Researchers found new enzyme to speed up sugar to biofuel

Australian researchers have found a way to more effectively convert sugarcane into the building block of aviation fuel, and other products like rubber and plastics. Sugarcane (and its waste product) is one of the crops that has shown promise in being turned into ‘biofuel’, which could one day lower aviation’s reliance on fossil fuels. The

Eagle Bulk completes biofuel voyage

Eagle Bulk Shipping announced that one of its bulkers has completed a voyage using biofuel. M/V Stamford Eagle, an Ultramax bulk carrier built in 2016, carried out the voyage in cooperation with the global mining and metallurgy group Eramet and its subsidiary Eramet Norway. The ship used GoodFuels MDF1-100 sustainable biofuel, providing an approximately 80%

Deutsche Bahn (DB) achieves target volume for biofuel

Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German state rail operator, has announced that it’s using double the amount of biofuel in its diesel locomotives than it had predicted for this time – 17 million litres of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). Smashing DB’s 2025 biofuel volume target so early was made possible thanks to its successful conversion of

Chevron partners with ONE to carry out biofuel bunkering

Chevron has partnered with Singapore-based shipping giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) to complete inaugural biofuel bunkering on a 4,800 TEU containership. The operation was witnessed by Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), a digital infrastructure that facilitates the sharing of data between supply chain ecosystem partners. The transaction saw the transfer of 992.2MT VLSFO-B24, biofuel in

Scion hopes to build NZ biofuel industry

New Zealand could be making its own biofuel within the next five years. Scion, a Rotorua-based research institute, hopes to end the country’s reliance on imported fossil fuels by establishing a bio-energy industry here. Integrated bio-energy portfolio leader Paul Bennett says his team had already made significant progress. Scion’s wood-based aviation fuel was its most

IIT-G explores enzyme’s efficacy to produce biofuel

Researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) have studied the efficacy of a specific multifunctional enzyme that can break down woody biomass for conversion to bioethanol fuel. The researchers have reported that the bacterial endoglucanase enzyme, RfGH5_4 derived from a bacterium called Ruminococcus flavefaciens, can break down woody bio-matter into a simple sugar that

World Fuel Services bunkers GoodFuels biofuel

World Fuel Services, through its subsidiary Gib Fuels, has begun bunkering biofuels in Gibraltar in conjunction with GoodFuels. The first bio-bunkering took place in October, supplying renewable diesel to a Norwegian cruise lines vessel. GoodFuels recently supplied 100% marine biofuel to an Aida cruise ship. Cruise lines are taking a keen interest in biofuels to

GoodFuels delivers 100% biofuel to AIDAprima cruise ship

GoodFuels, the leading biofuels provider for the global transport industry, has successfully delivered 140mt of 100% biofuel to AIDAprima, enhancing its partnership with Carnival Corporation’s AIDA Cruises brand. 100% biofuel bunkering on AIDA Cruises vessel will unlock immediate emissions reductions and further propel biofuel uptake. The Hyperion-class cruise ship was refuelled with GoodFuels’ sustainable biofuels

India gets ready for SAF mandate

India’s government is committed to developing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate, delegates heard at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) aviation energy forum in New Delhi. India’s civil aviation secretary Rajiv Bansal said that his ministry and the petroleum and natural gas ministry are jointly working to mandate a certain percentage of blending of

K-State researchers work to advance biofuel production

Researchers at K-State will work to advance the production of biofuels with a new $1.9 million grant. Kansas State University says two of its researchers are now part of a 5-year collaborative grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve oilseed crops to be used as biofuels and other bioproducts. K-State indicated that Timothy