Biodiesel News

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 diesel from soybean oil,…
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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 efforts to achieve…
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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 including used…
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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 from fossil fuels to…
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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 given Iowa’s over…
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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, adds to US energy…
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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 container line in the…
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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 tonnes of soybeans. This…
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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 under the World…
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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 trial will continue…
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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 lower fuel demand, ethanol…
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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 was up around €146 per…
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