Biodiesel News

Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Imperium Renewables have announced that they have signed an asset purchase agreement where REG would acquire substantially all the assets of Imperium. The assets to be acquired by REG include a 100 million gallon nameplate capacity biomass-based diesel refinery and deepwater port terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington. Under the terms of the agreement,…
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The Indian government took a step towards allowing 100% biodiesel to be pumped into vehicles when the Ministry for Road Transport and Highways released a draft notification for mass emission standards for biodiesel. The move aims to reduce India’s dependence on the import of fossil oil and to help reduce pollution form vehicles by allowing the distribution of 100% biodiesel, known as…
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Algal oil could be a future renewable fuel source, scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine (SAMS) Science say. Using a new technique to examine micro-algae strains in the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) – an internationally recognised algal storage based at SAMS in Oban, Scotland – the scientist found that two marine algae strains, Nannochlorops oceanica and…
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Indian Central Railway (CR) has completed its first year of biodiesel production at its workshop in the Parel area of Mumbai. The plant has produced nearly 20,000 litres of biodiesel with an aim to provide cleaner alternatives for CR’s diesel locomotives.  ‘We have successfully achieved our target to produce 1,500 litres of bio-diesel per month since August 2014 from edible…
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Iranian researchers have produced biodiesel from flixweed as a potential renewable energy substitute for fossil fuels.  Under a project to deliver a new generation of green transport fuel, researchers at the Islamic Azad University (IAU) produced 2 litres of biomass which could be turned into biofuel. ‘Engine and field tests of the synthetic green fuel are currently being…
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Propel Fuels has begun offering Neste’s renewable NexBTL diesel at 13 Southern California locations. The provided fuel is marketed as Diesel High Performance Renewable (HPR) and it consists of 98.5% NexBTL. Diesel HPR has also been launched in commercial and bulk availability across California, with the fuel bundled with Propel Fuels’ CleanDrive emissions account software. The…
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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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Portugal-based IncBio, an engineering company and specialist in fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has secured an agreement to design and build a 75,000 tonne per year biodiesel plant for Biocosta Green Energy in Santa Marta, Colombia. The facility will produce biodiesel directly from crude palm oil blended with palm acid oil and palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) up to a…
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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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In the US, renewable biofuels company Red Rock Biofuels says it will produce approximately 3 million gallons a year of renewable jet fuel for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. The agreement runs through 2024, with first delivery expected in 2017. FedEx joins Southwest Airlines in purchasing Red Rock's total available volume of jet fuel. Red Rock's first refinery, funded in part by a $70…
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North American advanced biofuels producer and developer of renewable chemicals Renewable Energy Group (REG) has expanded its line of credit agreement with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, from $40 million to $60 million (€36.5 million to €54.5 million). In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, REG disclosed that two wholly owned subsidiaries exercised their option to expand…
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Biodiesel is known for powering vehicles across the country—but it also works for poultry and livestock farmers by powering their profitability. That was the message at Western Dubuque Biodiesel’s plant, where soyabean groups hosted a tour of the biodiesel facility and gave an economic presentation to members of the state livestock industry. The United Soybean Board (USB), Iowa…
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