Foreword
This month’s issue features
several highly encouraging stories from the aviation sector. Aviation has been
one of the tougher nuts for biofuels to crack, as the energetic demands of jet
fuel are greater than those of conventional fuel as they must still operate at
lower temperatures and pressures, but the problem remains that the aviation
sector is one of the most significant contributors to carbon emissions
worldwide. Biofuels currently offer the best decarbonisation option for
commercial airlines, but in order to stimulate uptake there needs to be
demonstration of the capabilities of aviation biofuels. There was been a steady
rate of development in the biobased aviation fuels sector, with many small-scale
trials, but there has been little policy support to aid the sector’s growth.
Fortunately, biobased jet fuel seems to be gaining traction, and this month has
seen a couple of firsts for the sector....
Other news this month includes:
Policy
- EU ENVI committee votes to phase out crop-based biofuels
Markets
- E10 becomes best selling fuel in France
- Novozymes bioenergy division shows increased biofuel sales
- Lallemund Biofuels acquires Lactic Solutions
- DuPont to sell Iowa ethanol plant
- BCC Research reports on liquid biofuels market
Research & Development
- POET-DSM cracks ethanol pretreatment conundrum
- Australian scientists develop biofuels from crop waste
- More stable enzymes discovered for biofuel production
- E. coli employed to produce
branched long-chain alcohols
- Abengoa to build USA's first plant for biofuels from municipal waste
Bioethanol
- Bio-butanol plant set for 2018 opening
Biodiesel
- Coffee oil used to power London buses
Aviation Fuel
- Fly Green Day sees 8 airlines run on Gevo's biobased jet fuel
- KLM's Costa Rica flights to be biofuel-powered
- China's first intercontinental biofuel flight
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