Nordics Bet on Advanced Biofuels to Suit Carbon Neutrality Ambitions
by Gerardo Fortuna (EURACTIV.com) Scandinavian governments have raised the bar in their commitment to becoming carbon neutral and several companies have responded by developing new technologies to...
View ArticleFinnish Biofuel Producer Fintoil Invests €100 Million in Biorefinery
(Biofuels International) Fintoil, a biofuel producer based in Finland that is partly owned by investment company Taaleri, has invested over €100 million in a biorefinery in Hamina, Finland. The...
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Preem Selects HydroFlex™ for Renewable Fuels Plant with Potential to Save 2.5...
(Haldor-Topsoe) o Preem has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at their Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. — o The 16,000...
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WEF’s ‘Clean Skies for Tomorrow’ Outlines Pathway to Net-Zero Aviation: The...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What is the World Economic Forum doing to help aviation meet net zero goals? First, they recognize that the most immediate action to achieve carbon-neutral flying is the...
View ArticlePreem Plant Increases Production of Renewable Diesel by 40 Percent
(Preem/PR Newswire) Following a redevelopment of Preem’s Green Hydro Treater (GHT) plant in Gothenburg, the plant’s production capacity of renewable diesel is increased by 40 percent. And for the first...
View ArticleMainstream Pine Products to Build Crude Tall Oil Plant in South Carolina
(Mainstream Pine Products/Biobased Diesel Daily) Mainstream Pine Products LLC announced plans in late January for an estimated $90 million crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery at the Charleston...
View ArticleFintoil, Partly Owned by Taaleri, Invests More than EUR 100 Million in a...
(Taaleri/Globe Newswire) Fintoil Ltd will build a crude tall oil refinery in Hamina. Fintoil and Port of HaminaKotka have today signed a lease agreement on a site located in the Hamina oil port area....
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Separation Tech for Biobased Products: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What are the latest separation technologies for biobased product applications like biofuels, biochemicals, biopolymers? Dr. Singh from Sulzer Chemtech USA shared this...
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Renewable Diesel Kicks off 2021 with Conversions, Capacity Increases, New...
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) … What is the overall demand and market like? What about feedstock innovations? Are there clear technology winners? In today’s Digest, some new facilities,...
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Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen Develop Renewable Gasoline with 20 Percent Lower...
(Bosch) Sale of Blue Gasoline also planned at regular filling stations in the course of the year — Blue Gasoline fuel contains up to 33 percent renewables. Shell will offset remaining carbon emissions...
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Haldor Topsoe and Preem Achieve 85% Co-processing of Renewable Feedstock
by Ulrik Frøhlke (Haldor Topsoe) -Haldor Topsoe has revamped Preem’s renewable hydrotreater unit at their refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden. -The hydrotreater is now able to co-process 85% renewable...
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Tech, Feedstock Winners Still to Be Declared as Biofuels Sector Develops
by Tom Brown (ICIS/Biofuels Digest) … A factor that could stand to drive wider deployment of biofuels could be its relative maturity compared to other emissions-reduction technologies, particularly...
View ArticleRenewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
(Emerging Markets Online) New study! Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2. (249 pages, August 2021) focuses on low-carbon feedstock availability, technology pathways for low...
View ArticleBig Changes in Renewable Diesel & SAF Feedstock Partnerships
by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets Online/Biofuels Digest) A new study titled Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation 2030, Vol 2 (September, 2021) has discovered some surprising answers and useful...
View ArticleSCA and St1 Form Advanced Biofuels JV, to Build 60MGY Project in Finland by 2023
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Finland, SCA and St1 formed a joint venture to produce and sell advanced biofuels. The new biorefinery is under construction on the St1 refinery site in Gothenburg and...
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Advanced Biofuels, Solid to Liquid Tech, Biocrudes: The Digest’s 2021...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If you missed this slide guide from ABLC Digital on what it will take for advanced biofuels to take off further, here’s your chance! Haldor Topsoe leaders cover thoughts...
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Is There Enough Lipid Feedstock for Biofuel?: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Advanced Biofuels Association commissioned LMC International to forecast the outlook for supply of lipid feedstocks to determine their ability to meet the ABFA’s goal...
View ArticleAdvanced Feedstocks Represent a Generational Opportunity – Here’s How to Take It
by Mikala Grubb (Haldor Topsoe) The global transition to sustainably produced fuels offers refiners, biorefiners, and investors a once-in-a-generation-sized opportunity. The key to taking it will be...
View ArticleSwedavia Continues Work to Phase out Fossil Fuels through new HVO 100...
(Swedavia) To encourage companies and other organisations operating at Swedavia’s airports to become fossil-free and start refuelling with HVO, fossil-free diesel, on January 1 Swedavia introduced a...
View ArticleRenewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets) Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2. (249 pages, September 2021) provides a detailed analysis and outlook for low-carbon feedstock...
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