Tag: UAE

IRENA launches study on bioenergy potential in six Caribbean SIDS

IRENA launches study on bioenergy potential in six Caribbean SIDS

March 14, 2024 |

In the UAE, IRENA has launched a study on sustainable bioenergy in the Caribbean provides a holistic view of the bioenergy potential in six small island developing states in the Caribbean region – Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. The report assesses the potential for using various feedstocks, such as […]

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Noor Oil teams with Beeah group to encourage customers to recycle their cooking oil for biodiesel

Noor Oil teams with Beeah group to encourage customers to recycle their cooking oil for biodiesel

February 20, 2024 |

In the UAE, ESG Mena reports that Noor Oil is teaming with the Beeah group to create a used cooking oil biodiesel supply chain. Customers can source UCO bottles from different outlets to collect their oil and then deposit it into one of Beeah’s five UCO collection centers. The expectation is that at least 2,000 […]

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Masdar enters green maritime fuels offtake with CMA CGM

Masdar enters green maritime fuels offtake with CMA CGM

January 31, 2024 |

In the UAE, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, and CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, have signed a Strategic Supply Partnership (SSP) which will explore the two companies entering long-term green maritime fuels offtake contracts to supply […]

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Vitol completes first biofuel delivery in UAE

Vitol completes first biofuel delivery in UAE

December 30, 2023 |

In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Switzerland-based energy and commodities company Vitol has completed its inaugural biofuel deliveries in Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Through its wholly-owned bunker arm, Vitol Bunkers, two vessels received B24 very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) on December 8 and 14. The report noted that the fuel was […]

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Vitol successfully bio-bunkers in UAE during COP

Vitol successfully bio-bunkers in UAE during COP

December 19, 2023 |

In the UAE, Vitol has successfully completed its first biofuel deliveries in Fujairah, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to sustainable fuel solutions. Through its wholly-owned bunker arm, Vitol Bunkers, two vessels received B24 VLSFO on December 8th and 14th. The fuel was sourced from its Fujairah-based refinery FRL and blended with regionally-sourced biofuel at VTTI storage facilities. […]

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Acelen Renewables to invest $2.5B in renewable fuel production from macauba

Acelen Renewables to invest $2.5B in renewable fuel production from macauba

December 14, 2023 |

In the UAE, newly created and announced during COP-28, Acelen Renewables enters the market with investments exceeding $2.5 billion. The primary focus will be on the production of renewable fuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and Renewable Diesel, derived from the Macauba – a native Brazilian plant with high energy potential. The company is a subsidiary […]

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Keppel signs MOU with Greenko Group to explore sustainable fuel production

Keppel signs MOU with Greenko Group to explore sustainable fuel production

December 11, 2023 |

In the UAE, Keppel Corporation, through its Infrastructure Division, and AM Green, which is wholly owned and controlled by the founders of Hyderabad-based Greenko Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly explore opportunities to produce biogenic carbon-based sustainable fuels, such as bio and green methanol, second-generation (2G) ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel […]

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TotalEnergies and Masdar demonstrate methanol-to-SAF pathway with test flight

TotalEnergies and Masdar demonstrate methanol-to-SAF pathway with test flight

December 7, 2023 |

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Masdar, TotalEnergies, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, Airbus, Falcon Aviation Services and technology licensor Axens contributed to the first test flight to demonstrate the potential for converting Methanol to SAF. The test has taken place in Dubai on the sidelines of COP28.  The flight, which used a blend […]

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Neste and ENOC to collaborate on SAF supplies in the MENA region

Neste and ENOC to collaborate on SAF supplies in the MENA region

November 29, 2023 |

In the UAE, Neste and ENOC Group, a leading integrated global energy player, have agreed to collaborate to explore the possibilities of supplying and purchasing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Dubai and the wider Middle East North Africa (MENA) region in the coming years. Both partners are committed to supporting the efforts to reduce greenhouse […]

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RFA calls on US leaders to highlight biofuel industry’s role in fighting climate change at COP28

RFA calls on US leaders to highlight biofuel industry’s role in fighting climate change at COP28

November 29, 2023 |

In the UAE, leaders from around the world convene this week in the United Arab Emirates to kick off the 2023 United Nations climate change conference (COP28), the Renewable Fuels Association is calling on U.S. delegates at the event to “prominently highlight the U.S. biofuels industry’s remarkable contributions to the fight against global climate change.” […]

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