In a newly-published report on sustainable fuels for maritime and aviation, climate NGO Transport & Environment has concluded that pulp and paper, biomass power, energy from waste facilities (EfWs), ethanol, and biogas upgrading are ‘particularly attractive CO2 sources’. T&E said that these options ‘offer significant accessible biogenic CO2 volumes across Europe, along with low-to-moderate capture costs’. Summarising some of the key findings of the report in a message posted on LinkedIn yesterday (27 November), Geert de Cock, Electricity & Grids Manager at T&E, said: ‘We find a current supply of 92 Mt [million tonnes] of sustainable, accessible, biogenic CO₂ per year in Europe. Even […]

Australia’s Viva Energy is considering plans to start producing bio-LPG at its Geelong refinery in Victoria. In a statement issued yesterday (27 November), Viva Energy announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the energy reseller Origin Energy to develop a proof of concept for the bio-LPG production plant. If the project goes ahead, Viva Energy would manufacture the bio-LPG using domestically sourced used cooking oil (UCO) and other feedstocks, while Origin Energy would look to on-sell the gas to its customers. Viva Energy already supplies Origin Energy with conventional LPG produced at the Geelong refinery. Lachlan […]

The bunker team at Italy’s jEnergy have informed ship.energy that, following the test deliveries of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in Augusta that they have been making for ferry companies this year, they are now evaluating where to expand and extend their marine biofuel operations in 2026. The team told ship.energy today (27 November) that at present jEnergy is only supplying limited volumes of HVO on a contract basis, with no product currently available for spot enquiries. Next year, however, they may look to both increase the amount of HVO supplied under contract and also offer the fuel on a spot […]