
Apr 9, 2015
Biodiesel plant receives $3.4m grant
Biodiesel News
Apr 9, 2015
Biodiesel sales activity is accelerating in India with travel bus operators who cater to the tourism industry, says California-headquartered advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company Ametis.
Aemetis has expanded sales activity since the Government of India allowed biodiesel manufacturers to sell to customers directly. India's diesel market is estimated at 25 billion... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 9, 2015
In the April edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, released on 7 April, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that ethanol production was around 944,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March 2015. This is a drop from the all-time high 1 million bpd recorded in December 2014.
Ethanol production averaged 935,000 bpd last year, and EIA expects it to average 944... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 8, 2015
On 2 April, shortly after 6pm, a fire broke out at the REG Geismar biorefinery in Louisiana, US.
The fire was contained within a few hours and completely extinguished at approximately 11pm. Two employees were injured.
An assessment and investigation into the cause of the fire and the damage to the facility is ongoing and the biorefinery will remain shut down until these... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 7, 2015
PureVision Technology, a Colorado, US-based biorefinery developer, will scale up its biorefining technology at an industrial site in Boardman, Oregon owned by biorefinery developer ZeaChem.
PureVision's patented biorefining technology takes in raw biomass, such as corn stalks, wheat straw and industrial hemp, and produces sugars, pulp, lignin and other value-added materials... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 7, 2015
Agricultural biotechnology company Ceres has announced that its biotech sugarcane traits have been advanced to the next stage of testing ahead of schedule due to positive data from initial field evaluations under tropical conditions in Latin America. Leading product candidates are currently being multiplied for wider-scale field evaluations which are scheduled to begin... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 1, 2015
In Canada, renewable energy company Methes Energies has received an initial payment of C$250,000 (€184,000) for the sale of a Denami 600 biodiesel processor and a PP-MEC pre-treatment system to be installed in Havelock, Ontario.
Additional scheduled payments are due in the near future upon shipment and installation of the equipment and the balance is due when the... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Apr 1, 2015
Tenaska, an independent energy company, has acquired the assets of Clinton County Bio Energy (CCBE) in Clinton, Iowa from a local group of investors. Ocean Park Advisors (OPA) acted as exclusive financial advisor to CCBE on the sale transaction.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The assets include a 10 MGPY biodiesel refinery in Clinton, Iowa that... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 1, 2015
Under a recently signed commercial agreement, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy (SIRE) will begin using Syngenta's Enogen corn enzyme technology at its Council Bluffs ethanol production facility in Iowa, US, following the 2015 harvest.
SIRE is a dry-mill grain processing facility that consumes more than 40 million bushels of corn to produce more than 125 million gallons... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Apr 1, 2015
In Washington, ethanol and agriculture industry groups have written a letter to the House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Programs Committee on Appropriations to advocate for continued funding of US blender pump initiatives and US export promotion efforts.
The letter countered a request led by Representatives Bob Goodlatte, Peter Welch,... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 1, 2015
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is calling for the EPA to stay its recent decision to streamline Argentinian biodiesel imports to the US under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) pending public review and comment.
In a petition filed 30 March with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy, NBB cited the lack of public comment on the EPA decision... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2015
The Transport Energy Task Force has highlighted the important role sustainable biofuels will play in meeting the UK's future transport needs, in its concluding report.
The report identified that there is a clear role for sustainable biofuels over the medium to longer term and at least to 2030 when fossil transport fuels will still be dominant. It also called for a 'robust... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 30, 2015
Ukrainian state-run spirits group Ukrspyrt has brought online an upgraded bioethanol plant in the western region of Ternopil, it has been reported.
Investments in the plant's modernisation stood at UAH 60 million (€2.3 million), with financing coming from Armenian investors, according to a company statement.
The facility was launched on the premises of Zarubynsky... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 25, 2015
Air Liquide has announced the start-up of a second generation biofuel production plant in Germany through the 'bioliq' project, in partnership with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
The bioliq pilot plant aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a process to produce high-quality sulfur-free fuel from residual biomass.
These 'second generation' biofuels are produced... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 25, 2015
In San Francisco, US, petrol blended with 85% ethanol (E85) is now available to flex-fuel vehicle owners.
Robert White, VP of industry relations at the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), says: 'There are more than 18 million flex-fuel vehicles registered in the US. Drivers of these vehicles deserve access to E85.'
E85 is approved for use in all flex-fuel vehicles and more... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 25, 2015
Waste-based biodiesel producer Greenergy has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) sustainability certification for the production of biodiesel from used cooking oil at its UK facilities in Immingham and North Cave.
Greenergy supplies more than a quarter of the UK's road fuel and manufactures its own biodiesel from wastes in order to meet its biodiesel... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Mar 25, 2015
Small-scale biodiesel processing equipment from Springboard Biodiesel, a California-based, clean-tech manufacturer, is to be installed at Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan.
Springboard Biodiesel's BioPro 380EX and SpringPro T76 comprise a small-scale biodiesel processing system designed to inexpensively convert the base's used cooking oil into ASTM-grade... [Read More]