Jun 1, 2017
Fatal explosion at Wisconsin bioethanol plant
Biodiesel News
Jun 1, 2017
Australia’s ‘first’ biofuels pilot plant has been officially opened in Gladstone, Queensland. The opening ceremony was presided over by Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP.
The $18 million Northern Oil Advanced Biofuels Pilot Plant is a joint venture between Southern Oil and J.J. Richards & Sons,... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2017
US Water, a subsidiary of Allete, a well-known provider of integrated solutions for water treatment, will give two technical presentations during the upcoming Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW), at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During the FEW programme, US Water’s Monty McCoy, director of technology, Process Technologies, will present on the... [Read More]
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May 31, 2017
Breaking apart polysaccharides such as starches and cellulose in a cost-effective way is one of the biggest challenges facing biofuels scientists. Now, a team of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory has mapped the three-dimensional structure of a protein that breaks down the enzyme, something which could lead to a drastic reduction in the costs of biofuel... [Read More]
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May 31, 2017
Andrew Murfin, general manager at Shell’s Advanced Biofuels division, has become the latest in a long line of people to declare that he will be taking part in this year’s Biofuels International Conference.
Murfin joined Alternative Energies in 2009 and was appointed GM Advanced Biofuels at the beginning of 2013. In his current role, he has global accountability... [Read More]
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May 31, 2017
The world needs to implement the Paris Agreement to meet the global challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged.
Guterres was highlighting the seriousness of the impact of climate change on the planet and its inhabitants.
“The effects of climate change are dangerous and they are accelerating,” Secretary-General... [Read More]
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May 31, 2017
Finnish consumers have already reduced emissions by an amount equal to 560 flights around the world, using Neste MY Renewable Diesel. This is despite the fuel only being released at the start of the year.
Neste MY Renewable Diesel is produced 100% from waste and residues, and was launched into the Finnish market at the start of 2017. Using the fuel, Finnish consumers have... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 31, 2017
India-based bioethanol producer Praj Industries has announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2017 results.
Income from operations stood at Rs. 311.7 crore (€4.31m) compared to Rs. 345.9 crore the year before for the quarter.
Q4 profit before tax stood at Rs. 36.8 crore for the period compared to Rs. 45.8 crore the year before.
Elsewhere, for the full-year, income... [Read More]
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May 30, 2017
A new sustainable biofuels initiative has been launched with the intention of handing freight companies “control of their carbon footprint”.
The GoodShipping programme from Dutch company GoodFuels is designed to ‘accelerate’ the amount of low-carbon fuels in the marine-fuel mix. Put simply, it allows the cargo owner to purchase low-carbon, compatible... [Read More]
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May 30, 2017
US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group (REG) has hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the company’s operations centre in Amsterdam.
The team in Amsterdam will support the company’s international operations and work closely with the operations center in Ames, Iowa.
REG utilises an integrated procurement, distribution,... [Read More]
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May 30, 2017
Bioenergy researchers are looking for ways to increase the efficiency of biofuel production in an unusual place – fungi.
Finding a cost-effective way to breakdown bioenergy crops is one of the biggest obstacles to sustainable biofuels production. A team from the University of California, Santa Barbara are focusing their research on the estimated 1.5 million species... [Read More]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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