Biodiesel News

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 'smart' container has been…
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ASTM International standard D7566, Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesised Hydrocarbons now includes renewable synthesised iso-paraffinic fuel. This recently approved revision adds the synthesised iso-paraffinic fuel to the ASTM D7566 annex, which will facilitate the use of the fuels in all international airlines. This standard ensures biobased fuel quality that is on par,…
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, a specialty chemicals company based in Illinois, the US, will partner with Malaysia's Genting Plantations, through its subsidiary Genting Integrated Biorefinery, to build a 240,000-tonne factory at POIC Lahad Datu. The factory, which will be the first in Malaysia, is thought to lead to new technologies in the area and a cluster of biorefineries in Sabah. The…
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State-owned Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) is weighing up the possibility of replacing imported oil with biofuels from local crops. PCJ has made agreements with Bodles Agricultural Research Station and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute to cultivate select crops for biofuel production. 'We are also procuring an oil press, which will press the seeds out to get…
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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 by the US Department…
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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 from either South Korea,…
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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 release by Virginia…
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The US Navy and the Chilean Navy will continue their shared research on advanced alternative fuels for power surface vessels and navy aircraft. After a four-year mutual agreement, this latest agreement enables both countries to reduce their dependence of imported fuels, and increase their energy security. By 2020, the US Navy aims to have 50% of its operations fuelled by alternative energy…
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KazMunayGas Trading has lost its court case against Austrian oil company OMV Petrom. The product and supplies company will have to pay over $70 million (€56 million) to Romanian tax administration agency ANAF, for contentious biodiesel imports from Canada originating in the US. This sum was awarded for recovering losses generated by the OLAF investigation and the decision to pay the…
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China imported 51,507 tonnes of biodiesel in October, down 58.32% from September, data released by the General Administration of Customs shows. The country's main source of palm methyl ester is exported from Indonesia. These figures fell 56% month on month to 46,500 tonnes in October, while UCO methyl ester exports from Hong Kong fell 28.17% to 4,972 tonnes. PME shipments from Malaysia dropped…
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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) per gallon. Following…
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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 stationary storage tank for…
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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 can be used by cars and…
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National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will use avtur, a type of aviation turbine fuel, with biofuel to help reduce its carbon emissions. Starting in 2016, the airline will use approximately 1.8 billion litres per year of avtur to operate at its aircraft. As a result, from 2016, Garuda's jet fuel consumption is expected to reach 2 billion litres per year. The state-owned carrier is currently…
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