Jan 25, 2017
Wham bam thank you ham: Neste produces renewable diesel from waste fat
Other News
Jan 24, 2017
Oman has tremendous potential to be a leading exporter of energy based on renewable sources, an industry expert has said.
David Rooney, director of sustainable energy research at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast spoke at an event on renewable energy and biofuels organised by the Independent Learning Centre at SQU, according... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 24, 2017
The Australian state of Queensland is continuing work to protect motorists from confusion at petrol pumps through reforms to legislation governing fuel price boards.
Minister for Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply Mark Bailey said the Palaszczuk Government was determined to end the confusion motorists face when filling their cars with petrol.
“Following the Fuel Price... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2017
California-based synthetic biology specialist Synthetic Genomics and oil giant ExxonMobil announced that they have extended their agreement to conduct joint research into advanced algae biofuels after making significant progress in understanding algae genetics, growth characteristics and increasing oil production.
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics have been jointly... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
A UK sustainable energy company is the first ever to have successfully converted actual landfill gas into usable diesel fuel with no fossil fuel additives, during recent trials.
Renovare Fuels, which has its headquarters in London, claims to have developed technology to produce middle distillate hydrocarbons with a selectivity of 55%.
The bi-products of flue gas... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 23, 2017
The closing session of the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo provided an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year while also taking a peek at how America’s Advanced Biofuel will fuel the country’s future in 2017 and beyond.
“There were a number of milestones reached in 2016 that will have a significant and very positive impact... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has secured funding of £896,000 (€1m) for state of the art equipment to be installed within the industrial biotechnology and biorefinery facilities at Wilton, UK.
The targeted investment of £538K from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is matched with £358K of UK Catapult funding to stimulate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 23, 2017
Europeans overwhelmingly support the use of conventional biofuels made from crops and believe EU policy should encourage it, according to an EU-wide opinion survey released today (23 January, 2017).
More than 69% of Europeans surveyed say conventional biofuels should be encouraged, while just 15% think they should not, according to the EuroPulse poll of 11,283 respondents... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties.
The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba.
Both countries are interested in developing the renewable... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
China’s exports are steadily falling as a share of gross domestic product in a decline that could soon make the country less reliant than India on sales abroad, according to the Financial Times.
The shift highlights the growth in the Chinese domestic economy, which could make Beijing better able to withstand trade tensions under US president Donald Trump, who has... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 20, 2017
US President Donald Trump has selected former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture.
Perdue previously ran a grains and fertiliser company, and said he was chosen based on his business and governmental experience.
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) executive director Monte Shaw said the group would “obviously” work with... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a request from oil refiners to waive some of their advanced biofuels use requirements from 2016.
The denial was published on Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) on website.
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme was signed into law in 2005 and designed to boost a renewable fuel industry annually. It requires... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 20, 2017
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with corn-based ethanol in the US are about 43% lower than petrol when measured on an energy equivalent basis, a new study finds.
Carried out by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the study – Life-Cycle Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Based Ethanol – reviewed how the industry and farm sectors... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2017
The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders that the strategy to address climate change “must be urgently scaled up, and scaled up now”.
In the foreword for a new Ladybird book that he has co-authored on the subject, he said that long-term weather patterns were the greatest threat to the planet.
The Penguin-produced book entitled Climate Change will be published... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 19, 2017
Scott Pruitt, US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the leader of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), says he is committed to biofuels, but remains open for tweaks.
The Oklahoma Attorney General said during his Congressional confirmation hearing on Wednesday that he will honour the Congress’ plan to increase the amount of renewable fuels in petroleum... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 19, 2017
Figures reveal that FirstGroup, a British transport group, has increased its use of alternative fuels, such as biodiesel, gas, and electric engines.
In its North American businesses, alternative fuel usage increased by almost 3% in the first half of the 2016/17 financial year.
During this period, more than 63 million miles were travelled by vehicles running on biodiesel,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 19, 2017
Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is making a multimillion dollar investment into its Nebraska ethanol plant to upgrade its co-product processing technology.
FHR will invest more than $50 million (€46.9m) in its Fairmont facility to install a new technology that will produce a high-protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of the plant’s distiller’s... [Read More]
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