Jan 31, 2022
Verde Bio broadens investment focus into alternative and renewable energy sectors
Biodiesel News
Jan 27, 2022
Brazilian has signed into law a measure to reduce the country's mandatory biodiesel content in diesel to 10% for this year - a setback for biofuels and oilseeds producers.
Brazil was supposed to adopt a 14% biofuel mix in diesel from March, but its National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) decided to keep a 10% content due to high soybean prices and its potential impact on... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 26, 2022
Eni's Venice biorefinery in Porto Marghera has delivered a shipment of 5,000 litres of pure HVO hydrogenated biofuel to Fiumicino airport in Italy.
This will further add to the decarbonisation of road vehicles at the airport.
The HVO hydrogenated biofuel will be used in ADR assistance vehicles to transport passengers with reduced mobility around the airports.
HVO is... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 25, 2022
Liebherr will be expanding its use of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to include its plant in Kirchdorf.
The company develops and manufactures about 2,500 machines, such as hydraulic excavators, material handling machines and articulated trucks annually.
Neste-produced renewable diesel will be used in testing as well as in all plant traffic.
Liebherr has already been powering... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 21, 2022
A new list shows the trucks, buses, engines, and other commercial vehicles that have been approved by the manufacturers to run on higher blends of biodiesel.
These range from Caterpillar to DEUTZ, MAN and MTU to Scania and Volvo.
They can be fuelled with a proportion of 10 percent (B10), 20 percent (B20), 30 percent (B30) or pure biodiesel (B100).
By using biodiesel,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 21, 2022
Sandvik’s Mobiles business unit and Cat dealer Finning revealed they have successfully tested hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) with C series Cat engines without making new modifications.
The test could pave the way for the renewable synthetic diesel powering large, mobile crushing and screening equipment from Sandvik.
Forming a part in both companies journey towards... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 20, 2022
Green Fuels’ is reinforcing its commitment to its biodiesel refining in Latin America by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telfer Tanks.
This concerns the deployment and operation of distributed-scale biodiesel production facilities in the Republic of Panama.
The project’s objective is to refine biodiesel and advanced biofuels for the distributed energy,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 18, 2022
Envirotainer and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) have announced a new collaboration on sustainability.
Envirotainer, which concentrates on cold chain solutions for air transportation of pharmaceuticals, is investing in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
It and AFKLMP Cargo each have a strong focus on sustainability and are pursuing multiple initiatives with... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 17, 2022
Spliethoff Group has begun trials using biofuel on its vessels in its drive to reduce its CO2 emissions.
The first trial took place between June and November last year on BigLift Shipping’s HTV BigLift Baffin.
The vessel was supplied with a blend of 50% FAME based biofuel – a second generation biofuel, made from waste streams – and 50% conventional HFO. The objective... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 17, 2022
Indonesia's energy ministry plans to begin road tests for a biodiesel programme using 40% palm based bio-content (B40) from February.
A senior government official said that the world's largest palm oil producer mandated that biodiesel sold in the country be blended with 30% of palm-based biodiesel to cut its energy imports and increase consumption of palm oil - the feedstock... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 14, 2022
Honeywell has been selected by Repsol to supply an integrated control and safety system (ICSS) for the first advanced biofuels production plant to be built in Spain.
The new facility will employ a variety of distributed control systems (DCS), emergency shutdown (ESD), fire and gas (F&G) and human-machine interface (HMI) solutions from Honeywell to achieve efficient,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 11, 2022
A trial voyage using biofuel for the CBH Group is being performed on the Edwine Oldendorff from Australia to Vietnam.
The vessel is loaded 30,000 tonnes of sustainably certified malting barley from the Albany Grain Terminal in Western Australia for discharge in Vietnam using biofuel, supplied by BP.
The vessel was bunkered with an advanced biofuel blend, which is expected... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 7, 2022
Soybean imports over the first five months of the running crop year into Europe amounted to around 5.8 million tonnes - just about 1 million tonnes less year-on-year.
Brazil and the US remained the top soybean suppliers to the EU, with volumes clearly shifting towards South America.
Brazil delivered around 3.4 million tonnes in the period 1 July to 12 December 2021,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 7, 2022
McDonald's UAE has revealed its latest milestone in its biodiesel programme which gets used cooking oil (UCO) from their restaurants converted to 100% biodiesel to fuel their supply trucks.
To date, McDonald’s UAE’s supply trucks have travelled 20 million kilometers on pure biodiesel, saving 16,761,117 kg of carbon dioxide and related greenhouse gasses - equivalent... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 6, 2022
Vehicle fleets belonging to the Chicago Park District will be powered with biodiesel blends.
Biodiesel blends up to 20% (B20) and above are being used successfully throughout the nation all the year-round.
“Here in Chicago, winter temperatures can drop to well below zero and we need to be sure our diesel vehicles operate smoothly even in extreme weather conditions,”... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 5, 2022
Malaysia intends to implement its nationwide adoption of the B20 palm oil biofuel programme by the end of the year, the country's palm oil board has announced.
The mandate to manufacture biofuel with a 20% palm oil component - known as B20 - for the transport sector was first rolled out in January 2020 but faced delays due to movement curbs imposed to contain coronavirus... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 4, 2022
bp and Maersk Tankers have successfully completed trials using biofuel-blended marine fuel in product tankers, demonstrating that sustainable biofuels can be used as a marine ‘drop-in fuel’.
Global shipping accounts for around 3% of the global carbon emissions.
bp is a major global marine fuel and lubricants supplier and operator and charterer of tankers and... [Read More]