Dec 7, 2015
Spain approves mandate for 8.5% biofuel blending by 2020
Biodiesel News
Dec 4, 2015
Biodico Westside, a California-based biorefinery producer, has opened its 20 million gpy biodiesel production facility in Five Points, California.
The facility is designed to be able to produce fuel from all fats and oils available and will specialise in producing low carbon intensity fuels under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Biodico provides heat... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 3, 2015
Hawaiʻi Island is primed for the creation of biorefineries designed to use waste from cattle and possibly from humans to create biofuel, according to the University of Hawai’i.
Shihwu Sung, a professor of applied engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Hilo, moved to Hilo last year to explore emerging alternative energy opportunities.
Sung believes... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 3, 2015
Uruguay's Alcoholes del Uruguay (AdU), a subsidiary of state-owned oil company Ancap, expects to register its highest biofuel production this year with over 130 million litres (34.3m gallons).
The company will by the end of the year report 57 million litres of biodiesel and around 70 million litres of ethanol.
The report comes after AdU launched Uruguay's largest ethanol... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 3, 2015
Lagosur, a US-based renewable fuels company, has started business arrangements and initial sales in collaboration with Alianza Pacifco to bring clean green fuels to Latin America.
Lagosur has concluded business preparations to deliver renewable biofuel to the mining and transportation industries in Chile, Peru, and Mexico.
The mining and transportation... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 3, 2015
Aerospace giant Boeing, with support from Canada's aviation industry and other stakeholders, is working to turn leftover forestry residues into sustainable aviation biofuel.
Canada, which has extensive sustainably certified forests, has long used mill and forest residues to make wood pellets that are used to generate electricity.
A consortium that includes Boeing,... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 2, 2015
Euglena, a Japanese microalgae developer and producer, has partnered with Japan’s largest airline ANA Holdings to develop an algae-based jet fuel.
A 3 billion yen (appr. €23m) demonstration plant, using technology from Chevron, is scheduled to come online in early 2018 with plans to 125,000 litres of renewable jet fuel.
Euglena hopes to be able to commercialise... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2015
The Argentinian government and the CENT 35 university have begun the installation and commissioning work of a biodiesel production facility.
The 600-liters-a-day plant will serve as a training and demonstration tool for CENT 35 technical department students on processing used cooking oil (UCO) into biodiesel.
It is also intended to promote the proper disposal and handling... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 2, 2015
Hamburger giant McDonald’s vehicle fleet in the United Arab Emirates has completed 5 million kilometres of running entirely on biodiesel.
To reach the total distance, McDonald’s United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the Dubai-based biodiesel producer Neutral Fuels.
The renewable fuel is produced from the used cooking oil (UCO) collected from the fast food... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 1, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final volume requirements for bioethanol under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016.
In addition, the final volume requirements for biodiesel for 2014 and 2017.
The EPA has increased the required levels from its earlier suggestion in June, and hopes that the rule will boost renewable... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 1, 2015
Advanced Biochemical Thailand (ABT), a subsidiary of Solvay, has received certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) for the production of Epicerol, a bio-based building block for renewable chemicals and resins.
The certificate covers the manufacture of bio-based epichlorohydrin (ECH), using Solvay's technology, from vegetable glycerol derived... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 30, 2015
Portugal-based Ecoslops has completed the first sale of its recycled marine fuel (MDO).
The MDO, which is made from marine oil residues known as slops, is produced at Ecoslops' facility at the Port of Sines in Portugal and complies with the ISO 8217 standard.
The sale comprises a 1,000-tonne shipment, which was purchased by a European operator specialising in maritime... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 27, 2015
The Indian transport minister, a long-time proponent of biofuels, is encouraging India’s industry to take up biofuels more widely.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari advises the construction and transportation sectors to use biodiesel to keep air pollution in check as the Indian government sets a target to expand its road system by 60,000km.
‘The... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 27, 2015
The Department of Science and Technology of South Africa is calling for statements of interest to be submitted for demonstrations of 2G and algae-based biofuel production technologies.
Proposals are sought from South African nationals who have already reached proof of concept with their technologies, have an existing company, and can demonstrate an attractive business... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 26, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to increase requirements for biofuels use through 2016 due to higher total fuel demand, when it publishes a final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule in the coming days, sources say.
The environmental regulator is expected to announce requirements on its plan for the programme, on or by Monday, 30 November, when global... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Nov 25, 2015
Ensyn, a producer of cellulosic liquid biofuels from wood residues and other non-food biomass, has been granted regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable petrol product.
The approval, in accordance with Title 40 CFR Part 79 of the Clean Air Act, is required for Ensyn’s RFGasoline to be sold in the US.
The endorsement... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Nov 24, 2015
A research team from National Taiwan University have formulated a synthetic nanoparticle that is able to extract oil from algae and turn it into biodiesel.
The team, led by NTU chemistry professor Wu Chia-wen, synthesised a magnetic nanoparticle for harvesting microalgae, extracting algae oil, and converting the oil’s fatty acids into a methyl ester, which is used... [Read More]
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