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Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements
...lobby the Government on this as losing the red diesel rebate could cost the UK construction industry several millions a year.” A lack of support for biofuels and home energy...
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Low carbon liquid fuel – centre stage at this month’s OFTEC conference
...Perpetuum Partners, who will share the findings of the six-month research project they have now completed for OFTEC. This project, which has investigated the potential of liquid biofuels, has provided...
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...and, therefore, the advent of new fuels to reduce tailpipe emissions, the company has developed a fuel quality division to deal with the problems arising from modern biofuels which can...
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Trafigura to acquire Greenergy’s Canadian operations
...Biofuel supplier Founded in 1992 to supply diesel with lower emissions, Greenergy is today one of Europe’s largest suppliers of biofuels with manufacturing plants in the UK and the Netherlands...
Analysis
Harvest Energy – change, challenge and opportunity
...of the council business. Controlling biofuel quality Looking to the future, Harvest has invested in a 250,000 metric tonnes biofuels plant at Seal Sands on Teesside. “The plant gives us...
Knowledge
HVO – The issue of sustainability
...It is as important to consider the environmental and human rights issues around Lithium extraction for batteries as it is to consider the carbon intensity of transporting biofuels from production...
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Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels
...be joined by other trade bodies and industry representatives in a new ‘Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels’, which will use the policy proposals contained in this future vision document to support...
Insight
BP OUTLOOK 2023: the outlook for global energy to 2050
...financing and building of new capacity. The use of modern biofuels – modern solid biomass, biofuels and biomethane – will grow rapidly, helping to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors and processes. Low...
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HVO boost as biofuel boiler wins best renewable energy product
...provide a more sustainable way to heat existing homes than a heat pump.” Key role for biofuels Grant is a member of OFTEC and David Blevings, Ireland manager, commented: “This...
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Future energy – a vital topic
...created BP Alternative Energy to focus on solar, wind, biofuels and carbon sequestration and storage. Asked why she had created a renewable business within an oil company, she pointed out...
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Further support for HVO in Northern Ireland
...of biofuels offers a seamless transition for existing liquid fuel users; a simple option for government to maximise carbon emission reductions in the off-grid sector at least cost for consumers...
Insight
Sector decarbonisation: The future transport energy mix
...expectation for it to account for around Biofuels will clearly have an important role to play in the energy transition especially renewable diesel (HVO), which can be readily produced from...
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Liquid storage expansion plans for UM Terminals’ new MD
...oils, industrial, food and feed, chemical, fertiliser, fuels, biofuels and base oils. The bulk liquid specialist currently has a capacity of over 300,000 cubic metres of storage, but the plan...
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New fuel transfer service will relieve fuel supply bottlenecks
...of debottlenecking the product offering for customers as all products, including biofuels can now be imported or exported. (Previously this was only capable from Stanlow). Michael Gaynon, Chief Executive at...
Opinion
Energy security and emission reduction: the role of downstream
...Adjusting the RTFO to a GHG based approach would further increase these carbon savings. “There may be a case for lowering the rate on biofuels which are currently taxed at...
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West Cork school makes history as Ireland’s first to be heated using HVO
...that GD+HVO offered them an immediate 90% reduction in CO2 emissions. Made by leading UK biofuel supplier Green Biofuels Limited (GBF) who announced the launch, in February, of Ireland’s first...
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Tank Storage Association publishes 2022 Review of bulk liquid storage sector
...TSA views the suppliers and distributors of heating fuels to have an important role in meeting the UK’s net zero goals by providing liquid biofuels for homes and businesses across...
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An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...OFTEC, as well as tank manufacturers, distributors and many more are coming together to ensure there is a future for liquid biofuels in our industry. The first UK trials of...