Biofuels

UAE’s Etihad Airways Flies World’s First Flight Using Biofuel Made from Plants Grown in Saltwater

Thursday, 17 January 2019 REM The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, a non-profit entity established by Masdar Institute that is part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, has announced the world’s first commercial ...

The Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Air Force Operating F-16 Fighting Falcons on Sustainable fuel

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 Dan McCue The Royal Netherlands Air Force is now operating flights from Leeuwarden Airbase in the Netherlands on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The SAF is supplied by SkyNRG and Shell Aviation and produced in ...

Vatican City

Eni Will Supply Biofuel to Vatican City

Monday, 14 January 2019 REM Eni and the Governorate of the Vatican City State have signed an agreement for the circular economy. S.E.R. Mons. Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State ...

ScanOcean to Resell Neste’s Low-Sulfur Marine fuel in Sweden

Wednesday, 02 January 2019 Dan McCue

Neste Corporation has named ScanOcean AB as an official reseller of its low-sulfur marine fuel to shipping firms sailing out of Sweden's East Coast.

British Columbia

Benefuel Eyeing British Columbia as Site for New Biodiesel Facility

Wednesday, 02 January 2019 Dan McCue

Benefuel Inc., based in Texas, says it is looking to British Columbia as a site for its planned $39.6 million biodiesel facility.

Fulcrum BioEnergy Selects Indiana for New Biofuels Plant

Wednesday, 19 December 2018 REM Fulcrum BioEnergy, based in Pleasanton, California, has selected Gary, Indiana, as the location of its Centerpoint Biofuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste into low-carbon, renewable ...

$400 Billion US Farm Bill A Boon to Bioenergy Production

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 Dan McCue A $400 billion farm bill passed by the United States Congress last week is a boon to the bioenergy field, reauthorizing several longstanding programs and establishing an Interagency Biogas Opportunities ...

Goodfuels and NORDEN Successfully Trial CO2 Neutral Biofuel

Tuesday, 04 December 2018 Dan McCue Goodfuels Marine, based in the Netherlands, in conjunction with Danish bulker and tanker owner and operator NORDEN A/S, has successfully completed trials of the world’s first zero emission, ‘drop-in’ ...

EPA’s 2019 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Will Increase RNG Project Development According to RNG Coalition

Monday, 03 December 2018 REM On November 30, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized its volume requirements under the Renewable fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, ...

Elior UK Recycles 36 Tonnes of Coffee Waste

Wednesday, 21 November 2018 REM Food service company, Elior, working in partnership with sustainable biofuel producer, bio-bean, has saved 36 tonnes of coffee waste from going to landfill. Since their partnership began in 2016, waste ...