Biofuel news

ExxonMobil has signed five-year agreements with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Bombay, to fund low-emissions technology research.

Neste has supplied Lufthansa with sustainable aviation fuel as part of the companies’ collaboration for sustainable aviation.

Honeywell has announced that Diamond Green Diesel will use Honeywell UOP technology for its planned renewable diesel plant expansion.

Wärtsilä and Q Power have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to support the development of renewable fuels.

Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens have announced plans to construct an industrial-scale bio-butadiene plant in France.

Eni has opened its Gela biorefinery, capable of processing 750 000 tpy of used vegetable oil, animal fat, algae and by-products into biofuel.

The EIA has reported that the increases in US fuel ethanol production capacity have slowed in 2019.

The second such license deal, ORLEN Poludnie will use Clariant technology for the production of cellulosic ethanol.

Honeywell has licensed its renewable fuels technology to St1 Nordic for the production of diesel and jet fuel in Sweden.

As biofuel uptake continues to rise, two new refuelling stations are to be built, bringing the UK total to six.