Sep 24, 2015
Pennsylviania votes to eliminate E10 ethanol mandate
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Sep 23, 2015
US-based Algenol has signed a memorandum of understanding MOU South China’s Fujian Zhongyuan New Energy Company (ZYNE) to develop projects throughout Southern China, utilising carbon emissions to create renewable fuels.
The goal of the two companies’ cooperation is to provide solutions for accessing clean air, cleaning water, and providing sustainable fuels,... [Read More]
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Sep 22, 2015
Global biofuels capacity will grow to 61 billion gallons per year (BGY) in 2018, up from 55.1 BGY in 2014, according to Lux Research.
Ethanol and biodiesel will continue to dominate with 96% of the capacity in 2018, but novel fuels and novel feedstocks will be major drivers of capacity growth.
Novel fuels and novel feedstocks will grow at a rapid 27% and 16% compound... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 22, 2015
Locomotive producer Reloc – Electroputere VFU Craiova, part of the railway group Grampet, has developed the first locomotive in Romania which runs exclusively on pure biodiesel or vegetable oil.
The engine is equivalent to a traditional diesel-powered engine in power and performance, but with much lower polluting emissions, the company says.
The locomotive is still... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 22, 2015
The Danish biotech company Novozymes has announced the launch of a new enzyme for ethanol producers who want to reduce their use of chemicals without sacrificing yield.
Liquozyme LpH is an alpha-amylase effective at low pH that thins the mash by breaking down starch into shorter dextrin chains.
A more fluid mash ensures more efficient operational performance for ethanol... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 22, 2015
Nidera, an agriculture supply company, has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification for the production and trading of biofuels from used cooking oil (UCO).
Nidera, based in the Netherlands, operates worldwide as a commodity service and solutions provider for the global agricultural markets and has an active presence in more than 18 countries.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 21, 2015
Offering ethanol made from algae for the first time commercially, Algenol Biotech and Protec Fuel Management have entered into an agreement to market and distribute ethanol from Algenol’s Fort Myers, Florida, commercial demonstration module.
The companies will also offer Algenol’s future 18 million gallons per year from its commercial plant, which is planned... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 18, 2015
Florida Biodiesel has completed the sale of a B-500 biodiesel plant to the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) in the Bahamas.
The biodiesel production equipment, using waste cooking oil as feedstock, will be used to demonstrate green fuel technology and produce biodiesel for the Bahamas.
The B-500 plant is economical to operate and will allow the GBPC to produce 1,600 gallons... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 18, 2015
The Nigerian Cassava Growers’ Association (NCGA) has partnered with the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), an international private infrastructure financier, to set up a bioethanol plant, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
National president of NCGA Segun Adewumi says the plant, which is to use cassava as feedstock, will also serve as a bioenergy and... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 18, 2015
Biodiesel produced by Universal Biofuels, an Indian subsidiary of Aemetis, has been used by bulk customers to replace 100% petroleum diesel with 100% distilled biodiesel (B100), reducing emissions by 80% and providing cost savings to customers.
Traditionally, in Europe and in the United States, biodiesel is blended in the range of 5% to 20% with petroleum diesel due to... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 17, 2015
Canadian farmers might one day grow sugar corn for a potentially huge alternative fuels market through a new project involving University of Guelph researchers.
Along with scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Western University, the Guelph researchers will study sugar corn varieties... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 17, 2015
Advait, a newly established biofuel company, has signed a contract with Yum! Restaurants India, which operates KFC Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in the country, to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from KFC in the Andhra and Telangana region.
Advait will convert the collected product into biodiesel or export it to Europe for biodiesel processing.
The company is one of the major... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 16, 2015
Renewable Energy Group (REG) has formally opened its latest biomass-based diesel refinery REG Grays Harbor, Washington, US.
REG leaders were joined by state and local business, government, and community leaders for a ceremony marking the transition to REG’s ownership of the former Imperium Grays Harbor 100 million gallon nameplate capacity biodiesel production and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 15, 2015
MBI, a US-based biotech company, has been granted a patent (patent no. 9,102,964) for its Afex biomass pre-treatment technology by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The Afex technology enables energy producers to utilise the nearly 2 billion tonnes of biomass left on the fields annually after the harvest of crops such as corn, wheat, and rice and turn it into feedstock... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 15, 2015
The EU will extend anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imported US biodiesel until 2020, according to Reuters.
The duties were extended in an EU attempt to maintain its defence against trade in renewable fuels.
The EU argues that should the duties, originally set in 2009 on certain US biodiesel producers, be lifted, the resulting increase in imports could damage European... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 15, 2015
Oakland Biofuels is looking to launch a new cellulosic ethanol production technology in Mid-Wales, UK, using bracken as a feedstock.
The facility will be the first of its kind in Europe to use the new technology in conjunction with bracken.
Jeremy Oakley, director of Oakland Biofuels, says the company has been looking for alternative uses for bracken already for some years,... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Sep 15, 2015
Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.
Using simple catalysis, the researchers have been able to recycle an undesired by-product of the vegetable-oil-to-biodiesel conversion process, and convert this residue into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel.
It... [Read More]
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