Jan 13, 2015
Pacific Ethanol to install cogeneration technology
Biodiesel News
Jan 13, 2015
Renewable fuel producer UPM has started commercial production at its renewable diesel biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland.
The UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery is based on a hydrotreatment process developed by the company, and produces approximately 120 million litres per year of renewable UPM BioVerno diesel.
UPM's BioVerno diesel, which is produced out of crude tall oil,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 12, 2015
A number of fire crews responded to a fire on 8 January at the Sunoco ethanol plant in Volney, Oswega County, New York.
At least eight crews were called to the scene, where a fire had started in an empty warehouse section of the plant.
No injuries were reported. ... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 9, 2015
The industry’s leading conference in the bulk liquid storage sector, StocExpo, has just revealed its conference programme for 17-19th March 2015.
The event, now in its 11th year, will feature speakers from BP and terminals including Oiltanking, VTTI, CLH and Gate.
New to this year, the event will also host a special finance and investment section, featuring speakers... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 8, 2015
The bidding period has closed for Great Lakes Biodiesel's (GLB) $50 million (€42.4 million) biodiesel plant in Welland, Ontario, Canada, but certainty over the future of the Dain City refinery has not been made clear.
Great Lakes Biodiesel (GLB) opened in 2012, but it never reached its full output potential of 170 million litres a year of biodiesel.
In October 2014,... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 7, 2015
Predictions suggest that by 2017, up to 180 companies are expected to produce 1.7 billion gallons of advanced biofuel, doubling current capacity, according to a new market report released by the national nonpartisan business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
North America's advanced biofuel industry reached over 800 million gallons in production capacity in 2014,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 7, 2015
A joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Cosan, called Raizen, plans to spend nearly $1 billion (€846 million) on constructing ethanol production facilities to increase its biofuel output by 50%, according to the Financial Times.
Over the next ten years, Cosan intends to build eight ethanol plants, for an estimated cost of $930 million.
The plants will produce... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 5, 2015
The joint project focuses on the development of an integrated, sustainable biorefinery for local lignocellulosic feedstocks.
Russian and Indian scientists will join forces to develop technologies for producing fuels and chemicals from biomass within a 3-year period for a biorefinery project.
Representatives of the Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jan 5, 2015
Renewable Energy Group's wholly-owned subsidiary, REG European Holdings, has completed the acquisition of IC Green Energy's (ICG) majority equity ownership position in German biodiesel producer Petrotec.
The US advanced biofuels producer and developer of renewable chemicals' subsidiary purchased ICG's 69% equity ownership in Petrotec for $20.9 million (€18 million),... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 5, 2015
From now, biofuel obligations in Germany will be based on a greenhouse gas (GHG) saving rather than a volume basis. EU-approved Voluntary Sustainability Schemes, such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), will play a key role in the new system. The German government presented important details about the new requirements in December.
A biofuel blender in... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 5, 2015
The US branch of Green Biologics, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, has closed its acquisition of the assets of Central MN Ethanol Cooperative (CMEC) in Minnesota.
Green Biologics intends to repurpose the operation, which includes a 21 million gallon per year ethanol plant, to produce renewable n-butanol and acetone, utilising... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 5, 2015
Pacific Ethanol, producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in Western US, and Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, a Midwest-based producer of ethanol and related co-products, have entered into a definitive merger agreement.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Pacific Ethanol expects to issue approximately 17.75 million shares of its common stock upon closing... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 5, 2015
To achieve the renewable energy target of 72,000 MW by 2022, India must invest approximately $46.22 billion (€39 billion) into the industry, reports Research and Markets.
India will also have to make investments to upgrade the transmission and distribution infrastructure, as well as old renewable plants. In total, India will have to invest $83.35 billion in the renewable... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 5, 2015
A small fire broke out at Didion Ethanol's plant in Cambria, Wisconsin, US, which resulted in a brief evacuation.
The fire ignited at approximately 4am on 28 December inside the ethanol plant. Only a small crew of workers was on duty at the time and all were evacuated. The plant's operations then resumed about two hours later.
Company officials are investigating how the... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 5, 2015
A new report by Allied Market Research, a market research and business-consulting wing of Allied Analytics, called 'Global Second Generation Biofuels - Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Forecast, 2013 – 2020', states that the global second generation biofuels market will reach $23.9 billion (€20 billion) by 2020, registering a Compound... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Dec 18, 2014
Amyris, a global renewable products company, has received approval for its renewable jet fuel by Brazil's fuels regulator, ANP.
This enables it to approach commercialisation in Brazil of the Amyris renewable jet fuel in blends of up to 10%.
'Building on the revised ASTM International standard for aviation turbine fuel approved in June 2014, Brazil's ANP has now removed... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 18, 2014
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has published a report detailing 40 different options that it suggests could boost the US's ethanol mandate.
The BPC said it set out to find a 'middle ground' for reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), after advocates have pushed for complete abolition of the law or for no changes at all.
'Given the technical complexity and political... [Read More]
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