The Carbon Column – Travel better

In this post I address travelling and how we can be better

EU charges Alcogroup and Agroetanol over alleged ethanol benchmarks cartel

It has sent Statement of Objections to the two ethanol producers and their subsidiaries of its preliminary view that they colluded to influence the wholesale price formation mechanism for ethanol in Europe

British petrol tanks filled with E10 from today

The introduction of the new fuel is predicted to cut the equivalent emissions of taking of taking 350,000 cars off the road every year

Repsol produces ‘Spain’s first’ plane biofuel from waste

The batch consists of 5,300 tonnes of sustainable plane fuel, which Repsol claims will avoid up to 300 tonnes of carbon emissions

Biofuel, not an odd fish anymore!

A project that will turn fish waste into biofuel in Vietnam has secured grant funding from Innovate UK

Sweet move! Sugar in your fuel tank

New petrol mix made of biofuel could cut emissions by 750,000 tonnes

Total and ENGIE commit to building ‘France’s largest’ green hydrogen project

The 40MW electrolyser, which will be located at one of the Total’s biorefineries, is forecast to produce five tonnes of green hydrogen every day

India plans to store oil in the US amid the global pandemic

As part of a new agreement with the US, India discussed the possibility of storing oil in the American emergency stockpile

McDonald’s launches french fries cooking oil-to-biofuel project in the Netherlands

The fuel will be used in trucks, which deliver goods to 252 Dutch McDonald’s restaurants

HSBC gives biofuel supplier six-figure backing to power NHS

The grants will ensure generators at NHS hospitals will continue to be fuelled with a sustainable alternative to diesel