In Georgia, LanzaJet joined government officials, industry leaders, and investors to celebrate a major construction milestone at the LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia. LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels is the world’s first ethanol-based alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant. Construction will be completed in 2023 with commission and startup beginning next year. […]
In Germany, DB Schenker has extended its portfolio of climate-friendlier logistics solutions by opening the next chapter of greener transport in air freight. With immediate effect, customers can choose Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for their air transport to anywhere in the world and independent of the type of aircraft or airline used. Via virtual allocation […]
In Texas, RBF Renewable Biofuels, owner of the largest biodiesel production facility in North America, is supplying diesel-powered push boats with biodiesel produced at its Port Neches, Texas, plant. The MV Captain Raphael, owned by Central Boat Rentals Inc., was loaded with 20 percent biodiesel (B20) fuel on Nov. 22 and is returning from the […]
In Mississippi, Oxbow Crush has acquired a soybean processing plant located in Greenwood, Mississippi. When fully operational, the plant will process over 20 million bushels per year. In conjunction with the acquisition, Oxbow also completed funding arrangements from a group of investors including The Energy and Minerals Group, Yorktown Energy Partners XII, L.P., Solaris Energy […]
In India, Maruti Suzuki India Limited showcased the Wagon R Flex Fuel prototype model in Delhi. India’s 1st mass segment Flex Fuel car, designed to run on any ethanol-petrol blend between 20% (E20) and 85% (E85) fuel, was unveiled in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari. This car […]
In Nebraska, DTN reports CHS says 9 million more acres of soybeans needs to be grown to supply the soybean crushing and renewable diesel plants under construction, which will force farmers to move away from corn and towards soybeans to meet that demand. But even shifting corn acres to soy won’t be enough as states […]
In Mexico, Reuters reports low-cost airline Volaris plans to start sourcing Sustainable Aviation Fuel, first from the US for US-Mexico flights, but also supporting development of the domestic supply chain in Mexico. Last week, together with its rival VivaAerobus and others in the sector announced they were looking for proposals to develop SAF locally. Volaris […]
In Missouri, researchers at the University of Missouri using a $12.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), will explore how two cover crops —camelina and pennycress—could be genetically modified to produce higher overall quantities of a specialty seed oil. The team’s goal is to mass-produce a vegetable oil capable of being used […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports the government has set out a three-year roadmap to start blending 5% sugarcane-based ethanol with gasoline, starting first in just a few provinces—in the capital of Jakarta and East Java—and then rolling it out later. The roll out will be followed by scaling up to 10% in the medium term and […]
In the UK, Velocys plc announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Altalto Immingham Ltd., has been awarded a grant of up to £27 million from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund for the Altalto Immingham Sustainable Aviation Fuel project. The purpose of this project, which is being developed under an existing Joint Development […]
