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The Ministers of Agriculture in Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic have signed a joint declaration agreeing on the importance of biofuels in the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) post-2020. “We agree to take all necessary steps to establish the contribution of the biofuels of EU agricultural origin (produced from food and feed crops) to the targets set by RED II at the maximum level…
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Advanced renewable fuels producer Aemetis’ subsidiary in India, Universal Biofuels India, has landed a large biodiesel supply contract. The customer is a multi-site mining company, which will use the biodiesel to fuel dump trucks and other heavy diesel equipment at mine sites in southern and central India. According to Aemetis, shipments to the customer have commenced and will be expanded…
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What you need to know now about Low Carbon Fuel Standards verifications Understanding the changes to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS) verification process is important for all ethanol and biodiesel producers, even if you do not currently sell fuels in California. Several other regions around the world are in various stages of planning to incorporate carbon impact scoring into…
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Next Renewable Fuels has announced that it has entered a long-term purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of renewable diesel from its planned Port Westward, Oregon facility. The company states that it has an investment of over $1 billion (€878 million) to continue the development of its Oregon renewable diesel facility. The facility is expected to have an annual processing capacity of…
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The University of Utah revealed a study in which chemical engineers have developed a rapid method to deliver cost-effective algal biocrude in large quantities using a specially-designed jet mixer. The team has developed a new kind of jet mixer that extracts the lipids in seconds with much less energy than the older extraction method. Under current methods, it takes more energy to turn algae into…
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A senior Indonesian minister warned that the country could consider leaving the Paris Agreement if the EU continues its plans to phase out palm oil as a sustainable source of renewable fuel, Reuters reports. Earlier this month, Biofuels International reported that the EU had doubled down on its assault against palm oil, which was included in its outlawing of high indirect land-use change (ILUC)…
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Biofuels producer VERBIO Diesel Canada has agreed to purchase a biodiesel plant in Canada from Atlantic Biodiesel. The plant, which has an annual production capacity of 150,000 tonnes of biodiesel and 18,000 tonnes of raw glycerin, is located in Dain City, Ontario. The deal is expected to close by the middle of 2019, pending certain conditions. According to VERBIO, the purchase is part of its…
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New data from the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme has revealed that biodiesel and renewable diesel have delivered the largest-ever reduction in transport-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the state. According to the figures for 2018, California’s use of biodiesel and renewable diesel reduced carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) by…
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Norwegian state-owned airport operator Avinor has partnered with Quantafuel to purchase sustainable aviation fuel derived from domestic biomass. According to Avinor, the biofuel will be produced in a pilot plant, which will be partly funded by Norwegian investment bank ENOVA. Avinor has committed to purchase fuel for NOK 8 million (€827,505). “Sustainable aviation fuel is essential to…
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new technique that offers a sustainable way to turn forest industry byproducts, such as bark, sawdust and forestry waste, into transport fuels and chemicals. The new technique uses gasification to turn biomass into intermediate products, such as liquid hydrocarbons, methanol or methane, in production units integrated with communal district…
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The US’ Montana State University (MSU) researchers are exploring a potential breakthrough in producing biofuels from algae. Supported by a $3 million grant from the US Department of Energy, the research team announced that they are in the early stages of a three-year project focused on developing a biofuel process that could bypass a limitation that has curbed the industry, according to…
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Swedish furniture group Ikea announced that it has invested into a pilot programme to bring biofuels to the shipping industry. Ikea’s Transport & Logistics Services division revealed that it will be investing in the ‘first-ever’ fuelling of a container vessel with biofuel oil. “Our long-term ambition at IKEA Transport & Logistics Services is to reduce greenhouse…
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Biological solutions provider Novozymes has announced two new partnerships to establish a broader alliance for the commercialisation of microbial solutions to increase crop yields: Univar Solutions and UPL. While Novozymes will continue its partnership with Bayer in the ‘stronghold of microbes for corn and for distribution to the main soy markets’, the announcement of the new…
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Quantum Energy and its subsidiary FTPM Resources have entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a targeted company that designs, manufactures, operates and sells modular biorefineries. The patented biorefineries are available in one million, two million and five million gallon per year capacities and produce alternative liquid biofuels from organic waste streams. According to…
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