Aug 19, 2015
Indonesian fuel distributors to purchase 765,000kl of biodiesel
Bioethanol News
Aug 19, 2015
Strong hydrous ethanol prices in the southeast Brazilian market have led to a higher parity against gasoline for the first time in six months, the latest data from Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) shows.
According to the data, the southeast region hydrous ethanol prices averaged 61.5% of the price of gasoline, up from 61.3% in the previous week. The fuel's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 18, 2015
Poplars may soon be harvested as a new source of biofuels in the US Pacific Northwest.
The Advanced Hardwood Biofuels (AHB) Northwest Project is hoping to build the world's first biorefinery for trees.
Other trees often grown for harvest, such as Douglas fir and red cedar take 50 years to grow, while poplar will typically ready for harvest in just 3 years.
Tree farmer... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 17, 2015
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing approximately $63 million (€57 million) in loans and grants into 264 renewables projects, including biofuels and renewable energy projects.
The investments are a part of USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
‘This funding will have far-reaching economic and environmental impacts nationwide,... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 17, 2015
To cut the cost of biofuels, their production-process can be enhanced to include additional valuable biochemical compounds. A recent experimental study focuses on one source of biomass: residues from Brazilian palm oil production.
Biofuels still have a long way to go to become sustainable substitutes for fossil fuels. A number of social and environmental hurdles have to... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 14, 2015
Malaysia's biodiesel exports surged twelvefold year on year to 46,601mt in July, bolstered by an open arbitrage to Europe.
Exports are at their highest level since the Malaysian Palm Oil Board began reporting statistics in January 2008. The July total was up from 3,610mt in July 2014 and also up 105.56% from 22,670 mt in June, the board's data shows. The total value... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 14, 2015
South Africa is reforming its biofuels funding incentive in the wake of global crude oil prices dropping by half over the past year.
The South African government is concerned that the funding programme is becoming unaffordable.
The country has set an initial target of having 2% of its annual fuel consumption – totalling at around 400 million litres – come from... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 14, 2015
Ethanol producer Poet has made a positive impact on the US economy, the company’s first published economic impact study suggests.
The study, published yesterday, reports Poet has generated a total of $13.5 billion (appr. €12bln) in sales for US businesses, added $5.4 billion in national gross domestic product, supported an estimated 39,978 full time jobs, and... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 13, 2015
The EU has given permission to the Czech government to continue providing aid for biofuels until the end of 2020.
The Czech government’s aid system, launched in 2008, provides cuts in excise duty or tax refunds to pure or highly concentrated biofuels.
All biofuels benefiting from the aid programme must meet set sustainability criteria.
‘The commission concluded... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 13, 2015
Propel Fuels has begun offering Neste’s renewable NexBTL diesel at 13 Southern California locations.
The provided fuel is marketed as Diesel High Performance Renewable (HPR) and it consists of 98.5% NexBTL.
Diesel HPR has also been launched in commercial and bulk availability across California, with the fuel bundled with Propel Fuels’ CleanDrive emissions account... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 12, 2015
The Philippines' National Bioethanol Board (NBB) says the future of the bioethanol industry in the country looks promising, as local and foreign direct investments in the sector have grown from $206 million in 2012 to $386 million in 2015.
Investments are projected to double to $770 million in 2016.
‘When the policy guidelines on the utilization of locally-produced... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Aug 10, 2015
Iranian researchers have produced biodiesel from flixweed as a potential renewable energy substitute for fossil fuels.
Under a project to deliver a new generation of green transport fuel, researchers at the Islamic Azad University (IAU) produced 2 litres of biomass which could be turned into biofuel.
‘Engine and field tests of the synthetic green fuel... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 10, 2015
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]
Biodiesel News
Aug 10, 2015
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]
Bioethanol News
Aug 7, 2015
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]
Other News
Aug 7, 2015
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]
Other News
Aug 6, 2015
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]
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