May 15, 2017
Iowa Biodiesel Board welcomes new biofuels funding
Biodiesel News
May 15, 2017
A new breakthrough could allow 720,000 tonnes of biodiesel to be produced each year from spent coffee grounds.
Lancaster University researchers say that the high calorific value of coffee waste could be exploited with a more efficient technique than at present, producing a greener, commercially competitive biofuel.
As well as reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 11, 2017
Aemetis has won a $6 million (€5.5 million) contract to provide biodiesel to Indian government owned oil companies.
The Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis won the bumper contract to supply the Indian government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) through a public tender process.
India’s total diesel market stands at roughly 25 billion gallons a year, but... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 10, 2017
A group of investors is looking to develop a new biodiesel refinery in Cowlitz County, Washington, according to tdn.com.
Over a year ago the same group of Houston based investors had proposals for oil, propane and biodiesel projects rejected by the Port of Longview. Now, they are focusing on a refinery dedicated to biodiesel processing, abandoning plans to also include... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 10, 2017
Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB), will speak at the tenth Biofuels International Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Garofalo was appointed Secretary General of the EBB - i.e. the European federation of biodiesel producers - in May 2002.
Garofalo is also executive director of the RBO – Register on Biofuels... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 9, 2017
The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABA) has joined forces with NATSO, the national association representing truckstops and travel plazas, to urge Congress to extend the biodiesel blender’s tax credit.
In letters to Members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, lawmakers are asked to refrain from changing the US’ existing biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 8, 2017
A major new report on biofuels in Australia paints a bleak picture for the industry, describing a six-year slump.
Compiled and published by APAC, an independent consultancy to the Australian biofuels industry, the latest annual client report is entitled Australian Biofuels 2017. APAC have been preparing client reports on the biofuels industry since 2006.
Key findings of... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 8, 2017
The US International Trade Commission has voted to continue the US Commerce Department’s investigation into biodiesel fuels imported from Argentina and Indonesia.
In April 2017, the Commerce Department launched a probe into biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia following claims from domestic producers that dumping and unfair subsidies had allowed imported... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 3, 2017
Jessica Robinson, director of communications at the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), has become the latest in a long line of people to declare that she will be taking part in this year’s Biofuels International Conference.
The 10th Biofuels International Conference & Expo will be taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 4-5th October.
The 10th anniversary edition... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 2, 2017
US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has announced that it has secured financing of up to $20 million (€18.3 million) from First Midwest Bank for the $24 million capacity-expansion project at the company’s Ralston, Iowa biodiesel refinery.
The upgrade project, announced last November, is expected to increase the annual nameplate capacity... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 2, 2017
Pacific Biodiesel Technologies has hosted a Hawaiian blessing to mark the beginning of the company’s scaled-up farming demonstration to grow biofuel crops including sunflowers in Maui's central valley.
The initial crop project on 115 acres will expand diversified agriculture by growing combine-harvested oil crops on land previously used for sugar cane production.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 24, 2017
The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is to argue before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia regarding the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) statute. The NBB’s case will be presented on the morning of 24 April, at the Circuit E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, in Washington DC.
NBB argues that advanced biofuel requirements in the Renewable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 21, 2017
Falling oil prices mean it is no longer viable to produce biofuels in Mozambique, according to an official with the country’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.
In an interview with the Mozambican newspaper O País, the ministry’s deputy national director of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Almirante Dima, described the production of biofuels from... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 19, 2017
Abu Dhabi could soon start to turn waste into biodiesel under a new recycling scheme, according to The National UAE.
The Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi, Tadweer, will provide permits to companies allowing them to produce biodiesel for use in buses and lorries. Leftover cooking oil, fat and grease from kitchens in homes and restaurants across the emirate could... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 18, 2017
Scientists in Brazil have developed a new method for verifying the purity and quality of biodiesel. The pioneering new technique uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, according to spectroscopynow.com.
Biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuels are increasingly being used around the world in an attempt to cut down dependency on unsustainable fossil fuels in both... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 18, 2017
The US International Trade Commission has announced it will start an investigation into imports of biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina. In particular, the probe will look for evidence of dumping and subsidisation from the two countries, according to Reuters.
A preliminary decision will be made by 8 May on whether biodiesel imports from Indonesia and Argentina are harming... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 13, 2017
733.9 million litres (193.9m gallons) of biodiesel have been contracted at Brazil’s 54th biodiesel auction, according to The Brazilian Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, and Renewables Now.
Brazil’s biodiesel auctions are intended to help meet the legal requirement for a minimum blend of 8% biodiesel in diesel sold at the country’s fuel stations.... [Read More]
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