Biodiesel News

Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB), will speak at the tenth Biofuels International Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland. Garofalo was appointed Secretary General of the EBB - i.e. the European federation of biodiesel producers - in May 2002. Garofalo is also executive director of the RBO – Register on Biofuels Origination,…
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A group of investors is looking to develop a new biodiesel refinery in Cowlitz County, Washington, according to tdn.com. Over a year ago the same group of Houston based investors had proposals for oil, propane and biodiesel projects rejected by the Port of Longview. Now, they are focusing on a refinery dedicated to biodiesel processing, abandoning plans to also include crude oil. In addition, the…
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Aemetis has won a $6 million (€5.5 million) contract to provide biodiesel to Indian government owned oil companies. The Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis won the bumper contract to supply the Indian government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) through a public tender process. India’s total diesel market stands at roughly 25 billion gallons a year, but less than 250 million…
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The US International Trade Commission has announced it will start an investigation into imports of biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina. In particular, the probe will look for evidence of dumping and subsidisation from the two countries, according to Reuters. A preliminary decision will be made by 8 May on whether biodiesel imports from Indonesia and Argentina are harming US biodiesel…
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Scientists in Brazil have developed a new method for verifying the purity and quality of biodiesel. The pioneering new technique uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, according to spectroscopynow.com. Biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuels are increasingly being used around the world in an attempt to cut down dependency on unsustainable fossil fuels in both public and private…
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Abu Dhabi could soon start to turn waste into biodiesel under a new recycling scheme, according to The National UAE. The Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi, Tadweer, will provide permits to companies allowing them to produce biodiesel for use in buses and lorries. Leftover cooking oil, fat and grease from kitchens in homes and restaurants across the emirate could be collected and recycled as…
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Falling oil prices mean it is no longer viable to produce biofuels in Mozambique, according to an official with the country’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy. In an interview with the Mozambican newspaper O País, the ministry’s deputy national director of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Almirante Dima, described the production of biofuels from jatropha as…
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The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is to argue before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) statute. The NBB’s case will be presented on the morning of 24 April, at the Circuit E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, in Washington DC. NBB argues that advanced biofuel requirements in the Renewable Fuel Standard should be…
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US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that it has secured financing of up to $20 million (€18.3 million) from First Midwest Bank for the $24 million capacity-expansion project at the company’s Ralston, Iowa biodiesel refinery. The upgrade project, announced last November, is expected to increase the annual nameplate capacity of the Ralston biorefinery…
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Pacific Biodiesel Technologies has hosted a Hawaiian blessing to mark the beginning of the company’s scaled-up farming demonstration to grow biofuel crops including sunflowers in Maui's central valley. The initial crop project on 115 acres will expand diversified agriculture by growing combine-harvested oil crops on land previously used for sugar cane production. This is the largest biofuel…
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Palm oil futures have hit a six month low on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, according to Dawn. Unexpectedly high levels of production and end stocks data from industry regulator the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) are believed to be behind the drop. MPOB showed end stocks in March increased by 6.5% from February to 1.55million tonnes. Output had surged by 16.3% to 1.46 million tonnes,…
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733.9 million litres (193.9m gallons) of biodiesel have been contracted at Brazil’s 54th biodiesel auction, according to The Brazilian Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, and Renewables Now. Brazil’s biodiesel auctions are intended to help meet the legal requirement for a minimum blend of 8% biodiesel in diesel sold at the country’s fuel stations. The 54th tender…
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