Biodiesel News

Following an explosion at the JNS Biofuel plant a year ago, the rebuilt New Albany, Mississippi plant has received all the permits it needs to reopen. However, state and local officials are unaware of when this will take place. Danny Jordan, president, Union County Board of Supervisors, said: 'Our emergency management director keeps a good eye on what's going on, and MDEQ says they've met the…
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In Canada, renewable energy company Methes Energies has received an initial payment of C$250,000 (€184,000) for the sale of a Denami 600 biodiesel processor and a PP-MEC pre-treatment system to be installed in Havelock, Ontario. Additional scheduled payments are due in the near future upon shipment and installation of the equipment and the balance is due when the Denami 600 is…
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US biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has commenced a $31 million (€28.6 million) upgrade of its Danville, Illinois, biodiesel refinery The refinery, with the production capacity of 45 million gallons, will be made capable of distilling biodiesel to eliminate impurities and produce a pure form of biomass-based diesel that exceeds industry quality standards, according to…
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Locomotive producer Reloc – Electroputere VFU Craiova, part of the railway group Grampet, has developed the first locomotive in Romania which runs exclusively on pure biodiesel or vegetable oil. The engine is equivalent to a traditional diesel-powered engine in power and performance, but with much lower polluting emissions, the company says. The locomotive is still being tested, and so far…
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The Argentinian government and the CENT 35 university have begun the installation and commissioning work of a biodiesel production facility. The 600-liters-a-day plant will serve as a training and demonstration tool for CENT 35 technical department students on processing used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel. It is also intended to promote the proper disposal and handling of UCO by restaurants.
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Evofuel, a wholly owned subsidiary of crop development company Evogene, has signed a collaboration agreement with Insolo Agroindustrial. Under the agreement, both companies will select and optimise Evofuel's proprietary castor bean varieties utilising Insolo's farms in Piaui state in northeast Brazil. The two-year collaboration will see the companies examine the suitability and adaptability of…
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Fulcrum BioEnergy, a producer of renewable fuels, has awarded a $200 (€176 million) million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of its Sierra BioFuels plant. The facility, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels, will utilise Fulcrum's process for converting household rubbish into renewable…
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Malaysia's biodiesel exports surged twelvefold year on year to 46,601mt in July, bolstered by an open arbitrage to Europe. Exports are at their highest level since the Malaysian Palm Oil Board began reporting statistics in January 2008. The July total was up from 3,610mt in July 2014 and also up 105.56% from 22,670 mt in June, the board's data shows. The total value of the July exports was…
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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 US Energy Information Administration has released its 'Monthly Biodiesel Production Report', which states that 123 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in the US in December 2014. Biodiesel production during this period was around 15 million gallons higher than production in November 2014. . Biodiesel production from the Midwest region contributed towards approximately 72% of the US…
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Gevo has announced a breakthrough to its fermentation technology that will allow it to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks such as wood waste which can then be converted into Gevo's alcohol-to-jet fuel. Gevo currently makes isobutanol from corn at its plant in Luverne, Minnesota, but its process has always had the flexibility to adapt to other feedstocks. The patented Gevo Integrated…
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Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have successfully introduced an engineered lipid remodelling system into a transgenic plant to enhance biofuel production. Triacylglycerols from plants can be used to produce environmentally friendly and renewable biodiesel, and there has been great interest in using genetic engineering to enhance triacylglycerol levels in plant…
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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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UPM BioVerno, UPM's renewable wood-based diesel, has been granted the Finnish Key Flag Symbol. The Key Flag Symbol can be granted to products that are manufactured in Finland and have a domestic origin degree of over 50%. UPM BioVerno diesel is produced only in Lappeenranta, Finland. The renewable diesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil diesel produced from imported crude oil.…
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