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Biofuel

Shell invests in US aviation biofuels start-up LanzaJet
Shell invests in US aviation biofuels start-up LanzaJet

Funding from oil giant aims to help scale production of waste-based fuel that can be mixed into conventional jet fuel in bid to reduce carbon footprint of flight

  • Biofuel
  • 07 April 2021
BSI publishes net zero blueprint for scaling industrial biotechnology sector
BSI publishes net zero blueprint for scaling industrial biotechnology sector

National standards body partners with government innovation agency InnovateUK and the Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum on major new report setting out full potential for bio feedstocks

  • Biofuel
  • 30 March 2021
'Tomorrow's heat is today's opportunity': UK gas networks publish 2021 green gas plan
'Tomorrow's heat is today's opportunity': UK gas networks publish 2021 green gas plan

Gas companies set out their priorities for the coming year, as ScottishPower launches plan for green hydrogen hub in Scottish Highlands

  • Biofuel
  • 11 March 2021
Zemo Partnership: High-blend renewable fuels offer 'immense opportunity' to cut HGV emissions
Zemo Partnership: High-blend renewable fuels offer 'immense opportunity' to cut HGV emissions

Fresh analysis argues greener fuels are critical to decarbonising a heavy-duty road transport sector that is lagging on electrification

  • Biofuel
  • 05 March 2021
Essar Oil plots £600m sustainable aviation fuel facility at Ellesmere Port oil refinery
Essar Oil plots £600m sustainable aviation fuel facility at Ellesmere Port oil refinery

Waste-to-fuel plant planned by UK oil refining firm and US sustainable jet fuel company Fulcrum BioEnergy aims to start delivering cleaner jet fuel to airlines in 2025

  • Aviation
  • 16 February 2021
Government prepares Jet Zero Council for take-off
Government prepares Jet Zero Council for take-off

New government and industry body designed to help deliver transatlantic net zero flight 'within a generation'

  • Aviation
  • 12 June 2020
Not just biofuels: Algae's next wave
Not just biofuels: Algae's next wave

  • Biomass
  • 03 April 2020
UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018
UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018

Defra statistics show 1.6 per cent of UK's arable land was used to grow bioenergy crops for transport fuel, electricity, and biogas production last year

  • Biomass
  • 13 January 2020
The IPCC's land report shows shipping the potential of sustainable biofuels, but how to get there?
The IPCC's land report shows shipping the potential of sustainable biofuels, but how to get there?

The IPCC says biofuels can play a part in shipping's decarbonisation journey. But with aviation and other sectors circling around a finite resource, shipping needs to invest in exotic options, says Forum for the Future's Will Dawson

  • Biofuel
  • 14 August 2019
BP beefs up biofuel operations with Bunge joint venture
BP beefs up biofuel operations with Bunge joint venture

Oil giant teams up with agriculture powerhouse to create major new Brazilian bio-energy player

  • Biofuel
  • 24 July 2019
Neste CEO Peter Vanacker: 'We are not an oil refining company anymore'
Neste CEO Peter Vanacker: 'We are not an oil refining company anymore'

CEO at the world's largest renewable diesel supplier speaks to BusinessGreen about shipping, aviation, trucks, and turning waste plastic into fuel

  • Automotive
  • 20 May 2019
Virgin CEO Josh Bayliss: 'Every one of us should think hard about whether we need to take a flight'
Virgin CEO Josh Bayliss: 'Every one of us should think hard about whether we need to take a flight'

Boss of multi-billion pound brand, which holds a stake in Virgin Atlantic, reflects on how corporates should respond to consumer outcry over climate change

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  • 10 May 2019
Neste and Air BP ink green jet fuel partnership
Neste and Air BP ink green jet fuel partnership

New alliance aims to scale up supply chain for sustainable aviation fuels

  • Aviation
  • 11 October 2018
Can sustainable bioeconomy be a driver of Green Growth?
Can sustainable bioeconomy be a driver of Green Growth?

Dr. Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute reflects on the challenges and opportunities faced by the revolution underway in the bioeconomy

  • Biomass
  • 24 April 2018
Vivergo's bioethanol plant reopens after four-month shut down
Vivergo's bioethanol plant reopens after four-month shut down

Biofuels plant closed in November after policy uncertainty and low ethanol prices created 'unfavourable trading conditions'

  • Biofuel
  • 11 April 2018
Enerkem secures $280m investment in support of waste-to-biofuel vision
Enerkem secures $280m investment in support of waste-to-biofuel vision

One of the biggest venture capital deals in Canadian history is set to support a new wave of waste-to-biofuel plants

  • Biofuel
  • 08 February 2018
Vivergo shutdown is latest sign biofuels' future lies in the skies
Vivergo shutdown is latest sign biofuels' future lies in the skies

Case for biofuels in passenger cars is rapidly shrinking in the face of electric technology, but sector could still play a vital role in aviation and freight

  • Biofuel
  • 07 December 2017
Whitefox to install smart membrane system at United Ethanol
Whitefox to install smart membrane system at United Ethanol

UK firm claims its energy efficient membrane technology will enable US biofuel company to expand production at the plant by 20 per cent

  • Technology
  • 04 December 2017
The forecast is warm for a world without biofuels
The forecast is warm for a world without biofuels

No effort to hold down global carbon emissions can succeed without biofuels, argues Chris Bliley from the Climate Ethanol Alliance

  • Biofuel
  • 03 November 2017
Government urged to boost green fuel sector as biofuel use stagnates
Government urged to boost green fuel sector as biofuel use stagnates

New data from BEIS suggests proportion of biofuel in petrol and diesel has barely shifted since 2014, prompting calls for urgent government action

  • Biofuel
  • 28 July 2017
It's all about the waste: Use food scraps over crops for climate friendly biofuels, say experts
It's all about the waste: Use food scraps over crops for climate friendly biofuels, say experts

Biofuels made with genuine waste products are needed to cut carbon emissions, new government-commissioned report finds

  • Biofuel
  • 14 July 2017
What the RTFO happens next?
What the RTFO happens next?

The Clean Growth Plan and Air Quality Plan may command headlines, but as Clare Wenner argues clarity is also needed on the future of the UK's Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

  • Automotive
  • 10 July 2017
GoodShipping Program sets sail in pursuit of biofuel breakthrough
GoodShipping Program sets sail in pursuit of biofuel breakthrough

GoodFuels launches new initiative in bid to scale up nascent shipping biofuel market

  • Shipping
  • 25 May 2017
Government unveils £20m low emission freight funding boost
Government unveils £20m low emission freight funding boost

Department for Transport reveals 20 projects have secured funding under scheme to boost use of electric vans and hydrogen lorries

  • Automotive
  • 12 January 2017
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