May 30, 2017
Fungi the key to efficient biomass breakdown and cheap biofuels?
Other News
May 30, 2017
UPM Biofuels has received an RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) certificate for its UPM BioVerno renewable diesel and naphtha and its production sidestreams turpentine and pitch (resin).
RSB verifies the sustainability and reliability of feedstock sourcing and production.
In RSB certification, the sustainability of biofuels is evaluated against... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 30, 2017
Zimbabwe will need more biofuels to blend into its fuel supply as it pushes ahead with ethanol production, according to the Zimbabwe Mail.
Zimbabwe will now increase its mandatory petrol blending from 5% to 10%.
This comes after government in March reduced to 5% from 15% the mandatory amount of local ethanol to be blended with petrol as President Robert Mugabe’s... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 30, 2017
Neutral Fuels, a biodiesel producer based in the UAE, has become the first company in the world to commercialise an enzymatic biofuel.
For six years Neutral Fuels has been producing biodiesel using cooking oil, supplying high profile clients such as McDonalds UAE, which runs a fleet of renewably fuelled trucks on B100 biodiesel.
Karl W. Feilder, Neutral Fuels’ CEO... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 26, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency has published its Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) generation data for April 2017.
Created in 2005 under that year’s Energy Policy Act, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a national policy requiring a certain volume of renewable fuel to replace or reduce the quantity of petroleum-based transportation fuel, heating oil... [Read More]
Other News
May 25, 2017
The renewable energy sector employs 9.8 million people worldwide, according to a newly published study from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
“Falling costs and enabling policies have steadily driven up investment and employment in renewable energy worldwide since IRENA’s first annual assessment in 2012, when just over seven million people... [Read More]
Other News
May 25, 2017
The global energy transition needs to speed up in order to tackle climate change, according to industry experts.
The energy revolution will also not be “smooth” and will be driven largely by disruptive consumers as they run towards decentralised generation.
That was the overall conclusion theme reached by energy professionals during the first session of yesterday’s... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 25, 2017
Indian union minister Nitin Gadkari will urge the country’s finance minister to reduce the goods and services tax (GST) rates on cars that run on biodiesel, as well as hybrid vehicles, according to Times of India’s The Economic Times.
GST rates announced last week would see hybrid cars and biodiesel vehicles attract similar tax rates to luxury cars and SUVs.
The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 25, 2017
Scientists are developing gold catalysts to recycle one of the main by-products of biofuel production, glycerol. The chemical products obtained from the process are valuable to medicine, agriculture, the cosmetics industry and other sectors.
Published in the journal Current Organic Synthesis, the study was completed by scientists from the University of Milano, the National... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 25, 2017
Aemetis has announced that its India-based subsidiary Universal Biofuels has signed a three-year biofuels supply agreement with BP Singapore (BPS), the regional trading arm of BP, which has an expanding biofuels portfolio.
"The agreement sets forth the logistics, pricing and other terms of the supply to BPS of low carbon biodiesel," said Eric McAfee, chairman and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 24, 2017
Second-generation biofuels made from managed trees and perennial grasses may provide a sustainable fuel resource, according to newly published research.
A team from the universities of Oklahoma and Pittsburgh investigated the full life cycle of second generation biofuel produced from short-rotation oak, in order to check if it really offered greenhouse gas emission reductions... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 24, 2017
The US National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has testified before Congress on the harm caused by biodiesel imports from Indonesia.
At a public hearing at the US Department of Commerce, held in response to executive order 13786 calling for an omnibus report on high trade deficits, NBB described the damage done by the increasing volumes of unfairly traded biodiesel imports. NBB... [Read More]
Other News
May 24, 2017
Denmark-based utility energy firm Dong Energy has made a commitment to renewables and agreed to divest its entire oil and gas business to Ineos in a deal worth up to $1.3bn (€1.16bn).
The transaction includes production, development and exploration sites off Denmark, Norway and west of Shetland.
Ineos said the move would make it the biggest private group operating... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2017
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... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2017
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... [Read More]
Other News
May 23, 2017
On 30 November 2016, the European Commission published its long awaited revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED) also known as RED II.
In its proposals, the EC made plans to minimise Europe’s Indirect Land-Use Change (ILC) impacts. The EC wants to reduce the maximum contribution of crop-based biofuels such as ethanol from a maximum of 7% of road and rail energy in... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 23, 2017
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... [Read More]
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