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A team of biologists and biochemists have successfully sequenced the genome of a green alga called Chromochloris zofingiensis. The single celled organism is one of the most prolific producers of a type of lipids called triacylglycerols, which are used in biofuel production.
In a statement, the genome is labelled a ‘goldmine of data’. The new insights into the alga could lead to…
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Two Iowa-based trade bodies have welcomed Kim Reynolds as Iowa Governor.
The trade body that represents the biodiesel industry in Iowa, Iowa Biodiesel Board and Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) welcomed the new governor.
ISA president Rolland Schnell of Newton and Grant Kimberley, ISA director of market development and executive director of the Iowa Biodiesel Board, issued statements on the…
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Sweden’s largest airport operator Swedavia has received its first volume of aviation biofuels for 2017 at Gothenburg Airport.
With this delivery, Swedavia takes a next step in reducing its entire business travel footprint from flying through its partnership with Fly Green Fund.
The aviation biofuel is produced by AltAir Fuels and supplied by SkyNRG together with Air BP.
Fly Green Fund was…
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Can it be that we need to stop using diesel?” asks Seppo Mikkonen, a research and development fellow at Neste, on the company’s blog.
Judging from his post on the matter, the answer is a clear no.
Diesel has become a hugely controversial issue, as scientists and the media become increasingly aware of the dangers of the nitrogen dioxide fumes emitted by the fuel. Earlier this year,…
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Pacific Biodiesel Technologies is expected to begin the first harvest of its Maui sunflower biofuel crop this month, once the flowers have fully matured, according to Lahaina News.
The company has recently taken delivery of a combine harvester, purchased from a family farm in northern California, which will be used to mechanically harvest the sunflowers and other oil and grain crops. The…
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Beverly Hills based diversified holding company SuperBox has signed a joint venture agreement with PK Clean Technologies, a developer of waste plastic-to-fuel technologies.
SuperBox will acquire an 80% interest in one of PK Clean’s operating plants once it raises enough funds to double the size of an existing PK Clean plant to 20 tonnes per day. PK Clean meanwhile, will own 20% and operate…
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The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to President Trump’s Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”. The order called for input on regulations that might be in need of repeal, replacement or modification – and was issued with the intention of highlighting and targeting…
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The Iowa Biodiesel Board IBB has praised Governor Terry Branstad for signing the Iowa Infrastructure Fund Bill, which provides $3 million in funding for the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure (RFI) programme.
Branstad has been a long term supporter of Iowa’s biofuels industry.
“Governor Branstad has been exceptionally supportive of funding renewable fuels and this infrastructure program.…
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A new breakthrough could allow 720,000 tonnes of biodiesel to be produced each year from spent coffee grounds.
Lancaster University researchers say that the high calorific value of coffee waste could be exploited with a more efficient technique than at present, producing a greener, commercially competitive biofuel.
As well as reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, the breakthrough could address…
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Aemetis has won a $6 million (€5.5 million) contract to provide biodiesel to Indian government owned oil companies.
The Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis won the bumper contract to supply the Indian government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) through a public tender process.
India’s total diesel market stands at roughly 25 billion gallons a year, but less than 250 million…
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A group of investors is looking to develop a new biodiesel refinery in Cowlitz County, Washington, according to tdn.com.
Over a year ago the same group of Houston based investors had proposals for oil, propane and biodiesel projects rejected by the Port of Longview. Now, they are focusing on a refinery dedicated to biodiesel processing, abandoning plans to also include crude oil. In addition, the…
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Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB), will speak at the tenth Biofuels International Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Garofalo was appointed Secretary General of the EBB - i.e. the European federation of biodiesel producers - in May 2002.
Garofalo is also executive director of the RBO – Register on Biofuels Origination,…
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The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABA) has joined forces with NATSO, the national association representing truckstops and travel plazas, to urge Congress to extend the biodiesel blender’s tax credit.
In letters to Members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, lawmakers are asked to refrain from changing the US’ existing biodiesel tax credit…
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A major new report on biofuels in Australia paints a bleak picture for the industry, describing a six-year slump.
Compiled and published by APAC, an independent consultancy to the Australian biofuels industry, the latest annual client report is entitled Australian Biofuels 2017. APAC have been preparing client reports on the biofuels industry since 2006.
Key findings of the report include the…
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The US International Trade Commission has voted to continue the US Commerce Department’s investigation into biodiesel fuels imported from Argentina and Indonesia.
In April 2017, the Commerce Department launched a probe into biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia following claims from domestic producers that dumping and unfair subsidies had allowed imported biofuels to flood the US…
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