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Green Fuels has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aris Bioenergy committing the two companies to a biodiesel refining joint venture in India.
Under the agreement, the world’s leading distributed-scale biodiesel and advanced biofuels company and Aris have formed a company that will leverage Aris’s experience in used cooking oil collection in the Mumbai metropolitan area.
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Honeywell UOP has revealed that the Diamond Green Diesel facility will more than double its annual production of renewable diesel.
The company said that the facility in Norco, Louisiana, will see the completion of a second Ecofining process unit with a capacity of 30,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Diamond Green Diesel is owned by Valero Energy Corp and Darling Ingredients Inc, and is the largest…
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Annual US biodiesel production capacity decreased by 2%, or 49 million gallons, between January last year and the start of this year, according to the latest figures.
At the start of this year, biodiesel production capacity in the US totalled 2.5 billion gallons per year, or 164,000 barrels per day, according to the US. Energy Information Administration’s annual US Biodiesel Plant Production…
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Neste has agreed to acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan's refinery located in Rotterdam for €258 million.
The Netherlands refinery is located next to Neste’s existing biorefinery and it consists of a pretreatment facility, tank farm, jetties and has a pipeline connection to the producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel’s site.
The transition will be implemented in phases with…
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BP will stop fuel production at its Kwinana Refinery and is exploring options including turning it into a clean energy hub that could produce and store low carbon fuels.
The site in Western Australia could be used to store sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel.
BP said that regional oversupply, along with sustained low refining margins, have resulted in the refinery no longer being…
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Researchers from The University of Western Australia and around the world have developed a low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel.
The method, published in Nature Catalysis, uses a new type of ultra-efficient catalyst that can make low-carbon biodiesel and other valuable complex molecules out of diverse, impure raw materials.
It is the first time…
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Preem will be undertaking the large-scale production of renewable fuels at its Lysekil refinery.
Preem has launched a new project to rebuild its Swedish refinery to become Scandinavia’s largest producer of renewable fuels.
In an initial phase, Preem plans to carry out the redevelopment of its existing Synsat plant, which produces environmental class 1 diesel.
The redevelopment of the Synsat…
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Cargill is constructing a multi-waste and residues-based biodiesel plant at its existing integrated oilseeds crush and Bioro biodiesel site in Belgium.
The $150 million (€126 million) project in Ghent will help meet global renewable energy demands while protecting natural resources.
This project enables Cargill to maintain its leading position across Europe, both in producing renewable fuels…
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Palm oil headed for a second week of gains on supply concerns and as a weaker Malaysian currency made it cheaper for overseas buyers.
The ringgit was on track for a weekly loss as a renewed spike in domestic COVID-19 cases, which have risen by several hundred every day in recent weeks, and political uncertainty put investors on guard.
Still, the palm oil market remains vulnerable to a sell-off…
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Singaporean-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has appointed GoodFuels to supply biofuel bunkers for its MR tanker M/T Pacific Beryl.
The successful bunkering, which took place on October 9 in Dutch waters, is in line with EPS’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Policy.
The policy calls for the testing and use of various alternative marine fuels to significantly lower greenhouse…
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Emirates has revealed that nearly a third of its dedicated fleet of transport buses for cabin crew in Dubai will now operate on biofuel.
The airline’s contracted service provider, Al Wegdaniyah, has committed to operating all road trips with biodiesel provided by Neutral Fuels, one of the UAE’s leading producers of biofuels.
Emirates commissions a fleet of nearly four dozen buses in Dubai,…
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The International Grain Council (IGC) is expecting the world’s rapeseed harvest to reach about 69.8 million tonnes in the 2020/21 crop year.
This would be up only 200,000 tonnes year-on-year, but 400,000 tonnes more than projected in August.
According to investigations conducted by Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft, the growth in output is based on larger rapeseed harvests both in the…
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A letter has been sent to the Chancellor from a new coalition including the CBI, Velocys and Drax calling on the government to adopt a clear commitment to greenhouse gas removal and negative emissions technologies.
The letter from the Coalition for Negative Emissions to Rishi Sunak describes how the new group aims to develop pioneering projects that can remove CO2 and other pollutants from the…
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Red Rock and Shell have entered into a cellulosic fuel purchase and sale agreement.
The agreement will see Shell purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and cellulosic renewable diesel fuel from Red Rock’s new biorefinery in Lakeview, Oregon.
Shell will distribute the SAF to Red Rock’s existing airline customers and market Red Rock’s cellulosic renewable diesel fuel.
By combining Red…
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Marathon Petroleum Corporation has applied for permits to convert its Martinez facility into a refinery for renewable diesel.
While the Martinez conversion project, in California, is still being evaluated, seeking permits is an important step toward producing lower-carbon-intensity fuels.
If the project is commissioned, the Martinez facility would be expected to start producing renewable…
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