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Biomass-based diesel and ethanol compliance credit prices decline 45% from start of year

The price of compliance credits for biomass-based diesel and ethanol has decreased about 45% since the start of the year, when prices were already the lowest in about three years.

Spain's Cepsa, Apical begin work on Southern Europe's biggest biofuels plant

Spain's Cepsa and Apical Group's Bio-Oils unit began building what will be Southern Europe's largest biofuels plant able to produce 500,000 metric tons of renewable diesel and SAF per year, the companies said.

Digital Feature: A novel process to help refinery operations comply with the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard

This article, exclusive to Hydrocarbon Processing, details a novel refinery processing technology that enables refineries to produce fuels that adhere to the U.S. RFS.

KT awarded Eni contract for hydrogen production in Livorno plant biorefinery conversion

MAIRE announced that its subsidiary KT - Kinetics Technology (Integrated E&C Solutions) has been awarded an EPC contract by Italian Energy company Eni to build a hydrogen production plant at Eni’s Livorno refinery. 

LanzaJet and Jet Zero partner for Australia's first ethanol-to-SAF plant

The agreement will progress the development of Project Ulysses, a North Queensland SAF project using LanzaJet’s alcohol-to-Jet technology, that converts the bioethanol into SAF and renewable diesel.

Repsol achieves certification to trade SAF within RSB’s book and claim system

Repsol has received certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), giving the company access to sell its SAF within the RSB Book & Claim System.

Finland's Neste shares plummet on downbeat biofuel sales margin outlook

Shares of Finland's Neste plummeted after the biofuels producer and oil refiner posted fourth-quarter operating profit below expectations and forecast a lower 2024 renewable products sales margin than last year's.

Marine biofuel premiums soften at top bunker hub Singapore

Spot premiums of marine biofuel fell at world's largest bunker hub Singapore in early 2024, several market sources said, weighed by lukewarm demand, lower biofuel feedstock costs and a stronger underlying benchmark for residual fuel oil.

Sugar Valley Energy bio-refinery to address SAF market

Valley Energy, a new 160-acre bioenergy campus planned in California’s Imperial Valley, intends to produce SAF for the airline industry.

Enerkem to retire its Edmonton Biofuels facility

Enerkem announced that it will be retiring its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels plant in Edmonton.