Nov 3, 2015
United Biscuits expands use of UCO biodiesel in delivery fleet
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]
Biodiesel News
Oct 16, 2015
In California, US, the city of Oakland has started filling up its vehicles with Neste's NEXBTL renewable diesel in order to reduce the emissions of its municipal fleet.
Oakland is the first major US city to convert its entire fleet to renewable diesel. The switch from petroleum diesel took place in the beginning of October 2015.
Reduced emissions resulting from the use... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 15, 2015
The National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE) of the Brazilian government has authorized the sale and voluntary use of biodiesel blends exceeding the mandatory blending percentage.
Currently, Brazilian service stations sell diesel with a 7% mandatory biodiesel blend.
According to the resolution, captive fleets and public pumps can use and sell biodiesel with blends up to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 12, 2015
Scania has given the green light to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) being used to power its Euro 6 range, provided the fuel used meets technical specification TS15940.
Vehicles using HVO – which chemically mimics fossil-fuel-based diesel – can under optimal condition achieve up to a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions. HVO does not affect a vehicle's characteristics... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 9, 2015
IncBio, a Portuguese engineering company specialising in state-of-the-art fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has completed the refurbishment work on its new headquarters in Maia, Portugal, in a move designed to accommodate growth.
The company has moved in stages to the new facility over the course of 2015, whilst construction work was being carried... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 8, 2015
Willunga, South Australia-based Peats Soil has developed its own biodiesel manufacturing plant, utilising 'dirty water' it collects from food manufacturing locations.
The biodiesel will be used to fuel a new fleet of 13 Scania trucks it is purchasing for its collection and delivery operations around the state.
Peats Soil MD Peter Wadewitz says he aims to manufacture more... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 2, 2015
Hawaiian authorities have approved Pacific Biodiesel Technologies’ (PBT) contract to supply biodiesel to Hawaiian Energy (HE), primarily for use at its power plants on the island of O’ahu.
According to Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, the contract was approved after it was determined that the proposed price for the biodiesel was reasonable, the diesel will... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Oct 1, 2015
A new $1 million (appr. €890,000) relationship between Michigan State University (MSU) and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels.
The overall goal of the partnership is to improve the efficiency of photosynthesis in microalgae to produce biofuels and bioproducts.
The key to bioenergy is the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 30, 2015
Chemical engineers from Iran have found a way to produce biodiesel from castor oil without the need for extra petrochemical methanol using a biorefinery set-up.
Producing biodiesel from vegetable oils is not completely renewable, as the standard transesterification process requires the use of methanol, which is usually produced from petrochemical sources.
The researchers,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 28, 2015
The Biofat project, a microalgae-to-biofuel FP7 demonstration project, has confirmed algae’s potential as a sustainable biofuel source with low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The project has concentrated on improving and demonstrating sustainability in the process, considering both environmental (e.g. use of marine strains to limit freshwater use) and economic (e.g.... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 28, 2015
In the US, California's Air Resources Board (ARB) has listed biodiesel as the lowest-carbon fuel in the state’s revised Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS).
The new standard affirms biodiesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% and often by as much as 81% when compared with petroleum, giving biodiesel the best carbon score among all liquid... [Read More]
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