In Finland, Neste announced a new partnership with PetroCard, a premier commercial fleet fuel management solutions provider, to grow the accessibility of Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. This partnership expands the availability of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to key locations in PetroCard’s network of commercial fuel stations […]
In Montana, Montana Renewables, LLC hosted key aviation stakeholders, including Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, to celebrate the first production and initial shipments of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) under a multi-year agreement with Shell Trading. The start of production makes Montana Renewables the largest SAF producer in North America. Shell and its affiliates are expanding and […]
In the Netherlands, Vopak inaugurated 16 new tanks with a combined capacity of 64,000 cubic meters at its Vlaardingen terminal in the port of Rotterdam. The new tanks are designed to store waste-based feedstocks for the production of biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel, and will help meet the rising demand for energy from renewable sources […]
In China, Bloomberg reports the tropical island of Hainan has become the center of the controversy surrounding a significant increase in used cooking oil-based biodiesel exports to Europe from China, with UCO originating on the island despite not having biodiesel processing facilities. Nearly half a million metric tons of UCO biodiesel has been exported to […]
In Canada, Obeo Biogas announced the successful completion of its seed investment round led by Diagram Ventures, a venture studio and investment group. The C$3 million investment will be used to accelerate the growth of Obeo Biogas and enhance its ability to provide sustainable and cost-effective biogas solutions to dairy farms across North America. Obeo […]
In North Carolina, Honeywell announced its innovative, new, UOP eFining technology, a ready-now solution for producing low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, intends to deploy the new technology to produce eSAF at its second U.S. eFuels facility. Honeywell’s UOP eFining is a methanol to jet fuel (MTJ) processing technology […]
In Japan, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Toyotsu Energy Corporation together launched Japan’s first continuous supply of biodiesel blended fuel on a commercial basis to ships operated by Toyofuji Shipping Co., Ltd. at the Port of Nagoya in April. This launch follows repeated biofuel supply trials for ships that Toyota Tsusho conducted at the Port of […]
In Illinois, LanzaTech Global and ADNOC have entered a partnership to explore innovative technology solutions to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint while producing sustainable fuels and chemicals. LanzaTech’s CCT technology uses proprietary bacteria that consume carbon-rich waste streams from oil, gas, and manufacturing facilities, and convert it into CarbonSmart™ chemical intermediates for the production of […]
In Sweden, Perstorp has launched new grades for two base polyols that are now available with 100% renewable, mass-balanced carbon content. When including the biogenic CO2uptake1 from the renewable raw materials, the products will have a negative carbon footprint at the Perstorp gate. Based on a traceable mass-balance concept, Neeture N100 (neopentyl glycol) and Evyron […]
It may be that over the next few decades the most important feedstock for SAF will not be ethanol, or plant oils, but methanol. So it was big news last year when ExxonMobil announced a methanol-to-SAF technology, and even bigger news just now as Honeywell UOP announces a rival technology and a big customer with […]
