Clean fuels

AFPM Senior Director of Fuels and Vehicle Policy testified during the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s public hearing on the proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposal, covering years 2023 – 2025.

In 2022, Neste announced that it would acquire the used cooking oil collection and aggregation business and related assets on the US West Coast from Crimson Renewable Energy, and this transaction has now closed.

M2X Energy, a company building a scalable methane conversion technology, is preparing for the field demonstration of its commercial-scale, modular gas-to-methanol plant.

ADNOC has earmarked US$15 billion for decarbonisation projects including carbon capture, electrification, CO2 absorption technology, and enhanced investments in hydrogen and renewables.

Chart Industries and BNG Clean Fuel have executed a Memorandum of Understanding for hydrogen liquefaction and equipment supply.

Raven SR and Chart Industries have agreed to collaborate globally on hydrogen and carbon capture storage.

Brussels Airlines has started the new year by being the first airline to receive a delivery of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ at Brussels Airport, using the NATO Central European Pipeline System.

Nippon Cargo Airlines, an international cargo airline based in Japan, has used Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ for several cargo flights for the first time.

Topsoe will provide engineering, procurement and fabrication (EPF) for the project’s e-methanol technology, the project will be built in northern Sweden with a view of producing roughly 50 000 tpy of e-methanol.

The EIB is providing a €120 million loan to Repsol to support the construction and operation of the first advanced biofuels production plant at the company's facilities in Cartagena, Spain.

Sulzer Chemtech is using its advanced separation technologies to support the world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant, constructed by European Energy.

Siemens Energy has improved in almost all areas of sustainability this past year, according to its 2022 Sustainability Report.

Air Liquide has signed an agreement to divest its business in Trinidad and Tobago to Massy Gas Products Holding Ltd.

EnBW will import 3 billion m3 of LNG per year via the Hanseatic Energy Hub in Stade, Germany, with the option of moving to ammonia as a hydrogen-based energy source at a later date.

Sulzer has supplied flow technology solutions to convert an existing US West Coast refinery into one of the world’s largest renewable biofuels plants.