In Washington, Growth Energy welcomed its members from across the U.S. to Washington, D.C. last week for the 14th-annual Growth Energy Biofuels Summit. While in D.C., the attendees met with their elected senators and representatives to tell the industry’s story, and advocate for pro-biofuels policy priorities like lowering fuel prices and carbon emissions by securing […]
In Florida, this week, Royal Caribbean Group laid important groundwork for the industry’s alternative fuel ambitions by completing over 12 consecutive weeks of biofuel testing in Europe. The company’s steadfast pursuit to find lower-carbon energy solutions is driven by its SEA the Future commitment to sustaining the planet, energizing communities, and accelerating innovation. By introducing methods […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet and Technip Energies announced an agreement to strengthen their exclusive collaboration to support the global deployment of the LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Process technology. LanzaJet will continue to integrate the Technip Energies’ Hummingbird® Technology for converting ethanol to ethylene into the overall LanzaJet ATJ Process to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Importantly, this […]
In Belgium, Platts reports the European Commission has decided to begin surveillance on ethanol imports in light of a surge in supplies with the investigation going back three years to try to uncover anomalies in trade. Between 2021 and 2022, there was a 45% increase in ethanol imports into the European Union, a trend which […]
In Japan, Toray Industries, Inc., has invested a further $8 million in Cellulosic Biomass Technology Co., Ltd., to lift its stake in that subsidiary from 67%, to 84.4%. Toray established that entity in Bangkok with Mitsui DM Sugar Co., Ltd., in January 2017 to demonstrate membrane-based saccharification process technologies. Toray looks to employ the additional […]
In Austria, OMV has signed an offtake agreement to supply 2,000 metric tons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to the Air France-KLM Group in 2023. This offtake agreement follows an existing MoU, granting Air France-KLM access to purchase more than 300,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV by 2030. Sustainable Aviation Fuel is produced by […]
In Denmark, A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S and CMA CGM have decided to join forces on several areas relating to decarbonization, in full compliance with all laws and regulations. As frontrunners of the energy transition in shipping, both companies are convinced that joint action will help accelerating the green transition in shipping, learning from each […]
In Germany, Formula 1 announced that DHL’s new fleet of trucks running on biofuel reduced carbon emissions by an average of 83% compared to fuel-driven trucks, across the European leg of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship. Across the nine European rounds, the new 18 trucks were powered by HVO100 drop-in fuel (hydrotreated vegetable […]
In Denmark, Uni-Tankers and KPI OceanConnect have completed the successful supply and trial of a bespoke blend of B30 biofuel on Uni-Tankers’ M/T Alsia Swan. The trials are an important step for understanding the emissions performance of biofuel and validating its potential to help cut carbon emissions. The trial took place in Amsterdam on board Uni-Tankers’ […]
In West Virginia, a researcher at West Virginia University is unearthing what facilitates the robust growth of Miscanthus grass, a bioenergy crop that grows well on reclaimed Appalachian mine lands and holds the potential to produce fuel and capture carbon dioxide. Little is known about what makes the crop so effective, so Jennifer Kane, a […]
