Category: Fuels

Finnair buys 750 tons of SAF from Neste

Finnair buys 750 tons of SAF from Neste

March 20, 2023 |

In Finland, Finnair has purchased 750 tons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Neste to reduce the carbon emissions from flights departing from Helsinki Airport in Finland. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is one of the most important tools for reducing the emissions of air travel in the coming years and is available for all […]

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Consortium secures EU funding for circular molten salt regeneration technology for CCS

Consortium secures EU funding for circular molten salt regeneration technology for CCS

March 20, 2023 |

In Estonia, UP Catalyst, a leading Estonian nanotechnology company, will, together with a consortium of industry experts develop a revolutionary molten- salt- regeneration technology based on circular- economy principles. The new system has the potential to, significantly reduce waste, and it allows the reuse of carbonate salt up to 100 times. The project, named MoReCCU, […]

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Strategic Biofuels completes carbon sequestration well permit application

Strategic Biofuels completes carbon sequestration well permit application

March 16, 2023 |

In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels has completed the filing of its Class VI Carbon Sequestration Well Permit Application with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR). The Class VI application fully integrated the extensive data collected during the 2021 drilling and testing of the Company’s Louisiana Green Fuels Class […]

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Air Greeland launches flights to Copenhagen partly on SAF

Air Greeland launches flights to Copenhagen partly on SAF

March 16, 2023 |

In Greenland, as of March 15, flights on the route between Kangerlussuaq and Copenhagen Airport will be fuelled with as much as 5% annually with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This is the result of a historic agreement between Air Greenland, DCC & Shell Aviation Denmark. With the agreement between Air Greenland and DCC & Shell […]

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Gevo teams with SIRE to measure, report and verify supply chain carbon intensity

Gevo teams with SIRE to measure, report and verify supply chain carbon intensity

March 16, 2023 |

In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. has entered into a joint development agreement with Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE) to measure, report and verify carbon intensity (CI) through the entire value chain, inclusive of climate-smart agriculture practices to lower the carbon footprint of SIRE’s product portfolio. Utilizing the Verity Tracking platform under Gevo’s newly created Verity Carbon […]

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First Alléo Energy commercial facility produces renewable diesel from wood waste

First Alléo Energy commercial facility produces renewable diesel from wood waste

March 16, 2023 |

In Alabama, Alléo Energy announced a significant milestone in the production of renewable fuels. Alléo’s first commercial facility has produced renewable diesel made entirely from wood waste. This fuel has been independently tested by Intertek Testing Laboratories and is certified as D975 compliant. This diesel was produced from a waste feedstock that can be upgraded […]

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European biodiesel prices slip in part due to oversupplied market

European biodiesel prices slip in part due to oversupplied market

March 16, 2023 |

In the Netherlands, Platts reports an oversupplied European biodiesel market together with a bearish fossil diesel market has pushed down European biodiesel prices over the past two weeks. FAME 0 prices down more than 13% since the start of the year, similar to RME that’s down 21% and UCO that is down 15% during the […]

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Zuari Industries teams with Envient Group to build grain ethanol distillery in UP

Zuari Industries teams with Envient Group to build grain ethanol distillery in UP

March 16, 2023 |

In India, the ANI news agency reports Zuari Industries has teamed with Slovakian Envient Group to develop and own a greenfield 150,000 liter per day grain-based ethanol distillery in Uttar Pradesh. The distillery should be online by mid-2024 and already discussions are underway to expand production to 1 million liters per day. Zuari Industries already […]

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Six percent of Northern Ireland’s electricity come from biogas but could be 65%

Six percent of Northern Ireland’s electricity come from biogas but could be 65%

March 16, 2023 |

In the UK, Ireland’s Agriland reports that 6% of Northern Ireland’s electricity currently comes from nearly 80 biogas plants in the region, but there is scope for that to increase to 65% or more. A recent conference looked at the use of silage as feedstock together with manure, with results showing that due to anaerobic […]

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Four South African clean energy startups seeks investments in London

Four South African clean energy startups seeks investments in London

March 16, 2023 |

In the UK, the Foreign Office reported that four South African clean energy startups have been selected to pitch their products to investors from the City of London. The UK government said that each of these four firms has received support through the UK government’s Climate Finance Accelerator programs, which works to develop a sustainable […]

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