
Jun 13, 2025
One week to go before Conference and Summit kicks off
Biodiesel News
Jun 13, 2025
Used cooking oil will be used to power vehicles at East Midlands Airport - helping slash carbon emissions by up to 90%.
More than 60 vehicles involved in airport operations are now running on biodiesel instead of fossil-based diesel. These include airfield operations and security team vehicles, fire trucks and snow clearing vehicles.
The airport has worked with biodiesel... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 12, 2025
State and local leaders along with company leaders at Chevron Corporation celebrated the grand opening of the Ames Technology Centre on the Chevron Renewable Energy Group (CREG) Campus.
The 45,000 square foot facility, which sits on the Chevron Campus in Ames, Iowa, will expand the company’s lower carbon fuels technology development and advanced technical support capabilities... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 12, 2025
Finavia's Helsinki Airport has achieved net-zero carbon emissions targets in its own operations and has received an international Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme’s net-zero certification.
Neste MY Renewable Diesel™, powering the machinery and emergency power generators at the Helsinki Airport since 2024, has played a significant role in reducing greenhouse... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 11, 2025
Neste and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) are partnering to drive innovation in renewable fuels. The companies have joined forces to develop a new technology enabling conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into high-quality, lower-emission renewable fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel.
The joint development has reached the first major milestone,... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 11, 2025
There's not long to go now before the two-day Biofuels Conference and SAF Summit - so don’t forget to register for the great event.
The Biofuels Conference and Expo as well as the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit get underway in Brussels On June 24-25.
The first day of the Biofuels event will be chaired by Nuseed’s Andre Paula Santos.
Other speakers over the course... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 11, 2025
Malaysia is ramping up its biodiesel initiative by increasing the blend used in ground transport vehicles at its main international airport, in a bid to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Plantation and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani announced that the country will upgrade from the current B10 biodiesel blend — comprising 10% palm-based biodiesel —... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 10, 2025
Syzygy Plasmonics has initiated a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) project with Kent for NovaSAF 1 - the world's first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility.
The site will serve as a model for scalable, low-cost sustainable aviation fuel production.
Located in Durazno, Uruguay, NovaSAF 1 will produce over 350,000 gallons of ASTM Certified SAF annually, marking... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 10, 2025
According to a forecast from the EU Commission, the supply of sunflower seed in the EU-27 is expected to significantly exceed the previous year's volume in the 2025/26 marketing season.
The estimate is based on higher yield expectations, despite a 4% reduction in production area.
The EU Commission projects a sunflower seed harvest of 9.7 million tonnes for 2025. This... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 10, 2025
Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Avina Synthetic Aviation Fuel (Avina) are partnering to develop the first on-airport sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility utilising one of the very first alcohol-to-jet pathways in the US.
Avina will build a state-of-the-art facility to provide ASTM certified fuel on airport property just south of PIT’s terminal... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 9, 2025
Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy and SAMSUNG E&A have announced the formation of a strategic technology alliance to bring an end-to-end global solution to market for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass and municipal solid waste.
The alliance brings together a wealth of diverse expertise and capabilities to help customers streamline the entire... [Read More]
Features
Jun 9, 2025
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has made new estimates for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.
In summary the headline figures include:
• SAF volumes reached over 600 million litres (0.5Mt) in 2023, double the 300 million litres (0.25 Mt) produced the year before.
• SAF accounted for 3% of all renewable fuels produced with 97% of renewable... [Read More]
Features
Jun 9, 2025
Biofuels play a key role in reducing greenhouse emissions by providing an alternative to traditional fossil fuels.
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), modern bioenergy is the largest renewable energy source globally, accounting for 55% of renewable energy and over 6% of the global energy supply.
The EIA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 6, 2025
In April and May, Dr Alan Crofts and a team of four experienced British explorers carried out the Into Clean Air expedition in Chile and Bolivia.
This ground breaking expedition was organised to evaluate the premise that remote expeditions over the severest terrain and environmental conditions can be carried out using sustainable and carbon saving fuel sources – primarily... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 6, 2025
APG is investing up to €250 million in SkyNRG to enable the development and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) worldwide.
The funding will support the continued growth of SkyNRG’s platform which includes a portfolio of capacity development projects, R&D activities, advisory services, and a range of commercial innovative customer programmes.
As part of an... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 5, 2025
The Iowa Biodiesel Board and Iowa Soybean Association joined Pilot Travel Centres, PepsiCo and Optimus Technologies to celebrate the launch of a new B99 biodiesel pump for fleets at Pilot’s Des Moines travel centre — one of only a few in the nation dispensing almost pure biodiesel to commercial fleets.
The programme helps fuel retailers upgrade their equipment to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 5, 2025
Gevo has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Agri-Energy to A.E. Innovation for $7 million (€6.1 million).
The transaction includes Agri’s 18-million-gallon-per-year ethanol production facility located in Luverne, Minnesota.
Gevo will retain ownership of certain isobutanol-production-related assets and a portion of the vacant land at the site for future... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 5, 2025
Annecy Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc airport, operated by VINCI Airports, has taken a new step in its environmental strategy by providing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) thanks to a new fuelling contract with TotalEnergies.
This initiative is in line with the commitment made to the Haute-Savoie department when it took over operation of the infrastructure in 2022, aiming to... [Read More]