Nov 11, 2014
KiOR files for bankruptcy
Biodiesel News
Nov 7, 2014
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed a preliminary deal to supply the China Aircraft Leasing Company with 100 fuel-efficient planes.
In a contract worth around €8.1 billion, Airbus will provide the Chinese leasing company with 74 A320neos (new engine option), 16 A320ceos (current engine option) and 10 A321ceos.
The A320 type is a set of medium-range aircraft which... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 7, 2014
A demonstration-scale plant that will convert marine microalgae into green crude has opened in Whyalla, South Australia.
The $10.7 million (€8.7 million) plant will produce 30,000 litres per year of green crude. Plant constructor and green crude producer Muradel will use its Green2Black technology for the ongoing production of the renewable fuel.
Muradel hopes to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2014
Biomass Japan has selected Davao City, in the Philippines, to set up a used cooking oil-based biodiesel production facility.
The firm is currently negotiating feedstock supply contracts with major restaurants and other potential oil suppliers.
'(The company) will collect all used cooking oil from restaurants and households, filter and process this into biodiesel, which... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2014
State-owned company Alcoholes de Uruguay (Alur) has launched a pilot project to recycle used cooking oil (UCO) and convert it into biodiesel.
The project, which uses a 'smart' glass container that receives UCO containers and provides clean ones in return, is modelled on recycling systems implemented by the company Ekogras in the northern Spanish city of San Sebastian.
A... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2014
Appalachian Biofuels is investing $3.5 million (€2.8 million) to manufacture biodiesel from waste feedstocks using immobilised enzymes.
A new startup company plans to build an enzymatic biodiesel production facility in Russell County, Virginia, with funding from the state government.
Virginia beat out South Carolina in competition for the project, according to a press... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 30, 2014
Howard Tenens and Prins Autogas are the first companies to successfully convert a Mercedes-Benz Actros Euro 6 type vehicle to run on duel fuel, compressed natural gas and diesel.
The new technology delivers a solution to the problem in adapting a Euro 6 type vehicle to run using the carbon saving technology.
Howard Tenens, a UK-based logistics company, approached Prins... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 30, 2014
Evogene, specialists in the improvement of crop productivity and economics for the food, feed and biofuel industries, has completed its expansion of crop protection activities at its facility in Rehovot, Israel.
The facilities will support research and development activities for Evogene's product programmes, which focus on fungi, insect and weed control. The field of crop... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 30, 2014
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has finished upgrades to its 30 MMgy biodiesel biorefinery in Mason City, Iowa, US, which enables the plant to produce biofuel from a number of diverse raw materials.
Work on the $20 million (€16 million) project started approximately one year ago, shortly after plant operations were restarted, following REG's acquisition in July 2013.
In... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 28, 2014
From November, Malaysia will lift its biodiesel mandate from 5% to 7%.
The world's second largest palm grower hopes to lower stocks and raise prices that have dropped more than 20% this year, while increasing the domestic consumption of palm-based biodiesel.
The government hopes that the higher mandate for the subsidised sector will help reduce the country’s reliance... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 23, 2014
Renewable fuel producer Crimson Renewable Energy is retrofitting its Bakersfield, California, US biodiesel plant.
Retrofitting the plant will modernise its capabilities, increase the plant's capacity to 75,000 tonnes a year and ensure waste materials are processed efficiently and sustainably into low carbon biodiesel transportation fuel.
The plant, which has been operating... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 23, 2014
Airline Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (CACC) has opened a biofuels demonstration plant that will turn waste cooking oil, or gutter oil as it known in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel.
The plant has a production capacity of 160 gallons per day and estimates suggest that 1.8 billion litres of aviation fuel may be produced per year in China from gutter... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2014
Agricultural research institute The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and Evofuel, the wholly owned subsidiary of plant genomics company Evogene, which specialises in enhancing crop productivity for the biofuels industry, have signed a joint research agreement to advance castor cultivation in Brazil.
The cooperation will primarily focus on technologies... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2014
Air France-KLM plans to fly weekly flights from Toulouse to Paris using a blend of kerosene.
The airline will fly planes with a 10% blend of biofuel until September next year.
Airlines are moving toward using clean fuel following assurance from the International Air Transport Association to cut emissions by 50% by 2050 from 2005 levels.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 16, 2014
In the US, Simple Fuels is to acquire the assets of California-based Yokayo Biofuels.
The transaction includes the sale of Yokayo's biodiesel operations, as well as its oil collection activities and deep fryer oil collected from local restaurants.
It has been reported that Simple Fuels will continue producing and supplying biodiesel at the same price of $4.70 (€3.70)... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 16, 2014
Sagay Central, a sugar milling and sugar growing company and partner of energy crop cultivator Viaspace, has shipped and planted Giant King Grass in Negros Occidental, the Philippines.
Sagay Central crushes 4,000 tonnes of sugarcane daily and produces 150,000 tonnes of sugar per year.
The Giant King Grass was harvested from Viaspace's nursery in California, US and inspected... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 15, 2014
State-owned oil and gas corporation Indian Oil and technology company Celanese have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential of a joint investment in an ethanol plant to be built in India.
The project, which is expected to be located in Paradip in the state of Odisha, will be based on TCX technology from Celanese. It will utilise petroleum coke (petcoke)... [Read More]
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