Biden Rejects Oil Refineries Seeking Biofuel-Blending Exemptions

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision is a blow to 15 unidentified small refineries that had sought the waivers from requirements to blend renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel, arguing the mandates were too costly. However, the agency determined none of the 26 rejected applications demonstrated they experienced disproportionate economic hardship caused by their compliance with

Airbus starts giving upto 5 percent SAF free for delivery flights

Airbus has started offering upto 5% pure sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to customers taking aircraft from its Toulouse and Hamburg delivery centres. “The first airline to benefit from this offer was IndiGo, whose new A320neo took off from Toulouse on 3 July,” Airbus said. “At their discretion, customers ferrying aircraft from our Tianjin, China, and

UECC completes biofuel delivery

United European Car Carriers (UECC) has completed the delivery of B30 biofuel in the port of Vlissingen, in collaboration with biofuel provider GoodFuels and vessel owner NYK. This operation marks the first time a UECC time-chartered vessel, m/v Emerald Leader, has been bunkered with biofuel. The biofuel bunkering operation was made possible through a partnership

Asian airlines in race to reduce carbon footprint

Now Asian airlines will have an expanded biofuel refinery in Singapore that they can source from. Finnish biofuel producer Neste in May completed a 1.6 billion-euro ($1.7 billion) expansion of its biofuel refinery in the city-state and has started producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a biofuel made from used cooking oil and waste animal fat.

Quadrise agrees to use biofuel from BTG Bioliquids

BTG’s technology turns agricultural and forestry residues, like saw mill waste, into fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO), a homogeneous energy carrier, which can be used as a direct substitute for fossil fuels or be further upgraded into advanced biofuels.

ExxonMobil to supply B30 biofuel to Hapag-Lloyd

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement to supply Hapag-Lloyd with B30 marine bio fuel oil in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.

SPIE, C-Green to convert sewage sludge into biofuel

SPIE Netherlands and C-Green are collaborating on the first Dutch modular plant to convert sewage sludge into biofuel. The innovative system – developed by C-Green – converts wet biomass (sludge) into the dry product hydrochar in an energy-efficient manner. During the production process, five kilos of sludge are converted into one kilo of hydrochar. This

Fratelli Cosulich along with IPLOM completes first biofuel supply

Fratelli Cosulich, in partnership with IPLOM (Piedmont Industry Processing Mineral Oils), has begun producing and supplying its own bio VLSFO to reduce the GHG intensity of marine fuels and meet the EU requirements. Fratelli, an Italian maritime transportation group, delivered bio VLSFO in collaboration with Genoa-based barge company Ottavio Novella in February 2023, becoming the

MAN high-speed engine ready to operate on 100% biofuel

MAN Energy Solutions has announced that its MAN 175D engine is formally approved for operation on biofuels, effective immediately. This applies to all standard biofuels such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) and FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) fuels up to a content of 100%. Crucially, the engine itself does not require any technical adjustments, following

Argonne-led consortium puts focus on biofuel for aviation

Argonne leads consortium to advance technology to meet the growing demand for biofuel. Aviation and other hard to electrify sectors are a key focus. Biomass — a renewable energy source that comes from living things — has been in use since man first began burning wood to cook food or keep warm and animal fats