Biodiesel News

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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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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Airline Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (CACC) has opened a biofuels demonstration plant that will turn waste cooking oil, or gutter oil as it known in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. The plant has a production capacity of 160 gallons per day and estimates suggest that 1.8 billion litres of aviation fuel may be produced per year in China from gutter oil. Hangzhou Energy…
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Renewable fuel producer Crimson Renewable Energy is retrofitting its Bakersfield, California, US biodiesel plant. Retrofitting the plant will modernise its capabilities, increase the plant's capacity to 75,000 tonnes a year and ensure waste materials are processed efficiently and sustainably into low carbon biodiesel transportation fuel. The plant, which has been operating since 2010, uses…
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From November, Malaysia will lift its biodiesel mandate from 5% to 7%. The world's second largest palm grower hopes to lower stocks and raise prices that have dropped more than 20% this year, while increasing the domestic consumption of palm-based biodiesel. The government hopes that the higher mandate for the subsidised sector will help reduce the country’s reliance on…
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Howard Tenens and Prins Autogas are the first companies to successfully convert a Mercedes-Benz Actros Euro 6 type vehicle to run on duel fuel, compressed natural gas and diesel. The new technology delivers a solution to the problem in adapting a Euro 6 type vehicle to run using the carbon saving technology. Howard Tenens, a UK-based logistics company, approached Prins to provide a solution to…
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Evogene, specialists in the improvement of crop productivity and economics for the food, feed and biofuel industries, has completed its expansion of crop protection activities at its facility in Rehovot, Israel. The facilities will support research and development activities for Evogene's product programmes, which focus on fungi, insect and weed control. The field of crop protection is a major…
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Renewable Energy Group (REG) has finished upgrades to its 30 MMgy biodiesel biorefinery in Mason City, Iowa, US, which enables the plant to produce biofuel from a number of diverse raw materials. Work on the $20 million (€16 million) project started approximately one year ago, shortly after plant operations were restarted, following REG's acquisition in July 2013. In addition to the refined…
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Recyclers Baker Commodities has acquired a controlling interest in San Diego, California-based New Leaf Biofuel. The acquisition of New Leaf enables Baker to expand into other markets that vertically integrate with its rendering operations, and adds value for produced fats and oils. For eight years, New Leaf Biofuel has been converting used cooking oil (UCO) into ultra-low carbon biodiesel, which…
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Neste Oil has announced that its Neste Pro Diesel containing NEXBTL renewable diesel is now available in Lithuania. The fuel will be distributed through the company's local retail network and its 51 stations. Up until now, Neste Pro Diesel was only available in Finland. 'The Baltic region, and the Baltic countries in particular, is a key market area for us,' says Panu Kopra, Neste Oil's VP of the…
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State-owned oil and gas corporation Indian Oil and technology company Celanese have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential of a joint investment in an ethanol plant to be built in India. The project, which is expected to be located in Paradip in the state of Odisha, will be based on TCX technology from Celanese. It will utilise petroleum coke (petcoke) from Indian Oil's…
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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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