In the UK, Virgin Atlantic and Rolls-Royce confirmed the successful Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blend ground test on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine. The test marks a key milestone in the project which will see the world’s first 100% SAF flight travel across the Atlantic from London Heathrow to New York JFK on a Boeing […]
In Colorado, Gevo has entered into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with a subsidiary of McDermott International, Ltd to provide front end engineering and early planning services for Gevo’s development of multiple sustainable aviation fuel facilities in North America. The first facility, Net-Zero 1, is expected to be located near Lake Preston, South Dakota. The […]
In the UK, ZeroAvia announced the completion of its initial prototype ZA600 flight testing campaign at Cotswold Airport in the UK. The 10th flight in the initial series was completed earlier this month, and saw a cruise test to establish projections for future ranges using the system, thus teeing up the first cross-country flights as […]
In New Zealand, bp Marine, part of bp’s trading and shipping business, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with integrated transport company StraitNZ, which includes the supply of marine biofuels in the port of Wellington. StraitNZ’s network includes Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries that connects the north and south islands between Wellington and Picton with […]
In the UK, International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and LEVEL —has announced an investment into Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT), an innovative Teesside-based cleantech company whose technology is a crucial pathway to the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). NPT’s innovative technology converts agricultural waste and wood […]
In France, ECARU (Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling), Qalaa Holdings, and Axens, on July 17, 2023, signed a cooperation protocol in the presence of H.E. French ambassador to Egypt Marc Barety, to carry out technical and economic studies for a project of second-generation biofuel (advanced bioethanol) and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. The project […]
In Texas, new technology developed by Rice University engineers could lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from all types of emissions, a potential game-changer for both industries looking to adapt to evolving greenhouse gas standards and for the emergent energy-transition economy. According to a study published in Nature, the system can directly remove carbon […]
In France, IEA recently presented key findings from its new report, Biofuel Policy in Brazil, India and the United States – Insights for the Global Biofuel Alliance, at a special meeting of government ministers convened at the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting, which identified Fuels For the Future as a priority area. The event in Goa, […]
In Washington, Hydrocarbon Engineering reports Energy Information Administration data shows rising feedstock prices for biofuel have helped to stop the freefall of RIN prices that started to take place following the publication of Environmental Protection Agency’s lower-than-hoped-for RFS blending mandates last month. On Tuesday, biomass-based diesel D6 RINs closed at $1.54/gal and ethanol D4 RINs […]
In Russia, Interfax reports Lukoil is working on developing sustainable aviation fuel from algae feedstock together with a partner at the oil major’s Bulgarian refinery. It is also in the experimental stage on a pyrolysis oil project while in Finland it has begun retailing its Teboil Green+ from waste feedstock last year in three cities […]
