Biofuels

Shell Invests in Quebec’s First Waste to Low-Carbon Fuels Plant

Monday, 11 January 2021 Dan McCue Shell will have a 40% interest in a plant using technology developed by Enerkem, a leading Canadian clean tech company. Enerkem announced the project in December 2020, subject to finalization of commercial ...

Volkswagen Selects GoodFuels to Run Fossil-Free transport Operations

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 REM GoodFuels, the leading marine biofuels supplier for the global maritime industry, and car manufacturer Volkswagen Group have successfully started their partnership in supplying GoodFuels’ advanced Bio-Fuel ...

Clean Energy Signs Deals for Over 58 Million Gallons Of RNG To Meet Growing Demand

Wednesday, 16 December 2020 REM Clean Energy Fuels Corp announced new and extended contracts for more than 58 million gallons of Redeem™ renewable natural gas (RNG) to accommodate the continued demand for the sustainable fuel from ...

Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker Start CO2-Neutral Freight Flights

Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker Start CO₂-Neutral Freight Flights

Monday, 30 November 2020 REM On Sunday, November 29, 2020, a cargo flight took off for the first time in commercial aviation, whose fuel requirements will be completely covered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Lufthansa Cargo's ...

Experts analyze role of renewable fuels in reduction of climate impact of road transport

Wednesday, 25 November 2020 Robin Whitlock Experts from the IEA Bioenergy and Advanced Motor Fuels Technology Collaboration Programs have analysed the role of renewable fuels to reduce the climate impact of road transport in a number of countries, ...

Nova Pangaea Technologies develops 2G biofuel process for motorcyles

Thursday, 19 November 2020 Robin Whitlock UK cleantech company Nova Pangaea Technologies has successfully developed and trialled its first E10 fuel on a motorcycle at its headquarters in Redcar, featuring Nova Pangaea’s breakthrough process, ...

UK Researchers Launch $2 Million Project to Study Sulfur Variability in Biofuel Feedstocks

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 REM Sulfur found in biofuel feedstock could pose serious problems to the industry, because it causes pollution, is toxic to the catalyst and corrosive to biorefinery equipment. A national group of scientists ...

US Department of Energy scientists find that sugars are a key factor in feedstock for biofuels

Friday, 23 October 2020 Robin Whitlock Research by two scientists at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have found that the amount of sugars produced from lingo-cellulosic biomass are ...

Methanol could be the motor fuel of choice to meet future transport energy demand

Thursday, 22 October 2020 Robin Whitlock A new report published by the International Energy Agency’s Advanced Motor Fuel (AMF) Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) has found that methanol could become a cost-efficient, clean and sustainable ...

Greenfield Global to Add 48 Million Gallons to Biofuels Production

Wednesday, 21 October 2020 REM

Greenfield Global Inc., Canada's largest fuel ethanol producer, will acquire the 182 million litre (48 million gallon) per-year Corn Plus ethanol facility in Winnebago, Minnesota.