Nov 23, 2015
Ag Processing to expand Nebraska biodiesel facility
Biodiesel News
Nov 19, 2015
Propel Fuels, a California-based fuel retailer, reports that Southern Califonia consumption of renewable diesel has increased three-fold.
Propel Fuels launched Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) across Southern California in August 2015, and consumer adoption of the fuel has risen 300% compared to its former biodiesel product (B20).
Propel's Diesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 18, 2015
Hero BX, a US biodiesel producer, has acquired the assets of the former Veros Energy biodiesel refinery in Moundville, Alabama.
The plant will operate under the name Hero BX Alabama.
‘We are excited to be expanding into Alabama. The preliminary renewable fuel standard (RFS) volumes are growing and as they do, the Moundville facilities will too,’ says Hero BX... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 13, 2015
The Brazilian special committee on national development has approved a senate bill outlining the plan to increase the biodiesel blend in the nation’s fuel supply.
The new bill mandates that 7% of biodiesel be blended into diesel fuel, and the amount is set to rise to 10% within three years.
Calls have been made to further increase the blend to 15% if tests with the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 13, 2015
Flint Hills Resources is preparing for the launch of its Duonix plant in Nebraska, US, is preparing to run pre-commissioning tests.
The 50 million gpy former Beatrice Biodiesel-facility is being retrofitted for multi-feedstock production using Benefuel’s catalytic process for refining high free-fatty-acid feedstock.
This is the first time the Benefuel technology... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 12, 2015
The city of Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario, Canada, is preparing to phase out the use of biodiesel in its public transport buses.
The decision to give up biofuels is due to city officials deeming the achieved benefits insufficient to justify their two cents higher cost per litre when compared to fossil fuels.
The biodiesel the city uses is not produced locally and instead... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 10, 2015
Renewable diesel producer Neste and aircraft manufacturer Boeing have partnered to promote and accelerate the commercialisation of renewable aviation fuel.
The companies will work toward American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) fuel standard approval allowing the commercial use of high freezing point renewable aviation fuel by airlines. The goal is also to gain... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2015
Maas Companies will auction surplus biodiesel process equipment for Biodiesel One via a timed online auction ending on 3 December for piecemeal offers and 4 December for entirety offers.
The Biodiesel One plant opened in 2007 and was the second biodiesel plant to be built in Connecticut, US. The plant handled used cooking oil from local restaurants in a batch water wash... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 6, 2015
A 5 MMgy supercritical biodiesel plant in Illinois, US, designed and built by Jatrodiesel, has been commissioned and is now operational.
The facility is co-located with the 125 MMgy CHS-owned Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant in Annawan.
It makes use of the existing refinery’s infrastructure, steam, and distillers corn oil byproduct to produce biodiesel.
According... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 4, 2015
Argentina’s biodiesel production is expected to decrease by 30% in 2015 as growth of domestic demand cannot compensate for declining foreign exports.
The Argentine Biofuels and Hydrogen Association (ABHA) estimates this year’s total biodiesel output to cap at 1.8 million tonnes, a significant decrease from 2.58 million tonnes in 2014.
Exports are expected to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 3, 2015
United Biscuits (UB), the one of the leading international manufacturers of biscuits, cakes, and snacks, has extended its initiative that leverages used cooking oil (UCO) to power its delivery vehicles.
The UK-based manufacturer of Jaffa Cakes now has a total of 16 vehicles running on Ultra Biofuel brand biodiesel, which generates carbon savings of up to 97% compared to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 3, 2015
Hero BX (Hero), one the largest biodiesel producers in the US, is exploring the possibility of building the Caribbean’s first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in Jamaica.
Hero is in talks with the Jamaican government and various private stakeholders to confirm the construction plans.
The plant would boost Jamaica’s renewable energy programme and have a multi-industry... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 29, 2015
French biofuels producer Avril has opened a 100,000 tpy biodiesel plant to meet the higher blending levels issued by the French government.
The new plant, located at Sete on France’s Mediterranean coast, will raise the company’s biodiesel production capacity to 1.7 million tonnes.
Earlier in 2013 Avril shut down its two northern France facilities in the aftermath... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 26, 2015
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering a loan of €38 million to a private investor for the construction and operation of a biodiesel plant in Croatia.
The project, whose funders have so far remained anonymous, spans the construction and running of a biodiesel plant using waste, used cooking oil, and animal fat as feedstock, an EIB statement says.
The total... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2015
Costa Rica’s first gas station selling biodiesel has opened in Ochomogo.
The fuel is supplied by Energías Biodegradables de Costa Rica, who has been producing biodiesel for more than 11 years.
The gas station is also planning to install solar panels to operate the facility and is installing software allowing fleets to track their consumption and fuel cost... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 22, 2015
In Finland, UPM will start field tests of its wood-based BioVerno diesel fuel in urban buses together with Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) and the VTT Technical Research Centre.
The field tests are also supported by the St1 petrol station chain, the auto manufacturer Volvo, and the transportation company Transdev Finland.
The new round of tests with UPM BioVerno fuel will... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 21, 2015
In the US, Philadelphia-based bioenergy company SG Preston and IHI E&C – a Houston-based engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) subsidiary of IHI Corporation – have entered into an agreement to develop and construct a series of commercial volume biofuel plants.
The plants, to be constructed in Midwest US and Canada, will use commercial scale technologies... [Read More]
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