Features

Apr 10, 2025
Aida Gonzalez Palomino, chief analyst at SGS INSPIRE, looks at the global biofuel markets for the year ahead. The global biofuels market is expected to grow and diversify in 2025 thanks to efforts to reduce carbon emissions and build more sustainable energy systems. However, the growth will be uneven depending on regional policies, infrastructure and economic factors. The European Union, the…
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Apr 4, 2025
Milica Folić, director, Topsoe, looks at the sustainable aviation fuel market for the year ahead. On 22 July last year, my local airport, Copenhagen Airport, witnessed a record-breaking 115,000 passengers in a single day, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. July 2024 became the busiest month in the airport’s 99-year history, reflecting a global trend. In fact, ICAO projects that air transport…
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Mar 28, 2025
Fully-scaled production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will enable the aviation industry to achieve its net-zero ambitions, but how to do this remains an unsolved challenge. At the same time, the last decade has seen intense innovation in the SAF industry, with major breakthroughs in production technology and new feedstock utilisation pathways. If these innovations can translate into…
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Mar 26, 2025
Sarah Ellerby, CEO, Nova Pangaea Technologies describes how the company is advancing SAF with latest technology. We start this new year with unprecedented commitments to advancing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK through the SAF mandate becoming law on 1st January — solidifying UK at the forefront of decarbonising aviation. Anticipated in 2026 is the introduction of a bill to…
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Mar 25, 2025
US, EU and South American relations appear set for a decidedly ‘interesting’ 2025 as ‘drill, baby drill’ Donald Trump returns to the White House. From a Brazilian perspective everything seemed be going so well towards the end of last year with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and US President Joe Biden (Commander in Chief at the time) coming together to launch a new…
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Mar 17, 2025
India is following Brazil’s steps and increasing the ethanol blending mandate in the country. Brazil began commercial ethanol blending in gasoline in the 1970s, as a response to the sudden increase in crude oil prices, and with a view to reduce the country’s dependency on imported petroleum. In the 1970s the US began commercial ethanol blending petroleum for the same reasons as…
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Mar 10, 2025
Matti Lievonen, chief executive officer of EcoCeres, outlines what he thinks will be the main focus of the sustainable aviation fuel sector for the year ahead. The world is flying again. In the first nine months of 2024, around 1.1 billion tourists boarded planes for overseas breaks – taking flight levels back to 98% of pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest World Tourism Barometer from…
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Mar 3, 2025
CR Sincock II, executive vice-president, Avfuel Corporation, outlines what he thinks will be the main takeaways for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market for the Outlook 2025 feature. As global industries confront the pressing realities of climate change, the aviation sector is uniquely positioned to help sustainability take flight. Long regarded as a challenging industry to decarbonise,…
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Feb 28, 2025
Diesel and other petroleum-derived fuels remain the foundational pillars of the global economy and energy supply, powering transportation, agriculture, and construction sectors worldwide. This latest feature was meticulously put together by Dr Raj Shah, Aurea Barragan Parado, a petrochemical engineer, and Rachel Ly, a senior intern at Koehler Instrument company in Holtsville and is a student of…
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Feb 25, 2025
Liisa Ranta, Director, Sustainability and Market Development, UPM Biorefining, looks at the company’s outlook for the year ahead. Implementation of the third Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) will take place in EU member states by May this year. This marks a significant step forward in the EU's extensive plans to achieve energy transformation while respecting environmental considerations.…
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Feb 21, 2025
Bill Morphew, global commercial director – liquids segment, CPM/Crown, looks back on a successful 12 months Can you outline CPM’s role in biofuel production? CPM’s mission is to feed, fuel and build a better world. Biofuels are central to that mission and it is a market that CPM touches in a variety of ways. In biomass applications, CPM’s equipment is used for particle size reduction…
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Feb 20, 2025
The 2025 Energy from Waste Conference will once again bring together an exceptional line-up of the industry's best speakers with technical experts, international leaders, and innovative developers providing an unmissable two days of the latest information. The event takes place in London on 5-6 March. Attendees will benefit from a packed programme as they explore the critical issues with the…
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Feb 19, 2025
With a rich history of over 80 years, WINBCO Tank Systems has earned a reputation as one of the industry leaders in the design, manufacture and installation of high-quality tank systems including Field Erected and Shop Built Tanks in the US. Their comprehensive services, backed by a seasoned engineering team and cutting-edge manufacturing facilities, ensure that they deliver…
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Feb 19, 2025
With the UK government setting the net-zero target of decarbonisation by 2050 for all sectors, many industries are seeking a replacement for traditional fossil fuels to help meet these requirements. One such option is renewable diesel and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as an alternative, which seem to be gathering speed in popularity, with Zemo estimating that as many as 4,000 HGVs are now…
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Feb 12, 2025
Synagro Technologies and Firefly Green Fuels have partnered to bring Firefly’s novel fuel production techniques to the American market. Synagro, a North American provider of sustainable solutions for biosolids, organics and residuals, has agreed to be the exclusive supplier of the biosolids feedstock used in Firefly’s innovative process. This partnership will enable Firefly’s…
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Feb 12, 2025
BDI-BioEnergy International has been one of the leaders in sustainable solutions for the energy sector for 25 years, particularly in producing biodiesel from waste-based oils and fats. To ensure smooth production operations, the analysis and characterisation of raw materials are at the core of BDI’s R&D activities. In order to produce standard compliant biodiesel from waste-based raw…
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Jan 27, 2025
TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have signed an agreement for the energy company to supply up to 1.5 million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) over a 10-year period. This agreement marks one the largest SAF purchase contracts signed by Air France-KLM to date. In 2022 and 2023, Air France-KLM was the world's leading SAF user, representing 17% and 16% of total global production…
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Jan 27, 2025
Virgin Atlantic has shared headline results from Flight100 - the first transatlantic flight that ran on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) last year. These proved that not only did the SAF used for the flight was safe to use with existing infrastructure and delivered material reductions in CO2, but that it could also improve local air quality, contribute to a reduction in persistent contrail…
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Jan 21, 2025
Sundyne has more than 60 years of experience supplying reliable pump and compressor solutions to conventional refineries. That expertise can be directly transferred to services found in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD). Sundyne pumps and compressors are suitable for all SAF and RD production pathways, including HEFA, alcohol-to-jet,…
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