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Indian Oil signs MOU with LanzaJet on sustainable aviation fuel production in India

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Indian Oil Corporation, India’s leading energy major, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LanzaJet to explore the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in India. IndianOil is adopting mitigation efforts such as sustainable fuel alternatives to advance the country’s clean energy goals.

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Continental Aerospace Technologies finalizing HVO testing for use in CD-100 engine series

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Continental, a subsidiary of Continental Aerospace Technologies Holding Limited, is finalizing testing of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a sustainable fuel option in its CD-100 series of engines. HVO is a renewable and carbon-neutral fuel alternative.

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California Energy Commission to award up to $3M to support development of bio-oil as intermediate for renewable jet fuel

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The California Energy Commission is issuing a solicitation ( GFO-17-901 ) to provide up to $3 million in funding for innovative, pre-commercial low-carbon fuel production processes that result in the development of bio-oil as an intermediate fuel with wide-scale adoption potential used for renewable jet fuel production.

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SHV Energy to market and sell Neste Oil’s biopropane

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Neste Oil and SHV Energy have agreed that SHV Energy will market and sell biopropane to be produced at Neste Oil’s Rotterdam refinery. Replacing existing fossil fuels with biopropane will result in significant carbon savings. Biopropane is a wonderful addition to our product portfolio, and our customers can benefit from it.

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USDA, DOE and US Navy to invest up to $510M over next 3 years to build out drop-in biofuel production capacity for military and commercial transportation

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No significant impact on the supply of agricultural commodities for the production of food. The United States spends more than $300 billion on imported crude oil per year, the three Departments noted in their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the joint initiative. —Memorandum of Understanding.

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New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

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At the current pace of research and development, replacing gasoline and diesel with renewable fuel alternatives could take some 131 years, according to a new University of California, Davis, study using a new sustainability forecasting approach based on market expectations. The forecast was published online 8 Nov.

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LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel. LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain.