Category: Fuels

Gevo and ClearFlame Engine Technologies team up to authenticate biofuels’ CI

Gevo and ClearFlame Engine Technologies team up to authenticate biofuels’ CI

May 7, 2024 |

In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Verity Holdings, LLC, and ClearFlame Engine Technologies, Inc., announced a collaboration to drive decarbonization traceability from field-to-fleet for the road freight transportation market in the United States, which consumes an estimated 29 billion gallons of fuel every year.  Under this collaboration, the parties intend to […]

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CMM lands $94M investment in its ethanol powered Platform Supply Vessels in Brazil

CMM lands $94M investment in its ethanol powered Platform Supply Vessels in Brazil

May 7, 2024 |

In Brazil, Compagnie Maritime Monegasque (CMM) announced the closing of up to $94 million in financing. The transaction was funded by Summit Ridge Capital Partners. Panorama Capital Partners sourced and advised on the transaction, and participated as a co-investor. This financing enables CMM to recompose its shareholder structure and to expand its fleet.  As part […]

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Virgin Atlantic shares results of 100% SAF transatlantic flight

Virgin Atlantic shares results of 100% SAF transatlantic flight

May 7, 2024 |

In the UK, Virgin Atlantic has shared headline results from Flight100, the first transatlantic flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), proving not only that the SAF used for the flight is safe to use with existing infrastructure and delivers material reductions in CO2, but can also improve local air quality, contribute to a reduction […]

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Cooperfarms seeking BNDES financing for cereal-based ethanol production in Bahia

Cooperfarms seeking BNDES financing for cereal-based ethanol production in Bahia

May 7, 2024 |

In Brazil, last week the manager of the Industrial Committee of the Rural Producers Cooperative (Cooperfarms) filed with the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), in Rio de Janeiro/RJ, a project proposal to build a corn and sorghum ethanol plant in western Bahia, initiated by the cooperative. The expectation is that the construction […]

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IUCN Oil Crops Taskforce report highlights sustainability concerns of vegetable oils

IUCN Oil Crops Taskforce report highlights sustainability concerns of vegetable oils

May 7, 2024 |

In Switzerland, a new report from the IUCN Oil Crops Taskforce assesses the future environmental, economic and social impact of the production, trade and the consumption of vegetable oils. The report, published by IUCN in collaboration with the Sustainable Nutrition Scientific Board, found that growing demand for vegetable oils could translate into the conversion of natural areas into […]

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Mubadala Capital to invest $13B in Brazilian SAF over next decade

Mubadala Capital to invest $13B in Brazilian SAF over next decade

May 6, 2024 |

In the UAE, the Financial Times reports Mubadala Capital plans to invest $13 billion in sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in Brazil in five $2.7 billion “modules” through its energy company Acelen. Each of the five planned facilities, the first of which is set to be online by the end of 2026, will produce […]

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Fortescue leads liquid ammonia, diesel and HVO marine trials in Singapore

Fortescue leads liquid ammonia, diesel and HVO marine trials in Singapore

May 6, 2024 |

In Singapore, Fortescue, with support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies, research institutes, and industry partners, has successfully completed propulsion and manoeuvrability trials of its Singapore-registered Fortescue Green Pioneer in the Port of Singapore. The trials were conducted using 6.4 m3 (4.4 metric tons) of liquid ammonia, in combination with […]

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Mato Grosso used 25% of its 2023/2024 corn crop for ethanol production

Mato Grosso used 25% of its 2023/2024 corn crop for ethanol production

May 6, 2024 |

In Brazil, Ukragroconsult reports the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (Imea) data shows about a quarter of the state’s corn production when to ethanol in the 12 months ending in March 2024. Ethanol production during that period rose 39% on the year to 4.54 billion liters using more than 10 million metric tons of […]

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Singapore Airlines buys 1,000 tons of SAF from Neste

Singapore Airlines buys 1,000 tons of SAF from Neste

May 6, 2024 |

In Singapore, Neste and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed an agreement for the purchase of 1,000 metric tons of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This will make SIA and Scoot, the two airlines in the Group, the first carriers to receive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), produced at Neste’s refinery in the country, […]

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Indonesia to lean on 2Mha of sugarcane for ethanol production

Indonesia to lean on 2Mha of sugarcane for ethanol production

May 6, 2024 |

In Indonesia, the Vietnam News Agency reports that the government plans to dedicate 2 million hectares of sugarcane in Papau to produce ethanol as part of its efforts to gain energy independence and improving air quality. It is also exploring the use of corn and seaweed as feedstock. The president signed a decree in mid-April […]

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