In the UK, British Airways is investing in sustainable aviation fuel technology provider and SAF producer LanzaJet as the company builds its first commercial scale plant in Georgia, USA. British Airways will purchase SAF from LanzaJet’s US plant to power a number of the airline’s flights from late 2022. The deal also involves LanzaJet conducting […]
In Canada, British energy company Drax has agreed to acquire Pinnacle Renewable Energy at a price of C$11.30 per share, valuing Pinnacle at C$385 million. The acquisition brings together Drax, which owns the world’s largest sustainable biomass power station in the UK, with Pinnacle, one of the leading global producers of high-quality compressed wood pellets. […]
In Oregon, local press reports that Global Partners has received its first shipment of renewable diesel at its Clatskanie facility at the Port of Columbia County even though its permits from the state’s Department of Environmental Quality are under review following complaints from environmental activists. The facility received its permits to transship renewable diesel in […]
In Canada, FarmingBiogas.ca is a new go-to resource for farmers interested in learning more about agricultural biogas. Developed by the Canadian Biogas Association (CBA), the website is part of an educational campaign to help farmers explore biogas production as an opportunity for their farm. “We field a lot of questions from farmers who want to […]
In Finland, an e-fuel research project related to Neste’s Veturi program was launched in January 2021. Headed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the project brings together 15 partners to engage in R&D cooperation with the goal of large-scale production and commercialization of e-fuels. The two-year, over six-million-euro project will develop the production of […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to create a renewable fuel infrastructure grant program and streamline regulatory requirements to help fuel retailers sell higher blends of ethanol. The Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Investment and Market Expansion Act would authorize $500 million over 5 years for infrastructure grants for […]
In the UK, Velocys plc has signed a collaboration agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) to start the development of their commercial projects to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other renewable fuels in Japan. The agreement follows on from the successful work already conducted in 2020 between Velocys and Toyo at the biomass-to-jet-fuel demonstration […]
In the UK, a revolutionary project undertaken by Encirc (a Vidrala company), and industry research and technology organization, Glass Futures, has proven that new bottles are able to be made from 100% recycled glass, using only the energy from burning ultra-low-carbon biofuels. It is thought that the world-first initiative will pave the way for an […]
In Japan, Japan Airlines (JAL) operated a commercial flight from Tokyo Haneda to Fukuoka airport using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on February 4. The product was a blend of traditional jet kerosene and SAF produced in Japan. In October 2018, JAL launched a project to convert cotton clothing into SAF, produced within the country of […]
In the Netherlands, for the first time worldwide, a KLM passenger flight partly flown on sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, was carried out in The Netherlands. The first commercial passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Madrid last month was carried out on an admixture of 500 liters of sustainable synthetic kerosene. Shell produced the synthetic […]
