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The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels – the background
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels has now been released, and is here. WHAT THE TURIN JOINT STATEMENT (TJS) IS The Turin Joint Statement seeks to focus attention on G7 Ministers (and be extension heads of state) regarding the need for sustainable biofuels to achieve climate goals such as Net Zero by 2050. The […]
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels – the complete text
Turin, Italy — 28 April 2024 To Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, and European Commission We the undersigned, noting that, despite efforts to diversify energy sources, fossil fuels still meet 95% of the overall energy needs of the transport sector, which currently accounts for 26% of global final energy consumption and […]
For SAF’s Take-off, look to India’s policies
By Eric McAfee, CEO, Aemetis Special to The Digest The political question is simple: Is fighting climate change a war? Or is appearing to “fight” climate change, improve air quality and create domestic jobs merely a way to raise some campaign funding from major oil companies in exchange for doing nothing? We win wars by […]
Ground Stop: Time for Plan B on the SAF Grand Challenge?
The International Energy Agency held a materially significant workshop in Paris this week on accelerating the pace of sustainable biofuels development. There was much talk about sustainable aviation fuels, or rather the lack of them. Let’s start with the good news. There’s will and steadfastness of purpose from the SAF stakeholders. There’s available capital, technology, […]
Future Origins and the Biobased Chemicals Market Wigwag
News arrived earlier this year that Geno, Unilever, Kao, and L’Oréal have named their joint venture which aims to make alternatives to petroleum and palm for surfactant ingredients used in laundry detergent and cosmetics. They’ve chosen Future Origins as the moniker. Yes, there’s a Market Says here, “USDA forecasting palm oil consumption in 2023-24 to […]
8-Slide Guides
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels
DG Fuels is an emerging leader in renewable hydrogen and biogenic based, synthetic low emissions aviation and diesel fuel, and this deck looks at their second-generation cellulosic biofuel and their market expansion plans, whose hydrogen content is derived from water electrolysis and uses a Fischer Tropsch based process with 96% carbon feedstock conversion efficiency and […]
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to the DOE Billion Ton Report
The US Department of Energy’s Billion-Ton Report: Assessment of US renewable carbon resources aims to inform research, development, and deployment strategies. The fourth in a DOE series, the report updates on the latest economic conditions, offers better clarity in terms of additional production potential vs current production, looks at level of resource utilization, production potential […]
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Southwest Airlines’s path to SAF
SAF plays an important role in the Southwest Airlines environmental sustainability plan and path to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. By 2030, the airline plans to replace 10% of total jet fuel consumption with SAF. Southwest Airlines’ Elvis Ebikade gave this presentation at ABLC 2024 to outline the Southwest vision and progress.
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to NEXT Renewables
NEXT Renewable Fuels turns recycled organic materials, such as used cooking oil, into an advanced biofuel that works just like petroleum-based diesel, but with as much as 85 percent less greenhouse gas emissions. With development and technology partners, NEXT Renewable Fuels provides the renewable transportation fuels the future demands, and is developing projects on the […]
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Iogen
You may know Iogen as the cellulosic ethanol tech and biofuel company, but did you know they are now deploying low-carbon BECCS hydrogen? Check out this slide guide from ABLC 2024 in San Francisco from CEO Brian Foody on net zero fuels and BECCS, which ones they think have the most promise and why, and […]
The Latest World News
Cielo Waste Solutions orders biomass gasifer for its Carseland project
In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. has ordered a Biomass Gasifier, a key piece of equipment required to continue driving its Carseland, Alberta project towards commercialization, and has submitted an environmental permit application to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (AEPA) for the project’s construction. The Carseland Project is Cielo’s first commercial by-product-to-fuels facility designed to […]
South African consortium launches paper sludge to ethanol demo plant
In South Africa, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), in collaboration with Stellenbosch University (SU), Sappi Southern Africa and Mpact recently launched its demonstration plant converting cellulose fiber-rich waste from pulp and paper mill operations into ethanol using a specialised fermentation process. Driven by the vast potential of this feedstock, the research by […]
Infinium to purchase CO2 from Kinetik’s Permian Basin gas plant for eFuels
In California, Infinium has reached an agreement with a subsidiary of midstream energy company Kinetik Holdings Inc. to purchase carbon dioxide captured from Kinetik’s gas gathering and processing system in the Permian Basin for use as a feedstock in the production of ultra-low carbon electrofuels. Infinium eFuels are created through a proprietary process using waste […]
Boeing and Wagner Sustainable Fuels team up to grow Australia’s SAF industry
In Australia, Boeing and Wagner Sustainable Fuels will collaborate on growing the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry to help meet Australia’s airline demand for jet fuel which is expected to increase by 75% over the next 25 years. Wagner Sustainable Fuels has commenced the design and construction of Australia’s first steady supply of SAF within […]
Monjasa supplied B30 marine fuel to Cargill carrier in February in Pacific Coast of South America first
In Peru, Monjasa supplied a total of 510 metric tons of B30 marine biofuels the Cargill operated dry bulk carrier, Infinity Sky, in the Port of Callao, Peru in late February. This operation marked the first ISCC-certified biofuels supply on the Pacific Coast of South America and the establishment of a scalable 2nd generation marine […]
R&D News
Avantium R&D Solutions teams with TNO to manufacture PEM electrolyser test stations
In the Netherlands, Avantium R&D Solutions has signed a partnership agreement with The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) for the manufacturing of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolyser test stations. The PEM electrolyser is the key technology for the production of green hydrogen. Under the partnership with TNO, Avantium will get access to TNO’s […]
ETH Zurich researchers have engineered bacteria in the lab to efficiently use methanol
In Switzerland, ETH Zurich said that a group of its researchers have engineered bacteria in the laboratory to efficiently use methanol. The metabolism of these bacteria can now be tapped into to produce valuable products currently made by the chemical industry from fossil fuels, ETH Zurich said. Researchers explained that methanol can be synthesized from […]
University of Kentucky researchers launch MSW to SAF project
In Kentucky, the University of Kentucky has launched a pioneering research initiative that seeks to turn everyday trash into high-quality sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Titled “Surface Enhanced Smart Preprocessing of Municipal Solid Wastes for Year-Round Supply of Conversion-Ready Feedstocks,” the study aims to address excessive landfill waste. The project is a collaborative effort involving a […]
DECHEMA report outlines opportunities for carbon dioxide for sustainable production routes
In Germany, the DECHEMA report ‘Carbon for Power-to-X – Suitable CO2 sources and integration in PtX value chains’ deals with possibilities to capture and utilize carbon dioxide for sustainable production routes. Carbon dioxide can serve as a carbon feed for numerous climate friendly commodities produced with Power-to-X technologies. The report elaborates on point sources and […]
Thai researchers scale up SAF production from yeast
In Thailand, researchers from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Science are accelerating their technological development to scale up the production of aviation biofuel from yeast. This is an extension of the successful results of research that found a strain of yeast with a high potential for producing fat for use in aviation fuel. In addition to producing yeast […]
Policy & Policymakers
Nebraska governor signs SAF bill into law
In Nebraska, Growth Energy celebrated legislation signed last week by Governor Jim Pillen that will speed investment in Nebraska’s production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Originally introduced by state Sen. George Dungan and incorporated into a broader bill by Sen. Eliot Bostar, this Nebraska SAF tax credit (LB937) will provide a $0.75 per gallon tax credit […]
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels – the background
The Turin Joint Statement on Sustainable Biofuels has now been released, and is here. WHAT THE TURIN JOINT STATEMENT (TJS) IS The Turin Joint Statement seeks to focus attention on G7 Ministers (and be extension heads of state) regarding the need for sustainable biofuels to achieve climate goals such as Net Zero by 2050. The […]
India allows sugar mills to use 670,000 tons of B-heavy molasses for ethanol production
In India, The Economic Times reported that the Indian government has allowed sugar mills to use 670,000 tons of B-heavy molasses as feedstock for making ethanol in the current year. Sugar mills in India were holding excess stock of B-heavy molasses — a byproduct of the sweetener — produced before the ban on its use […]
Colaition calls for Farm to Fly to be included in upcoming Farm Bill
In Washington, amid the ongoing negotiations surrounding the Farm Bill, industry stakeholders representing nearly the entire supply chain for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) – including seven major airlines – called on Agriculture Committee leaders in the House and Senate to boost the role of American farms in fueling low-carbon aviation. “SAF, which can be produced from renewable […]
Italy’s Council of State rejects greenwashing claims for Eni’s Diesel+
In Italy, the Council of State has after 4 years rejected the accusation of the Competition and Market Guarantor Authority (AGCM) that claimed Eni had implemented an unfair commercial practice to the detriment of of consumers for the Eni Diesel+ fuel advertising campaign. The Council of State in fact fully accepted Eni’s appeal in the […]
Other Recent Articles
Panasonic to launch 10 kW pure hydrogen fuel cell generator in Europe, Australia, and China
In Japan, Panasonic Corporation announced that its Electric Works Company will launch a new pure hydrogen fuel cell generator that generates power through a chemical reaction between high-purity hydrogen and oxygen in the air in October 2024 in Europe, Australia, and China. In October 2021, Panasonic launched a 5 kW type pure hydrogen fuel cell […]
TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables partner to develop renewable natural gas in the US
In France, TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables, a U.S. specialist in farm-based organics-to-renewable natural gas production and a portfolio company of a fund managed by BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure business, have signed an agreement to create an equally owned joint venture to develop, build, and operate Farm Powered renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the United States. […]
Angel Yeast continues to tackle plastic pollution challenges with bio-based material solutions
In China, Angel Yeast said it is actively promoting and developing projects of biodegradable materials as it advances material transformation. Angel Yeast said it has established a joint venture with Beijing PhaBuilder Biotechnology Co. (PhaBuilder) to carry forward the industrialization project of PHA with the opening of a PHA factory. PHA (polyhydeoxyalkanoates), a polyester produced […]
Thai companies collaborate to develop waste-to-energy power plants
In Thailand, Asean Now reported that a consortium of Thai power and waste management companies intend to build 12 waste-to-energy power facilities and three refuse-derived fuel production plants. Acting Managing Director of waste services company Earth Tech Environment, Supawat Khunvoravinij, stated that the goal is to create facilities capable of power generation while improving industrial […]
New ATRI research evaluates renewable diesel as an alternative pathway to decarbonization
In Washington DC, The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new report that analyzes the benefits of employing renewable diesel (RD) as an alternative to battery electric vehicle (BEV) trucks. The report concludes that relying on BEV to decrease CO2 emissions is nearly six times more expensive than using RD. It was confirmed that […]
Neste and New Jersey Natural Gas target reducing greenhouse gas emissions with renewable diesel
In Finland, Neste and New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), the principal subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, said they look to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. NJNG announced it is switching its medium-duty trucks and associated equipment to renewable diesel to help reduce GHG emissions. “We are excited to help New […]
