Jan 19, 2015
Boeing and Embraer open aviation biofuel research center in Brazil
Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2015
The US biodiesel market shrunk in 2014 following policy uncertainty in Washington that destabilised the industry and caused many biodiesel plants to shut down or reduce production.
According to EPA data, total US biodiesel consumption fell to 1.75 billion gallons for 2014, down slightly from nearly 1.8 billion gallons in 2013. The downturn came as the Obama Administration... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 15, 2015
On 3 January 2015, France's energy ministry issued an order to allow the concentration of biodiesel to increase from 7 to 8%.
Ministerial order DEVR1431074A will ensure this rise is rolled out at public fuelling stations across France.
Industry groups including FuelsEurope and the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) are urging the country to keep the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 14, 2015
According to local reports, Luxembourg-based Heridge SARL is purchasing Great Lakes Biodiesel plant in Welland, Ontario, Canada.
Bidding closed on the $50 million (€33 million) biodiesel plant, which has a capacity to produce 170 million litres per year of biodiesel, on 12 January.
'The big message that came out is that they are not buying this operation in order... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 13, 2015
Renewable fuel producer UPM has started commercial production at its renewable diesel biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland.
The UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery is based on a hydrotreatment process developed by the company, and produces approximately 120 million litres per year of renewable UPM BioVerno diesel.
UPM's BioVerno diesel, which is produced out of crude tall oil,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 8, 2015
The bidding period has closed for Great Lakes Biodiesel's (GLB) $50 million (€42.4 million) biodiesel plant in Welland, Ontario, Canada, but certainty over the future of the Dain City refinery has not been made clear.
Great Lakes Biodiesel (GLB) opened in 2012, but it never reached its full output potential of 170 million litres a year of biodiesel.
In October 2014,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 5, 2015
Renewable Energy Group's wholly-owned subsidiary, REG European Holdings, has completed the acquisition of IC Green Energy's (ICG) majority equity ownership position in German biodiesel producer Petrotec.
The US advanced biofuels producer and developer of renewable chemicals' subsidiary purchased ICG's 69% equity ownership in Petrotec for $20.9 million (€18 million),... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 18, 2014
Amyris, a global renewable products company, has received approval for its renewable jet fuel by Brazil's fuels regulator, ANP.
This enables it to approach commercialisation in Brazil of the Amyris renewable jet fuel in blends of up to 10%.
'Building on the revised ASTM International standard for aviation turbine fuel approved in June 2014, Brazil's ANP has now removed... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 16, 2014
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed upgrades to its 30 million gallon biorefinery in Newton, Iowa, US.
The plant can now produce an even higher purity biomass-based diesel from a variety of raw materials.
REG started work on the $13.2 million (€11 million) project in February and completed it in November, four months ahead of schedule and on budget.
A further... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 16, 2014
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, and Tadweer, the Center of Waste Management, have signed a two-year research agreement.
This research will focus on improving the production process of converting waste cooking oil (WCO) to biodiesel through further experimentation and sensitivity... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 11, 2014
The Department for Transport has launched a £25 million (€31.5 million) competition to build advanced biofuel plants that will convert waste into biofuels.The government department funding is supported by considerable private sector investment and will encourage the construction of up to three demonstration biofuel plants, the first of their kind in the UK.The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 9, 2014
Airbus Group, a global aeronautics and space company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT), a technology company focused on the development and implementation of methods for producing synthetic fuels and specialty products from a variety of carbonaceous feedstock, to promote the commercialisation of technologies to produce... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 8, 2014
Boeing has completed the world's first flight using 'green diesel', a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation.The airline powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane in December with a blend of 15% green diesel and 85% petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.'Green diesel offers a tremendous opportunity to make sustainable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2014
Hawaii's plans to use an abandoned pipe to transport biofuel from ships docked at Hilo Harbour to a nearby storage facility has passed an environmental assessment and is expected to now be approved.
The pipe, which used to be used by Shell Oil, travels under state land.
Hoku Kai Biofuels owns the former Shell Oil property and intends to use its nine existing tanks to store... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 1, 2014
New Zealand Kadis, a private investment bank, will invest $3 billion (€2.4 billion) through Credit Enhancement for Initial Public Offering (CEIPO) to back a biodiesel project.
The project, which will be built in Sabah, Malaysia, is to be carried out by Konsortium Jaringan Usahawan (Sabah) Sdn Bhd and its strategic partner Chinagate Capital.
The funding programme will... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 28, 2014
Ergil will provide 16 pontoon type internal floating roofs for Gulf Petrochem's Pipavav Terminal project in Pipavav, Gujarat, India.
The company, which engineers, constructs and manufactures storage tanks for the petroleum and chemical industries, will supply the oil and energy specialists with pontoon type internal floating roofs, which are fully compliant with API 650... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 26, 2014
China imported 51,507 tonnes of biodiesel in October, down 58.32% from September, data released by the General Administration of Customs shows.
The country's main source of palm methyl ester is exported from Indonesia. These figures fell 56% month on month to 46,500 tonnes in October, while UCO methyl ester exports from Hong Kong fell 28.17% to 4,972 tonnes.
PME shipments... [Read More]
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