Indonesia, the world's top palm oil maker, may lower its palm oil biofuel allocation over the next 12 months as the government adopts a more cautious fuel consumption outlook next year. This is according to an official at the National Energy Council, as reported by Reuters. The energy ministry may lower the allocation of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) made from palm... [Read More]

Bentley Motors is to run its in-house logistics on 100% renewable fuels. This follows the installation of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuelling facilities at its site in Crewe. All of Bentley’s in-house logistics now run on green fuels or electricity. A 34,000 litre Green D+ HVO tank and pump now fuels 10 HGV logistics trucks that transfer parts between Bentley’s... [Read More]

EWABA has welcomed the EU Commission’s adoption of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. This document puts forward the Commission’s ambitious vision to decarbonise the transport sector as new legislative laws come into force in the coming year including RED II. The European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association welcomed the Commission’s unequivocal call... [Read More]

Six US associations have challenged the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to exempt 31 small refineries from their obligations to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2018. Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Biodiesel Board, American Coalition for Ethanol and the National Farmers Union, collectively... [Read More]

The Malaysia Palm Oil Board’s (MPOB) collaboration with a plantation company Kulim has successfully produced the latest oil palm planting material known as Clonal Palm Series 3 (CPS3). According to the MPOB, CPS3 is a quality palm oil clone capable of increasing productivity and higher yields of fresh fruit bunches (FFB), according to a report from the Malaysian news... [Read More]

The collection of used cooking oil (UCO) from households has been recently tested in Germany. Lesch Altfettrecycling and the MVaK association have become project partners in the Every Drop Counts project. This project has been hailed a success in the communities in which it was tested, with the cities of Erlangen and Fürth taking the decision to further expand the collection... [Read More]

Global production of oilseeds in the crop year 2020/21 will be around 597 million tonnes - up around 4% year on year, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). After recent expectations of a record output of 605 million tonnes, the current forecast is slightly more cautious. Since 2000, global oilseed production has nearly doubled. Soybean is the world's... [Read More]

Plans have been unveiled for a large-scale renewable energy park in the north-east of Scotland, designed to deliver between 150 to 200 megawatts of green energy for the Scottish grid. Concepts have already drawn up to encompass and integrate several different energy generation technologies including a green biodiesel production facility and an aerobic digestion (AD)... [Read More]

Growth Energy has threatened to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the missed Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) deadline. The organisation is accusing the EPA of failing to commit to its statutory obligation to issue the 2021 RVO by 30 November - an annual deadline set by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The notice gives EPA 60 days to issue the 2021... [Read More]

Explora has invested over $5 million (€4.1 million) in new technology to turn sewage waste into biodiesel. The plant in Puerto General San Martín, Santa Fe, Argentina, has already produced 12,000 tonnes of deacidified residual oil that has been exported to the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria and Brazil. This is used as an advanced biofuel for speciality chemical... [Read More]

Palm oil prices will continue to rise in the first half of 2021 as global supply is squeezed, the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) said. Disruptions from persistent heavy rainfall in South-east Asia meant global supply would remain tight until the first quarter of next year, CPOPC said in an outlook it published. “Towards the second half of 2021, adequate... [Read More]

The rally in rapeseed prices in Paris has also reached the German spot market and drove producer prices. For this reason, many farmers have marketed their remaining stocks over the past two weeks. Considering the difficult overall environment, the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) sees the development of prices as a glimmer of light for arable... [Read More]

Cielo Waste Solutions Corp has received pre-payment in full for 60,000 litres of renewable diesel, which is being produced at its Aldersyde waste to renewable fuel facility. The renewable diesel will be shipped to a third party of the purchaser's choice once Cielo reduces the sulphur content of its renewable fuel down to less than 15 PPM sulphur. The British Columbia-based... [Read More]

GoodFuels and car manufacturer Volkswagen Group have successfully started their partnership in supplying advanced biofuel oil. A leading marine biofuels supplier for the global maritime industry is supplying MR1-100 or BFO at Vlissingen, in the Netherlands, heralding another major step for sustainable shipping in the car carrier segment. The Depth RoRo carrier Patara... [Read More]