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The future of biodiesel
...lesser extent due to their focus on waste feedstocks. The current version, however, whilst maintaining a 5% limit by energy content on biofuels derived from land based feedstocks, has seen...
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Money-saving app launched to counter escalating fuel costs
...keen to talk about the feedback that the team have had so far: “For cash payers the feedback has been very positive, and we have had many messages expressing gratitude...
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Strategic supply from Britain’s largest refinery
...is supported by 330 storage tanks. A chemicals plant is integrated with the refinery from which it receives feed stocks. The plant manufactures a range of products for the plastics,...
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Honeywell revolutionises ethanol-to-jet fuel technology in response to SAF supply concerns
...ethanol into SAF. Depending on the type of ethanol feedstock used, jet fuel produced from Honeywell’s ethanol-to-jet fuel process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% on a total...
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P66 agrees UK-first sustainable fuel supply
...New York on its fuel-efficient Boeing 787 aircraft. The SAF will be produced from sustainable waste feedstock at the Humber Refinery, which will deliver its SAF supply to British Airways...
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Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects
...In this hydrotreating process, oxygen is removed from the feedstocks, comprising triglycerides and/or fatty acids. The resulting products consist of straight-chained paraffins with varying properties and molecular size, depending on...
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Technology: Supporting the supply chain
...customer feedback: “Based on customer feedback, we are developing a remote control which will provide drivers with the full management of the delivery process from the point of delivery. This...
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Net Zero report – FPS and OFTEC respond
...off-gas grid heating sector, while limiting adverse impacts on consumers,” said OFTEC CEO, Paul Rose. “We are encouraged that the Committee can see value in continuing to research and trial...
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University scientists to tackle the challenges of converting rice straw to biofuel
...being burnt in the field. The research is being led by Dr Alfred Fernandez-Castane, Senior Lecturer in Biochemical Engineering and Principal Investigator at the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)...
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Government grant for new OXCCU jet fuel project
OXCCU, a carbon-to-value company converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products, has won a £2.8 million grant along with the University of Sheffield Translational Energy Research Centre...
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QMRE: Transforming plastic waste into sustainable solutions
...energy than it produced. Pyrolysis was showing promise but lacked the efficiency to be viable. The key takeaway from this phase of research was the need for a continuous process...
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Sustainable aviation fuel from sewage producer Firefly secures £5m Wizz Air investment
...(SAF) research and development will allow the airline to supply SAF to its UK operations from 2028, up to 525,000 tonnes over 15 years. The agreement has the potential to...
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Virgin Atlantic Flight100 – a flying start for future fuels
...purpose of the flight was to demonstrate the potential of SAF as a 100% drop-in replacement for fossil fuels, to provide important research on the end-to-end carbon life cycle of...
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In Conversation with Phillips 66 Limited
...in EVs. “Humber Refinery was also the first UK refinery to make renewable fuel from waste oil and we remain at the forefront of research and development into next-generation, cleaner...
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Shortlisted proposal would see UK village swap from natural gas to hydrogen in 2025
...place expected to be made next year Kent, a leading engineering company in oil and gas and Hydrogen (H2) technologies, has been appointed as the FEED Contractor for aspects of...
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EET Fuels appoints Toyo-India for ICC project
EET Fuels, which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has progressed to the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of its industrial carbon capture (ICC) project. The...
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Mitchell & Webber: driving the ground breaking campaign for a liquid fuel future
...feedback In December 2022, we organised an event with some of the residents of Kehelland to give them the opportunity to give honest feedback to Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA, and...
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Ford Fuel Oils’ driver to raise money for Cancer Research UK
...Research UK. One of Ford Fuel Oils’ key workers delivering lubricants, Adblue and fuel to customers’ doorsteps, Martin will be taking one of the company’s workshop vehicles to help assist...