News / Liquid biofuel

17 July 2011, 16:56
Lufthansa became the first airline to use biofuels on regular commercial flights on 15th of July in a six month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tonnes during the period Read more
23 May 2011, 02:05
Finland has developed a new concept for the production of energy wood-based bio oil as an alternative to fossil oil Read more
13 May 2011, 01:03
UPM from Finland starts the second generation transport biofuel development and production Read more
28 March 2011, 14:42
Brazil and USA made changes to Memorandum of Understanding about biofuels Read more
14 March 2011, 18:27
Range Fuels has shut its biofuel plant in Georgia (USA) after producing only one batch of cellulosic ethanol Read more
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Analytics and publications / Liquid biofuel

Mr. Matti Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Oil Products and Renewables, Neste Oil, Finland: “Biofuel is the aviation future”
 Lufthansa became the first airline to use biofuels on regular commercial flights on 15th of July in a six month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tonnes during the period. Lufthansa is using a mix of regular fuel and biofuel made by Neste Oil from jatropha and camelina crops and animal fats, in one engine of an Airbus plane on daily flights between Frankfurt and Hamburg. The magazine “The Bioenergy Interntional.Russia” and the information agency “INFOBIO” asked about new biofuel from its producer Neste Oil, Finland. Mr. Matti Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Oil Products and Renewables, Neste Oil gave the following answers.  Read more
Outcome of 2010 - the pellet production in Russia
The biofuel production and the domestic Russian market are developing. The last 2010 was both successful and unlucky year for the young biofuel Russian industry. While speaking about figures and biofuel branch by itself it is necessary to stress that according to different statistics the pellet production is increased in Russia in 2010 compare to 2009. Read more
Vagif Mirzoyev – Candidate of Sciences (Azerbaijan), Yevhen Pushchyk - Engineer (Ukraine), Gasoline and its additives in Europe, Russia and Ukraine
The European gasoline market has quite changed over the past years, which is first of all connected with the structure of automobile transportation, i.e. “Europe’s dieselization”, as over 60% of automobiles in Europe consume diesel. Another reason is diesel’s better ecological and economical indicators. Read more
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