Tag: Biofuels
U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Takes Off As New Capacity Comes Online
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production is growing in the United States as new capacity comes online. U.S. production of Other Biofuels, the category we use to capture SAF in our Petroleum Supply Monthly, approximately doubled from December 2024 to February 2025. SAF is an alternative to petroleum jet fuel. It’s produced from … [continued]
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China Zorrilla: How The World’s Largest Electric Ferry Changes Maritime Electrification
The launch of the all-electric ferry China Zorrilla, expected to be operating between Argentina and Uruguay, represents a landmark event in global maritime electrification. Commissioned by Buquebus, a major regional ferry operator connecting Buenos Aires and Montevideo, this vessel is—for now—the largest battery-electric passenger and vehicle ferry in the world. … [continued]
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SAF Takes Off & Ticket Prices Follow: The Real Cost Of Greener Air Travel
A traveler books a long-haul flight from Frankfurt to Singapore and notices a line item labeled “Environmental Surcharge.” It’s not optional, and it’s not tiny. For most economy passengers, it adds somewhere between €6 and €20. In business class, it can go much higher. At first glance, this might seem … [continued]
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With a Technology License from MIT and NREL in Hand, Comstock Fuels Aims to Produce Jet Fuel from Lignin
Patent-Pending Technology Turns Lignin—a Plant Structural Material—Into Aromatic Hydrocarbons That Could Help Leap Over Synthetic Aviation Fuel ‘Blend Wall’ It is an ideal complement to Comstock Fuels’ own technologies: an additional refining step to upgrade lignin from biomass into aromatic hydrocarbons, which are molecules needed to produce “drop-in” synthetic aviation … [continued]
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BYD Seagull to Start Production in Brazil Next June
BYD’s plant in Camaçarí faced significant hurdles in late 2024 when Brazilian media denounced that Jinjiang, one of the three companies working on the construction of the factory, had been violating its workers’ rights. In late January, it was announced that all Chinese workers were going back to China after … [continued]
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