the potential of low-carbon options that currently make up a tiny fraction of the industry’s fuel mix. The flight is not the first time the industry has staged demonstrations to highlight its

India looks to mandate blending of 1% SAF

The recently launched Global Biofuel Alliance (GBA) can turn India into a major production and export hub for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and give the country a chance to set international standards in the sector, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said. However, domestic demand will also be high. India is

IATA releases netzero tracking methodology

The methodology and related reporting process were developed with industry experts. IATA will aggregate and report annually inputs from its member airlines on an industry basis. After thorough validation, aggregate industry data from the previous calendar year will be reported annually in the fourth quarter of each year.