Aug 20, 2014
Aviation giants sign MoU
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2014
Thailand's military government is studying a plan to use rotten rice from state stocks to produce ethanol.
The government is estimated to have lost as much as 400 billion baht (€9.2 billion) in buying and storing 18 million tonnes of rice from farmers at higher-than-market prices in the programme that lasted from October 2011 to February 2014.
'We just launched the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2014
All British Airways planes at London's City Airport should be fuelled with rubbish. New industrial plants will turn into liquid fuels organic scraps such as paper, food, and garden clippings.
The first among these is GreenSky London, currently under construction, which will be able to process some 500,000 tonnes of waste annually and convert it into approximately 60,000... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 18, 2014
Salem-based Epic Aviation was among 11 oil and gas distribution companies to be awarded multimillion-dollar contracts this week by the Pentagon's Defence Logistics Agency.
Epic, who supplies almost 300 fuelling points to the commercial and military aviation industry, will receive up to $12,002,258 (€9 million) to supply military aircraft with aviation turbine fuel.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 13, 2014
In Lagos, Nigeria, biodiesel technology supplier Florida Biodiesel has completed the sale of a biodiesel plant to Avandith Energy in Lagos, Nigeria.
Avandith Energy chose the processor from Florida Biodiesel for its pilot transesterification facility. The technology will allow Avandith Energy to produce four batches of the biofuel every 24 hours.
In a statement,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 8, 2014
Cathay Pacific Airways has invested in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based sustainable biofuel developer, as part of the airline's biofuels strategy.
The airline hopes this initiative will help it to achieve its goal of carbon-neutral growth from 2020.
Cathay Pacific has agreed a long-term supply agreement with Fulcrum for an initial 375 million US gallons of sustainable aviation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 7, 2014
Boeing are collaborating with South African Airways (SAA) and SkyNRG to produce sustainable aviation biofuel from a new type of tobacco plant.
SkyNRG is increasing the production of a hybrid plant called Solaris as an energy crop that farmers can cultivate as a replacement of traditional tobacco. The plants are currently being tested in South Africa, with both small and... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 5, 2014
Philadelphia-based biofuels company, SG Preston, is planning to build a $400 million (€299 million) renewable diesel plant in Ohio, US.
SG Preston's plant will have a capacity of 120 million gallons (454 million litres).
The South Point facility in Lawrence County is expected to be completed in 2017.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 4, 2014
Karlstad Airport, Sweden, has become the first airport in Europe to install a fixed storage tank facility for aviation biofuel.
The facility officially opened on 26 June and the first regular commercial flight in Sweden took off the same day.
From the start of 2015, biofuels will be available to all aircraft departing from Karlstad Airport.
'This facility is the first... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 30, 2014
China Aviation Oil, Asia's number one jet fuel buyer, is requesting up to 1.5 million barrels of jet fuel for August to September, a tender document reveals.
This is approximately 27% lower than what the company required in its previous tender and is now looking for four jet fuel cargoes of 240,000 to 300,000 barrels each for loading periods.
The cargoes are to be loaded... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 29, 2014
Ethiopia is expanding its Jatropha plantation to produce 500 million litres of biodiesel from the plant, which can yield 600 litres of biodiesel from a single tonne of seeds.
'The country has designed a five-year Jatropha development project aimed at transplanting 700 million Jatropha seedlings and produce 500 million litres biodiesel,' says Bizuneh Tolcha, spokesperson... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 29, 2014
Colorado State University (CSU) has been awarded nearly $1.5 million (€1.1 million) from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a new oilseed feedstock crop for biofuels.
John McKay, a bio-agricultural sciences associate professor, is the direct recipient of the award, and it will be his team that will focus on the plant species Camelina sativa, an oilseed feedstock... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 28, 2014
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $43.6 million (€32.4 million) to 11 biofuel projects that include petrol substitutes, diesel substitutes and biomethane plans.
These awards have been provided as a result of a grant solicitation released in January aimed at developing new or modifying existing California-based biofuel production facilities that can... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 25, 2014
Agri-Energy plans to integrate renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas, US.
The plant will use its corn distillers oil (CDO) along with other feedstocks to produce renewable diesel.
Construction on the US facility, which will produce 3 million gallons of hydrocarbon fuel per year, will start shortly and will be complete in approximately a year's... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 24, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed rules that create a programme to control fraud and adopt new technologies.
The programme will tackle fraud in biodiesel credits and will also add new technologies to its list of approved renewable fuels.
As the fraud rule aims to prevent biofuel refiners from becoming the victims of fraud, an auditing system has been... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 23, 2014
Cellana, a biofuels company based in Kailua-Kona, will receive a $3.5 million (€2.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to pursue an integrated, high-yield algae biofuel feedstock production system at their Kailua-Kona, Hawaii demonstration facility.
Cellana's research efforts have led it to use algae to produce various products including a new form... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 1, 1970
Stena Bulk will perform a test running an MR tanker on 100% biofuel during the coming weeks.
The fuel is the MR1-100 biofuel oil, produced from used cooking oil and supplied by GoodFuels in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
It has been bunkered onto the Stena Immortal and will be used to power the main engine in normal operations to test and prove the technical and operational... [Read More]
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