In Singapore, Jet Aviation announced a partnership with FlyORO, a fuel blending services provider, to offer custom blends of SAF at its Singapore Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Seletar Airport. The tailored SAF blends use FlyORO’s AlphaLite technology and is available immediately, the company said. Jet Aviation launched SAF in Singapore in May 2022, at […]
In the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported that the CEO of Qatar Airways said that the airline is “fighting with oil companies” to produce sustainable aviation fuel in order to bring prices down. “We are fighting with oil companies to create the economies of scale to produce SAF in big volumes to bring the price […]
In Belgium, the European Commission said it welcomed the political agreement on the ReFuelEU Aviation proposal, recently reached between the European Parliament and the Council. Once in place, the new rules will help decarbonize the aviation sector by requiring fuel suppliers to blend sustainable aviation fuels with kerosene in increasing amounts from 2025. This political […]
In the UK, Jet2 announced an investment into a new sustainable aviation fuel production plant to be constructed in the North West of England. The agreement will see Jet2 plc, which encompasses the airline Jet2.com, and tour operator Jet2holidays, invest an equity stake in the plant and expect to receive more than 200 million liters of […]
In France, Veolia said it has been awarded the contract for the operation and maintenance of Turkey’s first waste-to-energy plant in Istanbul. With a processing capacity of approximately 1.1 million tons of non-recyclable household waste per year, the plant will allow to save nearly 1.5 million tons of carbon emissions per year notably through the […]
In Brazil, BNamericas reported that Brazil has extended the deadline for fuel distributors to meet their mandatory acquisition target of decarbonization credits (CBIOs) under the national biofuel program RenovaBio. Through a decree published on April 26, the deadline for meeting the 2022 target was kept at September 30 of this year, but the deadline for […]
In South Korea, logistics group HMM said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GS Caltex to secure marine biofuels. HMM also plans to conduct the trial use of the fuels on its three 24,000 TEU containerships in the second half of this year. The marine biofuels comprise 30% biodiesel derived from used […]
In Sweden, OrganoClick said its biobased binder was certified by TÜV as home compostable. In order to receive a TÜV OK Home Compost certificate, a number of accredited tests need to be passed, including disintegration of the material, biodegradability in home compost conditions, as well as eco-toxicity tests, the company said. OrganoClick’s certificate allows nonwoven […]
In Greece, Mytilineos Energy & Metals said it acquired a 15% equity stake in CLARA Energy’s Rosedale Green Hydrogen project in Australia. In particular, this investment will support commencement of Stage 1 of the Rosedale project to build hydrogen generation facility that will be exclusively powered by solar production and will feed long haul trucks […]
In North Carolina, Power Engineering reported that BMW extended a waste-to-energy agreement to power its local manufacturing plant. Currently, about 20% of the Spartanburg plant’s total energy needs are provided by landfill gas. The company announced last week that it will extend its partnership with Ameresco for an additional eight years. Ameresco had constructed the […]
