Emirates has operated its first milestone demonstration flight of a biofuel-powered B777-300ER, whereby one of the plane’s two engines was powered with 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which is typically made from used cooking oil or renewable plant sugars and has a lower carbon footprint over its lifecycle than fossil fuel. The flight
Jio-bp, the fuel and mobility joint venture between Reliance Industries Ltd and Britain’s bp, has launched petrol blended with 20% ethanol to align with government plans to reduce oil imports and carbon emissions. The government is introducing gasoline blended with ethanol derived from sugarcane and broken rice and other grains to lower the country’s oil
Genesis Energy and Fonterra are working together to develop locally sourced biofuel as a substitute for coal. Their two-year Biomass Collaboration Agreement was aimed at reducing the amount of coal used to generate electricity at Genesis’ Huntly Power Station, and to generate the heat necessary for Fonterra’s dairy processing. The companies had been working separately
Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. announced a new marine collaboration with a globally renowned energy technology company, offering sustainable solutions across the entire energy value chain. Advent and its partner will work together to develop a 50kW–500kW marine fuel cell solution for a range of superyachts, which will provide a sustainable and reliable source of auxiliary
Equilon Enterprises LLC and S&W Seed Company, a global agricultural company announced the execution of an agreement to establish a joint venture for the purpose of developing novel plant genetics for oil seed cover crops as feedstocks for biofuel production. The JV company, named Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC, will be jointly owned by Shell and
Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued the world’s first AiP certificate of marine liquid hydrogen fuel tank to China’s Zhangjiagang Furui CIT. The first issuance of the BV Marine Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Tank AiP Certificate means that Furui and BV Group are at the forefront of the world in the trillion-dollar track of jointly
Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said that India remains focussed on energy efficiencies, laying impetus on fuels of the future, including biofuels and hydrogen as well as increasing the use of renewable energies. Speaking at the inauguration of the India Energy Week in Bengaluru, the petroleum minister said that the government is taking transformative measures to
The municipality of Helgoland has commissioned HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) to carry out a concept study for the construction of a hydrogen bunker station on the deepsea island, which lies around 155 km northwest from Hamburg. The study will require HPC to investigate the commercial and infrastructural suitability of the island as a potential
The process developed at Cambridge University combines scrap steel recycling with cement clinker production using recycled concrete as a flux rather than limestone. Over the planned two-year trial period the Cement 2 Zero project will investigate both the technical and commercial aspects of upscaling Cambridge Electric Cement production to produce 20 tonnes of the world’s
Reliance Industries (RIL) and Ashok Leyland unveiled India’s first Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2-ICE) powered Heavy Duty truck. The vehicle was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in Bangalore at the India Energy Week. Ashok Leyland, along with RIL, has been developing this unique technology over the past year and has been under