Apr 4, 2017
European Parliament calls for phase out of vegetable oil biofuels within 3 years
Biodiesel News
Apr 4, 2017
The emergency clean-up of a biofuels plant in Ferndale, Washington, could cost $1 million (EUR 939,000), according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The cleaning operation was started after regulators found hazardous substances leaking from containers at the abandoned biofuels processing plant.
TreOil Industries Biorefinery has long been a source of concern. It has... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 4, 2017
A plant manager in Mississippi has launched a petition to reform US biodiesel tax law. Phillip Harden, manager at Scott Petroleum, hopes to draw attention to the growing campaign to reinstate the expired $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit, and reform it to assist domestic producers, according to Biodiesel Magazine.
The US’ biodiesel tax incentive lapsed on 31... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
SOURCE: Renewable Fuels Association.
A new Department of Energy (DOE) study on employment in the US energy sector shows that America’s ethanol industry employs a significantly larger share of military veterans than any other segment of the energy industry.
Nearly one in five ethanol industry employees is a veteran (18.9%), compared to a national average of 7% across... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 4, 2017
Ensus’ commercial director Grant Pearson is scheduled to speak at the tenth Biofuels International Conference, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He will be discussing UK policy uncertainty, reintroducing E10 and the future of the bioethanol market.
Grant joined the bioethanol and animal feed producer shortly after the business formed and has responsibilities... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 3, 2017
Butamax Advanced Biofuels, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, has announced the acquisition of Nesika Energy and its ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas. Butamax will now start engineering work to add bio-isobutanol capacity to the facility.
A cost-effective alternative to isobutanol, bio-isobutanol is derived from renewable feedstocks. It provides an option... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 3, 2017
The long running controversy regarding palm oil is coming to a climax, with members of the European Parliament (MEPs) set to debate a report calling on the European Commission to phase out palm oil in biofuels. The controversial report also calls for a single certification scheme for the commodity to enter the EU market.
Czech GUE (Confederal Group of the European United... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 31, 2017
The Biofuels Association of Australia (BAA) has strongly rejected claims from the Federal Productivity Commission that the biofuels industry fails to support the agriculture sector or the community.
In a recent report to Australia’s government, the Productivity Commission urged Queensland, New South Wales and the Commonwealth governments to stop supporting the biofuels... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 31, 2017
A new study may have found a solution to the negative effects biofuel production can have on food production.
The use of sequential cropping – one crop sown after another has been harvested – may be able to provide foodstock for biofuel production without adversely affecting food production, according to the study by Ecofys.
Support for the biofuels industry... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2017
The global bioethanol market will rise to $9,544 million by 2022, according to a report by Big Market Research.
Valued at $5,652 million in 2015, the bioethanol market is forecast to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6% up until 2022.
The report identifies a number of factors which are driving the growth of the bioethanol market. The rise in environmental... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 30, 2017
Gevo has announced its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2016.
The US renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company announced a net loss per share of ($0.33) for the quarter.
The company announced that gross loss was $2.3 million (€2.14m) for the three months ended December 31, 2016, versus $1.7 million in the same quarter in... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2017
China has opened the world’s first production line that converts coal into ethanol, the main chemical ingredient in alcohol, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced.
The facility in Xingping, Shaanxi province, which went into service in January, was developed by the academy’s Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the State-owned Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 29, 2017
A key economic advisor to Australia’s federal government has claimed motorists in Queensland are paying more for petrol because of the state government’s biofuel mandate.
The Productivity Commission has urged Queensland, New South Wales and the Commonwealth governments to stop supporting the biofuels industry by the end of next year. It’s also dismissed... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 29, 2017
The Iowa Biodiesel Board (IBB) has announced that the state’s capacity to produce biodiesel is rising by 20%, from 334 million gallons (1.5 billion litres) a year to close to 400 million gallons (1.8 billion litres) a year.
Proactive state policies have played a pivotal role in the growth, as well as expansion projects either recently completed or currently in progress,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 28, 2017
The Indonesian government has submitted a complaint to the WTO over the US’ National Biodiesel Board’s (NBB) petition to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties against dumped and subsidised biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia.
“Of course we feel that this is a disadvantage for us. We have already lodged our complaints with the WTO,”... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 28, 2017
Investigators believe they have found the source of the mystery biodiesel spill in the Columbia River.
Last week US officials confirmed that biodiesel had leaked into the Columbia River somewhere close to Wenatchee, Washington. Exactly where the spill originated remained a mystery, however.
A coordinated investigation by state and federal authorities has now identified... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 27, 2017
A farmers’ cooperative in Iowa, USA, has staged a demonstration in the state to convince more farmers to switch to biodiesel.
The United Farmers Cooperative, based in the town of Afton, compared two trucks head to head to highlight the benefits of biodiesel. One of the trucks was fuelled with a 5% blend of biodiesel (B5), the other with a 20% blend (B20). The results... [Read More]
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