Biodiesel News

Ergil will provide 16 pontoon type internal floating roofs for Gulf Petrochem's Pipavav Terminal project in Pipavav, Gujarat, India. The company, which engineers, constructs and manufactures storage tanks for the petroleum and chemical industries, will supply the oil and energy specialists with pontoon type internal floating roofs, which are fully compliant with API 650 standards. Pontoon type…
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New Zealand Kadis, a private investment bank, will invest $3 billion (€2.4 billion) through Credit Enhancement for Initial Public Offering (CEIPO) to back a biodiesel project. The project, which will be built in Sabah, Malaysia, is to be carried out by Konsortium Jaringan Usahawan (Sabah) Sdn Bhd and its strategic partner Chinagate Capital. The funding programme will be implemented in early…
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Hawaii's plans to use an abandoned pipe to transport biofuel from ships docked at Hilo Harbour to a nearby storage facility has passed an environmental assessment and is expected to now be approved. The pipe, which used to be used by Shell Oil, travels under state land. Hoku Kai Biofuels owns the former Shell Oil property and intends to use its nine existing tanks to store up to 1.2 million…
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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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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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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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Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed a preliminary deal to supply the China Aircraft Leasing Company with 100 fuel-efficient planes. In a contract worth around €8.1 billion, Airbus will provide the Chinese leasing company with 74 A320neos (new engine option), 16 A320ceos (current engine option) and 10 A321ceos. The A320 type is a set of medium-range aircraft which occupies 60% of the…
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A demonstration-scale plant that will convert marine microalgae into green crude has opened in Whyalla, South Australia. The $10.7 million (€8.7 million) plant will produce 30,000 litres per year of green crude. Plant constructor and green crude producer Muradel will use its Green2Black technology for the ongoing production of the renewable fuel. Muradel hopes to develop the demonstration…
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KiOR has announced that, as part of its refocus on R&D, it has accepted a bid for substantially all of its assets from certain affiliates of Vinod Khosla that have been providing and will continue to provide it with senior secured financing. KiOR has also filed for relief under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Under the Bankruptcy Code, the bid is subject to…
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Scandinavian airline Norwegian has operated its initial biofuel-powered flight. On Tuesday 11 November, the aircraft flew from Bergen to Oslo with close to 50% biofuel. The airline hopes to contribute towards making aviation carbon neutral by 2050 through developing new technologies and frameworks. Bjørn Kjos, CEO, Norwegian, says: 'We have a clear goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% per…
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Finland-based biorefining technology Chempolis, has signed a partnership agreement with Numaligarh Refinery (A Government of India Enterprise). The duo will build a bioethanol biorefinery in Northeast India. Using Chempolis' formicobio technology, the plant will also produce furfural and acetic acid from locally available cellulosic biomass including biomass. The project is expected to complete…
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Waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer Enerkem recently has signed an agreement with chemicals producer AkzoNobel to initiate a project partnership that will develop waste-to-chemicals facilities in Europe. Vincent Chornet, president and CEO of Enerkem, says: 'With our lower-cost alternative to incineration and landfilling, we help chemical producers offer more sustainable products derived from…
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