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Blue Biofuels and Vertimass ink partnership to start production of SAF

Blue Biofuels and Vertimass ink partnership to start production of SAF

January 24, 2024 |

In Florida, Blue Biofuels and Vertimass have created a partnership to employ Vertimass’ proprietary Consolidated Alcohol Deoxygenation and Oligomerization (CADO) technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable propane and butane (rLPG) as co-products from ethanol. This new company, VertiBlue Fuels LLC, is equally owned by Blue Biofuels  and Vertimass. VertiBlue Fuels has the immediate […]

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Airbus, CSIR-IIP to collaborate on SAF

Airbus, CSIR-IIP to collaborate on SAF

January 24, 2024 |

In India, The Hindu reported that Airbus and the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop new technologies and to test and qualify indigenous sustainable aviation fuel in the country. The collaboration will address the Indian aerospace industry’s decarbonization ambitions by supporting SAF production and commercialization, using a […]

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Repsol to exceed 600 service stations with renewable fuel in 2024

Repsol to exceed 600 service stations with renewable fuel in 2024

January 20, 2024 |

In Spain, Repsol said it will exceed 600 service stations supplying 100% renewable fuel by the end of 2024.  Repsol currently supplies 100% renewable fuel at more than 60 service stations in the main cities and transport corridors of the Iberian Peninsula. With 46 stations in Spain and 15 in Portugal, the energy company has […]

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India’s Himachal government to set up ethanol plant in Una district

India’s Himachal government to set up ethanol plant in Una district

January 20, 2024 |

In India, The States Man reported that the Himachal Pradesh government will set up Ethanol plant at Jeetpur Behari in the Una district. The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and the state government would equally share the construction cost of the plant. According to the report, the state’s share would include the cost of the […]

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LeadEdge Flexo launches new biobased offering

LeadEdge Flexo launches new biobased offering

January 20, 2024 |

In the UK, LeadEdge Flexo, a provider of corrugated post-printing solutions, announced the launch of its brand-new cbak evolve mounting material. The new product utilizes bio-based Polyethylene (PE) in its construction and aims to reduce the industry’s reliance on synthetic virgin material at this crucial point in corrugated printing, without sacrificing performance or versatility, the […]

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M2X and SCGC partner to streamline production of methanol from stranded gas

M2X and SCGC partner to streamline production of methanol from stranded gas

January 20, 2024 |

In Florida, M2X Energy, a startup company with process technology that converts stranded natural gas into low-carbon methanol, and SCG Chemicals (SCGC), a petrochemicals company that is committed to developing sustainable chemicals and clean energy solutions, have strengthened their existing relationship by announcing a joint development program to optimize key chemical transformations within M2X’s modular […]

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Bunker sales of biofuels more than tripled in Singapore last year

Bunker sales of biofuels more than tripled in Singapore last year

January 20, 2024 |

In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Singapore has made significant progress in the supply of alternative fuels as bunker sales of biofuel blends increased to 520,000 tons last year, which more than tripled from 140,000 tons in 2022. This was revealed at the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) New Year Conversations event held last week. […]

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Kansas awarded $5 million in biofuels grants

Kansas awarded $5 million in biofuels grants

January 20, 2024 |

In Kansas, KWCH reported that the USDA Rural Development announced that $5 million in grants will be awarded to the state of Kansas. The announcement is part of a larger national announcement that includes projects in 21 other states, according to the report. The grants will be used to increase the availability of domestic biofuels, […]

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HutanBio secures $2.85 million funding

HutanBio secures $2.85 million funding

January 20, 2024 |

In the UK, Hutanbio said it secured $2.85 million seed investment to fast-track supply of biofuels to global shipping and aviation industries “Our low carbon fuel – HBx biofuel oil – is a sustainable and scalable high energy density, low carbon, sulphur-free, fuel solution, that uses CO2 greenhouse gas as a feedstock,” the company said. […]

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Pacific Biodiesel gets federal funding to develop model for Hawaii agriculture-based biofuel

Pacific Biodiesel gets federal funding to develop model for Hawaii agriculture-based biofuel

January 20, 2024 |

In Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel Technologies announced the company has expanded its operations to Kauai as part of a multi-year agreement signed last year with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) to demonstrate a renewable biofuel produced in Hawaii from multiple locally grown oilseed […]

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