Alliance BioEnergy Plus enters into 56 plant development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of AmericaAlliance BioEnergy Plus, a publicly traded company focusing on green energy and renewable technologies, has entered into a non-exclusive development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of America (RRSA) for the construction and operation of up to... [Read More]

Indian Central Railway (CR) has completed its first year of biodiesel production at its workshop in the Parel area of Mumbai. The plant has produced nearly 20,000 litres of biodiesel with an aim to provide cleaner alternatives for CR’s diesel locomotives.  ‘We have successfully achieved our target to produce 1,500 litres of bio-diesel per month since... [Read More]

SJC Bioenergia, a joint venture between Cargill and Group USJ, has purchased equipment Fluid Quip Process Technologies to integrate corn ethanol production at its sugarcane ethanol facility located in Quirinopolis, Brazil. SJC Bioenergia will utilise FQPT's SGT milling, BOS front-end corn oil, Fiber Separation, and MSC Protein Recovery technologies. The combined patented... [Read More]

James Jariv, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in illegal schemes to generate fraudulent biodiesel credits and to export biodiesel without providing biodiesel credits to the United States. Jariv was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of over $6 million (appr. €5.5 million) and to forfeit between $4 to $6 million... [Read More]

Two growth areas, food production and the rapidly rising demand for biofuels, are moving fast ahead in global economy, despite many new challenges that keep appearing regularly. Global biofuels production is expected to grow from 24 billion gallons in 2012 to 51 billion gallons by 2019 evidencing an impressive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.6% from 2013 to 2019. Experts... [Read More]

Brazilian biofuel company Gratt Industria de Maquinas has entered negotiations to build an experimental plant to produce ethanol from sweet potato crops. Gratt has held meetings with local regulators in the state of Roraima and says production could start within a year if regulatory approval is granted. The plant is projected to produce approximately 5,000 litres of ethanol... [Read More]

Algal oil could be a future renewable fuel source, scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine (SAMS) Science say. Using a new technique to examine micro-algae strains in the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) – an internationally recognised algal storage based at SAMS in Oban, Scotland – the scientist found that two marine algae strains,... [Read More]

The first commercial-scale UK seaweed farm is scheduled to be scheduled in Argyll off the coast of Scotland in late summer 2015. The new facility, planned by scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, will be run as a demonstration project that will help shape the UK’s fledling seaweed cultivation sector. Seven native seaweed varieties... [Read More]

Gevo, a renewable technology, chemical products, and next generation biofuels producer, has announced that Express Lube of Fredericksburg, Texas, is the first US service station to sell petrol blended with Gevo's renewable isobutanol at the pump. Gevo anticipates this to be ‘the first of many retail locations to offer Gevo's product’ as... [Read More]

The Indian government took a step towards allowing 100% biodiesel to be pumped into vehicles when the Ministry for Road Transport and Highways released a draft notification for mass emission standards for biodiesel. The move aims to reduce India’s dependence on the import of fossil oil and to help reduce pollution form vehicles by allowing the distribution of 100%... [Read More]

Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Imperium Renewables have announced that they have signed an asset purchase agreement where REG would acquire substantially all the assets of Imperium. The assets to be acquired by REG include a 100 million gallon nameplate capacity biomass-based diesel refinery and deepwater port terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington. Under the... [Read More]

The Danish fuel, oil, and energy company OK has introduced a new sustainable biodiesel into its petrol stations. The new biodiesel is produced from the residue left over in the production of first generation biodiesel from rapeseed. Previously, this residue was discarded, but using an enzymatic process it can now be used to manufacture a clean waste-based biodiesel.  The... [Read More]

Biodiesel is known for powering vehicles across the country—but it also works for poultry and livestock farmers by powering their profitability. That was the message at Western Dubuque Biodiesel’s plant, where soyabean groups hosted a tour of the biodiesel facility and gave an economic presentation to members of the state livestock industry. The United Soybean... [Read More]

North American advanced biofuels producer and developer of renewable chemicals Renewable Energy Group (REG) has expanded its line of credit agreement with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, from $40 million to $60 million (€36.5 million to €54.5 million). In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, REG disclosed that two wholly owned subsidiaries exercised... [Read More]

Pacific Ethanol, a producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the US, has begun commercial production of corn oil utilising Valicor's corn oil recovery system at its Columbia ethanol plant located in Boardman, Oregon. With the completion of this two-year initiative, all four of the western Pacific Ethanol plants are now producing corn oil. Neil Koehler, the... [Read More]

The Rural Business Cooperative Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued an interim final rule making changes to the USDA's Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. Formerly referred to as the Biorefinery Assistance Program, the programme provides loan guarantees of up to $250 million (€228 million)... [Read More]