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The winning car from the 2023 Formula Student UK competition

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Formula Student to use all sustainable fuels in 2024

...compared to fossil fuel-based equivalents. Both are second-generation advanced biofuels, created from agricultural waste, and have been designed to be a drop-in solution, meaning that student teams do not need...
Dan Webb and Stephen Fletcher of Prema Energy

Interview

In conversation with Prema Energy

...to the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme. Biofuel oils made from tall oil pitch and later rapeseed oil distillation residue were developed to replace residual fuel oil in these plants at...

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Virgin Group partners with Agilyx for low carbon biofuels

In another significant development for the transition to future fuels, the Virgin Group and leading chemical converter Agilyx have announced a partnership to develop lower carbon fuels for the aviation...

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OFTEC advise the government to back biofuels in RHI

 Leading oil equipment manufacturers have urged the government to include bioliquids in the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). In a letter to the right honourable Ed Davey MP, the secretary of...

Analysis

Products and services for developing fuel depots

...and create and deliver innovation. We take any client requests seriously.” Good news for distributors looking to move into biofuels. Proving this point, ENDEGS has been named one of the...
Improving the UK’s fuel supply network

Analysis

Improving the UK’s fuel supply network   

...build an energy transition cluster in the North West of England, and is leading the charge in the UK by developing projects in refinery decarbonisation, biofuels, and new energy logistics...

Insight

The UK’s refineries: past, present and future

...an existing petroleum refinery/ refineries into bio-refineries- to produce a range of sustainable low carbon biofuels More extensive adoption of co-processing to produce biofuels Closure, either permanent or conversion to...

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Essar invests £360 million in Stanlow carbon capture facility

...consortium Developing green fuels (including SAF) Establishing the UK’s largest biofuels storage facility through Stanlow Terminals Limited. Essar will achieve its decarbonisation targets through a combination of incremental (energy efficiency...

Opinion

Warning over red diesel price hike

...the pocket while having a minimal impact on improving the environment. From April 1, rebated diesel, more commonly known as red diesel, and rebated biofuels will no longer be allowed...
UM Terminals Phil McEvoy

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UM Terminals invests millions in its Liverpool terminal

...oils, fertiliser and key growth areas of biofuels and biofuel feed stocks. The company is also underway transferring across to low carbon tank heating technology, part of the wider UM...

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Waste-fuelled car success rallies support for sustainable fuels

...cars ran on a second-generation biofuel, produced by the catalytic transformation of bioethanol derived from agricultural waste, combined with efuels created using CO2 captured directly from the atmosphere. This bespoke...
“A solution to plastic pollution that makes business sense.”

Opinion

“A solution to plastic pollution that makes business sense.”

...of low-carbon footprint fuel, even from the most challenging-to-recycle plastics. The main alternatives to plastic feedstocks are biofuels, which offer a somewhat cleaner alternative to fossil-based fuels. However, the ever-growing...