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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced further extensions for oil refiners to comply with past-due Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) obligations from 2019 and 2020, which the agency previously extended in April. The EPA has still not issued 2021 and 2022 RFS rules or the 2023 volumes or announced decisions on pending small refinery exemptions. Kurt Kovarik, the National Biodiesel…
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Indonesia’s palm oil exports and production this year are both likely to fall for a second straight year, the vice chairman of the country’s palm oil association (GAPKI) said. The expected decline at the world’s top producer is due to a sharp drop of crude palm oil exports and output issues. Total palm oil exports are expected to fall for a second year by 0.34% in 2021 from a year…
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Celtic Renewables hosted media from all over the world as COP26 arrived at the company’s country of origin earlier this month. The company was featured live on ITV’s Good Morning Britain while also appearing on the Australian evening news. The company was also showcased in UN Ambassador Sacha Dench’s documentary on sustainability “Discovering the Green Revolution” which was broadcast…
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Shell plans to build a biofuels plant in Singapore to help the company meet its target of halving emissions by 2030. The company intends to construct a 550,000-tonne a year biofuels plant that can make hydrogen from cooking oils and animal fats, which are then used to produce diesel for road transport, aviation fuel or chemicals, according to a statement from the company. The facility is subject…
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Scientists have developed a way to make a better sustainable aviation fuel from soybean oil. The team from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Peoria, Illinois, studied how fatty acids from soybean oil can be turned into an array of industrial products normally made from petroleum, including fuel, ink and paints. One appeal of plant-based products is that they recycle carbon found in the…
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While overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions declined in Europe by 22.5% from 1990 to 2018, total transport emissions increased by more than 23%[1].The EU envisages net-zero emissions by 2050, with almost all sectors showing progress toward this goal, but transport being the notable exception. The rise of total transport emissions was led by road transport, which grew almost 27% over the period…
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Arbor Renewable Gas has selected a 53-acre site for its first renewable biofuel plant. The Spindletop Plant is located in Beaumont, Texas, and was selected for its access to critical infrastructure and feedstock. The plant will produce approximately 1,000 barrels per day of high quality “drop-in” renewable fuel. The biofuel will be produced from woody biomass generated from the East Texas…
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ePURE’s Emmanuel Desplechin will survey the EU legislative landscape for biofuels and road transport decarbonisation when he addresses biofuels' delegates next year. The organisation’s secretary general will focus on the sweeping new “Fit for 55” proposals at the Biofuels International Conference and Expo in March. Desplechin will stress that the EU has set important new goals for…
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This year's harvest of sunflower seed in the EU-27 was considerably larger than the previous year. It also far exceeded the long-term average, new figures revealed. An estimated 10.3 million tonnes of sunflower seed was produced in the European Community in the past 12 months. This was a 14% rise over the previous year and translates to a 10% increase on the long-term average. The sunflower…
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Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor participated in the U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit hearing titled “A Look at the Renewable Economy in Rural America”. In her testimony, Skor spoke about the biofuel sector’s important role in driving economic growth and achieving our nation’s climate goals. “Renewable fuels like ethanol remain the single…
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Biofuels could contribute around $10 billion (€6.2 billion) to Australia's economy by 2030, the government has revealed. The Australian government also laid out a plan to promote biofuels to help the country reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, Reuters reported. Biofuels, which includes turning organic waste and crop waste into fuel, makes up about 3% of Australia's total energy…
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GAC Bunker Fuels has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Neutral Fuels to market its marine gasoil biodiesel blend specifically developed for shipping clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and India. The two will also work together to expand the number of supply points throughout the Middle East and Africa. Gary Hubbard, chief commercial officer of Neutral…
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A member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (SST), has led an effort to bolster biofuels production in the US. Rep. Randy Feenstra tabled an amendment to H.R. 5781, the National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Programme Act. His effort would allow biomass collected through wildfire mitigation efforts to be utilised to produce bioenergy, including biofuels. The proposal…
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