In the UK, the Financial Times newspaper reports that following a visit by UK civil servants to the US’s corn belt to visit ethanol producers last October, the government reopened in December its previous ban on crop-based biofuels. The current UK policy is meant to support waste-based biofuels and efuels but if following the results […]
In the UK, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will increase the minimum greenhouse gas, or GHG, savings level reflected in the Ethanol T2 FOB Rotterdam barge (AAYDT00) assessments from July 1, 2026, following market feedback. Platts will decrease the maximum carbon intensity to 23.5 g carbon dioxide equivalent, or CO2e, per megajoule, or […]
In the UK, Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)’s recommendation to maintain current duties on imports of biodiesel from Indonesia. Biodiesel is commonly supplied for use as road transport fuel in the UK. The TRA started its review on 6 December 2024. The review looked at whether […]
In the UK, ExxonMobil has successfully supplied a B30 0.50% sulphur marine residual fuel blend (B30 VLSFO), made using fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) Distillation Residue, to Wallenius Wilhelmsen. The bio marine fuel blend was bunkered by the vehicle carrier Titus in Zeebrugge ahead of the sea trial, marking a significant milestone in ExxonMobil’s journey towards supplying […]
In the United Kingdom, archaeologists and engineers have collaborated to create a 3D-printed replica of the Roman board game Ludus Latrunculorum using polylactic acid bioplastic filament. The team was comprised of researchers from Newcastle University and Vindolanda, a Roman auxiliary fort in Northern England that excavated the replicated game board in 2019. Similar to chess, […]
In the UK, Ship and Bunker says KPI OceanConnect believes the shipping industry has largely failed to capitalize on increasingly competitive biofuel prices. Rising bunker fuel costs following the Iran conflict have narrowed the price gap between conventional fuels and biofuels, with some biofuel blends becoming cheaper than traditional marine fuels in certain markets. In […]
In the UK, UK homegrown sustainable aviation fuel production given a boost thanks to a new £219 million low carbon fuels fund (LCFF) which will launch later this summer, powering up economic growth and supporting thousands of jobs across the country. Innovative companies from across the UK are invited to bid for a share of […]
In the UK, Alfanar announced the successful completion of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for its Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF) Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project in Teesside, delivered in partnership with Worley. The completion of FEED represents one of the most important milestones in the development of a large-scale infrastructure project, particularly for a first-of-a-kind second-generation […]
In the UK, the Serious Fraud Office secured a £96,000 confiscation order against Steven John Murphy, 50, after uncovering additional assets related to his role in a boiler-room fraud. The funds will go straight back to the public purse. Murphy was one of seven men who defrauded thousands of UK investors out of £8.2 million through an east-London registered but Spain-based sham biofuel company called Worldwide Bio Refineries (WBR). SFO investigators recently uncovered that Murphy […]
In the UK, a new study led by Queen Mary University of London researchers, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes a new integrated solar reactor in which engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) are grown directly inside the same liquid that converts CO₂ into a usable energy source using sunlight. In future, […]
