Biodiesel News

Hero BX, a US biodiesel producer, has acquired the assets of the former Veros Energy biodiesel refinery in Moundville, Alabama. The plant will operate under the name Hero BX Alabama. ‘We are excited to be expanding into Alabama. The preliminary renewable fuel standard (RFS) volumes are growing and as they do, the Moundville facilities will too,’ says Hero BX chairman and CEO Samuel…
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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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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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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 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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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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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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A new $1 million (appr. €890,000) relationship between Michigan State University (MSU) and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. The overall goal of the partnership is to improve the efficiency of photosynthesis in microalgae to produce biofuels and bioproducts. The key to bioenergy is the efficiency of…
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Hawaiian authorities have approved Pacific Biodiesel Technologies’ (PBT) contract to supply biodiesel to Hawaiian Energy (HE), primarily for use at its power plants on the island of O’ahu. According to Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, the contract was approved after it was determined that the proposed price for the biodiesel was reasonable, the diesel will be produced locally, and…
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Willunga, South Australia-based Peats Soil has developed its own biodiesel manufacturing plant, utilising 'dirty water' it collects from food manufacturing locations. The biodiesel will be used to fuel a new fleet of 13 Scania trucks it is purchasing for its collection and delivery operations around the state. Peats Soil MD Peter Wadewitz says he aims to manufacture more than 1 million litres of…
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IncBio, a Portuguese engineering company specialising in state-of-the-art fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has completed the refurbishment work on its new headquarters in Maia, Portugal, in a move designed to accommodate growth. The company has moved in stages to the new facility over the course of 2015, whilst construction work was being carried out. The new facility was…
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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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