Author Archive: Meghan Sapp

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Coalition calls on Biden to recognize GREET model under IRA to support SAF

Coalition calls on Biden to recognize GREET model under IRA to support SAF

November 2, 2023 |

In Washington, as President Biden kicks off a series of events focused on rural investment, 70 industry leaders covering nearly the entire supply chain for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) – including major airlines – called on the Biden Administration to unleash progress in de-carbonizing aviation by recognizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne GREET model under Section […]

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SATORP coprocesses UCO into SAF for the first time in the Middle East

SATORP coprocesses UCO into SAF for the first time in the Middle East

November 1, 2023 |

In France, SATORP, platform jointly owned by Aramco (62.5 %) and TotalEnergies (37.5 %), has for the first time in the region successfully converted used cooking oil through coprocessing into ISCC+ certified Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).  Last August, the platform successfully co-processed Used Cooking Oil in the Low-Pressure Hydrodesulphurization Unit (LPHDS), producing SAF, meeting all […]

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MOL successfully tests UCO-blend in RoRo vessels in Japan

MOL successfully tests UCO-blend in RoRo vessels in Japan

November 1, 2023 |

In Japan, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and its group company MOL Coastal Shipping, Ltd. announced that an MOL Coastal Shipping-operated 499 GT coastal RoRo vessel, the “Tetsuun Maru No.1” was successfully operated using biofuel made by mixing waste cooking oil directly with heavy fuel oil. The biofuel used on the vessel is made by mixing […]

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Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team cuts GHG emissions 67% during European season thanks to HVO100

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team cuts GHG emissions 67% during European season thanks to HVO100

November 1, 2023 |

In the UK, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, working together with our Title and Technical Partner PETRONAS and our logistics partners, saved 339 tCO2e and reduced race and hospitality trucks and generator emissions by 67% through HVO100 biofuel use over the course of the 2023 Formula One European season. The combined 67% emissions reduction and […]

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Nordecon Betoon teams with Bioforce to design and build Estonian biomethane plant

Nordecon Betoon teams with Bioforce to design and build Estonian biomethane plant

November 1, 2023 |

In Estonia, Nordecon Betoon OÜ (brand name NOBE) and Bioforce OÜ signed a contract for the design and construction of the Laatre biomethane plant in Laatre, Valgamaa. The total value of the contract is approximately 3 million euros without VAT and the works will be completed in the summer of 2024. Nordecon is a group […]

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Aker Horizons allotted 250MW of grid capacity for its green ammonia project under development

Aker Horizons allotted 250MW of grid capacity for its green ammonia project under development

November 1, 2023 |

In Norway, Aker Horizons ASA has applied for and been allocated grid capacity of 250 MW for its large-scale green ammonia plant under development in Kvandal outside Narvik, and 120 MW for its facility in Berlevåg, both in Northern Norway. The grid capacity in Kvandal was allocated through Nordkraft Industrinett AS. The allocation ensures that […]

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JBS starts trialing B100 in its Brazilian truck fleet

JBS starts trialing B100 in its Brazilian truck fleet

November 1, 2023 |

In Brazil, Reuters reports JBS has started a project to introduce the use of 100% biodiesel (B100) in its own fleet of trucks, in a test that seeks to give visibility to the environmental advantages of biofuel compared to diesel, in line with the company’s commitments to decarbonize its operations, especially in the area of […]

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NEXT Renewable Fuels terminates business combination with Industrial Tech Acquisition II

NEXT Renewable Fuels terminates business combination with Industrial Tech Acquisition II

November 1, 2023 |

In Texas, NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. has entered a mutual agreement with Industrial Tech Acquisition II, Inc. to terminate its previously announced business combination. While this termination reflects current equity market conditions and timing related to ITAQ, NEXT will remain opportunistic with respect to all capital markets activities moving forward. CEO of NEXT Clean Fuels, […]

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Boeing, NASA and United Airlines testing how SAF affects contrails and other metrics

Boeing, NASA and United Airlines testing how SAF affects contrails and other metrics

November 1, 2023 |

In Washington state, in a collaboration to strengthen sustainability in aviation, Boeing is partnering with NASA and United Airlines for in-flight testing to measure how sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) affects contrails and non-carbon emissions, in addition to reducing the fuel’s life cycle climate impact. Boeing’s second ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 737-10 destined for United Airlines, will […]

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Senators urge IRS to ensure SAF produced from petroleum products such as plastics exempt from tax credit

Senators urge IRS to ensure SAF produced from petroleum products such as plastics exempt from tax credit

November 1, 2023 |

In Washington, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), sent a letter to the U.S. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Daniel Werfel, urging the IRS to ensure that fuels derived from petroleum products will […]

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