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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...
Looking at the challenge of ensuring that HVO is a genuinely sustainable future fuel

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...
Trafigura Greenergy acquisition

News

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...
Certa HVO forecourts

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Certa doubles number of HVO-ready forecourts

...doubles the number of Certa forecourts now supplying Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at their existing pumps alongside petrol and diesel. HVO is a new second generation, low-carbon biofuel that serves...
The fundamental importance of data.

Insight

Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’

...grid connections. The committee has been much more robust in its recommendations for hybrid biofuel boilers in this circumstance (its central scenario included 0.9m hybrid biofuel boilers). “The only potential...

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UKIFDA announces new chief executive

...to the next stage where we see liquid biofuels part of future energy policy. Thanks to the work over the last three years of our current CEO Guy Pulham, UKIFDA...

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Biodiesel plant opens on Merseyside

...the economy. “Biodiesel produced from used cooking oil can be one of the most sustainable biofuels” “Sustainable biofuels have an important role to play in our efforts to tackle climate...

News

Greenergy – additional biodiesel production

Last week Greenergy acquired Harvest Biofuels’ biodiesel manufacturing facility at Seal Sands on Teesside. The acquisition of Harvest’s manufacturing assets gives Greenergy additional biodiesel production capacity with which to meet...

Interview

Preparing for the red diesel rebate changes

...2022, it will be illegal to put red diesel and other rebated biofuels into the tank of a vehicle, vessel, machine, or appliance that is not legally able to use...

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Net Zero report – FPS and OFTEC respond  

...phased migration of oil-using homes across the UK from kerosene to 100% low carbon biofuel. “Following careful analysis of decarbonisation pathways utilising biofuels, OFTEC confidently believes our sector can contribute...

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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...