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The city of Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario, Canada, is preparing to phase out the use of biodiesel in its public transport buses.
The decision to give up biofuels is due to city officials deeming the achieved benefits insufficient to justify their two cents higher cost per litre when compared to fossil fuels.
The biodiesel the city uses is not produced locally and instead it is imported from…
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Renewable diesel producer Neste and aircraft manufacturer Boeing have partnered to promote and accelerate the commercialisation of renewable aviation fuel.
The companies will work toward American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) fuel standard approval allowing the commercial use of high freezing point renewable aviation fuel by airlines. The goal is also to gain widespread market…
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Maas Companies will auction surplus biodiesel process equipment for Biodiesel One via a timed online auction ending on 3 December for piecemeal offers and 4 December for entirety offers.
The Biodiesel One plant opened in 2007 and was the second biodiesel plant to be built in Connecticut, US. The plant handled used cooking oil from local restaurants in a batch water wash process to produce ASTM…
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A 5 MMgy supercritical biodiesel plant in Illinois, US, designed and built by Jatrodiesel, has been commissioned and is now operational.
The facility is co-located with the 125 MMgy CHS-owned Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant in Annawan.
It makes use of the existing refinery’s infrastructure, steam, and distillers corn oil byproduct to produce biodiesel.
According to Jatrodiesel, the…
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Argentina’s biodiesel production is expected to decrease by 30% in 2015 as growth of domestic demand cannot compensate for declining foreign exports.
The Argentine Biofuels and Hydrogen Association (ABHA) estimates this year’s total biodiesel output to cap at 1.8 million tonnes, a significant decrease from 2.58 million tonnes in 2014.
Exports are expected to decline by 55% and the…
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United Biscuits (UB), the one of the leading international manufacturers of biscuits, cakes, and snacks, has extended its initiative that leverages used cooking oil (UCO) to power its delivery vehicles.
The UK-based manufacturer of Jaffa Cakes now has a total of 16 vehicles running on Ultra Biofuel brand biodiesel, which generates carbon savings of up to 97% compared to traditional…
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Hero BX (Hero), one the largest biodiesel producers in the US, is exploring the possibility of building the Caribbean’s first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in Jamaica.
Hero is in talks with the Jamaican government and various private stakeholders to confirm the construction plans.
The plant would boost Jamaica’s renewable energy programme and have a multi-industry impact from…
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French biofuels producer Avril has opened a 100,000 tpy biodiesel plant to meet the higher blending levels issued by the French government.
The new plant, located at Sete on France’s Mediterranean coast, will raise the company’s biodiesel production capacity to 1.7 million tonnes.
Earlier in 2013 Avril shut down its two northern France facilities in the aftermath of the…
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering a loan of €38 million to a private investor for the construction and operation of a biodiesel plant in Croatia.
The project, whose funders have so far remained anonymous, spans the construction and running of a biodiesel plant using waste, used cooking oil, and animal fat as feedstock, an EIB statement says.
The total cost of the project is…
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Costa Rica’s first gas station selling biodiesel has opened in Ochomogo.
The fuel is supplied by Energías Biodegradables de Costa Rica, who has been producing biodiesel for more than 11 years.
The gas station is also planning to install solar panels to operate the facility and is installing software allowing fleets to track their consumption and fuel cost per kilometre.
Consumers…
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In Finland, UPM will start field tests of its wood-based BioVerno diesel fuel in urban buses together with Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) and the VTT Technical Research Centre.
The field tests are also supported by the St1 petrol station chain, the auto manufacturer Volvo, and the transportation company Transdev Finland.
The new round of tests with UPM BioVerno fuel will start in October and run…
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In the US, Philadelphia-based bioenergy company SG Preston and IHI E&C – a Houston-based engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) subsidiary of IHI Corporation – have entered into an agreement to develop and construct a series of commercial volume biofuel plants.
The plants, to be constructed in Midwest US and Canada, will use commercial scale technologies for the…
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In California, US, the city of Oakland has started filling up its vehicles with Neste's NEXBTL renewable diesel in order to reduce the emissions of its municipal fleet.
Oakland is the first major US city to convert its entire fleet to renewable diesel. The switch from petroleum diesel took place in the beginning of October 2015.
Reduced emissions resulting from the use of renewable diesel will…
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The National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE) of the Brazilian government has authorized the sale and voluntary use of biodiesel blends exceeding the mandatory blending percentage.
Currently, Brazilian service stations sell diesel with a 7% mandatory biodiesel blend.
According to the resolution, captive fleets and public pumps can use and sell biodiesel with blends up to 20%, while rail…
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Scania has given the green light to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) being used to power its Euro 6 range, provided the fuel used meets technical specification TS15940.
Vehicles using HVO – which chemically mimics fossil-fuel-based diesel – can under optimal condition achieve up to a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions. HVO does not affect a vehicle's characteristics or its maintenance…
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