In the Ukraine, Ukrinform reports Naftogaz Group aims to be a key player in rolling out biomethane in the country, from investing in production to promoting its transportation to being a key buyer of the fuel as well as exporter. Estimates are that the country could produce 20 billion cubic meters of biomethane annually and […]
In Australia, this season of MasterChef Australia is taking a new approach to ‘cooking with gas’ with a world-first partnership for the franchise using carbon neutral biomethane in the kitchen and hydrogen gas in a unique BBQ challenge. This innovative brand integration with Australian Gas Networks (AGN), part of Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG), Jemena, […]
In Norway, STX Group and Norsk e-Fuel recently announced their partnership to promote biogenic CO2 deliveries to future Norsk e-Fuel production sites for fossil free fuels across the Nordics. The collaboration between STX Group and Norsk e-Fuel aims to address key challenges currently hindering the growth of the European Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) market, […]
In Thailand, researchers from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Science are accelerating their technological development to scale up the production of aviation biofuel from yeast. This is an extension of the successful results of research that found a strain of yeast with a high potential for producing fat for use in aviation fuel. In addition to producing yeast […]
In Washington, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding more than $43 million in grants through HBIIP to business owners to increase the availability of domestic biofuels in 15 states and give Americans cleaner, more affordable fuel options. HBIIP provides […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that Raizen was the first to reach the holy grail: access to the US’s sustainable aviation fuel market. The company sent a cargo of sugarcane-based ethanol to the US as SAF feedstock in March, with Datagro data confirming 25,000 liters went to Savannah, Georgia near LanzaJet’s SAF facility. Lanzajet says it […]
In Canada, next-generation clean fuels hubs will advance the production and distribution of low-carbon fuels like hydrogen and renewable natural gas in Western Canada as part of a new partnership between Elemental Clean Fuels and Cariboo Low Carbon Fuels. Leveraging their respective expertise and resources, both companies have joined forces as Cariboo Clean Fuels Inc. […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that Ecoceres will start its second biofuel facility during the second half of next year, producing 220,000 tpy of sustainable aviation fuel and 130,000 tpy of hydrotreated vegetable oil from used cooking oil and palm oil mill effluent. The company is already operating a smaller 260,000-tpy biofuels facility in China that […]
In the Netherlands, PostNL and its subsidiary Spring GDS will be adding around four million litres of HVO100 to Europe’s diesel network as of Monday. It’s an important next step towards a cleaner and more sustainable logistics sector, as it ensures some 12 kilotonnes less carbon ends up in the environment every year – equivalent […]
In Belgium, Peninsula successfully conclued the first B30 biofuel supply deal in Zeebrugge, Belgium, in collaboration with the Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). The deal, which marks a significant milestone in sustainable fuel distribution, saw the delivery of 1,200 metric tons of B30. The delivery, executed on March 24, 2024, involved the […]
