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Rio Tinto US Borax becomes first open pit mine to transition to renewable diesel

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Rio Tinto has successfully completed the full transition of its heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at its Boron, California operation, making it the first open pit mine in the world to achieve this milestone. Rio Tinto US Borax used Neste MY Renewable Diesel during the trial. billion gallons (5.5

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Neste investing €1.4B to boost capacity for renewable drop-in fuels and products production in Singapore

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billion to add additional renewable products production capacity in Singapore. Singapore expansion. The investment will extend Neste’s renewable product overall capacity in Singapore by up to 1.3 NEXBTL technology can make top-quality renewable products out of nearly any waste and residue fats and vegetable oils.

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Neste Oil produces NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry

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Neste Oil has again expanded the range of renewable raw materials it uses by beginning to produce NExBTL renewable diesel from waste fat sourced from the fish processing industry at its Singapore refinery. After the fillets have been removed, the fat content of the gutting waste can be as high as 30-35%.

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10 years of Neste renewable diesel

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Neste began production of renewable diesel 10 years ago at the Neste Porvoo refinery in Finland. Neste has since become the leading circular economy company in biofuels and reduced GHG emissions from traffic by more than 33 million tons, based on production of the renewable bio-hydrocarbon fuel. Earlier post.)

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Neste submits three pathways for California LCFS for renewable diesel produced at Porvoo refinery

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Finland-based Neste has submitted three new Tier 2 Pathways for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for renewable diesel produced at its Porvoo, Finland refinery. Two pathways are for Renewable Diesel from Tallow & Animal Fat and one is for Renewable Diesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO). gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Neste and Shell sign agreement to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel

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Anticipating increasing desire from airlines to reduce emissions, Neste and Shell Aviation have entered into a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement. But if we are to address aviation-related emissions, we need to utilize all the available solutions. million tons of SAF annually by 2023.

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Neste: use of our renewable fuels reduced global climate emissions by 8.3 million tons in 2017

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Replacing fossil fuels with Neste’s renewable fuels reduced global climate emissions altogether by a 8.3 The emission reduction is calculated by comparing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the renewable fuels that Neste produces in a year to the life cycle emissions of conventional European diesel.

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