In the UK, International Airlines Group announced a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) purchase agreement with e-SAF producer Infinium, which plans to supply the UK market with power-to-liquid e-SAF from late 2026. Produced from water, waste CO2 and renewable energy, e-SAF is expected to reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 90% compared to today’s […]
In the UK, a collaboration between researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia (UGA) aims to develop sustainable bioplastics. Supported by the UKRI Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the ‘Sustainable Bioplastics Prepared by Ultrasonic Treatment with Low CO2 Footprint’ project looks to revolutionise […]
In the UK, Unite, the UK’s leading union, which represents the workforce at Grangemouth, has written to energy secretary Ed Miliband demanding action on Grangemouth. In September, Grangemouth’s owners Petroineos announced that it intended to close the only refinery in Scotland with the loss of over 400 directly employed jobs, in the second quarter of […]
In the UK, hundreds of small green gas plants in the UK are set to close by 2031 with the loss of 2 terawatt hours of clean electricity to the grid – enough clean electricity to power around 500,000 homes. The closures have been revealed in a survey of members undertaken by the Anaerobic Digestion […]
In the UK, Johnson Matthey and Honeywell UOP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer an end-to-end solution for businesses developing alternative fuels from a wide range of feedstocks including municipal solid waste, residual biomass, biogas, and CO₂ (captured and renewable). The partnership brings together JM’s leading syngas solutions and Honeywell UOP’s market-leading […]
In the UK, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) provisionally proposed that a countervailing measure on biodiesel imported from Argentina is maintained. In a Statement of Essential Facts, the TRA proposed that the duty payable on imports of biodiesel from Argentina be kept at a range of 25%-33.4% until February 2029. During the period of investigation, […]
In the United Kingdom, The Loadstar reports on 1 January 2025, the FuelEU Maritime regulation will come into effect, imposing strict greenhouse gas intensity targets on ship energy use, with requirements tightening every five years. Companies must comply by 30 April 2026, when the GHG data from 2025 will be reviewed. Jacob Clausen, director of […]
In the United Kingdom, Lloyd’s Register granted Approval in Principle to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for a 15,300 TEU ammonia-powered dual-fuel container ship, serving as an early validation that confirms the feasibility and compliance of the design with safety standards. The project aims to address the shipping industry’s carbon reduction efforts through alternative fuel solutions. […]
In the UK, Cepsa says its expects B24 biobunkering to reach up to 3 million metric tons next year, from the 1 million tons currently available on the market in 2024. With plenty of biodiesel available for blending, demand is expected to grow as biodiesel is ready option while other alternative marine fuels are not […]
In the UK, a major industrial trial was successfully undertaken this month as part of a Glass Futures project to identify and demonstrate a variety of economically and technically suitable low-cost bioderived fuels for a range of industrial glass and ceramics sites with furnaces of varying designs and scales. In previous Industrial Fuel Switching (IFS) […]
