Category: Fuels

South Korea’s ethanol trial shelved due to oil industry not wanting to support imports

South Korea’s ethanol trial shelved due to oil industry not wanting to support imports

February 6, 2024 |

In South Korea, the Chosun newspaper reports that pushback from the domestic oil industry has forced the government to suspend its planned ethanol blending trial. Announced more than a year ago that would have seen a select number of pumps supply ethanol-blended fuel to government fleet vehicles and select private sector partners, was officially put […]

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Louisiana gives Chevron’s Geismar Renewable Diesel Plant $100M bond allocation for expansion

Louisiana gives Chevron’s Geismar Renewable Diesel Plant $100M bond allocation for expansion

February 6, 2024 |

In Louisiana, Governor Jeff Landry announced a $100 million bond allocation for the expansion project at Chevron’s Geismar Renewable Diesel Plant. This expansion project is expected to bring 90 new permanent jobs and 1,500 temporary jobs. The improvement and expansion project was announced with Governor John Bel in 2020 and Chevron received approval for the bond […]

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Indonesian biodiesel production rises more than 7% in December

Indonesian biodiesel production rises more than 7% in December

February 6, 2024 |

In Indonesia, Platts reports domestic trade association APROBI data shows Indonesia’s December biodiesel production rose more than 7% on the month to 1.2 billion liters, bringing total production for the year up 13% to 13.15 billion liters. Even with biodiesel blending at 35% for most of last year, exports jumped nearly 50% in December to […]

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Hafnia Bunkers teams with Unigas and FincoEnergies to advance sustainable marine biofuel

Hafnia Bunkers teams with Unigas and FincoEnergies to advance sustainable marine biofuel

February 6, 2024 |

In Denmark, Hafnia Bunkers is proud to announce its steps forward in advancing sustainable marine fuel solutions through its strategic collaboration via the Hafnia Bunker Alliance with member Unigas, and GoodFuels supplier FincoEnergies, – a collaboration revolutionizing the way vessels are being fueled. Throughout 2023, Hafnia’s Bunker Alliance facilitated seven deliveries of biofuels for the […]

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Australian tallow exports break record thanks to biodiesel demand

Australian tallow exports break record thanks to biodiesel demand

February 6, 2024 |

In Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports Department of Agriculture data showed that biodiesel demand drove tallow exports to above A$1 billion ($652 million ) for the first time in 2022/23. Of the 550,000 metric tons of tallow produced in 2022/23, 450,000 tons were exported. Australia has been exporting tallow for more than a century, […]

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Eni begins producing vegetable oil for biorefineries in Mozambique

Eni begins producing vegetable oil for biorefineries in Mozambique

February 6, 2024 |

In Mozambique, Eni Rovuma Basin (ERB) began production of vegetable oil late last year which will be used as feedstock in Eni’s biorefineries. This initiative is part of Eni’s strategy to contribute to the decarbonization of transportation, and it will include Mozambique in the value chain of sustainable mobility.  The vegetable oil has been extracted from […]

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Lhyfe and SAF+ team up to develop e-SAF from green hydrogen in France

Lhyfe and SAF+ team up to develop e-SAF from green hydrogen in France

February 5, 2024 |

In France, Lhyfe and SAF+ International Group (SAF) wish to combine their expertise to develop the production of e-SAF from green and renewable hydrogen, at a production site located in the Le Havre area. This is the first announcement of its kind for Lhyfe.    As part of this memorandum of understanding, Lhyfe and SAF+ plan […]

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Evergreen Marine signs MOU with X-Press Feeders to use its new dual fuel green methanol vessels

Evergreen Marine signs MOU with X-Press Feeders to use its new dual fuel green methanol vessels

February 5, 2024 |

In Singapore, Evergreen Marine Corporation (Evergreen) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest independent common carrier, to place its containers on X-Press Feeders’ new dual fuel green methanol vessels. X-Press Feeders is planning to run these vessels on green methanol and operate them within Europe. As one of the […]

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Iowa biodiesel production kept steady at 350M gallons in 2023

Iowa biodiesel production kept steady at 350M gallons in 2023

February 5, 2024 |

In Iowa, biodiesel production in 2023 kept steady at 350 million gallons, nearly the same as the 349 million gallons produced in 2022. Even in a changing biofuels space with increased soybean crush and renewable diesel production and talk of sustainable aviation fuel, Iowa biodiesel producers were able to maintain their production. Reflecting the expansion […]

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Hawaii electric selects developer to add firm renewable energy

Hawaii electric selects developer to add firm renewable energy

February 5, 2024 |

In Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric has selected a developer for a proposed firm renewable energy project on Maui that is part of the company’s latest phase of clean energy procurements aimed at reducing Hawaii’s dependence on imported oil for power generation. The 40-megawatt (MW) biofuel-powered generator proposed by Ameresco Inc. would help move Hawaii closer to […]

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