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Mar 25, 2015
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Biodiesel News
Mar 25, 2015
Small-scale biodiesel processing equipment from Springboard Biodiesel, a California-based, clean-tech manufacturer, is to be installed at Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. Springboard Biodiesel's BioPro 380EX and SpringPro T76 comprise a small-scale biodiesel processing system designed to inexpensively convert the base's used cooking oil into ASTM-grade... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 25, 2015
Hainan Airlines, Boeing and Sinopec have celebrated China's first passenger flight with sustainable aviation biofuel. The regularly scheduled Hainan Airlines flight – which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing – used biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China. Both of the airplane's CFM International... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 18, 2015
Nano Labs has entered into a joint venture agreement with DerTek to launch a research and development, marketing, and manufacturing programme to produce biofuels in North America. The JV will initially begin in Mexico. DerTek is a technology-based company presently located in Mexico that has developed a novel technology highly effective as a catalyser to produce biofuels... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 18, 2015
In the US, renewable fuels company Red Rock Biofuels has formed a strategic partnership with Flagship Ventures that sets the stage for the construction of its first commercial scale refinery in Lakeview, Oregon. As part of this partnership, Flagship Ventures, a venture capital and venture creation firm focused on innovations in healthcare and sustainability, will invest... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 17, 2015
Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, has plans to increase the diesel blending rate this year to cut fossil fuel import costs, reports Bloomberg. The blending rate will be raised from 10% to 15% this year and subsequently to 20%, according to Sofyan Djalil, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs. Indonesia is promoting biofuel use in an attempt to help... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 16, 2015
Dragonair, part of the Cathay Pacific Group, will operate will operate its first-ever commercial flight using a certified sustainable biofuel blend later this month. The KA859 service from Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport to Hong Kong on 21 March will take off with the aircraft tanks filled with a 50/50 blend of fossil-based jet fuel and bio-based jet fuel, refined from 100%... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 13, 2015
A survey of the algae industry conducted by the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) shows high expectations for continued growth in the sector as well as increased production of a wide range of algae-derived products. The survey was conducted in February 2015 and includes more than 230 responses from companies and individuals involved in directly producing and buying algae... [Read More]

Biodiesel News
Mar 11, 2015
The US Energy Information Administration has released its 'Monthly Biodiesel Production Report', which states that 123 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in the US in December 2014. Biodiesel production during this period was around 15 million gallons higher than production in November 2014. . Biodiesel production from the Midwest region contributed towards approximately... [Read More]

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]


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