Sep 15, 2015
Cardiff University researchers improve biodiesel yields
Biodiesel News
Sep 14, 2015
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation a Dutch joint venture (JV) company between the Singaporean Wilmar International and Italian Fox Petrolifera Italiana.
The new JV company will produce biodiesel at Fox Petrolifera’s existing biodiesel facility in Italy.
Both of the parent companies produce biodiesel and crude and refined glycerine... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 14, 2015
Zambian biofuels producer Tapera Industries is seeking capital funding of over ZMW5 million (appr. €454,000) to expand its operations.
According to the company’s founder Mutoba Ngoma, Tapera is promoting the recycling and conversion of waste cooking oil into biodiesel and natural soaps.
‘The amount of investment into the business is approximately ZMW800,000... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 8, 2015
Indonesia's state-owned energy company Pertamina expects demand for fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) to jump almost six-fold to 4.8 million kilolitre in 2016 from an estimate of 830,000kl in 2015.
The projection is in accordance with the government's road map to increase FAME content in biodiesel to 20%, the company says in a statement.
The mandatory mix of FAME in biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 7, 2015
Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have successfully introduced an engineered lipid remodelling system into a transgenic plant to enhance biofuel production.
Triacylglycerols from plants can be used to produce environmentally friendly and renewable biodiesel, and there has been great interest in using genetic engineering to enhance triacylglycerol... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 4, 2015
Perstorp has announced its intent to acquire an existing biodiesel plant in Fredrikstad, Norway.
‘We have ambitious growth plans for biofuels, now and in the future, and we see how the demand will increase to meet the global climate challenges,’ says Lars Lind, vice president – biofuels at Perstorp.
‘In order to grow with the market, we need to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 2, 2015
Chicago, US-based Lakeview Energy has purchased the assets of the former Producer’s Choice Soy Energy facility in Moberly, Missouri.
Lakeview made the purchase with the aid of a $3.3 million (€2.9 million) loan from the USDA Rural Energy for America programme.
With a further $5 million investment, Lakeview plans to upgrade the 10 million gpy capacity biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 1, 2015
Project Solaris in South Africa has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification for the production of the energy rich tobacco crop ‘Solaris’ in the Limpopo region of South Africa.
Solaris is a nicotine-free and GMO-free crop variety that yields significant amounts of sustainable oil that can be used as feedstock for bio jet fuel.
Project... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 1, 2015
Agro BioFuels and BioEnergy, a joint venture between the US branch of India-based Agro Pulping Machinery and JatDiesel, is set to invest $11 million (appr. €9.8 million) in a 15 million gpy biodiesel plant near Dayton, Ohio, US.
The plant, once finished, will produce fuel from oils and fats derived from plants and animals.
The company has addressed concerns about... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2015
Olleco, the UK's largest converter of used cooking oil (UCO) and food waste into renewable energy, has successfully acquired Convert2Green.
This acquisition is in line with Olleco's goal to achieve 100% resource recovery for the food industry.
The move will increase the number of Olleco's depots to 17 across the UK and will enable it to improve efficiencies and coverage... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 27, 2015
Argent Energy, a waste-to-biodiesel producer, has commissioned BDI BioEnergy International with the implementation of phase two of its multi-feedstock plant in the UK.
Within seven months of work starting on the BDI High FFA Esterification unit, Argent energy commissioned the second phase.
This technology makes it possible to convert commercial and industrial waste... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 24, 2015
Denso will build a large 20,000m2 test facility for the culture of Pseudochoricystis ellipsoidea, an oil-producing microalgae patented by DENSO that is used to help reduce CO2 emissions.
The new facility, set to start operations in April 2016, will be located in Amakusa, Japan and will be used to perform verification tests needed to establish large-scale... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 20, 2015
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has completed its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Imperium Renewables.
REG paid Imperium $15 million (€13.4 million) in cash and issued 1.675 million shares of REG common stock in exchange for substantially all of Imperium’s assets, including the 100-million gallon nameplate biodiesel refinery and terminal at the Port... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 19, 2015
Indonesian fuel distributors Pertamina and AKR are set to purchase 765,000kl of subsidised biodiesel for the remainder of 2015.
339,000kl of the total will be purchased between August and October from five producers, including Wilmar, Eterindo, Musim Mas, Pelita Agung, and Darmex Agro.
Negotiations to supply the missing 426,000kl of fuel are undergoing between Pertamina... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 17, 2015
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing approximately $63 million (€57 million) in loans and grants into 264 renewables projects, including biofuels and renewable energy projects.
The investments are a part of USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
‘This funding will have far-reaching economic and environmental impacts nationwide,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 14, 2015
Malaysia's biodiesel exports surged twelvefold year on year to 46,601mt in July, bolstered by an open arbitrage to Europe.
Exports are at their highest level since the Malaysian Palm Oil Board began reporting statistics in January 2008. The July total was up from 3,610mt in July 2014 and also up 105.56% from 22,670 mt in June, the board's data shows. The total value... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 13, 2015
Propel Fuels has begun offering Neste’s renewable NexBTL diesel at 13 Southern California locations.
The provided fuel is marketed as Diesel High Performance Renewable (HPR) and it consists of 98.5% NexBTL.
Diesel HPR has also been launched in commercial and bulk availability across California, with the fuel bundled with Propel Fuels’ CleanDrive emissions account... [Read More]
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