Mar 11, 2015
US produced 123 million gallons of biodiesel in December
Biodiesel News
Mar 11, 2015
NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has purchased Gevo's renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for aviation use at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Renewable technology company Gevo's ATJ is manufactured at its demonstration biorefinery located in Silsbee, Texas, using renewable isobutanol produced at its Luverne, Minnesota, isobutanol... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 10, 2015
Neste Oil says it is now the world's largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues.
In 2014, the company produced nearly 1.3 million tonnes (1.6 billion litres) of renewable fuel from waste and residues. In practical terms, this is enough to power for two years all the 650,000 diesel-powered passenger cars in Finland with renewable NEXBTL diesel manufactured... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 9, 2015
Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) announced that South African farmers will soon harvest their first crop of energy-rich tobacco plants, an important step towards using the plants to make sustainable aviation biofuel.
Boeing and SAA, along with partners SkyNRG and Sunchem, also officially launched Project Solaris, their collaborative effort to develop an aviation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 9, 2015
H.M. King Carl Gustaf XVI and H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden visited UPM's new biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland on 5 March, together with the President of the Republic, Sauli Niinistö, and his wife, Jenni Haukio.
The visit at UPM was a part of the state visit programme of the Swedish royal couple in Finland.The biorefinery was chosen to form part of the programme... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 4, 2015
Biodiesel exports from Argentina reportedly rose 40% on the year in 2014 to almost 1.6 million tonnes, according to Reuters and the Federal Statistics Agency.
Total production rose 29.4% to 2.58 million tonnes.
Tax on biodiesel exports were cut by the Buenos Aires government last year as a way of boosting the sector, which had been affected by European biodiesel import... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 3, 2015
Fire crews were called to the main building of the REV Biodiesel facility in Gilbert, Arizona on Monday morning after reports of smoke.
The smoke was reportedly caused by plastic heating up in a small storage container. Workers near the facility were advised to stay inside while the smoke was cleared.
No injuries were reported and the biodiesel company was able to resume... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 3, 2015
The Port of Rotterdam has announced that the throughput of biofuels was 15% lower in 2014 than in 2013, representing a decrease of 3.8 million tonnes.
This, the port says, is primarily due to a decrease in imports of biodiesel from Indonesia and Argentina as a result of extra import duties and taxes on dumping.
Declining imports have been compensated by the growth of domestic... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 27, 2015
Major biofuels producer Archer Daniels Midland has slowed its North American biodiesel output, reports Reuters.
In a move that signals the industry's ongoing uncertainty over the US renewable fuels policy, production at ADM's Velva oilseed processing facility has been 'temporarily' shifted from biodiesel to other products. Production at its other North American facilities... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 25, 2015
In the US, the Iowa Biodiesel Board (IBB) has registered its support of legislation that would raise the state's fuel tax. A provision of the legislation would give a partial exemption to the new tax for diesel blended with at least 11% biodiesel (B11).
The proposed tax increase (HF 351 and SF 257) is $0.10 a gallon for both diesel and petrol as part of a plan to address... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 24, 2015
Mission NewEnergy has completed its company transformation plan which began back in 2012.
The final step of the transformation includes:• Completion of the sale of its 250,000 tonnes per year biodiesel refinery for $22.5 million (€19.9 million)• Settlement of all outstanding convertible note debt of approximately AU$25 million (€17 million)• Retention... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 18, 2015
Evofuel, a wholly owned subsidiary of crop development company Evogene, has signed a collaboration agreement with Insolo Agroindustrial.
Under the agreement, both companies will select and optimise Evofuel's proprietary castor bean varieties utilising Insolo's farms in Piaui state in northeast Brazil.
The two-year collaboration will see the companies examine the suitability... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 17, 2015
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has published a 'first-of-its-kind scorecard', which evaluates airlines on their adoption of biofuels.
The highest scoring carrier was Air France/KLM, followed by British Airways, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Cathay Pacific and Alaska Airlines.
'It's great to see certain airlines becoming leaders in the use of sustainable... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 16, 2015
The SCMS Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology R&D in Kochi, southwest India, has filed for a US patent after successfully developing and standardising a process for producing biofuel from coconut oil.
Coconut methyl ester (CME) can power diesel automobile engines. The centre conducted a 20-month study of the fuel, with research comprising optimisation of the production... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 11, 2015
Sustainable Oils, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings, has been issued a first-of-its-kind feedstock-only pathway by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the production of camelina-based fuels under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).
The pathway, when combined with a specific processors production profile, will produce the lowest carbon... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 11, 2015
In Illinois, US, the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) and the American Lung Association have launched the B20 Club to help recognise those local fleets running on blends of 20% biodiesel.
'B20 offers economic and environmental benefits to the fleets that use it, so we wanted to bring these leading fleets together and recognise them for taking the initiative to move up... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Feb 9, 2015
A $60 million (€53 million) biodiesel plant owned by American Energy Producers (AEP) is to be sold at auction.
AEP began building its biodiesel plant with $35 million of funding. Construction work stopped when the company was unable to secure additional funding due to unforeseen economic challenges. The company says it will consider a partnership offer prior to the... [Read More]
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