Feb 11, 2021
Leading palm oil producers formulate strategy to safeguard industry
Biodiesel News
Feb 9, 2021
The US exported a total of 472,889.3 metric tonnes of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 or greater last year.
This figure was up from 384,894 metric tonnes in 2019, according to the latest figures released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Exports of biodiesel and blends of B30 or greater totalled 9,088.1 metric tonnes in December. This was a reduction... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 5, 2021
The accounting of biofuels with a high risk of indirect land use change (iLUC) will end in Austria on 1 July.
The Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) welcomed the regulation of the Austrian Federal Government, pointing out that the draft law submitted by the German Federal Government at the end of 2020 to implement RED II provides for the exclusion... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 4, 2021
Malaysia will delay the nationwide rollout of its B20 palm oil biodiesel mandate to early next year.
The reason behind the move was prioritise an economy that has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the state news agency Bernama reported.
The mandate to manufacture biofuel with a 20% palm oil component - known as B20 - for the transport sector was first rolled out... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 29, 2021
Valero Energy has revealed it will proceed with a new 470 million gallon renewable diesel plant at its facility in Port Arthur, Texas.
Valero and Darling Ingredients announced in a statement that their joint-venture, Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), has received approval by both boards to move ahead with construction.
“The project is moving forward immediately and we fully... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 27, 2021
Work has begun on a $110 million (€90 million) plant that will produce 100 million gallons of renewable diesel per year.
CVR Energy has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology with the production renewable diesel. The work is scheduled to be completed in July this year.
The project will convert an existing hydrocracker for the production of low-carbon renewable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 25, 2021
Honeywell has introduced new technology for the production of renewable diesel fuel.
The single-stage UOP Ecofining technology produces higher yields of renewable diesel fuel than other single-stage technologies.
The single-stage Ecofining process also provides greater flexibility to expand into a full two-stage Ecofining process. The two-stage designs can process feedstocks... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 25, 2021
Top palm oil producers said the industry was making strides towards transparency and sustainability across its supply chain despite campaigns against use of the oil.
Campaigners said that the industry was responsible for deforestation of tropical rainforests and human rights abuses and have initiated boycotts of palm oil.
However, such campaigns are hindering the industry’s... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 22, 2021
Following a redevelopment of Preem's Green Hydro Treater (GHT) plant in Gothenburg its production capacity of renewable diesel has risen by 40%.
The GHT plant is also able to produce 100% renewable products for the first time.
“The redevelopment means that Preem has increased its domestic production of biofuels and, at the same time, we contribute to the ongoing shift... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 21, 2021
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next year.
To commemorate NBB’s 1992 founding, the organisation plans to document stories of individuals and associations instrumental in its development and growth.
Today, the US biodiesel industry employs tens of thousands of people, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, improves air quality,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 21, 2021
Although only nine of Iowa’s 11 biodiesel plants operated last year they still increased production to 351 million gallons despite the COVID-19 pandemic and Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) exemptions.
The last 12 months proved to be the second highest year of biodiesel production in Iowa history behind 365 million gallons in 2018.
Plenty of room for growth remains... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 20, 2021
EU oilseed production can only cover around 56% of EU demand, figures show.
The EU-27 plus UK has always depended on oilseed imports from non-EU countries.
Soybeans account for the largest share of oilseed imports, because soybean production in the EU is still relatively low.
In the first half of the crop year 2020/21, the EU-27 plus UK imported around 7.1 million... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 20, 2021
AP Moller-Maersk has outlined its plans for the company’s first carbon neutral ships in the next few years.
The shipping industry, which carries around 80% of global trade and accounts for around 3% of global carbon emissions, has pledged to have ships and marine fuels with zero carbon emissions ready by 2030.
Søren Skou, the CEO of the group that controls the largest... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 18, 2021
Malaysia is set to take legal action at the global trade watchdog against the European Union and member states France and Lithuania for restricting palm oil-based biofuels in an ongoing row about access to markets.
The world’s second largest palm oil producer behind Indonesia, which has called a EU renewable-energy directive “discriminatory action”, is seeking consultations... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 15, 2021
US ethanol producers have lost $3.8 billion (€3.1 billion) since the start of the pandemic up to November last year, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.
With COVID-19 cases on the rise again, consumption of ethanol-blended petrol is rapidly falling again, threatening to derail the economic recovery in the ethanol industry.
In response to reduced travel and... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 15, 2021
Indonesia's state energy company PT Pertamina has started trials on diesel made entirely out of palm oil.
The work is being carried out at its Cilacap refinery on Java island after conducting trials on jet fuel late last year.
The state-controlled company began the trials of the green diesel on January 9. Trials for the jet fuel took place at the end of December.
"This... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 14, 2021
Soybean meal prices have strengthened recently leading to a rise in prices in the German spot market.
Prices for rapeseed meal and especially GMO-free soybean meal increased significantly in the second half of the year 2020.
At the beginning of the crop year in July 2020, GMO-free soybean meal with 48% crude protein was worth €456 per tonne.
Six months later, it... [Read More]
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