Biofuels

First Inland Vessel Fueled by 100% Sustainable Biofuel

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 Dan McCue

Dutch company GoodFuels and partner Reinplus Fiwado Bunker have fuelled the For Ever, the first inland vessel from Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) that runs fully on 100 percent sustainable biofuels.

European Union decrees that palm oil is unsustainable as a green fuel

Thursday, 14 March 2019 Robin Whitlock The European Union (EU) has taken on board the wishes of over 650,000 Europeans, and a Europe-wide coalition of environmental organisations, and decreed that palm oil is not a green fuel, and should not ...

Iowa farmers praise the release of the proposed E15 Rule

Wednesday, 13 March 2019 Robin Whitlock The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the proposed rule for allowing E15 to be sold to 2001 and newer vehicles year-round across the country, potentially allowing motorists to access clean, ...

Boeing to Offer Biofuel for Airlines to Fly New Airplanes Home

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 REM Boeing will begin offering airlines and operators the option of powering their new commercial jet with biofuel for the flight home. The program is designed to further spur the use of sustainable aviation ...

W2C Rotterdam Project Welcomes Shell as Partner

Thursday, 07 March 2019 REM Shell is joining a consortium of companies including Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam in Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility ...

University of Utah Engineers Develop New Method to Convert Algae to Biofuel

Wednesday, 06 March 2019 REM Biofuel experts have long sought a more economically viable way to turn algae into biocrude oil to power vehicles, ships and even jets. University of Utah researchers believe they have found an answer. ...

Eni and RenOils Partner to Boost Collection of Used Food Oil for Biofuel Production

Friday, 22 February 2019 REM Eni and RenOils established a consortium in 2016 with the aim of ensuring the correct management of the collection, transport, storage, treatment and reuse of vegetable oils and of exhausted animal fats. ...

IEA becomes Facilitator of Biofuture Platform

Friday, 08 February 2019 REM The International Energy Agency officially took over on February 1 as the Facilitator of the Biofuture Platform, a group of 20 countries seeking to accelerate development and scale up deployment of modern ...

The Netherlands

Nordsol Attracts Shell Ventures as New Investor

Wednesday, 06 February 2019 REM Netherlands-based Nordsol, the BioLNG production and technology company, has brought Shell Ventures on as strategic investor to support its mission to make BioLNG mainstream. Nordsol uses biogas from organic ...

Finland

The Share of Biofuels in Road Traffic to Increase to 30% in Finland

Wednesday, 06 February 2019 REM The Parliament of Finland has voted in favor of a law for gradually increasing the share of biofuels in road traffic to 30 percent by 2029. In addition, the Parliament has approved a law for the distribution ...