Dec 4, 2015
Biodico opens 20Mgy biodiesel plant in California
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]
Biodiesel News
Nov 23, 2015
Ag Processing, a Nebraska, US-based soyabean processor, is set to expand its biodiesel plant near Sioux City.
The £38 million (€35.7m) expansion to Ag Processing’s (AP) Port Neal plant, which was the first commercial-scale biodiesel plant in the US in 1996, will almost double its production.
At the moment the facility is capable of producing up 30 million... [Read More]
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]
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