Mar 13, 2017
AGP presses ahead with biodiesel plant expansion
Biodiesel News
Mar 10, 2017
Finnish renewable diesel specialist Neste has said its product has helped its users to replace conventional diesel and reduce carbon emissions by 6.7 million tonnes in 2016.
The amount equals the permanent removal of 2.4 million passenger cars from the roads for one full year.
Neste has labelled its product as a low-carbon renewable diesel made from reined renewable raw... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 9, 2017
In Washington D.C., biodiesel industry leaders are meeting with key influencers to spotlight advanced US biofuels, with jobs and economic opportunities as the hot tickets.
“It’s simple. Biodiesel can continue to grow American jobs and prosperity in communities throughout the nation,” said Donnell Rehagen, CEO at the trade association National Biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 8, 2017
US investment bank Capital Corp Merchant Banking has given the green light to help fund a biodiesel project in California.
In a statement, the bank said that the facility will be able to process multiple feedstocks of any quality level and turn it into B-100 biodiesel, which is 100% pure biodiesel.
A by-product of the biodiesel manufacturing process is glycerol, which,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 3, 2017
Spanish oil and gas firm Cepsa has formalised the purchase offer of Abengoa’s biodiesel plant in San Roque (Cádiz). The process concluded with Abengoa’s acceptance of Cepsa’s €8 million binding offer for the total purchase of the asset.
With this operation, Cepsa culminates the integration of the biofuels production unit at its San Roque plant... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 15, 2017
The Rwandan government is abandoning a $35 million (€33m) biodiesel pilot project, according to a report in The East African.
Officials of the National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA) told Rwanda Today that the government decided to ditch the project after realising it was not viable.
NIRDA director-general Joseph Mungarurire cites difficulty... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 9, 2017
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has appointed Doug Whitehead as its chief operating officer. Whitehead joins the executive team after ten years in various roles with the organisation, most recently as the director of operations and membership.
“Doug has admirably served the biodiesel industry in his various roles at NBB over the years and his experience and expertise... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 8, 2017
A new investigative report has been unveiled revealing more information about Nideria’s biofuels trading loss, often dubbed as one of the biggest scandals in the history of the Dutch market.
Last year, the Dutch grain-trading firm reported that it lost nearly $200 million over three years due to what it called “severe” irregularities by a single trader... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 7, 2017
Greenergy, a UK-based waste-to-biodiesel producer, has announced that it has reached agreement for Canada-based business services and industrial company Brookfield Business Partners to take over and invest in its business with the aim of accelerating growth.
Existing Greenergy management shareholders will invest alongside Brookfield Business Partners and will retain a... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 7, 2017
Finnish renewable diesel producer Neste has posted a 6% rise in full-year operating profit to €983 million, compared to €925 million in 2015, helped by strong demand for its renewable products.
In its 2016 full-year financial statement, the company stated that its renewable products business recorded a full-year comparable operating profit of €469m, compared... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 6, 2017
UK motorists are turning away from buying diesel cars and buying “more eco-friendly” ones, new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) suggest.
In a statement, the SMMT said that 78,778 diesel cars were sold in January, a drop of 4.3% on the same month last year. Over the same period sales of electric cars and other alternatively-fuelled... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 1, 2017
A Washington man was sentenced this week for laundering more than $39 million for a company that bilked federal programs supporting renewable energy, according to Tri-City Herald.
Richard Estes, 77, was part of a conspiracy involving Pasco-based Gen-X Energy Group.
US District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. sentenced him to eight years and nine months in prison after... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 30, 2017
Finnish forest industry company UPM has featured on news programme CNN espousing the benefits of using biofuels.
In an Eco Solutions programme entitled ‘The sustainable fuel growing on trees’, UPM Biofuels’ vice president Sari Mannonen discussed the process of making its wood-based diesel fuel – UPM BioVerno diesel.
UPM BioVerno is a local, Finnish... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 30, 2017
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, has said the country will reduce imports and promote the use of palm oil usage for biofuels to reduce its dependency on other countries, due to an uncertain global environment.
According to local website netralnews.com, Panjaitan said Indonesia must be read to face changes in a current... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 27, 2017
The global biodiesel market is projected to reach a total worth of $41.18 billion (€38.45bn) by 2021, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 3.8%.
A new study by RnR Market Research states biodiesel’s non-toxic and environmentally friendly properties, along with its greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, will increase its demand in automotive, power generation,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 25, 2017
US consumers saw a record of almost 2.9 billion gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel in 2016, outpacing the previous record by almost 40%, according to figures released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Also for the first time ever, the monthly market topped 300 million gallons, with December’s numbers coming in at 362 million gallons.
“We... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 25, 2017
Renewable diesel company Neste has produced 10,000 litres of renewable diesel from waste produced from ham fat.
It took the waste fat from 40,000 Finnish households last Christmas. The households donated the waste fat from their Christmas hams to the charity campaign "Kinkkutemppu" which literally translates into Ham Trick.
In a statement, Neste said it donates the value... [Read More]
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