Sustainable fuel shift hindered by high costs and weak infrastructure: Survey

A recent survey by global law firm Reed Smith reveals that the high cost of sustainable energy and inadequate supply chain infrastructure are seen as the primary obstacles to transitioning to sustainable fuel sources. Insights were gathered from over 50 respondents across various sectors, including aviation, shipping, logistics, manufacturing, utilities, and environmental services. The study

Govt sets targets for blending SAF in ATF

The National Biofuel Coordination Committee (NBCC) has set the initial indicative targets for blending of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with aviation turbine fuel (ATF), potentially setting the ball rolling for introduction of compulsory blending mandates in the future. “Based on the comments received from the stakeholders… the capacities of sustainable aviation fuel plants coming up

Global biofuel alliance unites nations for sustainable fuels

Having achieved its 10 percent ethanol blending target, also known as E10, five months ahead of schedule in June 2022, India now sets its sights on an even more ambitious objective: achieving a 20 percent blend, or E20, by the end of 2025.

US DoE awards $118 mn to speed up biofuel production

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for America’s transportation and manufacturing needs. The selected projects, located at universities and private companies, will drive the domestic production of biofuels and bioproducts by advancing biorefinery development, from pre-pilot to demonstration, to create

DHL purchases sustainable marine fuel for greener freight shipping

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, and GoodShipping are expanding their partnership on sustainable shipping via insetting with 60 million litres of sustainable marine fuel. With the latest purchase of sustainable marine fuel, DHL expects to reduce a total of 180,000 tonnes of CO2e TtW in shipping

Wartsila presents various options for energy’s decarbonised future

The technology group Wärtsilä has published an important paper on the role of sustainable fuels in the energy sector’s transition towards decarbonised power generation. Future carbon-neutral fuels and the use of flexible engine power plants capable of utilising such fuels, will be central to this transition. Along with the growing need to decarbonise engine power

Microsoft puts $50 million into sustainable jet fuel

Microsoft is putting $50 million into a LanzaJet facility in Georgia that will produce jet fuel from ethanol. LanzaJet says its facility will start producing sustainable jet fuel next year. Reuters says experts consider the airline industry one of the hardest to decarbonize. Governments and investors are trying to boost incentives to produce lower-carbon emitting