Foreword
Biomethane is at the forefront
of the news this month for the consumer, with multiple shops in the UK
detailing how their use of biomethane as a transport fuel is making them more
sustainable. Only so much biomethane can be generated, and there are multiple
uses for it including injection into the gas grid, heat and electricity
generation, as well as using it as a transport fuel. Biomethane as a transport
fuel is mostly reserved for shipping and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). On the
road to decarbonisation, solutions that may apply to cars and other vehicles
may not apply so well to HGVs. Range, horsepower and carbon emissions all
contribute to the debate, as well as availability. Taking HGVs electric for
example in the same way as cars also presents practical challenges. Both
electric and gas vehicles have infrastructure requirements, and biomethane in
cars just isn’t as feasible as it is for a larger HGV. One of those using
biomethane in their HGVs is.........
Other news this month includes:
Policy
- Norway jet fuel policy looks achievable
Markets
- Gevo to supply Seattle
- BTG and Goodfuels plan a biorefinery
- Coporate biofuel programme from KLM
Research and Development
- Ethanol demand on land use
- EPA challenges result in shift to R&D
- FRA review of 2020 vehicle models
Bioethanol
Biodiesel
- Hotel biodiesel
- Use of Neste's renewable diesel
- Testing biodiesel content
Aviation Biofuel
- Biomass to jet fuel for Velocys
- LanzaTech scales up its jet fuel
Other Biofuels
- Supermarket trucks cut emissions
- John Lewis to use biomethane
- F1 to up biofuel use
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