Jan 26, 2016
US consumers use record amount of biodiesel in 2015
Biodiesel News
Jan 22, 2016
The board of directors of Australian Renewable Fuels (ARFuels), the country’s largest biodiesel producer, has placed the company into voluntary administration.
Under Australian law, voluntary administration is a form of insolvency arrangement, which creates an opportunity for flexible approaches to bring about a better outcome for stakeholders than may otherwise... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 20, 2016
Brazilian biodiesel producer BSBIOS will invest BRL80 million (€18.3m) to double production at its Marialva unit.
The company expects the expansion to be concluded in 2017, boosting the site's biodiesel production capacity from the current 208 million litres per year to 416 million.
BSBIOS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Parana's state government.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2016
The implementation of the Indonesian B20 biodiesel programme may be delayed due to low crude oil prices.
The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) suspects the B20 programme will not be fully implemented this year as was announced earlier in January.
According to executive director of GAPKI, Dr. Mohamad Fadhil Hasan, due to crude oil process going under $30 (€27.55)... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 15, 2016
Biodiesel production in the US state of Iowa has set a new record of 242 million gallons in 2015, according to Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA).
Biodiesel production was up from 227 million gallons in 2014 and topped the previous record of 230 million gallons set in 2013.
Once national numbers are announced, Iowa is expected to again lead the nation in biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 5, 2016
Kolmar Group, a Switzerland-based petrochemicals specialist, has acquired a biodiesel plant in Connecticut, US.
The company bought the Greenleaf Biofuels facility via its US arm and hopes to expand into the renewable energy sector, according to Bloomberg.
The plant, now called American GreenFuels, marks Kolmar's first foothold in physical production.
It is expected that... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 18, 2015
Z Energy, a New Zealand energy producer has moved towards completing New Zealand’s first commercial scale biodiesel plant in Wiri, Auckland, with the installation of a biodiesel distillation column.
The plant, which will move into the testing phase early next year, will turn inedible tallow, a by-product of the New Zealand meat industry, into 20 million litres of... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 16, 2015
A new contract between the State of California and Golden Gate Petroleum may help the state make a huge leap towards meeting its aggressive emission goals.
The emission targets were mandated by Governor Jerry Brown’s executive order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 40% lower than 1990 levels by the year 2030.
The agreement will convert one of the largest... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 14, 2015
Co-op Power, a consumer-owned sustainable energy cooperative, expects its new biodiesel plant in Greenfield, Massachusetts, to come online in early 2016.
The plant will take in used cooking oil (UCO) from local restaurants, schools, and institutions and convert it into millions of gallons of biodiesel.
According to Co-op Power CEO Lynn Benander, the Northeast Biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 14, 2015
The Indonesian government expects the country’s biodiesel consumption to have diminished by nearly half this year compared to 2014.
Government officials say that in 2015 the country is expected to have consumed a total of 825,000 kilolitres of biodiesel, which marks a dramatic 49% decline from the 1.6 million kilolitres consumed last year.
According to Bayu Krisnamurthi,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 4, 2015
Biodico Westside, a California-based biorefinery producer, has opened its 20 million gpy biodiesel production facility in Five Points, California.
The facility is designed to be able to produce fuel from all fats and oils available and will specialise in producing low carbon intensity fuels under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Biodico provides heat... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 3, 2015
Uruguay's Alcoholes del Uruguay (AdU), a subsidiary of state-owned oil company Ancap, expects to register its highest biofuel production this year with over 130 million litres (34.3m gallons).
The company will by the end of the year report 57 million litres of biodiesel and around 70 million litres of ethanol.
The report comes after AdU launched Uruguay's largest ethanol... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 3, 2015
Lagosur, a US-based renewable fuels company, has started business arrangements and initial sales in collaboration with Alianza Pacifco to bring clean green fuels to Latin America.
Lagosur has concluded business preparations to deliver renewable biofuel to the mining and transportation industries in Chile, Peru, and Mexico.
The mining and transportation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2015
The Argentinian government and the CENT 35 university have begun the installation and commissioning work of a biodiesel production facility.
The 600-liters-a-day plant will serve as a training and demonstration tool for CENT 35 technical department students on processing used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel.
It is also intended to promote the proper disposal and handling... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2015
Hamburger giant McDonald’s vehicle fleet in the United Arab Emirates has completed 5 million kilometres of running entirely on biodiesel.
To reach the total distance, McDonald’s United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the Dubai-based biodiesel producer Neutral Fuels.
The renewable fuel is produced from the used cooking oil (UCO) collected from the fast food... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 24, 2015
A research team from National Taiwan University have formulated a synthetic nanoparticle that is able to extract oil from algae and turn it into biodiesel.
The team, led by NTU chemistry professor Wu Chia-wen, synthesised a magnetic nanoparticle for harvesting microalgae, extracting algae oil, and converting the oil’s fatty acids into a methyl ester, which is used... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 23, 2015
The government of Japan has launched a project in the Philippines to produce biodiesel from used cooking oil.
The project, located in Davao City, aims to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from households and businesses for use in biodiesel production.
The Davao project marks the first time this particular technology is used outside of Japan, and the Japanese government hopes... [Read More]
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